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Record #:
1163
Author(s):
Stinson, Craig M.
Abstract:
Bea Hensley, a blacksmith in Spruce Pine, successfully made the transition from utilitarian to decorative ironwork in the first half of the 20th-century.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 40 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1993, p19-29, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Ironwork; Blacksmithing; Hensley, Bea Ellis, 1919
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Record #:
5822
Author(s):
Norris, Jeannie Faris
Abstract:
Born in 1919, Bea Hensley learned blacksmithing and the \"hammer language\" at the forge of Daniel Boone VI in Burnsville. Hensley's ornamental ironwork is known worldwide. He received a 1993 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for preserving blacksmithing traditional techniques.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p75-76, por Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Blacksmiths--Mitchell County; Blacksmithing--Mitchell County; Hensley, Bea Ellis, 1919; Ironwork--Mitchell County
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