This draft history of the Allanstand Cottage Industries tells the story of how Frances Goodrich founded the craft cooperative. The story begins with Goodrich's work as an educational missionary in the Brittain's Cove community in Buncombe County...
This memorial to Frances L. Goodrich was written by Olive Dame Campbell shortly after Goodrich's death in 1944. The memorial appears to have been read by Campbell, most likely at the memorial service sponsored by the Southern Highland Handicraft...
In this February 3, 1930 letter from Dr. Warren Wilson to Frances Goodrich, Wilson responded to Goodrich's request to liquidate stocks and sell Allanstand Cottage Industries. At the time of this letter, Wilson was employed as an administrator for...
This 1920 issue of the Southern Industrial Educational Association's Quarterly Magazine includes several articles related to mountain life and the work of settlement schools in the Appalachian region. The lead article focuses on "The Tragedy of...
This 1930 letter was written by Frances Goodrich to Allen Eaton regarding the upcoming initial meeting of the newly formed Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild (which later became the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild). This meeting of the Guild...
This photograph of Louise L. Pitman dyeing natural fibers was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934 at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Pitman came to the Folk School as an instructor in 1928 and later became Director of Handicrafts. Pitman was...
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- United States;
These documents pertain to the life and work of Howard C. Ford, more commonly known as Toni Ford. Included are a biographical profile written to accompany an exhibit at the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1985 and two pages of biographical...
There is no indication of who wrote these pages or for what occasion. Very likely it was part of the 1947 Guild presentation which gave Olive Dame Campbell honorary life membership in the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The paper describes...
This photograph shows John C. Campbell and his wife Olive Dame Campbell on the front porch of their home in Demorest, Georgia where John was the President of Piedmont College 1904-1906. The Campbell's married in 1907 and lived in Demorest until...
This set of letters pertains to the receipt of a grant from the General Education Board to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders, Inc. to perform an "Exploratory Study of Craft Education in the Southern Highlands."...
This statement was written by Lois Bacon on the occasion of the John C. Campbell Folk School's 50th anniversary in 1975. Bacon was the niece of Olive Dame Campbell. She recalls how John C. Campbell was drawn to the Appalachian region and the...
Allen Eaton is pictured here with Kate Clayton Donaldson (ca. 1864-1960), more commonly known as Granny Donaldson, who is displaying one of her "cow blankets." She is seated in a rocking chair in the shade. A basket which appears to hold skeins...
When the questionnaire was done in 1944, the Penland School of Handicrafts had a well-developed curriculum and reputation. It attracted well-trained teachers and students from around the country and Europe. Weaving was still the focus, but...
This questionnaire was distributed by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in fall of 1943 as a way to gather data about craft production centers in the region. The Guild was beginning to look for way to assist with the development of hand craft...
This is a transcript of an interview of weaver Virginia Dare Strother conducted by Edward Dupuy and Clifford Hotchkiss in 1965. Strother grew up in Sugar Grove, N.C. and was descended from a long line of weavers. In the interview she talks about...
These unofficial notes document the second organizational meeting for the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild which was held at the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. on December 28, 1929. There were 13 women representing 8 "Producing Centers." ...
These official minutes document the second organizational meeting for the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild which was held at the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. on December 28, 1929. Meeting attendees discussed specifics of founding an...
This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, depicts Park Fisher holding hand-made hearth bellows. Fisher was in charge of the woodshop at the John C. Campbell Folk School when the shop was located at the Mill House. Note the...
This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, shows Louis Pitman dyeing natural fibers. Louise Livingston Pitmancame to the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926 as an instructor and later became the Director of Handicrafts. Pitman was a...
Herman Estes taught wood working skills at John C. Campbell Folk School. This photograph, taken by Edward L. DuPuy, shows Estes demonstrating wood-turning at the Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands in Asheville, North Carolina in July, 1951.
