Gerald L. Pocius is Director of the Centre for Material Culture Studies at Memorial University, Associate Professor of Folklore, and member of the Archaeology Unit. He was a NEH Research Fellow at Winterthur Museum in 1985. He is currently an Associate Editor of Journal of American Folklore. His publications include: Textile traditions of eastern Newfoundland (1979); Dimensions of Canadian Architecture, with Shane O'Dea (1984); and A Place to Belong (1991).