This photograph of the Cherokee Boarding School was taken in 1890. A school for the Eastern Band was instituted as a boarding and day school in 1884 and was operated for its first twelve years by the Society of Friends (Quakers). The school...
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
This page of four pictures from a report by the United States Census Office, 'Extra Census Bulletin. Indians. Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina' (Washington, D.C.: United States Census Printing Office, 1892), shows 'Eastern Cherokee...
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading "Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904." The location of the photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading "Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904." The location of the photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931; Baptists -- Appalachian Region; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading ''Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904.'' The location of the photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Baptists -- Appalachian Region
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading ''Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904.'' The location of the photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading "Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904." The location of the photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading "Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904." The location of the photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading "Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904." The location of photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
This picture of Nimrod Jarrett Smith (1837 - 1893) is from a report by the United States Census Office, "Extra Census Bulletin. Indians. Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina" (Washington, D.C.: United States Census Printing Office,...
This undated photograph, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, shows Julia Ned Taylor (1902-1991) making a white oak ribbed basket. A member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, Taylor was known for making ribbed white oak baskets. ...
This undated postcard reads on the back, "Chief Standing Deer's wife and daughter making baskets in front of their home. The Indian Reservation is located on the Eastern Boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park." Such postcards were a...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph depicts a modeled earthenware pottery bowl that is an effigy made in the form of a chicken. The coiled pot with incised designs was made by Cora Wahnetah, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows renowned potter Cora Wahnetah using a paddle to make a design on a piece of her pottery. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986) was also known Cora...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Cherokee carver Virgil Ledford, who was born in 1940 in the Birdtown Community on the Qualla Boundary. Ledford began carving as a child while still in elementary school; his grandfather...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows a carving of a Cherokee potter that was made by Cherokee woodcarver Virgil Ledford, who was born in 1940 in the Birdtown Community on the Qualla Boundary. Ledford began carving as a child...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This 1978 photograph by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board shows Cherokee woodcarver Amanda Crowe. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Crowe (1928-2004) is known for figurative wood sculptures; she was particularly known for her expressive...
Botany -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.);Eastern hemlock -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
This series of 20 original black and white photographs depicts botanical specimens of the Great Smoky Mountains. The entire set, including one image that is not in Hunter Library Special Collections, was published in a booklet titled “The...
Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain) -- Pictorial works;
This photograph is part of series of images included in “Mount Mitchell and views ~ along Mt. Mitchell Motor Road.” The title page of the album reads, “Mount Mitchell. Top of Eastern America. Altitude 6,711 ft.” Photographer George Masa...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Culture and tourism -- North Carolina, Western; Heritage tourism -- North Carolina, Western; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Music -- North Carolina --...
Betty Collins Brown, who will perform at Sylva’s ColorFest on October 23rd, sings "Home Again." Doreyl interviews Jamie Stewart and Pat Perkerson, artists from Asheville who will also be at ColorFest. Then Amy talks with Robert Jumper from...
