Lena M. Elkin Papers
Scope and Contents
These are the correspondence, papers, photographs, publications, weave drafts and pattern samples of Lena M. Elkin, a loom weaver and instructor at Berea College and elsewhere.
Dates
- created: 1905-1986
- Other: Majority of material found in 1928-1937
Creator
- Elkin, Lena M. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions on use of this material other than federal copyright regulations.
Extent
4.00 boxes_(general)
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Lena M. Elkin was born in Berea, Kentucky October 24, 1904 and attended Berea College Training, Berea College Grammar School, Berea College Normal, Berea College High School, and Eastern State Teachers College. Weaving was extremely important in Ms. Elkin’s life. During the 1930s she taught weaving for two summer terms at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and another summer at University Of Florida Extension Service’s Camp Roosevelt at Ocala. She was production supervisor for Berea’s Fireside Industries from 1940 to 1970. She died in Berea on July 27, 1992.
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged as follows:
1. Correspondence; 2. Personal/Biographical and Publications; 3. Weaving
Processing Information
Finding guide updated 2016. Updated Jan 2021.
Subject
- Berea College (Organization)
- Berea College -- Faculty (Organization)
- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) -- History. (Organization)
- Title
- Lena M. Elkin Papers Finding Aid
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Revision Statements
- 2023-07: Updated 2016; finding guide updated 2023
Repository Details
Part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Repository
Hutchins Library
100 Campus Drive
Berea Kentucky 40404 US
859.985.3262
special_collections@berea.edu