This instructional booklet on how to spin wool, flax, and cotton was written and illustrated by Howard C. "Toni" Ford as part of a series of eleven "brieflets" published by Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) around 1943.
This illustrated catalog describes the classes offered at Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, during the summer of 1941. Course offerings included weaving, pottery, jewelry making, shoe making, basketry, chair caning,...
This brochure contains descriptions and photographs of work produced and offered for sale by Daniel Boone during the period his forge was located in the Industrial Department at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C. Boone was an instructor in...
This instructional booklet describes how to make bobbin winders for use in weaving. It was written and illustrated by Howard C. Ford, also known as Toni Ford. This booklet is one of a series of eleven "brieflets" published by Penland School of...
This notebook was compiled by Isadora Williams, probably in the mid-1930s, during her attendance at one of the Weaving Institutes sponsored by the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The notebook contains mostly...
This illustrated catalog describes the classes offered at Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, during the summer of 1942. Course offerings included weaving, tapestry, metal craft, jewelry making, woodwork, pottery, shoe...
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 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...
Promotional pamphlet on the opening of the Appalachian Industrial School as a boarding school for mountain children. Illustrated with black and white photographs. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School (as it came to be known) served as the...
Promotional brochure on the Appalachian Industrial School. Illustrated with black and white photographs of Farm House, Rufus Morgan's cabin, and the construction of Ridgeway Hall. Brochure describes the school's activities and work during the...
This folder contains various documents pertaining to the sixth annual summer Weaving Institute at Penland, North Carolina conducted by Edward F. Worst under the auspices of the Penland Weavers and Potters from August 12-24, 1935. The items in this...
Single-sheet folded newsletter for the Appalachian School (initially called the Appalachian Industrial School). The January 1923 publication describes classes, student life, and financial needs. Illustrated with black and white photographs of...
The Appalachian was a monthly publication outlining the work of the Episcopal Church at Penland and Linville with details about the Appalachian Industrial School (later known as the Appalachian School). From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School...
This catalog describes the classes offered at Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, during the summer of 1944. Course offerings included weaving, pottery, jewelry making, metalwork, basketry, chair caning, shuckery,...
The Appalachian was a monthly publication outlining the work of the Episcopal Church at Penland and Linville with details about the Appalachian Industrial School (later known as the Appalachian School). From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School...
This folder contains various documents pertaining to the seventh annual summer Weaving Institute held near Penland, North Carolina, July 20 through August 24, 1936. This group of materials documents the courses taught, and the instructors and...
This photograph of Clyde P. Miller was taken in 1936 at Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). Miller, Penland's first metals instructor, taught jewelry making, metal craft, and leather work during the summers of 1935-38.
This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken on the steps of the original Ridgeway Hall, a building that during the school year served as a classroom and dormitory for the Appalachian School near Penland, North Carolina. During the summers of...
This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken in August 1935 on the steps of the newly constructed (but not yet completed) Edward F. Worst Craft House located adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian School near Penland, North Carolina....
This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken in August 1936 on the steps of the Edward F. Worst Craft House, adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian Industrial School near Penland, North Carolina. Pictured are students, instructors, staff...
