Oliver, Elizabeth, 1940-2000
Biographical notes:
Elizabeth Oliver was born in 1940 on her father's dairy farm in Virginia. After attending the University of North Carolina, she moved to New York City, N.Y., and worked as a set designer in the theater. In 1968, she taught craft workshops at the Penland School of Crafts in Penland, N.C. She then moved back to New York City to work as a video producer and editor. In 1977, Oliver was a student at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Me., where she was later invited to teach and serve as a visiting artist. Her primary topics were papermaking and crafts. In the 1990s, she also ventured into poetry and began performing her work. None of her work was published. Around 1997, she was diagnosed with cancer and began three years of treatments. She died on 10 October 2000 in Virginia Beach, Va.
From the description of Elizabeth Oliver papers, 1972-2000. WorldCat record id: 182540753
From the guide to the Elizabeth Oliver Papers, 1972-2000, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
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