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    • [Craftsman's Fair, 1952: Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual display]

    • [Craftsman's Fair, 1952: Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual display]

    • Metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Dolls -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Cherokee craftspeople produced a variety of items that were sold at the Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands. This display from the 1952 fair in Asheville, North Carolina shows items of wood, metal, and clay that were made on the Qualla...
    • Craft Revival
    • Twelvth Annual Session of the Penland School of Crafts [1941]

    • Twelvth Annual Session of the Penland School of Crafts [1941]

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Gem cutting -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making --...

    • 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,...
    • Craft Revival
    • Thirteenth Annual Session of the Penland School of Crafts [1942]

    • Thirteenth Annual Session of the Penland School of Crafts [1942]

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Carding; Shoe industry -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Glass etching...

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • Sixteenth Annual Session of the Penland School of Handicrafts [1945]

    • Sixteenth Annual Session of the Penland School of Handicrafts [1945]

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Gem cutting -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Dyes and dyeing --...

    • 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,...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Craft Education Project questionnaire: Howard C. Ford, craftsperson]

    • [Craft Education Project questionnaire: Howard C. Ford, craftsperson]

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Woodwork -- Appalachian...

    • Howard Ford, also known as Toni Ford, was raised in the mid-west and received extensive training in various craft media. His resume includes a long list of instruction books and equipment he was involved in creating. He worked for the Penland...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Craft Education Project questionnaire: Adelaide R. Hancock, metalsmith]

    • [Craft Education Project questionnaire: Adelaide R. Hancock, metalsmith]

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Copperwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Pewtercraft;

    • Adelaide Hancock learned to do metalwork at the Federal Arts School in Asheville, North Carolina. She seems to have preferred doing pewterwork, but the Second World War had made many metals scarce so she worked in silver. Questionnaires like this...
    • Craft Revival
    • Weaving Institute, 1935

    • Weaving Institute, 1935

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Carding; Bookbinding -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Dyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Pottery...

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • Fifteenth Annual Session of the Penland School of Handicrafts [catalog 1944]

    • Fifteenth Annual Session of the Penland School of Handicrafts [catalog 1944]

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Copperwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cornhusk craft -- Appalachian region, Southern; Dyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry...

    • 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,...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Craft Education Project questionnaire: Mrs. Hilliard Morris, craftsperson]

    • [Craft Education Project questionnaire: Mrs. Hilliard Morris, craftsperson]

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Mrs. Hilliard Morris [first name unknown] learned her crafts from Frank Arthur of the Artisans Shop and took classes at Penland and Asheville Normal School. She taught weaving and woodcarving for "5 years under the Adult Education of Buncombe...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Craft Education Project questionnaire: Murrial Martin, woodcarving instructor]

    • [Craft Education Project questionnaire: Murrial Martin, woodcarving instructor]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Leatherwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving --...

    • Murrial Martin was a college trained occupational therapist who came to the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1930s. She taught woodcarving to students as well as carving for the school's woodcarving cooperative which became known as the...
    • Craft Revival
    • William Waldo Dodge, Jr., Maker of Hand Wrought Silver

    • William Waldo Dodge, Jr., Maker of Hand Wrought Silver

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Silverwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

    • William Waldo Dodge, Jr. published this sales brochure featuring the range of silver work that could be purchased from his shop. The Dodge Silver Shop was founded in 1924 in Asheville, N.C.; in 1928 it moved to Biltmore Forest where Dodge was...
    • Craft Revival
    • Native American Crafts

    • Native American Crafts

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Brooms and brushes -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Chairs -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Dolls -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Furniture -- Appalachian...

    • This catalog features craft items available through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. during the late 1930s and 1940s. The term "Native American" as used here refers to traditional American crafts in general rather than American Indian crafts...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Craft Education Project questionnaire: Nye Silver Shop]

    • [Craft Education Project questionnaire: Nye Silver Shop]

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Stuart Nye came to the mountains as a treatment for tuberculosis. He trained local women to make jewelry and encouraged collaboration. The business continues today in Asheville, N.C. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the...
    • Craft Revival
    • Southern Highlanders

    • Southern Highlanders

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Brooms and brushes -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Chairs -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Dolls -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Furniture -- Appalachian...

    • This catalog features craft items available through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. during the late 1930s. The photographs of various craft items are accompanied by a brief description of that craft. Also included are inserts identifying craft...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Member file: Ralph Siler Morgan, pewter craft]

    • [Member file: Ralph Siler Morgan, pewter craft]

    • Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Pewtercraft;

    • These documents pertain to the life and work of metal smith Ralph Morgan, known primarily for his work with pewter. Included are a 1942 letter to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild which describes the effects of World War II on his business,...
    • Craft Revival

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