Musicians -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Musical instruments -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Amy tells the history of the mountain dulcimer. Doreyl interviews five members of the Pic n’ Play Dulcimer Group of Sylva and they play the song "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss." Neal Hearn concludes his heart series with an interview with...
Carved from basswood by Hope Caler Brown, this large Christmas angel holds a trumpet. Hope Brown and her husband Glenn carved with John C. Campbell Folk School instructor Murrial Martin in the 1940s and sold their work through the Folk School's...
Musicians -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Music -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Veterans -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; American Legion. Post No. 104 (Sylva, NC)
Doreyl hosts thirteen musicians from the Nikwasi Dulcimer Players who meet in Franklin; they play the songs "Angel Band" and “Black Mountain Rag.” Then Amy welcomes Clyde Bumgarner from Sylva, who talks about Sylva’s Post 104 of the American...
These undated angel ornaments in low relief are rare examples of work made by Murrial (Murray) Galt Martin (1902-2005) who taught carving at the John C. Campbell Folk School from 1935 until 1973. Carved from holly and flat on the back, the angels...
These undated angel ornaments in low relief are rare examples of work made by Murrial (Murray) Galt Martin (1902-2005) who taught carving at the John C. Campbell Folk School from 1935 until 1973. Carved from holly and flat on the back, the angels...
This 1912 letter was written by Frances Goodrich for the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Goodrich first came to western North Carolina in 1892 as a community worker employed by this mission board. It was...
This angel carved from holly wood was made by Olive Dame Campbell (1882-1954), founder of the John C. Campbell Folk School. Campbell was not a carver per se, but was the type of administrator who experienced school activities first-hand. She...
This picture shows woodcarver Ruth Fleming Hawkins sitting on her front porch. Hawkins was born near Hayesville, North Carolina and started carving when she was 20 years old. She sold her work through the John C. Campbell Folk School's...
This pottery figure of an angel is one of a pair and was made by Clara Maude Cobb Hilton (1885-1969) probably between 1925 and 1935. Hilton Pottery was a family pottery which made functional pottery starting just after the Civil War. The pottery,...
This watercolor drawdown and its associated draft, dating to the late 1800s/early 1900s, illustrate the coverlet pattern known as Federal City. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of...
This watercolor drawdown and two drafts illustrate a weave pattern known as Seven Stars, also known as Sea Star. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of musical notation; a drawdown is a...
