Aiken, Grace, interviewee Gartrell, Julia C., interviewer Clune, Katy A. (Kathryn Anne), interviewer Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor sound recording-nonmusical spoken word Digital photographs-Color-2020-2030. Sound recordings. Personal narratives. Oral histories. Interviews. xxu 2021 monographic 2021-03-04. eng

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1 sound recording (00:47:37) : digital, wav 10 photographs : digital, tif 1 manuscript : digital, pdf Grace Aiken was born in Takoradi, Ghana in 1972. She has worked for the repair department of Replacements Limited for over twenty years. In this interview, Grace discusses her path to the United States and her transition from hair styling into specialized ceramic repair. She discusses the creative aspects of her job, how the training process works, and many of the specifics of crystal and china repair. Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Interview was conducted outdoors. It contains ambient sounds. Related to interview: John Probus (afc2020009_002), Horace McKee (afc2020009_009) Recorded at Replacements Limited, McLeansville, North Carolina, March 4, 2021. Fixing, Mending, Making New: North Carolina's Repair Professionals: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2020-2021 (AFC 2020/009), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. n-us-nc Aiken, Grace Interviews Repairing trades North Carolina Pottery Repairing Employees Training of Blue collar workers Workmanship Job satisfaction Material culture Quality of products Library of Congress American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2020009.afc2020009_001_sr01 (DLC) 2021655286 AFC 2020/009 2022655273 dacs DLC 221216 20250607120207.1 22903709 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng