Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph, probably taken in the 1890s or early 1900s, shows Arizona Swayney, a Cherokee student at Hampton Institute, making a basket. To the right of the photograph are several finished rivercane baskets. Swayney attended Hampton Normal...
This photograph, dated 1895, is from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives and shows a group of students upon their arrival at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in Hampton, Virginia. Founded as a Freedman's Bureau school...
This 1895 photograph from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives shows a group of students a few months after their arrival at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in Hampton, Virginia. Founded as a Freedman's Bureau school...
A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Louis Hampton and children." This photograph is on Album 23 page with the heading "Great Smoky Mts."
The handwritten caption on back of the photograph reads: "Louis Hampton and children." This photograph is on Album 23 page with the heading "Great Smoky Mts."
Lakes -- North Carolina; Outdoor recreation -- North Carolina -- Cashiers;
Reinfried Armstrong Romanes (April 4, 1896 - 1978), more often known as R. A. Romanes or simply as Romanes, was born and raised in Europe. In 1919, he emigrated to America and, through family and political connections, wound up living in Alto,...
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931; Mines and mineral resources
The Album caption reads simply "The Everett Copper Mine." The text on the reverse of the picture elaborates, "The Everett copper mine. My cabin is just above it. Hampton lives in upper (1 1/2 story) house, alongside boiler house. Everything else...
The Album caption reads simply "The Everett Copper Mine." The text on the reverse of the picture elaborates, "The Everett copper mine. My cabin is just above it. Hampton lives in upper (1 1/2 story) house, alongside boiler house. Everything else...
This woodcarving depicts a traditional male fiddle maker seated on a bench and was made by Wade Martin (1920-2005) of Swannanoa, N.C. during the 1950s. The fiddle maker has a long beard and overalls, with "WHM" carved in the bottom of the bench....
This woodcarving depicts a woman nursing a baby and was made by Wade Martin (1920-2005) of Swannanoa, N.C. during the late 1940s. The woman is sitting on a bench, has long hair, is wearing a dress, but no shoes. Martin's initials, "WHM," are carved...
This photograph of a Wade Martin woodcarving depicts a male fiddle maker seated on a bench. The man has a long beard and overalls. The picture also shows the man holding the back of the fiddle while the rest of the instrument and various tools rest...
This lap dulcimer, made from black walnut wood, is distinguished by a boat-shaped body and heart-shaped sound holes. The body style is characteristic of older, pre-Civil War dulcimers. A piece of paper is affixed to the inside states "Genuine...
This woodcarving depicts a traditional male fiddle maker seated on a bench and was made by Wade Martin (1920-2005) of Swannanoa, N.C. during the 1950s. The fiddle maker has a long beard and overalls, with "WHM" carved in the bottom of the bench....
This photograph taken around 1930 shows five early students of the John C. Campbell Folk School sitting on a fence and carving small figures. The carvers are, from left to right, Ray Lee, Douglas Smith, Dub Martin, Tom McLeymore, and Rome...
This photograph from the Smithsonian National Anthropological Archives is of Will West Long (1870-1947). The photograph was taken by Franz M. Olbrechts, an ethnographer who worked among the Cherokee from 1926 until 1931. Long served as Olbrechts'...
This undated photograph is of Will West Long (1870-1947) who served as an interpreter for ethnologists, James Mooney, Frank Speck, and Franz Olbrechts. Long was born in the remote western North Carolina community of Big Cove. Raised in the...
This photograph was taken at the home of Will West Long (1870-1947) when he was interviewed in December of 1946 by W. N. Fenton and Lester Hargrett. At their request, Long demonstrated the making of a traditional wooden Cherokee dance mask. ...
