This illustrated catalog describes the classes offered at Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, during the summer of 1940. Course offerings included weaving, pottery, jewelry making, shoe making, basketry, chair caning,...
This catalog describes the classes offered at Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, during the summer of 1945. Course offerings included weaving, pottery, jewelry making, metalwork, basketry, chair caning, shuckery,...
John C. Campbell Folk School published a series of newsletters from 1926 to 1950. Written like a letter from the school's director, the newsletter is a source of information about the classes and activities at the Folk School and their impact on...
In May 1913 the voters in Jackson County, N.C., approved a measure to relocate the county seat from Webster to Sylva. While the town of Webster had been designated as the original county seat in the early 1850s, Sylva had benefited from the...
On September 18, 1915, a crowd estimated at 3,000 people arrived in Sylva, N.C., to attend the dedication of the Civil War monument. The monument had been located prominently on the steps leading up from the town's main street to the new Jackson...
This picture highlights the Main Street of Sylva, N.C., as seen on September 18, 1915. Taken from the vantage point of the new Jackson County Courthouse, completed in February 1914 and situated on a hillside overlooking the town, the photograph...
The Regal Hotel can be seen to the left in this picture of Duke Park, in Murphy, N.C., with the name 'Hotel Regal' visible beneath the third floor cornice of the building. This postcard was mailed from Murphy and postmarked July 18, 1911.
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Vocational Guidance; Handicraft -- Social aspects; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian...
This 43 page booklet tells of the founding of the Appalachian School near Penland, N.C., the organization and early years of the Penland Weavers and Potters, and the establishment of Penland School of Handicrafts, now known as Penland School of...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Cherokee woodcarver Virgil Ledford carving a figure of a cat or raccoon. Ledford was born and raised in the Birdtown community near Cherokee and had a talent for drawing as a young boy. ...
This letter to Marguerite Butler, administrator at the John C. Campbell Folk School, was written by Frances Goodrich on October 18, 1930. It was written on Allanstand Cottage Industries letterhead as Goodrich was owner of the craft shop at this...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Exhibitions -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
In 1933 the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild produced an exhibition of mountain crafts featuring the work of its members, including several from western North Carolina. The collection was not only a display, but visitors were encouraged to order...
This letter from M.A. Peck, of Montreal, Canada, was received by Frances Goodrich, of Asheville, N.C., on January 18, 1937. Peck congratulates Goodrich on the success of Allanstand Cottage Industries which Goodrich founded (but was owned by the...
“The Remarkable Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains” is a 14-page booklet written by B.W. Wells. Bertram Whittier Wells (1884-1978), a distinguished professor of botany at North Carolina State University. The original photographs included in...
Carolina Mountain Club of Asheville; Roan Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Description and travel
This report details a trip made by members of the Carolina Mountain Club. While the report is dated "June 26," the year has not been recorded. Most likely the trip was taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The report reveals much about the...
This program for the 1934 Cherokee Indian Fair is 21 pages and documents the fair that was held on September 18, 19, 20, & 21 of that year. The fair was first formally established and held regularly in 1914. Since it began, one of its main...
This program for the 1936 Cherokee Indian Fair is 23 pages and documents the fair that was held on October 6, 7, 8, & 9 of that year. The fair was first formally established and held regularly in 1914. Since it began, one of its main functions...
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to accompany a 1969 exhibition of "Basketry by Eva Wolfe." The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual,...
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to accompany a 1970 exhibition of “Basketry by Lucy George.” The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts...
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the U.S. Department of Interior, to accompany a 1978 exhibition of "Basketry by Eva Wolfe." The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, an...
Confederate States of America. Army -- Anniversaries, etc.
The 'North Carolina Historical Review' (July 1997) identified this photograph as a Confederate veterans reunion that W.W. Stringfield, himself a veteran and the owner of the Haywood White Sulphur Springs Hotel, arranged in Waynesville, N.C., in the...
