PURSE

Description: MADE OF NYLON. CHAIN HANDLE BROKEN FROM OTHER SIDE. HAS YELLOW KNOBS ON CLASP. BAG SEWN ONTO TOP CASING WITH BLACK LINEN THREAD. TOP CASING IS PLASTIC, WITH RED AND GREEN FLORAL DESIGN. INSIDE LINED WITH FADED GREEN-BLUE SILK. BLACK, RED, AND GREEN BEADS ARE SEWN INTO CHEESECLOTH. BRASS CLASP AT TOP. SOME THREADS OF BEADS ARE LOOSE. HAND MADE.

History: SEE HISTORY P19750139000-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE BOXED TEXTILE COLLECTION. ON 8 FEBRUARY 2018, PUNDYK INTERVIEWED IKE LANIER ABOUT ARTIFACTS DONATED BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY. WHEN ASKED IF HE REMEMBERED THE ARTIFACT, “NO. … SHE WAS A GOOD DRESSER, YEAH. …SHE WAS A VERY SOCIAL PERSON. YES. THEY ENTERTAINED A LOT, PARTIES. I REMEMBER HER MENTIONING THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NOT ONLY SURPRISED HER BUT DISAPPOINTED HER WHEN SHE CAME UP - SHE CAME – KENTUCKY IS RELATIVELY DENSELY POPULATED. EVERYTHING THAT GROWS HAS GOT A BLOOM ON IT. BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. SHE CAME UP HERE AND THERE WASN’T ANYTHING HIGHER THAN A FENCE POST. AND NOT MANY OF THOSE. SO NO SHELTER BELT. THE WIND WAS TERRIBLE; THE DUST WAS TERRIBLE. … BUT THEN THE THING THAT MOST BOTHERED HER, RATHER THAN THE CLIMATE WAS THAT, IN KENTUCKY, PEOPLE AT THE TOP OF THE SOCIAL LADDER WERE LAND OWNERS, AND SHE CAME HERE AND IT WAS BUSINESS PEOPLE. [SHE WAS A LAND OWNER HERE] BUT THAT WASN’T CONSIDERED A BIG DEAL. HERE IT WAS THE DRUGGISTS AND THE DOCTORS AND LAWYERS AND JUST COMMERCIAL PEOPLE. AND IT WAS JUST A FACT OF LIFE. BUT SHE WAS GOOD AT MAKING FRIENDS AND THE BEST WAY TO MAKE FRIENDS WAS TO HAVE A PARTY.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19651574000-GA FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW.