Helen Martin King Materials
Introduction
Title: Helen Martin King Materials
Accession number: 92-003-AC
Collection size: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Donor: William Jackson Butt II
Repository:
Information About Helen Martin King and the Collection
Helen Martin King (1895-1988) was a longtime
While
studying at the latter college, she met and married Harry King, a young
Methodist minister from
The Helen Martin King Materials consist of photographs,
slides, magazine and newspaper articles, brochures, and other items relating to
King’s rug hooking career, as well as correspondence relating to the gathering
of the collection.
Nancy S. Griffith processed the collection in 1992. In 2002, Kim Halpain and Judy Blackwell completed detailed indexing and the website finding aid. The collection is open for research.
SUBJECT INDEX:
Britton, Nancy
Butt, Cecilia King
King, Helen Martin
Martin, J. W.
Rug Hooking
Detailed Series Description
Folder 1:
Xerox of King Scrapbook
Folder 2:
Xerox Copy of Martin’s Philosophy of Life by J.W. Martin
Folder 3:
Brochure- “Hooked Rug Patterns” by Mrs. Harry King; 1946
Brochure- “Hooked Rug Patterns Hooking Helps” by Mrs. Harry King
Brochure- “The Art and History of Hooked Rugs” by Mrs. Harry King
Folder 4:
Letter- To
Reminiscences- Cecilia King Butt
Reminiscences- Cecilia King Butt; June 1980
Folder 5:
Magazine
Articles- “
Newspaper
Article- “Authority on Rug Hooking to
Address
Magazine Ad- “Hand Hooked Rugs”; Early American Life; December 1974
Newspaper
Article- “Rug Designer; Helen Martin
King;
Newspaper
Article- “Resident Treats House
Occupants like Her Sons”; Batesville
Daily Guard;
Magazine Article- “Old Art of Rug Hooking Revived by
Party-Loving Southern Women”; Life;
Magazine
Article- “You’re Hooked”;
Newspaper
Article- “News of Other Days: 70
years ago Harry King and Helen Martin Hail are united in Marriage”; Batesville Daily Guard”;
Newspaper
Article- “Helen King Moves to
Newspaper
Article- “Pleasure and Profit Derived
from Hook Rug Hobby by Batesville Women”; Batesville
News Review;
Newspaper
Article- “Hooked Rug Designer”; Batesville Guard;
Articles- 1949: “Mrs. Harry King Plays Big Role in Reviving Rug-Making in the Home”; “Rug Designer Guest Speaker for Pen Women”; “Hooked Rug Show in Batesville Was Great Success”
Folder 6:
Photograph- John W. Martin; Helen King’s Father
Photograph- Fitzhugh N. Hail and Helen Martin; 1913
Folder 7:
Program- “Refocusing the Past: Women in Society and the Arts in
Paper- “Helen Martin King Arkansas Rug Hooker” by Nancy Britton
Folder 8:
List- List of Boys who lived with Mrs. King
Letter- To Cecilia from Steve Wingo
Folder 9:
Letter- To Murt from Nathan and Jan Davis;
Slides- List of King Slides
Package- To Mrs. Sam Britton from Thomas F. Butt;
Folder 10:
Agreement- Agreement on Gifts;
Obituary- Helen Martin King
Letter- To Mrs. Harry King from Townsend Wolfe;
Letter- To Mrs. Sam Britton from Karen
Bryant;
Letter- To Ms. Nancy Britton from R.W.
Meriwether;
Paper- “
Letter- To Mr. William Jackson Butt II from Nancy S. Griffith, September
7, 1992
Letter- To Mrs. Griffith from Jack Butt,
Loose:
Magazine- The Magazine Antiques October 1990
Magazine- The Magazine Antiques
July 1992