This photograph of the Cherokee High School graduating class of 1926 includes renowned Cherokee woodcarver, Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000). A native of Cherokee, North Carolina, Chiltoskey was trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph, taken around 1926, shows Georg Bidstrup, in front of a gate. Bidstrup came to the Folk School in 1926 as the Danish farm manager and gymnastics instructor. He married co-founder of the school, Marguerite Butler, in 1936. Bidstrup...
This brochure was printed for the 1926 Brasstown Community Fair. Marguerite Butler (later Marguerite Butler Bidstrup), who was instrumental in founding the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1925, is listed as secretary of the Brasstown Fair...
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1926 provides an overall financial statement as well as a balance sheet for specific craft categories. The Status of Merchandise Account documents purchases, sales, and remaining...
This historical summary of traditional weaving in the southern Appalachian mountains was written by Frances Goodrich in March of 1926. This essay describes weaving as she found it during her mission work in western North Carolina during the...
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...
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...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph of Olive Dame Campbell (left) and Marguerite Butler (right) was taken around 1926. Butler and Campbell co-founded the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1925. Campbell was director of the school until her retirement in 1946 and...
This 1926 photograph depicts members of the Brasstown, N.C. community gathering in front of the local general store on the occasion of the first meeting of the Brasstown Savings and Loan. This credit union was a co-operative put into place by the...
In this 1926 photograph, Aunt Myra Anderson and Arminda Curtis are spinning yarn to weave in front of the fireplace of a traditional Appalachian log cabin. Curtis, also know as "Aunt Mindy," was the wife of Amos Curtis. She lived in the community...
This photograph taken around 1926 shows John C. Campbell Folk School founder, Olive Dame Campbell (right) and her sister, Daisy Dame (left), standing outside the school's Farm House. Daisy Dame, from Medford, Massachusetts, lived at the Folk...
