Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card is labeled, “Gateway to the Beautiful Sapphire Country, Brevard, N.C.” and shows one of the region’s many waterfalls.
Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Community life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Fund raising -- North Carolina --...
Amy opens the show with an introduction to cakewalks. Doreyl’s guest is Lindsey Turrentine, a multitalented mountain girl from Tuckasegee, who talks about her family’s history and sings “Beulah Land.” Amy welcomes Joe Deitz who gives us the...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Fund raising -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Community life -- North Carolina --...
Amy’s opening story is “Granny and the Mule.” Doreyl welcomes Jon Zachary from Cashiers, a songwriter and aerial photographer, who sings one of his own creations, “Ballad of the Piper Club.” Amy speaks with Jim Ed Powell from Tuckasegee...
This page containing two pictures identified as 'The Public Square at Asheville. - Country Home in the Blue Ridge' is from Holman D. Waldron's souvenir book 'With Pen and Camera thro' the 'Land of the Sky' (Portland, Me.: Chisholm Bros., 1904).
In this scene railroad tracks are seen curving away into the distance and paralleling the French Broad River. This card was cancelled at Asheville, N.C., on August 28, 1908. The 1916 guide book Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina,...
In this paper written by Raymond E. Pippin in the early 1930s, Pippin puts forward a plan for a craft cooperative system which would support crafts people across the United States. He outlines the problems of "Chaos and Ruin" resulting from the...
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The full title of this book is “With Pen and Camera thro' the ‘Land of the Sky’: Western North Carolina and The Asheville Plateau.” The 50-page book, published in 1904, is illustrated with large format photographs on each page. With text...
Radio broadcasters -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Radio personalities -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Bed and breakfast accommodations -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North...
On Creative Corner, Doreyl talks with Wayne Erbsen, host of the radio program Country Roots on WCQS in Asheville; Erbsen plays "Little Sadie" on the five-string banjo and "North Carolina Breakdown" on the fiddle. Amy interviews Jim Hartbarger of...
An article titled 'Town of Whittier Is Abolished By Assembly Bill'� appeared in the January 31, 1933, issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.). An article in the January 19, 1933, issue of a separate newspaper, the 'Jackson County Journal'�...
This letter from O.B. Coward, Sylva, North Carolina, to William Estes, dated January 22, 1889, concerns an offer from Coward to purchase cattle from Estes. The letterhead for the Sylva business of Hall, Smith & Company noted that it dealt in...
This 1904 newspaper article describes the handiCraft Revival flourishing in places around the southeastern and northeastern U.S. The article appears to be written in response to a recent Bureau of Labor report and mentions the numerous charitable...
D.S. Trammell was self-taught. He gathered lichen "from all the country round about" and made boutonnieres. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the...
When the questionnaire was done in 1944, the Penland School of Handicrafts had a well-developed curriculum and reputation. It attracted well-trained teachers and students from around the country and Europe. Weaving was still the focus, but...
The Folk School looks forward to the end of the war, and while the school must adapt to changes caused by the war, students and staff continue to work on the farm, in the wood shop, and in the forge.
"The Blotter", a mimeographed newsletter...
John C. Campbell Folk School published a series of newsletters from 1926 to 1950. Written like a letter from the school's director, the newsletter is a source of information about the classes and activities at the Folk School and their impact on...
John C. Campbell Folk School published a series of newsletters from 1926 to 1950. Written like a letter from the school's director, the newsletter is a source of information about the classes and activities at the Folk School and their impact on...
