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Billy Henson Photos | Digital Traditions

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Billy Henson Photos | Digital Traditions
Episode 9
A native of Lyman in Spartanburg County, Henson came from a long line of traditional potters. Both his grandfather, Jesse Vardry Henson, and his great-uncle, David Carr Henson, were folk potters in...
Burlon Craig Photos | Digital Traditions Dr. Charles Zug on Burlon Craig | Digital Traditions

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Dr. Charles Zug on Burlon Craig | Digital Traditions
Dr. Charles Zug describes the chaos that occurs when Burlon Craig sells his pottery. Burlon Craig (1914-2002), Craig Pottery, Vale, Lincoln County, North Carolina. Craig is an example of the migration...
Burlon Craig Photos | Digital Traditions

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Burlon Craig Photos | Digital Traditions
Burlon Craig (1914-2002), Craig Pottery, Vale, Lincoln County, North Carolina. Craig is an example of the migration of the alkaline-glaze tradition that originated in the Edgefield District of South...
Walter Lee Cornelison Photos | Digital Traditions

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Walter Lee Cornelison Photos | Digital Traditions
Walter Lee Cornelison is a fifth-generation potter, turning wares in Bybee Pottery - Kentucky’s sole surviving traditional pottery. Cornelison turns on a wheel set up inside the old log pot shop while...
 Walter Lee Cornelison: Family Origins | Digital Traditions

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Walter Lee Cornelison: Family Origins | Digital Traditions
Bybee Pottery, Waco, Madison County. Interview recorded August 1981. Walter Lee Cornelison is a fifth-generation potter, turning wares in Bybee Pottery - Kentucky’s sole surviving traditional pottery...
 Howard Connor: Learning to Turn | Digital Traditions

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Howard Connor: Learning to Turn | Digital Traditions
Connor Pottery, Ashland, Benton County. Interview recorded in October 1981. Connor was born in Wickliffe, Kentucky, the son of journeyman potter Charles Tipton Connor. C. T. Connor established a...
 Howard Connor: Earliest Days | Digital Traditions

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Howard Connor: Earliest Days | Digital Traditions
Connor Pottery, Ashland, Benton County. Interview recorded in October 1981. Connor was born in Wickliffe, Kentucky, the son of journeyman potter Charles Tipton Connor. C. T. Connor established a...
Howard Connor Photos | Digital Traditions

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Howard Connor Photos | Digital Traditions
Connor was born in Wickliffe, Kentucky, the son of journeyman potter Charles Tipton Connor. C. T. Connor established a pottery in Ashland, Mississippi in 1940, less than twenty miles from the...