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A scrapbook with materials related to North Carolina pottery, potters, and their history. Featured in the scrapbook are programs from the annual Seagrove Pottery Festival from its first year in 1982 to 1992, detailed notes taken while observing General Foist Cole turning, obituaries, labeled photographs of various potters and their potteries, issues of the Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society newsletter, potter family histories, and newspaper clippings. Well-known North Carolina and Seagrove potter families—such as Auman, Chrisco, Cole, Craven, Luck, Owen, and Owens—are found mentioned throughout. However, General Foister (G. F.) Cole and Mark Hewitt are heavily mentioned throughout.
Other names mentioned in the scrapbook include: General Foister (G. F.) Cole; Nell Cole Graves; J. B. Cole; Sandra Livesay; Linda Potts; Dorothy Cole Auman; Robert Armfield; Walter Auman; Bobby Owen; Vernon Owen; M. L. Owen; Nancy Owen; Boyd Owen (?); Burlon Craige; Charlie Lisk; Laura Teague; Chris Shea; Terry Zug (?); Meaders Family; Bascome King; Tiffany Shelton; Mitchell Shelton; Virginia King Shelton; Terri Shelton; W. M. (Mark) Hewitt; John Garrou; Becky Garrou; Wade Owens; Ben Owen; Ben Owen III; Daniel (Danny) Marley; Phil Morgan; Anna King; Sid Luck; Anita Morgan; Sandra O'Quinn; Ray Owens; John Owens; Phil Hewitt; Neolia Cole Womack; Kenneth George; David Cole; Daniel Craven; Peter Craven; William Cole; B. B. Craig; Joseph Owen; Celia Cole; Walter Owen, A. R. Cole; Hobarth Garner; Walter B. Steven; Ernest Auburn Hilton; Wayman Cole; Charlie Moore; Travis Owens.