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[Identification of item], in the Philis Alvic Collection (#20053), Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Provenance

Received from Philis Alvic of Murray, Ky., 11 June 1993.

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• Alvic, Philis.
• Appalachian Mountains--History.
• Appalachian Region--History.
• Crossnore (N.C.)--History.
• Crossnore School (Crossnore, N.C.).
• Penland (N.C.)--History.
• Penland School of Crafts (Penland, N.C.).
• Penland School of Handicrafts (Penland, N.C.).
• Weavers--North Carolina.
• Weaving--Appalachian Mountains.
• Weaving--Appalachian Region.
• Weaving--North Carolina.

• Southern Collection Filed Notes (#30025)

Philis Alvic is an artist/weaver and writer who maintains a studio in Lexington, Ky. She weaves wall hangings using complex weave structures. Alvic received her Bachelors of Art degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1964. In the early 1970s, she began graduate study in textiles at Winthrop College. Her textiles have been shown at more than 100 exhibits throughout the United States.

In addition to presenting workshops and serving as a juror of crafts, she has written about weaving and her experience as an artist in national journals and magazines. She is the author of pamphlets on weaving: Weavers of the Southern Highlands: The Early Years in Gatlinburg (1991), Weavers of the Southern Highlands: Penland (1992), and The Weaving Room of Crossnore School, Inc. (1998).

The Philis Alvic collection consists of documentation of early weaving in the Southern Highlands in Gatlinburg, Tenn., and around Penland, N.C., the beginnings of the the Penland School of Crafts (formerly Penland School of Handicrafts), and the weaving room at Crossnore School, Inc. in Crossnore, N.C.. Materials include audio cassettes, documents, and photographic slides, most developed by Alvic with grant support from the North Carolina Arts Council and the North Carolina Humanities Council.

Audiocassettes contain oral history interviews with weavers, their friends and relatives, and other people connected with the early years of the Penland School. Also included are recordings of two public programs and a radio show.

Documents include pamphlets on the history of weaving in the Southern Highlands, particularly in Gatlinburg, Tenn.; around Penland, N.C.; at the Penland School; and at the Crossnore School, Inc. Also included is an annotated bibliography; a list of public programs; Alvic's grant applications to the North Carolina Arts Council and the North Carolina Humanities Council; a printed program; scripts for a presentation and a radio show; and a timeline of the history of weaving at Penland.

Photographic slides consist of 147 images, including interior and exterior shots of the Penland School, portraits of weavers, slides of crafts, and slides of historic Penland photographs.

Audio cassettes (FS-20053/1098-1130) and logs (FS-20053/1098-1127) have been separated.