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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."]%

13. 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."]%

14. 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."]%

15. 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"]%

16. 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, October 30, 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."]%

17. Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.IntTranscript.7.20.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--History, Segregation in education, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Community museums, School integration
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."]%

18. 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.)
["Sam Rizzetta is a dulcimer designer, builder, and musician who moved to West Virginia in the early 1970s. He was a member of the string band Trapezoid and founded the hammer dulcimer playing classes at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College. He has built dulcimers for musicians including John McCutcheon, Guy Carawan, and Sam Herrmann. Rizzetta now collaborates with the Dusty Strings Company who build hammer dulcimers based on his designs. He lives with his wife Carrie Rizzetta in Berkeley County, WV."]%

19. Transcript of oral history of Sam Rizzetta

Identifier:
4224.RizettaSam.IntTranscript.7.19.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Sam Rizzetta
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Rizzetta, Sam
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Rizzetta, Sam, Musical instruments, Dulcimer, Stringed instruments
Location:
Inwood (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Sam Rizzetta is a dulcimer designer, builder, and musician who moved to West Virginia in the early 1970s. He was a member of the string band Trapezoid and founded the hammer dulcimer playing classes at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College. He has built dulcimers for musicians including John McCutcheon, Guy Carawan, and Sam Herrmann. Rizzetta now collaborates with the Dusty Strings Company who build hammer dulcimers based on his designs. He lives with his wife Carrie Rizzetta in Berkeley County, WV. He was photographed in his home workshop."]%

20. Photo of Sam Rizzetta playing hammer dulcimer

Identifier:
4224.RizzettaSam.Photo.001.7.19.16
Title:
Photo of Sam Rizzetta playing hammer dulcimer
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Rizzetta, Sam, Dulcimer, Stringed instruments, Musical instruments
Location:
Inwood (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Wooden hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta. Rizzetta is a dulcimer designer, builder, and musician who moved to West Virginia in the early 1970s. He was a member of the string band Trapezoid and founded the hammer dulcimer playing classes at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College. He has built dulcimers for musicians including John McCutcheon, Guy Carawan, and Sam Herrmann. Rizzetta now collaborates with the Dusty Strings Company who build hammer dulcimers based on his designs. He lives with his wife Carrie Rizzetta in Berkeley County, WV. He was photographed in his home workshop."]%

21. Hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta

Identifier:
4224.RizzettaSam.Photo.002.7.19.16
Title:
Hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Rizzetta, Sam, Musical instruments, Dulcimer, Stringed instruments
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Inwood (W. Va.)
["Sound hole of wooden hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta. Rizzetta is a dulcimer designer, builder, and musician who moved to West Virginia in the early 1970s. He was a member of the string band Trapezoid and founded the hammer dulcimer playing classes at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College. He has built dulcimers for musicians including John McCutcheon, Guy Carawan, and Sam Herrmann. Rizzetta now collaborates with the Dusty Strings Company who build hammer dulcimers based on his designs. He lives with his wife Carrie Rizzetta in Berkeley County, WV. He was photographed in his home workshop."]%

22. Sound hole of hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta

Identifier:
4224.RizzettaSam.Photo.003.7.19.16
Title:
Sound hole of hammer dulcimer made by Sam Rizzetta
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Stringed instruments, Musical instruments, Dulcimer, Rizzetta, Sam
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Inwood (W. Va.)
["Hammer dulcimer hammers made by Sam Rizzetta. Rizzetta is a dulcimer designer, builder, and musician who moved to West Virginia in the early 1970s. He was a member of the string band Trapezoid and founded the hammer dulcimer playing classes at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College. He has built dulcimers for musicians including John McCutcheon, Guy Carawan, and Sam Herrmann. Rizzetta now collaborates with the Dusty Strings Company who build hammer dulcimers based on his designs. He lives with his wife Carrie Rizzetta in Berkeley County, WV. He was photographed in his home workshop."]%

23. Dulcimer hammers made by Sam Rizzetta

Identifier:
4224.RizzettaSam.Photo.004.7.19.16
Title:
Dulcimer hammers made by Sam Rizzetta
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Musical instruments, Stringed instruments, Rizzetta, Sam, Dulcimer
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Inwood (W. Va.)
["Sam Rizzetta is a dulcimer designer, builder, and musician who moved to West Virginia in the early 1970s. He was a member of the string band Trapezoid and founded the hammer dulcimer playing classes at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College. He has built dulcimers for musicians including John McCutcheon, Guy Carawan, and Sam Herrmann. Rizzetta now collaborates with the Dusty Strings Company who build hammer dulcimers based on his designs. He lives with his wife Carrie Rizzetta in Berkeley County, WV. He was photographed in his home workshop."]%

24. Photo of Sam Rizzetta playing hammer dulcimer in his workshop

Identifier:
4224.RizzettaSam.Photo.005.7.19.16
Title:
Photo of Sam Rizzetta playing hammer dulcimer in his workshop
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Stringed instruments, Musical instruments, Rizzetta, Sam, Dulcimer
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Inwood (W. Va.)