In 1944, the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders, Inc. received a $6,000 grant from the General Education Board to study the field of crafts as an income-producing venture in the southern Appalachian area. Grant staff...
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...
John C. Campbell Folk School was one of the leaders in the crafts revival period and served as a model for other craft enterprises. At the time of this survey, the school offered classes in woodworking, woodcarving, weaving, and vegetable or...
Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
James Harman Buchanan was a jeweler who learned to work with silver and gold from his wife, Margarette Buchanan. His father, Roby Buchanan did stone grinding. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft...
Bessie Lee Blauvelt (Mrs. William) made collages from natural materials which she sold as wall plaques, greeting cards, and jewelry. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint...
Harry Jenkins did woodwork and carving for "15 years or more." He served in the Army during World War II and did not think he would return to doing woodwork. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft...
Roby Buchanan was a self-taught gem cutter. He was able to collect stones locally and after years of sending them away to be cut, decided to do it himself. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft...
Daniel Boone IV, a direct descendant of the pioneer explorer, learned blacksmithing from his father. He also worked with Anthony Lord, an Arts & Craft metalworker, who settled in western North Carolina. Questionnaires like this one were the raw...
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...
Mrs. J. A. Hodges [first name unknown] worked with Elizabeth Lord at Wautauga Industries in Boone, N. C. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern...
Ashe is a self-taught weaver with 6-7 women working with her. She made table linens and rag rugs. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern...
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...
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...
Anthony Lord was a college trained architect and metalworker. He taught blacksmith Lawrence Boone in Asheville, N.C. At the time of the survey, Lord was producing forge work only in his spare time or as it related to his architectural work. ...
This questionaire gives information about Mrs. A.L. Montford-Bebb [first name unknown], a weaver living in Arden, N.C. Mrs. Montford-Bebb was taught to weave by a friend, had been weaving for about one year at the time of the survey, and was a...
Lucy Morgan learned weaving at Berea College and founded Penland Weavers and Potters which had grown into the Penland School of Handicrafts by the time of this survey. The final remarks, written by intake staff, read: "An informal teacher, good...
Elizabeth Lord was college educated and taught weaving at Western Carolina Teacher's College (now Appalachian State University). At the time of this survey, Lord was director of Watauga Industries, a production weaving center. Questionnaires like...
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...
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...
Dolls -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Polly Thornton [Polly Thomton?] was a self-taught doll-maker living in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Her dolls were made using bells, clothes pins, pipe cleaners, and hickory nuts. She sold her dolls at a curb market in Hendersonville, N.C. ...
