Mountain Milestones was a newsletter published by Penland School of Handicrafts as a vehicle for disseminating news about craft classes at Penland, the activities of the local community, and general information about the region. Two issues were...
This catalog describes the classes offered at Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, during the summer of 1945. Course offerings included weaving, pottery, jewelry making, metalwork, basketry, chair caning, shuckery,...
This photograph of downtown Cherokee was taken in 1945. During the 1920s, road improvements made the North Carolina mountains more accessible and tourism became a significant force in the economy of Cherokee and the surrounding area. By the late...
This photograph of downtown Cherokee was taken in 1945. During the 1920s, road improvements made the North Carolina mountains more accessible and tourism became a significant force in the economy of Cherokee and the surrounding area. By the late...
This photograph shows the entrance to the Qualla Boundary in 1945. During the 1920s, road improvements made the North Carolina mountains more accessible and tourism became a significant force in the economy of Cherokee and the surrounding area. ...
This photograph shows the original site of annual Cherokee Indian Fair. The fair was originally held in Big Cove, beginning in 1914, later moving to the fairgrounds in Cherokee. The Cherokee Indian Fair is an event that has historically been an...
This sale brochure promotes the products of the Spinning Wheel, a weaving studio and regional craft shop in Asheville, N.C. In 1925, Clementine Douglas opened the Spinning Wheel, a weaving studio and retail shop selling a range of local crafts....
Mrs. J. A. Hodges [first name unknown] worked with Elizabeth Lord at Wautauga Industries in Boone, N. C. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern...
This brochure produced around 1945 describes the various products made by Walter B. Stephen at the Pisgah Forest Pottery just south of Asheville, North Carolina. Stephen developed various product lines including work with "porcelain paste" called...
This map was distributed in the western North Carolina region to be used as a placemat. It displays several Southern Highland Handicraft members including (lower left to right) John C. Campbell Folk School, Pisgah Pottery, The Spinning Wheel,...
This photograph of Park Fisher was taken around 1945. Fisher was in charge of the original woodshop at the John C. Campbell Folk School when the shop was located at the Mill House.
This photograph depicts John C. Campbell Folk School founder, Olive Dame Campbell sitting outside while playing the recorder, a popular instrument at the school starting in the 1940s. This photograph was taken in 1945 by Herman Estes, head of the...
This photograph, taken around 1945, shows Olive Dame Campbell giving a lecture to a group of John C. Campbell Folk School students outside the school's Farm House. Campbell founded the school in 1925 in Brasstown, N.C. Classes and lectures at the...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its fall membership meeting in Penland, N.C. on September 11 to 13, 1945. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events, and...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. This particular issue contains the minutes for the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild annual membership meeting in...
The Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild." It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well as news of...
This view of the 'Fontana Dam Project'� from the report by the Tennessee Valley Authority, 'The Fontana Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, and Initial Operations of the Fontana Project'� (Washington: United...
In 1944, the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders, Inc. received a $6,000 grant from the General Education Board to study the field of crafts as an income-producing venture in the southern Appalachian area. Grant staff...
The Artisans Shop was owned by Robert Valier, who made furniture and taught area men in the craft. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern...
Allanstand Cottage Industries was founded as a sales outlet for regional craft artists. Founded in Madison County, North Carolina in 1896 by Frances Goodrich, the shop later moved to a storefront in Asheville. Goodrich donated the shop to the...
