Beauty and Utility
A Century of Sandwich Home Industries
Mary Coolidge
1862-1952
"Her neighbors' needs in a snowbound country far from the railroads inspired Mrs. J. Randolph Coolidge of Center Sandwich, N.H., to organize home industry in her state on a profitable basis. She saw their economic problems - their short growing seasons and long winter - and she saw the possibilities in the 'fancy work' of the women and the handcrafts that occupied the spare time of the men...Center Sandwich was soon disposing of its handcraft products in a thriving summer trade." ~ From Reader's Digest, April 1956
Behind the Scenes
Building an Exhibition
Adam Brooks (NHHS Museum Collections Manager) and Lauren Hansen (SHS Collections Manager) unpack and hang a beautiful portrait of Mary Coolidge on loan from the New Hampshire Historical Society.
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This summer, the Sandwich Historical Society will celebrate 100 years of the Sandwich Home Industries. The exhibition will run from June 27 through September 5 and include the legacy of Mary and J. Randolph Coolidge, the story of cooperative support of local artisans, and artifacts from 100 years of retail.
Look for many events and programs throughout the year! The first program, presented by Martha Nichols and the Sandwich Home Industries, will be Monday, March 16, Noon, Samuel H. Wentworth Library. |
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Thank you for your help!
We are no longer accepting artifacts for the exhibition
As many may know, the theme of this year’s Sandwich Historical Society’s exhibition is, “Beauty and Utility: A Century of Sandwich Home Industries.” Part of the overall exhibition will be highlighting the various decades of artist/craftspeople in the town who were aligned with the SHI, or its later expansion into the League of NH Craftsmen that we know today. 100 years of Sandwich artisanship.
We have a number of handmade artifacts in our own SHS collection to include in the exhibition, but we would like to make it more inclusive, and are now asking the community if there are items in Sandwich families’ collections that you would like to lend to the SHS for the duration of the exhibition, and its subsequent short exhibition in Concord at the LNHC state headquarters at the end of its run in Sandwich.
Examples of heirloom Sandwich-made artifacts, spanning the 1920’s through the present, might include: hooked rugs, jewelry, weaving, pottery, glass, furniture, toys, hand-forged ironwork, woodworking, enamels, sewing, printmaking, photography, (we have a large collection of baskets) and the like would be welcomed for consideration of inclusion by the exhibition committee.
Sandwich artisans from the SHI earlier days to consider might be: Eric Ingles, Mimi Engel, Morgan Tuttle, Floyd Tuttle, Abbott Gotshall, Bob Wright, Lester Lear, Peter Lear, Louisa Miner, Bob Miner, Judith Tuttle, TD Gotshall, Marjorie Harkness, Joe Fogg, Floyd Voris, Bob and Dot Morgan, Frances Strayer, Pam Hitchcock, Sue Rowan, and others you might think of that made beautiful objects that have been handed down, and are still in your family. We have representation of Tappan chairs, Marshall pottery, Dustin woodturning, Rozelle quilting, and others as well.
If you can help us out, please let the Sandwich Historical Society know soon. Lauren Hansen is our lead curator for the exhibition, and you can contact her at: [email protected] or [email protected] as well as any one of our exhibition committee members to begin the process. Your pieces will be fully insured while in our possession for the exhibition dates.
Thank you to those who have already reached out and donated objects to us. Much appreciated!
Sincerely,
Franz Nicolay
Trustee &
Exhibition Committee
We have a number of handmade artifacts in our own SHS collection to include in the exhibition, but we would like to make it more inclusive, and are now asking the community if there are items in Sandwich families’ collections that you would like to lend to the SHS for the duration of the exhibition, and its subsequent short exhibition in Concord at the LNHC state headquarters at the end of its run in Sandwich.
Examples of heirloom Sandwich-made artifacts, spanning the 1920’s through the present, might include: hooked rugs, jewelry, weaving, pottery, glass, furniture, toys, hand-forged ironwork, woodworking, enamels, sewing, printmaking, photography, (we have a large collection of baskets) and the like would be welcomed for consideration of inclusion by the exhibition committee.
Sandwich artisans from the SHI earlier days to consider might be: Eric Ingles, Mimi Engel, Morgan Tuttle, Floyd Tuttle, Abbott Gotshall, Bob Wright, Lester Lear, Peter Lear, Louisa Miner, Bob Miner, Judith Tuttle, TD Gotshall, Marjorie Harkness, Joe Fogg, Floyd Voris, Bob and Dot Morgan, Frances Strayer, Pam Hitchcock, Sue Rowan, and others you might think of that made beautiful objects that have been handed down, and are still in your family. We have representation of Tappan chairs, Marshall pottery, Dustin woodturning, Rozelle quilting, and others as well.
If you can help us out, please let the Sandwich Historical Society know soon. Lauren Hansen is our lead curator for the exhibition, and you can contact her at: [email protected] or [email protected] as well as any one of our exhibition committee members to begin the process. Your pieces will be fully insured while in our possession for the exhibition dates.
Thank you to those who have already reached out and donated objects to us. Much appreciated!
Sincerely,
Franz Nicolay
Trustee &
Exhibition Committee