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[riversidearchives]

"No. 51. The Indian women take pride in displaying the quilts and other articles they make from scraps and Army surplus."

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Part of a series of photographs included with the Pima Indian Agency Annual Extension Report from 1938.

Click to learn more about the Archives Hashtag Party.

[fordlibrarymuseum]

Get ready for the holidays by being #ArchivesCrafty!

American handcrafts – especially patchwork, quilts, and the country’s early Christmas customs – inspired Betty Ford’s 1974 White House Christmas decorations. That year’s Blue Room tree featured patchwork balls; hand-made natural-wood baskets containing nuts or gumdrops; hand-crafted wooden toys; patchwork bows and ribbon garland; and spice sachets made from a combination of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and a touch of orange. 

Many of the ornaments could be made at home out of inexpensive materials and items found around the house. Mrs. Ford’s staff provided instructions for some of them so people could create their own set of decorations. Here are the directions for making patchwork pentagon balls, one of the ornaments Mrs. Ford highlighted at the press preview of the Blue Room Christmas tree.

Find the full instructions for the 1974 White House Christmas decorations here.

The first Friday of each month the @usnatarchives hosts an Archives Hashtag Party exploring highlights from archival collections around a different theme. Come hang out on social media with all of the archives, libraries, galleries, and museums participating so far. How will you be #ArchivesCrafty this December?

[richardnixonlibrary]

What's one of the first things that springs to mind when we think #ArchivesCrafty ?? DECOUPAGE FABULOUSNESS! From our museum collection, public gift D.1970.2888 #decoupage #ArchivesHashtagParty

[jewishmuseummd]

For this month's #ArchivesHashtagParty, we're getting crafty!

Here are some instructions for vintage Hanukkah party decorations! JMM 1995.173.032 

[riversidearchives]

"Sally McKinley demonstrates steps in pottery making, 1939. Maricopa Pottery Show." 

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Part of a series of photographs included with the 1939 Pima Indian Agency Annual Extension Report.

Click for more about the Archives Hashtag Party!

[jewishmuseummd]

A few more offerings for #ArchivesCrafty!

Top: Crafting in the nursery school classroom! JMM1992.231.176

Sewing at the Jewish Educational Alliance (JEA) Home Camp on East Baltimore Street. JMM 1992.231.167

Showing off arts and crafts at Latrobe Homes, July 31, 1957.  Pictured on left are: Virginia Brody (Recreation Leader), Jacob Fisher (Manager Latrobe Homes), Otis Sprow (Recreation Director) Lilliam Gardner (Management Aide for Latrobe), and Miss Abbott (Dist. Supervisor-Bureau of Rec.). JMM 1972.36.1.55