Druggist's scale; Solid brass druggist's scales mounted on walnut base with drawer; drawer has "84" penciled on the bottom inside; drawer contains nine weights of various sizes with "appothecary weights"; metal is tarnished and...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I
R.P. Kelly, Zollicoffer, Tennessee, to “Dear Dorothy,” September, 1862. Although he indicates he has no news, Kelly writes home because another individual, perhaps a fellow soldier (Nimrod), is going home.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I
R. P. Kelly, Limestone, Tennessee, to “Dear Dorothy,” February 2, 1863. Kelly gives a description of Generals Kirby and Price, that the company is building blockhouses to defend a bridge, and that he does not expect to return home in the near...
The second National Conference on Handicrafts met at Penland School of Crafts, August 26 - September 4, 1940. The event was co-hosted by Penland and the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, though most of the documentation of the conference seems...
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows different kinds of pewter pins and earrings produced by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Pewter; 1. dogwood ear bobs,...
Tackle box; Metal tackle box painted black with an assortment of fishing hooks and lures; stamped on the inside of the lid "THE STANDARD TACKLE BOX MADE BY THE ARMSTRONG MFG. CO. HUNTINGTON, W. VA." There is a metal divider separating the...
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.
James Cathey, Hiwassee, Towns County, Georgia, to Col. Cathey, November 12, 1863. James Cathey indicates that crops in his area have been ruined due to bad weather and asks Cathey’s assistance in locating corn for sale and land to rent.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I
R. P. Kelly, Zollicoffer, Tennessee, to “Dear Father & Mother & Sisters,” September 16, 1862. Kelly writes of camp life and drills, that they are stationed near a railroad, and of watching the sick and wounded from Richmond pass by, as...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 25th Infantry Regiment, Co. B
R. P. Crawford, in camp near Wilmington, North Carolina, Michels [Mitchells] Sound, to his cousin, Wm. Eastis [also, Estes, Estice], September 29, 1861. Crawford writes of the regiment’s encampment near the sea coast, his health, camp conditions,...
William B. Carden [also Cardin], North Carolina 16th Infantry Regiment, Co. H, stationed in Pocahantus County, Virginia [now West Virginia], to his cousin William Beezley, October 6-7, 1861. Carden discusses military actions in the vicinity of...
J. W. Killian, Davidson River, [North Carolina], to Cathey, January, 19, 1863. Killian had returned home recently from visiting the army near Fredericksburg and Richmond, Virginia, and writes about the condition and deployment of troops from...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Jackson County, North Carolina
Elizabeth Watson, Jackson County, North Carolina, to her husband, James Watson, October 29, 1861. Elizabeth Watson writes to her husband, who is in service, about her health and that of the children, and of other family members, hardships being...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I
Fragment of a letter from Ben Edmonston to an unknown recipient, and not dated. Edmonston writes about recommendations that had been made for couriers and his displeasure about the manner in which he had not being chosen.
A Nathan Hyatt enlisted...
Mountain Milestones was a newsletter published by the Penland Weavers and Potters as a vehicle for disseminating news about the Penland community, the work of the Penland Weavers and Potters, and information on the summer Weaving Institutes. Two...
The "Nantahala Folio - North Carolina - Tennessee" of the "Geologic Atlas of the United States" (Washington: U.S. Geological Survey, 1907) captioned this picture "Surface of Murphy Marble, Stripped for Quarrying; 2 Miles...
This fabric fragment was hand woven on a cotton warp with homespun linen thread around 1898. It is a plain, utilitarian weave in natural colors. Frances Goodrich added this to her collection at Allanstand, North Carolina, where she served as a...
