This photograph depicts the family of Jesse Stalcup, Macon County, N.C. carpenter and woodworker, circa 1895. Jesse Bryson Stalcup, born in 1860 in Swain County, NC, was the son of Thomas Belew Stalcup and Charity Jane Stalcup. The family lived...
This photograph, dated 1895, is from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives and shows a group of students upon their arrival at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in Hampton, Virginia. Founded as a Freedman's Bureau school...
This 1895 photograph from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives shows a group of students a few months after their arrival at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in Hampton, Virginia. Founded as a Freedman's Bureau school...
This educational booklet accompanied an exhibit about blacksmithing titled Irons in the Fire and produced by the Mountain Heritage Center in 1992. The booklet is illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings of blacksmithing techniques,...
Asheville (N.C.) -- Maps; North Carolina -- Maps; Biltmore Forest (N.C.); Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.); Biltmore Estate Company
This mid-1920s booklet entitled 'General Plan of Biltmore Forest at Biltmore, N.C.' was produced for the Town of Biltmore Forest, a planned residential community formed from lands of the Biltmore Estate and being developed by the Biltmore Estate...
This view of the Cherokee County Courthouse in Murphy, N.C., was postmarked March 25, 1907, at Murphy and on March 25 at Hayesville, N.C. As indicated on the card, the Courthouse was built in 1892, then seriously damaged by fire in 1895, and...
The handwritten caption on the reverse of this photograph reads 'Dr. B.B. Meroney - late 1800s - Hiwassee River, Murphy, N.C.' A separate notation indicates that the photograph was 'Taken May 1st 1895.' Murphy, the county seat of Cherokee County,...
Biltmore Forest (N.C.); Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.); Biltmore Estate Company
This mid-1920s booklet entitled 'General Plan of Biltmore Forest at Biltmore, N.C.' was produced for the Town of Biltmore Forest, a planned residential community formed from lands of the Biltmore Estate and being developed by the Biltmore Estate...
North Carolina -- Maps; Biltmore Forest (N.C.); Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.); Biltmore Estate Company
This mid-1920s booklet entitled 'General Plan of Biltmore Forest at Biltmore, N.C.' was produced for the Town of Biltmore Forest, a planned residential community formed from lands of the Biltmore Estate and being developed by the Biltmore Estate...
These two undated letters from Margaret Whiting of Deerfield, Mass., were sent to Frances Goodrich and include instructions for dyeing fiber with indigo. Although the date of these letters is unclear, the reference to Miss Williams [Isadora...
These items were contained in a tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. This brace, known as a "Lightning Brace" in the 1895 edition of the Montgomery Ward catalogue, is used for drilling holes and screwing bolts. It was found in...
This series of a watercolor drawdown and corresponding weaving drafts, dating from the early-to-mid 1900s, illustrates a weave pattern known as Double Bow Knot. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much...
John C. Campbell at age 40-45 or from the period 1907-1912. John C. Campbell (1867-1919) was born in La Porte, Ind., on 14 September 1867 to Gavin and Anna Barbara (Kipp) Campbell, and grew up in Steven's Point, Wisc. He graduated from Williams...
This photograph depicts John C. Campbell sitting on a porch during period 1912-1917.
John C. Campbell (1867-1919) was born in La Porte, Ind., on 14 September 1867 to Gavin and Anna Barbara (Kipp) Campbell, and grew up in Steven's Point, Wisc. He...
This photograph depicts John C. Campbell sometime during the years 1895-1905. John C. Campbell (1867-1919) was born in La Porte, Ind., on 14 September 1867 to Gavin and Anna Barbara (Kipp) Campbell, and grew up in Steven's Point, Wisc. He graduated...
