In this 1927 photograph, handmade chairs are set up in the Community Room of the John C. Campbell Folk School awaiting the Dedication Day ceremony. Jason Reed, a chair maker from Blairsville, Georgia, was commissioned by the school to produce...
This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, depicts chair maker Jason Reed with his grandchildren. Reed, a native of Blairsville, Georgia, was a chair maker who was commissioned to produce chairs for the 1927 Dedication Day of the...
This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, depicts chair maker Jason Reed with his granddaughter. Reed, a native of Blairsville, Georgia, was a chair maker who was commissioned to produce chairs for the 1927 Dedication Day of the...
Shadrach Birdic "Birdie" Mace, 1892-1973, demonstrated chair making at many of the Craftsman's Fairs. Here he sits at a draw-horse using a draw-knife to do the shaping for chair pieces. His wife, Sara, makes the chair seats by twisting cornhusks...
The Craftsman's fairs of the Southern Highlands presented an opportunity for the region's craftsmen to visit with each other. In this photograph Walter B. Stephen (left), owner of Pisgah Forest Pottery, takes time to talk with chair maker Shadrach...
This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, depicts chair maker Jason Reed using a draw knife to shape a piece of wood. Reed, a native of Blairsville, Georgia, was a chair maker who was commissioned to produce chairs for the 1927...
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...
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,...
Helen Hickman wove for many years and worked with Dorland Bell/Warren Wilson College. A note at the end of her papers reads "We are close to Moore General Hosital for wounded soldiers. I could help there if needed. Could give two or three...
Shadrach Birdic "Birdie" Mace, sometimes known as Birdie Mace, learned chair making "from his father and his father before him." He is quoted at the end of the questionnaire, "Some peoples jist borned to do work by chair making." When asked about...
Maple Springs Wood Working Shop was founded in 1935 by Paul Warren. At the time of the questionnaire in 1944, they were not making furniture, because of the lack of workers due to the war. The shop had produced "Baskets - chairs - screens [and]...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her this letter along with a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he...
This is a transcript of an interview of chairmaker Shadrach Birdic "Birdie" Mace, 1892-1973, conducted by Edward Dupuy and Clifford Hotchkiss in 1964. Mace lived in Madison County, North Carolina and came from a family of chairmakers. Mace and...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
