Red roses on a sheer black background with heavier black polka dotted woven pattern; Note on accompanying board in O.P.’s hand: “These were Dr. Mary Faunce’s -my cousin’s aunt by marriage-Mr. Faunce, himself-a famous fabric designer, think some these are his but don’t know which. He is an old, old man now-probably 75 or 80-living in Creede with is daughter who was Mrs. Clayton Wetherill, of Indian guide fame.”; Note by cataloger: Clayton Wetherhill is the brother of those who claimed to have first discovered Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde (although this has been disputed over the years.) Clayton became a scout in the area and has been accredited with conversing with Willa Cather, giving her his brothers account, which she later followed closely in the story line of “On The Professor's House" 32”.
Series Scope and Content
This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an exhibit. A hand decorated box is also included.
The series is arranged chronologically first with those samples that Olive herself described and placed on a display board. Those samples include the type-written sheet made by Olive. They are in boxes 55-58. The next set of samples came with no O.P. description but did have some notation of age and/or provenance, and those are described by the creator of the finding aid and arranged chronologically in box 59 (any errors are the fault of the modern day describer). Finally, there are those samples (Box 60) with no notation of any kind. Again, any errors in descriptive details are the fault of the one creating the finding aid.
Dates
- Creation: 1800-1939
Creator
- From the Collection: Percival, Olive (Collector, Person)
Language of materials
Languages represented in the collection: English.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the File: 101 items.
Repository Details
Part of the 02 - Ella Strong Denison Library Repository