This program for the 28th annual Cherokee Indian Fair is 29 pages and documents the fair that was held on October 7, 8, 9, 10, & 11 in 1941. The fair was first formally established and held regularly in 1914. Since it began, one of its main...
(098) Wooden tent stakes (set of 11) with canvas cover; stakes are wrapped with a cloth strap with a metal buckle; buckle has " Pat. 10.7.13"; stakes with strap are in a canvas cover; "'33' Shelter Tent Mildew and water Repellent - VivaTex -...
This program for the 27th annual Cherokee Indian Fair is 29 pages and documents the fair that was held on October 8, 9, 10, & 11 in 1940. The fair was first formally established and held regularly in 1914. Since it began, one of its main...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph was most likely taken for a 1977 exhibition of Elsie Watty's white oak baskets at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual artisan cooperative in Cherokee. The storage basket, dyed with walnut root and bloodroot,...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph was most likely taken for a 1977 exhibition of Elsie Watty's white oak baskets at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual artisan cooperative in Cherokee. The body of this picnic basket, dyed with walnut root and...
This program for the 1929 Cherokee Indian Fair is 23 pages and documents the fair that was held on October 8, 9, 10, and 11 of that year. The fair was first formally established and held regularly in 1914. Since it began, one of its main...
This undated color drawing was reproduced as a postcard. It depicts craft items for sale in a Cherokee craft shop on the Qualla Boundary, the area of land owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee. The card reads, "Native-made articles on display in...
This undated color drawing was reproduced as a postcard. It depicts a Cherokee craftswoman making a basket at a site on the Qualla Boundary, the area of land owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee. The card reads, "Basket Weaving. One of the Arts...
Paper mills -- North Carolina --Jackson County; Sylva Paper Board Company (Sylva, N.C.)
The January 10, 1928, issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) contained an article 'Work Started on Big Paper Mill'� concerning construction of the Sylva Paper Board Company's plant by the Mead Corporation. The paperboard company's operations were...
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...
(038) Triangle; 30?? 60?? 90?? triangle; wooden drafting tool; ink stains on top surface and edges; dark wood; 30?? end has tip broken; has glue or varnish residue on underside; (041) Drafting instruments set in a leather covered case; set contains...
Tin collapsible reflector oven; stamped ''THE 'STONEBRIDGE' FOLDING BAKER PAT'D FEB. 13 1917''; with two wire handles on upper back panel; with galvanized metal hinges on left and right sides; condition good.
(098) Wooden tent stakes (set of 11) with canvas cover; stakes are wrapped with a cloth strap with a metal buckle; buckle has '' Pat. 10.7.13''; stakes with strap are in a canvas cover; '''33' Shelter Tent Mildew and water Repellent - VivaTex -...
Hide Scale; steel hunting scale with one large hook, one small hook, with big ring at top and small ring beside small hook; stamped ''HENRY BOKER GERMANY.'' 10 1/2''L.
(029 a) Case for landing net; with ''I-D-L LANDING NET: STEEL COLLAPSING FRAME WITH 12 INCH BAMBOO HANDLE''; very worn - stained, and seams are ripped, insect holes in fabric; label on case is in very poor condition; cotton; tied at one end with...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Wood carver Adam Welch (1925-1985) was born in the Big Cove community on the Qualla Boundary in North Carolina. After retiring from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, he took up carving. Working in the house in winter and outside in summer, he made...
James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976) was a noted photographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians. In the 1920s, up to the park’s dedication in 1940, Thompson was often...
