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 panel contains two pictures by R.A. Romanes (1896-1978) of the Little Tennessee River as seen from the Franklin, North Carolina to Bryson City, N.C. road. The photograph on the right is dated November 1, 1937 and the photograph on the left is...
This 1929 letter to Mrs. William Dudley Foulke is an example of the letters which Frances Goodrich sent out to Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. stockholders as she made arrangements to pass the shop on to new owners. Over the course of 1929 and...
This photograph, taken around 1929, shows a Mountain Valley Creamery truck parked outside Fred O. Scroggs store in Brasstown, N.C. As one of the co-operatives of the John C. Campbell Folk School, the Mountain Valley Creamery provided milk, butter,...
In this December 30, 1929 letter to Dr. Warren Wilson, Frances Goodrich writes of her interest in selling the Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. At the time of this letter, Wilson was employed as an administrator for the Board of National...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This talk was given by Olive Dame Campbell at the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers meeting in the spring of 1929. Here Campbell describes how representatives of seven mountain craft centers met at Penland, North Carolina in December 1928 to...
This woven cloth sample notebook was originally compiled by Helen Wilmer Stone (ca. 1891-1978) presumably while she was working at the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Kentucky. The notebook contains samples of woven fabrics glued to notebook...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This is the original constitution for the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild drafted in 1929 for approval at the organization's first official meeting in March 1930. The constitution covers various aspects such as the organization's name,...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Educators -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
These unofficial notes document the second organizational meeting for the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild which was held at the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. on December 28, 1929. There were 13 women representing 8 "Producing Centers." ...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Educators -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Exhibitions -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;...
These official minutes document the second organizational meeting for the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild which was held at the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. on December 28, 1929. Meeting attendees discussed specifics of founding an...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This article reports on early discussions to organize the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild as an umbrella organization for Craft Revival initiatives throughout the region. The article is the published text of Olive Dame Campbell's talk to the...
This photograph, taken around 1929, shows John C. Campbell Folk School students Ruth Young (left) and Bonnie Logan Hensley (right) performing general house-cleaning duties such as window-washing at Keith House. Students were involved in daily...
Quilting -- North Carolina, Western; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Depressions --1929 -- North Carolina -- Jackson County -- Personal narratives; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Music -- North Carolina...
Amy shares memories of quilting that continue to resonate for her. Doreyl interviews Gayle Woody from Dillsboro, an art teacher with multiple talents, including gospel music. Amy talks with Leola Brown from Cullowhee, who will turn 90 years old...
This aerial view of Asheville, North Carolina in the late 1920s, attributed to George Masa (1881-1931), emphasizes the city's growth in the 1910s and 1920s, and also the impact of the automobile on the city's development. Throughout the period,...
This photograph has a handwritten notation on the reverse which identifies it as 'Group at Baptist Church, Clyde, N.C., 1928 - 1929.' The photograph shows over one hundred and twenty-five men, women, and children posed in front of the church...
Hydroelectric power plants -- North Carolina -- Swain County;
The August 13, 1929 issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.), headlined this article entitled '5 New Hydro-Electric Projects Planned for Nantahala Section'� that detailed plans for five new hydroelectric projects on the Little Tennessee River, the...
Hydroelectric power plants -- North Carolina -- Swain County;
Among the featured headlines the August 27, 1929 issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) was the article 'Power Co. Will Build Nantahala Dam this Fall,'� reporting on plans of the newly formed Nantahala Power and Light Company for a hydroelectric...
Hotels -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Hotel Gordon (Waynesville, N.C.); Hotel Piedmont (Waynesville, N.C.)
An article titled 'Hotel Gordon to Open July 6th'� from the June 27, 1929, issue of the 'Mountaineer' (Waynesville, North Carolina) announced plans for dances accompanied by an orchestra at two of Waynesville's hotels, the Hotel Gordon and Hotel...
Letter from Kephart to Will C. Barnes, Secreatary, United States Geographic Board, Wahsington, D.C., commenting on the naming of "Mt. Kephart" in the Great Smoky Mountains.
In this paper written by Raymond E. Pippin in the early 1930s, Pippin puts forward a plan for a craft cooperative system which would support crafts people across the United States. He outlines the problems of "Chaos and Ruin" resulting from the...
