Williamson County Historical Society Journal

Janet and I are pleased to announce our latest article, "19th Century Williamson County Samplers: Emerging Research." The article presents 19 Middle Tennessee samplers in full color. The cost is $25 which includes postage. To order, contact historian Rick Warwick. Make checks payable to "Williamson County Historical Society."

Rick Warwick
Williamson County Historical Society
PO Box 71
Franklin, TN 37065
(615) 591-8500 ext. 14
rwarwick@historicfranklin.com

Core, Jennifer C. and Janet S. Hasson. “19th Century Williamson County Samplers: Emerging Research.” Williamson County Historical Society Journal 43 (2012): 9-18. Descriptions of 19 Middle Tennessee samplers and biographies of the makers. 39 images.

Exhibit Opening and Lecture: The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County

1826 Ann L. West sampler (TSS 156)

The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County is pleased to announce the opening of the traveling exhibit, Tennessee Samplers: 19th Century Schoolgirl Embroidery. The exhibit will be on view at The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County in Murfreesboro from Tuesday, Oct. 4, to Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The exhibit will subsequently tour the state, traveling to the Arts Center of Cannon County (Woodbury), the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum (Athens), and the Etowah Arts Commission.

Since 2004, the Tennessee Sampler Survey has been documenting 19th century embroidery. Twenty Tennessee samplers were selected for the exhibit, each from a different county. The exhibit presents the samplers on full-sized panels; the actual samplers are not part of this exhibit due to their fragility. Five text panels, explaining the work of the Tennessee Sampler Survey and the regional characteristics of the samplers, are also part of the exhibit. The travelling exhibit is funded in part by the Tennessee Arts Commission, CBRL Group Foundation, and the LifeWorks Foundation.

Co-curators Jennifer Core and Janet Hasson will lecture on their research at the exhibit opening on Tuesday evening, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. Original samplers including the 1831 Minerva Ann Elam (Harpeth Female Academy) sampler from Oaklands Historic House Museum, the 1831 Mildred A. F. Nelson sampler from the Sam Davis Home and Museum, and the 1826 Ann L. West (Murfreesboro Female Academy) sampler from the private collection of Dr. E. C. Tolbert will be on display the evening of the lecture. Admission to the exhibit and lecture is free.

The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 3 pm. The Heritage Center is located at 225 West College Street, Murfreesboro. For more information, call 615- 217-8013, email heritage@mtsu.edu, or visit www.hcmrc.org.

The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County is a joint venture between the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, Main Street: Murfreesboro/Rutherford County, the City of Murfreesboro, and the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU. Additional support comes from Rutherford County government and State Farm Insurance.

Magnolia Sampler Guild Lecture and Exhibit

Members of the Guild prepare the luncheon

Every other year the Magnolia Sampler Guild of Marietta, GA, sponsors an exhibit of members' work at Bulloch Hall in Roswell, GA. Janet and I were the speakers at the Guild's annual luncheon at the Atlanta Athletic Club on Thursday, September 22, 2011. We then visited the exhibit, which runs through Saturday, October 1, 2011.

Many thanks to our hostesses for a lovely visit!

these members are natives of TN

a really big Rolex

Atlanta Athletic Club



Bulloch Hall

some of the many contemporary samplers on display

Interview with Stitches Magazine

1853 Sarah Ann Cator (TSS 108)
Grassland, Williamson Co.
16 ¹⁄4"V x 16 ¹⁄2"H
wool on 30 ct. linen

Stitches magazine staff writer Chris Ruvo interviewed Janet and me last week. Here is the result. I think he did a great job, don't you?

Exhibit Opens: TSLA

preparing the panels for hanging...

The Tennessee Sampler Survey is pleased to announce the opening of a new traveling exhibit, Tennessee Samplers: 19th Century Schoolgirl Embroidery.

The exhibit will be on view at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, TN, from Tues., Aug. 2, 2011 through Sun., Aug. 28, 2011. The exhibit will subsequently tour the state, traveling to the Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County, the Arts Center of Cannon County (Woodbury), the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum (Athens), and the Etowah Arts Commission.

...exhibit is up!

Since 2004, the Tennessee Sampler Survey has been documenting 19th century embroidery. Twenty Tennessee samplers were selected for the exhibit, each from a different county. The exhibit presents the samplers on full-sized panels; the actual samplers are not part of this exhibit due to their fragility. Five text panels, explaining the work of the Tennessee Sampler Survey and the regional characteristics of the samplers, are also part of the exhibit.

The Tennessee State Library and Archives is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Central Time. TSLA is located at 403 7th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37243. For more information call (615) 741-2764, email reference.tsla@tn.gov, or visit http://www.tn.gov/tsla/.

This exhibit is funded in part by the Tennessee Arts Commission, CBRL Group Foundation, and the LifeWorks Foundation.

Exhibit Schedule

1851 Francis Elizabeth Hulme sampler
Sixth District, Williamson Co. (TSS 214)

The Tennessee Sampler Survey is pleased to announce the opening of a new traveling exhibit, Tennessee Samplers: 19th Century Schoolgirl Embroidery.

The exhibit will tour the state of Tennessee, with visits to all nine developmental districts.

Scheduled stops include:

Start Date	End Date	Location
Aug. 1, 2011	Aug. 28, 2011	TSLA, Nashville
Oct. 1, 2011	Nov. 13, 2011	Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County
Nov. 21, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Arts Center of Cannon County, Woodbury
Jan. 16, 2012	Feb. 22, 2012	McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens
Feb. 27, 2012	Apr. 6, 2012	Etowah Arts Commission
Sep. 1, 2012	Oct. 8, 2012	Rose Center, Morristown

Good News!

The TSS has received a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission to produce a traveling exhibit. These funds, combined with additional monies from CBRL Group and LifeWorks Foundation, will be sufficient for us to do a bang up job. We are working with graphic designer Patricia VornDick to develop the exhibit.

Janet and I are deep into the revisions of the information panels and sampler labels. The exhibit will open Monday, August 1, 2011, at TSLA.

It will then travel to the Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County and the Arts Center of Cannon County (Woodbury).

(Note: This exhibit is life size photographic representations of 20 different samplers, not the actual artifacts.)

We are excited to report that the first nine months are fully booked! More details and a complete schedule to follow.