The article and accompanying photograph appeared in The Chattanooga Times on Thursday, October 3, 1935. It is a group shot of the members and friends of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The group gathered for the guild’s semiannual...
This page containing two pictures identified as "Patton Avenue, Asheville, N.C. - Mountain Park Hotel, Hot Springs, N.C." is from Holman D. Waldron's souvenir book "With Pen and Camera thro' the "Land of the Sky" ...
This page containing two pictures identified as 'Patton Avenue, Asheville, N.C. - Mountain Park Hotel, Hot Springs, N.C.' is from Holman D. Waldron's souvenir book 'With Pen and Camera thro' the 'Land of the Sky' (Portland, Me.: Chisholm Bros.,...
This page from the hotel register of the Penland House at Pigeon River, now Canton, N.C., was dated June 12 and 13, 1883. According to the names on the register, the hotel drew a clientele from a variety of areas. Included are individuals who...
This page from the hotel register of the Penland House at Pigeon River, now Canton, N.C., was dated June 12 and 13, 1883. According to the names on the register, the hotel drew a clientele from a variety of areas. Included are individuals who...
This 16-page booklet lists prices and descriptions for the items made and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters, ca. 1940-1945. The booklet is illustrated with black and white photographs of numerous products. Products include hand woven items...
This brochure was written by Penland School of Handicrafts staff, Bonnie Willis Ford, ca. 1938 or 1939. It gives an historical overview of the founding of the Penland Weavers and Potters in 1923, the development of a community health program in...
This promotional brochure was written by Bonnie Willis Ford, in 1934. It gives an historical overview of the founding of the Penland Weavers and Potters and its impact on the surrounding community, the effect of the depression on the organization,...
Kephart did not provide a caption for this photograph featuring a group of men and women against a building with a sign "Lunch Stand." This picture may have been from a series taken on one of his travels or a hunting trip.
This photograph entitled 'The Plant at Canton' is featured on page 1 of the booklet 'Glimpses of the Plant of the Champion Fibre Co., Canton, North Carolina: Souvenir of the Visit of the Cincinnati Commercial Club, May 1922.'� Expansion in the...
This photograph entitled "The Plant at Canton" is featured on page 1 of the booklet “Glimpses of the Plant of the Champion Fibre Co., Canton, North Carolina: Souvenir of the Visit of the Cincinnati Commercial Club, May 1922.” ...
This exhibition brochure was created to accompany a 1971 solo exhibition of pottery by Cora Wahnetah. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986) was also known Cora Wahyahneetah. The exhibition was organized...
Among the featured headlines the August 27, 1929 issue of "The Ruralite" (Sylva, N.C.) was the article “Power Co. Will Build Nantahala Dam this Fall,” reporting on plans of the newly formed Nantahala Power and Light Company for a...
Hydroelectric power plants -- North Carolina -- Swain County;
Among the featured headlines the August 27, 1929 issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) was the article 'Power Co. Will Build Nantahala Dam this Fall,'� reporting on plans of the newly formed Nantahala Power and Light Company for a hydroelectric...
The photographic studio of Lindsey & Brown, in Asheville, N.C., published this postcard showing a wagon, which they captioned a "Prairie Schooner." On the left side of the card is a general heading for the set of "Western North...
The photographic studio of Lindsey & Brown, in Asheville, N.C., published this postcard showing a wagon, which they captioned a 'Prairie Schooner.' On the left side of the card is a general heading for the set of 'Western North Carolina Views'...
This brochure was printed for the 1926 Brasstown Community Fair. Marguerite Butler (later Marguerite Butler Bidstrup), who was instrumental in founding the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1925, is listed as secretary of the Brasstown Fair...
This photographic postcard depicts the use of handwoven textiles in the weave pattern Sun, Moon, and Stars to decorate President Woodrow Wilson's White House bedroom around 1913. The room came to be known as the Blue Mountain Room. First Lady Ellen...
Proctor, N.C., located along Hazel Creek in Swain County, N.C., was a center of logging activity for the W.M. Ritter Lumber Company from 1909 to 1926. The community had a population of about 500 in the mid-1910s. As rail connections were vital in...
