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 photograph shows an arrangement of items offered for sale by Allanstand Cottage Industries probably during the 1920s. Depicted are cornhusk dolls made by Margaret Revis, along with rustic brooms, a ladder back chair, two child-size chairs,...
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...
Shadrach Birdic "Birdie" Mace, 1892-1973, continued a family tradition of handmade chairs. He used this well-worn maul when splitting wood and putting his chairs together. Mace was a member of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild for many years.
Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This mule head bookend was carved out of walnut by Wahdih “Watty” Chiltoskie (1897-1973) in the 1930s or 1940s. Chiltoskie was the older brother of woodcarver Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000) and lived on the Qualla Boundary Cherokee...
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 Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Asheville, N.C. on March 9, 1944. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events, and...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its fall membership meeting in Gatlinburg, Tenn. on October 25 and 26, 1944. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events,...
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...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well,...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders as well...
This basket was woven by an unknown Cherokee basket maker during the 1910s or 1920s. It is a medium sized white oak basket with a double hinged lid. The fibers were naturally dyed with walnut (dark), bloodroot (reddish), and a third vegetable dye...
