Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph is included in a scrapbook that chronicles Frances Goodrich’s early years in western North Carolina. Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) was among the first to promote a revival of weaving in the North Carolina mountains,...
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1917 provides an overall financial statement as well as an inventory for specific craft categories. Allanstand Cottage Industries was founded in 1896, but was incorporated in 1916 and...
This product hang tag was used to identify the craft items sold by the Allanstand Cottage Industries. Allanstand Cottage Industries was founded by Frances Goodrich in the 1890s and ownership was transferred to the Southern Mountain Handicraft...
This booklet promoting Allanstand Cottage Industries was written by Frances Goodrich and published by the Women's Home Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church in 1901 or 1902. Goodrich founded Allanstand Cottage Industries while working as a...
The pattern depicted in this close-up black and white photograph is named Betty Teague. The back of this photograph identifies "33 is Betty Teague." Frances Goodrich, founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, collected this photograph. ...
These eight pages were written by Frances Goodrich to tell the story of Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. She begins with her longing to help mountain women, the gift of the double bow knot coverlet, her first experiences with a loom. She...
This 1931 letter to stockholders in the Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. is an example of the letters which Frances Goodrich sent out as Goodrich made arrangements to pass the shop on to new owners. Between 1929-1931, Goodrich offered to...
This photograph shows an arrangement of coverlets and bed covers offered for sale by Allanstand Cottage Industries during the early 1900s. At the far left are strips of handmade fringe in various patterns that could be added to home linens and...
This tri-fold brochure was used to promote the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild's Allanstand Cottage Industries shop in Asheville, North Carolina. Contents include "The Story of the Allanstand Cottage Industries by Frances L. Goodrich," a brief...
This photograph shows an arrangement of woven and hooked items offered for sale by Allanstand Cottage Industries during the early 1900s. The salesroom opened in Asheville in 1908. A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Woven textiles, hooked...
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1930 shows the decline in sales resulting from the onset of the Great Depression. While the shop continued to be an asset to the region's craftspeople, it also felt the strain of tougher...
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1926 provides an overall financial statement as well as a balance sheet for specific craft categories. The Status of Merchandise Account documents purchases, sales, and remaining...
The pattern depicted in this black and white photograph is named Double Chariot Wheel. The back of this photograph is marked: "32 is Chariot Wheel." Double Chariot Wheel describes the motifs that make up the design of doubled wheels alternating...
The pattern depicted in this black and white photograph is named Nine Chariot Wheels. The back of this photograph is marked "35 is Irish Chain". Nine Chariot Wheels describes the motifs, a total of nine, that make up the design of rounded wheels...
The pattern depicted in this black and white photograph is named Sunrise and Window Sash Table. A Sunrise pattern often features a cross center. This example also shows a window sash table, a large square or rectangle motif in a pattern that is...
This brochure was developed in 1917 to help sell stock in the Allanstand Cottage Industries which was officially incorporated in 1916. The brochure explains that "the reason for changing the Industries from a private enterprise to a stock company...
These pages contain the bylaws or Articles of Incorporation of the Allanstand Cottage Industries, drafted when the business was incorporated in 1916. As the crafts business grew, Frances Goodrich decided to sell shares in Allanstand in order to...
This article describing the work of Allanstand Cottage Industries was published in the "Christian Science Monitor" on December 6, 1916. The article is directed at social workers thinking about developing a household arts industry for several...
This draft history of the Allanstand Cottage Industries tells the story of how Frances Goodrich founded the craft cooperative. The story begins with Goodrich's work as an educational missionary in the Brittain's Cove community in Buncombe County...
These minutes document a significant meeting of the directors of Allanstand Cottage Industries held on March 3, 1931. At this meeting, Allanstand Cottage Industries was formally dissolved. The president reported arranging for the distribution of ...
