This photograph of Edward F. Worst and his wife Evangeline Worst was taken during the summer of 1936 outside the Edward F. Worst Craft House, on the campus of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) located near Penland, North...
This undated photograph of Cherokee basket weaver Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) was made by photographer Edward DuPuy. Wolfe is shown working on a single weave rivercane basket on the porch of her home in Big Cove.
Living and working in the Big...
This undated photograph of Cherokee baskets was taken by Edward L. DuPuy for the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. The variety of basket styles and materials in this photograph reflects the many kinds of baskets made by Cherokee craftspeople. The...
This photograph depicts the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The building was named after the school's first weaving instructor, Edward F. Worst. The structure was...
This photograph depicts the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The building was named after the school's first weaving instructor, Edward F. Worst. The structure was...
This photograph is one of two images showing the community picnic that occurred as part of the log raising for the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The building was named...
This photograph shows men hauling logs to be used in the construction of the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The building was named after the school's first weaving...
This photograph is one of two images showing the community picnic that occurred as part of the log raising for the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The building was named...
This photograph shows students inside the Edward F. Worst Craft house during the August 1935 Weaving Institute on the campus of what became Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The building was named after the school's...
This photographic postcard depicts the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The building was named after the school's first weaving instructor, Edward F. Worst. The...
This is an invitation to the 1935 community log raising for the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The block print was carved and the invitation printed by Burnley Weaver, The...
This devotional service was used at the dedication preceding the log raising for the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). Community members, Penland staff and guests gathered...
This photograph shows Lucy Morgan watching the men setting the logs for the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The building was named after the school's first weaving...
This six-page document list the names of individuals who contributed money, logs, services, or labor towards the construction of the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The...
This photograph depicts Lucy Calista Morgan, founder of the Penland School of Handicrafts in Penland , N.C., with weaving instructor Edward Worst, of Chicago, Ill., at a flax wheel. This photograph was taken around 1932 or 1933 by Bayard Wootten...
This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken in August 1935 on the steps of the newly constructed (but not yet completed) Edward F. Worst Craft House located adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian School near Penland, North Carolina....
This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken in August 1936 on the steps of the Edward F. Worst Craft House, adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian Industrial School near Penland, North Carolina. Pictured are students, instructors, staff...
This is a transcript of an interview of blacksmith Daniel Boone VI conducted by Edward Dupuy in 1965. Boone had a forge in both Banner Elk and Spruce Pine; he produced and sold metalwork during the Craft Revival period. In this interview, Boone...
This is a transcript of an interview of blacksmith John Bulgin conducted by Edward Dupuy and Clifford Hotchkiss in 1965. Blugin operated a forge in Franklin, N.C. and produced and sold metalwork during the Craft Revival period. Bulgin created...
This is a transcript of an interview of lapidary Roby Buchanan conducted by Edward Dupuy and Clifford Hotchkiss in 1965. Buchanan was born and raised in Hawk, N.C. The son of a mica miner, Buchanan learned to find and cut stones on his own. His...
