Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, held its 1937 summer Weaving Institute July 19 through August 21, 1937. This group of materials documents the courses taught and the instructors and students who attended. The...
This program for the 1937 Cherokee Indian Fair is 23 pages and documents the fair that was held on October 5, 6, 7, & 8 of that year. The fair was first formally established and held regularly in 1914. Since it began, one of its main functions...
Bryson City (N.C.); Little Tennessee River (Ga.-Tenn.)
This collage of photographs in the R.A. Romanes (1896-1978) collection is dated November 1, 1937, and features Bryson City, North Carolina (top left), the Little Tennessee River as seen from the Franklin, N.C., to Bryson City road (bottom right),...
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique...
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique...
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique...
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique...
This photograph shows tourists looking over the crafts for sale at the 1937 Cherokee Indian Fair, held in Cherokee, North Carolina from October 5-8 that year. The fair was first held regularly beginning in 1914 and provided a showcase for Cherokee...
This photograph shows tourists looking over the crafts for sale at the 1937 Cherokee Indian Fair, held in Cherokee, North Carolina from October 5-8 of that year. The fair was first held regularly beginning in 1914 and provided a showcase for...
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique...
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 photograph of Bryson City, North Carolina, and the surrounding countryside by R.A. Romanes (1896-1978) was dated November 1, 1937. This view highlights the town's mountain setting. The Swain County Courthouse, built in 1908, is discernable...
This photograph of Bryson City, North Carolina, by R.A. Romanes (1896-1978), is dated November 1, 1937. The Swain County Courthouse, built in 1908, is visible at left of center and is distinguished by its cupola and portico. The photograph was...
Hydroelectric power plants -- North Carolina -- Swain County
This photograph of the Smoky Mountain Power Plant at Ela, North Carolina, near Bryson City, N.C., by R.A. Romanes (1896-1978) was dated October 18, 1937. The dam, which is on the Oconaluftee River near its confluence with the Tuckasegee River, was...
When the Allanstand Cottage Industries craft shop in Asheville, North Carolina was transferred from Frances Goodrich to the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild in 1931, it presented Guild members with an outlet to sell their craft products. It was...
This letter from M.A. Peck, of Montreal, Canada, was received by Frances Goodrich, of Asheville, N.C., on January 18, 1937. Peck congratulates Goodrich on the success of Allanstand Cottage Industries which Goodrich founded (but was owned by the...
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...
This is an invitation to an annual exhibit and sale of crafts from the John C. Campbell Folk School, held at the Russell Sage Foundation in the 1930s. Special features were the music of John Jacob Niles and a presentation of the photographs of...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its fall membership meeting in Asheville, North Carolina on October 25 and 26, 1937. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members list, announcements of...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 12, 1937. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events, and...
