Mrs. Adams recounts memories of her brother Clarence Blue, her parents Fred Nelson Blue and Lucy Leola Watts Blue, and sisters Lucille, Lilly, Mary Jane, and Margaret.
Mamie Blue AdamsFrom the cover: "The Catawba Indians are aboriginal to South Carolina, and their pottery tradition may be traced to 2,400 B.C. When Hernando de Soto visited the Catawba Nation (then Cofitachique) in 1540, he found a sophisticated Mississippian Culture. After the founding of Charleston in 1670, the Catawba population declined. Throughout subsequent demographic stress, the Catawba supported themselves by making and peddling pottery. They have the only surviving Native American pottery tradition east of the Mississippi. Without pottery, there would be no Catawba Indian Nation today."
Thomas J. Blumer10 color photographs of participants in the 1995 Catawba Pottery Motif workshop at te Catawba Cultural Center, subjects are identified by labels on photo enclosures.
Catawba Cultural Preservation ProjectMrs. Adams recounts memories of her brother Clarence Blue, her parents Fred Nelson Blue and Lucy Leola Watts Blue, and sisters Lucille, Lilly, Mary Jane, and Margaret.
Mamie Blue Adams