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["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

1. Woodworker Charles Steven Adams in his home

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.001.3.22.17
Title:
Woodworker Charles Steven Adams in his home
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Woodworking tools
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

2. Portrait of Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.002.3.22.17
Title:
Portrait of Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Woodworking tools
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php. This is part 1 of 5 files constituting the full interview."]%

3. Portrait of Charles Steven Adams, black and white

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.003.3.22.17
Title:
Portrait of Charles Steven Adams, black and white
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Woodworking tools, woodworking
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

4. Sink carved by Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.004.3.22.17
Title:
Sink carved by Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Furniture making, woodworking, Woodworking tools
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

5. Sculptural bowl carved by Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.006.3.22.17
Title:
Sculptural bowl carved by Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Furniture making, Woodworking tools, woodworking
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

6. Bed made by Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.007.3.22.17
Title:
Bed made by Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Woodworking tools, Furniture making, woodworking
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

7. Woodshop of Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.008.3.22.17
Title:
Woodshop of Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Woodworking tools, Furniture making
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

8. Shelf in home of Charles Steven Adams, featuring a hand-hewn bowl he made

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.009.3.22.17
Title:
Shelf in home of Charles Steven Adams, featuring a hand-hewn bowl he made
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Furniture making, woodworking, Woodworking tools
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php.Glenn Horr, who made the hand adzes, is a metal worker in Berkeley Springs, WV"]%

9. Charles Steven Adams' hand adzes made by Berkeley Springs metal worker Glenn Horr

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.010.3.22.17
Title:
Charles Steven Adams' hand adzes made by Berkeley Springs metal worker Glenn Horr
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Woodworking tools, Furniture making, woodworking
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["With his wife, Leonard Harris (b. Martinsburg, WV, 1936) is the co-founder of Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is an alumnus of Sumner-Ramer, which was the Black school in Berkeley County during segregation. The school closed in 1965, one year after schools in the county were integrated and 10 years after the Brown v. Board ruling. The Sumner-Ramer Museum and Archive is located in a ground-floor room of the school building and contains materials from the school and its alumni, including ephemera, photos, artifacts, portraits, and more."]%

10. Leonard Harris at the Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.Photo.001.7.20.16
Title:
Leonard Harris at the Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Community museums, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, School integration, African Americans--History, Segregation in education
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)