Lena M. Elkin papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 09-9.18

Staff Only

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.

Biographical / Historical

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.