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The Finnish American Rag Rug Collection
Finnish American Weaver, Anna Lassila,
at work at her
loom, 1989
Photo by Al Kamuda
Rag Rug, made by Bea Raisanen
Hartland, Michigan, 1993
Photo by Pearl Yee Wong
The collection includes rag rugs,
placemats, looms and other weaving equipment, and arvhival materials,
including photos, audio tapes of over 100 interviews, field reports, books
and articles. The rugs in this collection were made between the 1920s
to the present day; the majority were made and collected or donated since
the 1970s.
Collectors/Fieldworkers:
Dr. Yvonne R. Lockwood and Martha Brownscombe.
Publications:
Yvonne R. Lockwood, "Rag Rugs in Finnish
American Culture." In Michigan Folklife Reader II (tentative),
eds. Yvonne R. Lockwood and C. Kurt Dewhurst. East Lansing: Michigan State
University Press.
Yvonne R. Lockwood. The Culture
of Finnish-American Rag Rugs (tentative). East Lansing: Michigan State
University Press.
Exhibitions:
"Rags, Rugs and Weavers: A Living Tradition," Michigan State University
Museum, 1990. This exhibition has traveled to numerous sites within Michigan,
including the Port Huron Museum, Ella Sharpe Museum, Jackson; the Finnish
Heritage Center, Hancock; Midland Center for the Arts. This exhibition and
research on rag rugs were supported by the National
Endowment for the Arts and the Michigan
Humanities Council.
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