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  • Poling, Virgil Ellsworth, b. 1908 d. 2001

    Arts administrator, Educator
    Little Deer Isle, Me. (Show Bio)

    Virgil Ellsworth Poling papers, 1939-1973

    1.4 linear ft.

    Correspondence, mostly from his years teaching at Dartmouth and the establishment of a woodworking shop at the College; published articles from Crafts Magazine by Poling; a few newsclippings; photographs of Poling, his students and their work at Dartmouth; slides; reports and manuscripts concerning the development of craft industries in Bangladesh, Korea, Kenya, and Nigeria for the United States Agency for International Development in the 1970s.

    Donated 1980-1981 by Virgil Poling.

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