Kephart's diary is not available. However, his "Index to Diary" provides some illumination on his trip into western North Carolina in 1904. Among the entries on this page are the ones numbered 40 - 60 and 77, and which relate to his life...
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading "Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904." The location of the photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading "Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904." The location of the photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading "Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904." The location of photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
Kephart's first camp in western North Carolina, on Dicks Creek near Dillsboro, North Carolina. The caption indicates that he named his encampment, "Camp Toco -- Dak-waw-I (fish monster place) - near Dick Creek (Here I lived alone Aug. 7 to Oct...
This item was contained in a tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. This combined square and mitre has ruler numbers on one edge only. Used in carpentry, the raised lip on the shortest side is used to brace against boards to then...
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading "Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904." The location of the photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading "Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904." The location of the photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
In October 1904 Kephart moved from Dicks Creek, near Dillsboro, North Carolina, to the Hazel Creek area of Swain County, North Carolina. His departure was shown in the Album as "Addio! Sunday, Oct. 30, 1904." The photograph shows the...
This postcard view of the "Kenilworth Inn, Asheville, N.C." was postmarked from Asheville on June 7, 1904. The hotel was built in the early 1890s. Fire destroyed the inn in April 1909.
This postcard view of the 'Kenilworth Inn, Asheville, N.C.' was postmarked from Asheville on June 7, 1904. The hotel was built in the early 1890s. Fire destroyed the inn in April 1909.
Nettie Harris Owl (c. 1872-1923) was a Catawba woman who moved to Cherokee in the 1880s to be with her aunt Susannah Harris Owl. In 1889, Nettie Harris married Lloyd Owl. Along with her Aunt Susannah, Nettie Owl made pottery while living on the...
This impressed pottery vessel was made by Nettie Harris Owl (c. 1872-1923), a Catawba woman who moved to Cherokee in the 1880s to be with her aunt Susannah Harris Owl. In 1889, Nettie Harris married Lloyd Owl. Along with her Aunt Susannah, Nettie...
This photograph of Frances Elizabeth Parker Nicholson (1897-1990) in the 1940s or 1950s shows her with a selection of her cornhusk crafts. As a self-taught craftsperson, Nicholson began experimenting with cornhusk crafts in the 1930s. She devised...
The Album caption reads simply "Widow Davis." The caption on the reverse of the picture is more detailed and notes: "Widow Davis' cabin on Dick Creek near Dillsboro. Fair sample of all the cabins in these mts., but better chimney...
"Making Sorghum." This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 368) as "Making 'Lasses." This photograph is on Album page 5 with the heading "Tuckaseegee River." It is one of...
Kephart's diary is not available. However, his "Index to Diary" provides some illumination on his trip into western North Carolina in 1904. Among the entries on this page are the ones numbered 1 - 35, which relate to his arrival in the...
The "Turpin's House" was located on Dicks Creek, near Dillsboro, North Carolina. This photograph is featured on Album page 7 under the heading "Tuckaseegee River."
Kephart took a variety of pictures of the Dicks Creek area near Dillsboro, North Carolina for this Album, such as this one "Looking up Dick Creek." This photograph is on an Album page with the heading "Tuckaseegee River."
