Grad Student FYI (11/27/07 )

11/27/07 FYI
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From: Ashley Large
To: Grad Student FYI
Subject: New Library Exhibit: Rural Women’s Work at the Holidays
Date: Tue Nov 27 10:10:33 MST 2007
Reply-To: Ashley.Large@ColoState.EDU

“There is always joy in the really beautiful thing which a person is 
able to make with their own hands.”  When Larimer County Home 
Demonstration Agent Lydia Warren wrote this in her Annual Report of 
1923, she inadvertently captured the spirit that motivated many 
generations of rural Colorado women to infuse their lives with 
beauty as well as practicality.  Farm women were taught to take 
pride in the fruits of their labor, whether humble or ornate, for 
the simple fact that whatever they produced came from their own 
hands and hearts.  At Christmas, these same ladies were encouraged 
to use their ingenuity to fashion handmade objects that were 
thrifty, pragmatic, and attractive to give to their friends and 
family. The items on exhibit are reminiscent of country Christmases 
past, of Christmas gift contests, and homemade presents that honor 
the rural way of life.

The exhibit is located in Archives and Special Collections, Room 202 
of Morgan Library. It is open to the public from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm 
Monday through Friday, beginning on Wednessday, Nov. 28, 2007 
through Friday, Jan. 3, 2008. 

Submitted by CSU Libraries
Judea.Franck@Colostate.edu
970.491.1844