Anne Fisher was an American studying dyeing and weaving with Mrs. Mairet, weaver and dyer in Gospels, Ditchling, Sussex, England. Douglas had apparently written to Mrs. Mairet regarding a booklet on vegetable dyes. Fisher took the opportunity to...
This photograph, taken around 1928, shows Park Fisher outside the original woodshop in the Mill House at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Fisher was in charge of the woodshop in the early years of the school. The water wheel at Mill House...
This photograph of Park Fisher was taken around 1945. Fisher was in charge of the original woodshop at the John C. Campbell Folk School when the shop was located at the Mill House.
This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, depicts Park Fisher holding hand-made hearth bellows. Fisher was in charge of the woodshop at the John C. Campbell Folk School when the shop was located at the Mill House. Note the...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Cornhusk craft -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Mountain Farm Museum (Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and...
Amy introduces the show, and Doreyl interviews the Spirit-Filled Trio from Tuckasegee: Alana Powell Fisher, Nola Powell Brown, and Betty Collins Brown. During the interview, the trio sings “You are My Hiding Place” a cappella. Amy’s guest,...
This photograph shows Park Fisher, Bob Scroggs, and Hollis Penland carving wood outside of the woodshop on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1930s. The woodshop was located in the Mill House. Fisher was the head of the woodshop...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Teachers -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County;
Amy begins the show with her story "Daddy Waltzed with Mother." Then Doreyl’s guest, Fran Cargill from Franklin, sings "Amazing Grace" in the Cherokee language, followed by a rendition of the song from the Nikwasi Dulcimer Players; Cargill shares...
Floods -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Teachers -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Doreyl talks with Cherrié Moses of Tuckasegee about the 1940 flood. Amy interviews Richard Wilson from Fisher Creek who discusses his years of teaching in the county and the 1940 flood. The fiddle-playing of legendary Harry Cagle ends the show...
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'�...
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
The pattern in this color image is a variation of Wheel of Fortune, also known as Cup and Saucer. The worn nineteenth century coverlet bedcover was likely made by Martha Emmaline Queen (1860–1917) of Jackson County, North Carolina. The warp is...
This photograph of four mountain dulcimers was taken by John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) in the late 1930s. Niles accompanied and assisted Doris Ulmann on her photography trips through Appalachia, where this photograph was most likely taken. Niles, a...
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...
This photograph depicts the exterior of the Mountain Valley Cooperative around 1939. As one of the co-operatives put into place by the John C. Campbell Folk School, the Mountain Valley Creamery provided milk, butter, eggs, and other groceries to...
