Research Catalog

Title

Canadian craft and museum practice, 1900-1950 / Sandra Flood.

Author

Flood, Sandra

Publication

Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, c2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies
• Canadian Museum of Civilization

Description

xv, 335 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

"Sandra Flood overturns the current myth that nothing happened in the Canadian craft scene until the late 1960s. This account presents the Canadian context, and reviews the tone and focus of contemporaneous writing about craft before exploring the diversity of craftmakers, craft production, crafts organizations, craft education, and government involvement. The history of museums and their lack of response to this major component of Canadian culture combined with the fate of various craft collections raise important, ongoing questions."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

• Paper / Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, 0317-2244 ; 74
• Mercury series, 0316-1854

Uniform Title

• Mercury series
• Paper (Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies) no. 74.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Handicraft > Collectors and collecting > History > Canada > 20th century
• Museums > Acquisitions > History > Canada > 20th century
• Museums and women > Canada > History > 20th century
• Artisanat > Collectionneurs et collections > Histoire > Canada > 20e siècle
• Musées > Acquisitions > Histoire > Canada > 20e siècle
• Musées et femmes > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle
• Handicraft > Canada > History > 20th century
• Handicraft > Museums > History > Canada > 20th century

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "This book is the text of a doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Manchester, England in 1998, with the exception of Chapter 2, which has been updated"--P. xiii.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-335).

Language (note)

• Includes abstract in French.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Historiography: "A new and fresh utterance" -- Ch. 3. Crafts: "An important activity of Canadian Citizens" -- Ch. 4. Organized crafts: "Where crafts flourish there will be found a happy and contented people" -- Ch. 5. Studio crafts: "not only a craft but a major art" -- Ch. 6. Museums and craft collections: "A courageous but precarious existence" -- Ch. 7. Conclusion.

ISBN

0660178389

OCLC

• 48917421
• SCSB-10042481

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library