This 1940s postcard shows three "Basket Makers at work" in Cherokee, North Carolina. The basket weavers are all members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and are working on white oak ribbed baskets. Standing is Rachel Taylor, whose mother...
This photographic postcard was likely produced for promotional purposes by the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1930s. The postcard depicts a carved crèche set produced by the school's woodcarving cooperative which started in the early 1930s...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated Buffalo mask, made by Cherokee artisan Allen Long, is carved from buckeye and stained. Different types of masks were traditionally used in Cherokee culture for a variety of ceremonial purposes. Today, masks are still used in ceremonial...
Stone carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern
It is not known who made this undated pipe, carved from steatite, more commonly known as soapstone. The pipe stem is wrapped in leather and tied with a glass bead.
Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Authors, American -- North Carolina, Western; Music -- North Carolina -- Swain County;
The show opens with a youthful rendition of "The Ballad of Old Blue" from the Cockman Family. Doreyl interviews William Clarke, an artist with a flair for broad, bold color and strong compositions. Amy talks with Jim Casada from Bryson City, an...
By the time this postcard view of the Jarrett Springs Hotel in Dillsboro, N.C., was mailed in 1910, the hotel was already twenty-five years old. The property opened in 1884 as the Mount Beulah Hotel and was conveniently located along the Murphy...
This photograph of Dillsboro, North Carolina, by R.A. Romanes (1896-1978) is dated May 21, 1939. In the far right of the picture, across Scotts Creek and the railroad track, is the Dillsboro Elementary School. Twin church spires are visible to...
Kephart's diary is not available. However, his ''Index to Diary'' provides some illumination on his trip into western North Carolina in 1904. Among the entries on this page are the ones numbered 40 - 60 and 77, and which relate to his life after...
Money belt; green canvas body; with torn belt; metal buckle and five snaps; body worn; belt frayed and stained; buckle is rusted and has indistinguishable writing - possibly ''SOLID 200.''
This photograph became seperated from the Album, but appears to match the location for the Album caption ''Sheriff Collecting Taxes.'' This picture appeared in ''Our Southern Highlanders'' (1922 revised ed., p. 40) as ''At the Post-Office. (Sheriff...
Handwritten clippings of observations how seasonal changes affect flora and fauna in Hazel Creek regional of Swain County, North Carolina, and Lindale, Georgia. The middle clippings is dated "1916."
Kephart's diary is not available. However, his "Index to Diary" provides some illumination on his trip into western North Carolina in 1904. Among the entries on this page are the ones numbered 40 - 60 and 77, and which relate to his life after...
This photograph became seperated from the Album, but appears to match the location for the Album caption "Sheriff Collecting Taxes." This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 40) as "At the Post-Office. (Sheriff...
The pattern name of this color image is a variation of the Tennessee Blazing Star. Several distinctive qualities of this commercially woven coverlet indicate that an unidentified source or weaver produced it in the early twentieth century. Warp...
This notebook (front cover is missing) was compiled by Isadora Williams, probably in the early 1930s, during her attendance at one of the Weaving Institutes sponsored by the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The...
This 43 page booklet tells of the founding of the Appalachian School near Penland, N.C., the organization and early years of the Penland Weavers and Potters, and the establishment of Penland School of Handicrafts, now known as Penland School of...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph shows renowned Cherokee woodworker Amanda Crowe (1928-2004). Born and raised on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina, Crowe started drawing and carving at the age of four and later earned a scholarship to study a the Art...
