THE CIVIL WAR ARTIFACT FORUM
Nov 1-3, 2002
Mt. Pleasant, SC
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I was lucky enough to be able
to attend two of the civilian sessions:
“Patriotism
and Practicality: The Civil War Era Homespun Dress” -Vicki
Betts
“Tracking Down the Truth in Civil War Quilt
Stories” - Merikay
Waldvoge
The Forum generously allowed photography of the display area. I didn't get
all the details about the items, but will label the images as best I can.
They will be having the Forum every year or every other year, so be on the
look out for it. Their website was http://www.artifactforum.com/ |
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Ladies
Dresses |
| Quilts |
Homespun Dresses |
| Men & Military, Objects
& Clothes |
Underpinnings,
Sunbonnets, Children's Clothes |
| The speakers and hostess |
Juanita Leisch Link to
another site with her Bio: http://www.onlinecostumeball.com/classroom/Juanita/Bio.htm
"Juanita Leisch is a nationally-known researcher, writer and speaker
on the subject of Civil War civilians. Her book, Who Wore What: Women's
Wear, 1861-65, has become a "must-read" for Civil War
re-enactors and others for identifying and re-producing clothing of women
in the Civil War. The method she devised for analyzing clothing
characteristics seen in photographs has been adopted for two other books
currently in the works; Men's Wear, and Children's Wear." Also by Ms.
Leisch is An Introduction to Civil War Civilians, 86 pp, softcover. |
 Vicki Betts
Link to her Homepage: http://www.uttyl.edu/vbetts/
"My
research interests fall into two main categories:
mid-19th century U.S. history, particularly Southern
women during the Civil War; and the history of Smith County, Texas, also
focusing on the Civil War, particularly the Camp Ford POW facility near
Tyler.
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Merikay Waldvogel
"In 1986, she wrote Quilts of Tennessee: Images of Domestic
Life Prior to 1930 with Bets Ramsey, based on their statewide quilt
search. Merikay's other books are: Soft Covers for Hard Times:
Quiltmaking and the Great Depression; Patchwork Souvenirs of the
1933 Chicago World's Fair; and Southern Quilts: Surviving Relics of
the Civil War."
Link to another site with her Bio: http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/merikay.htm |
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