The front of the commencement program for the Almond High School in the community of Almond, in Swain County, North Carolina, features a dark gray floral design on the upper right and lower left corners against a lighter gray cover to highlight the...
The front of the commencement program for the Almond High School in the community of Almond, in Swain County, North Carolina, features a dark gray floral design on the upper right and lower left corners against a lighter gray cover to highlight the...
This photograph of the Cherokee High School graduating class of 1926 includes renowned Cherokee woodcarver, Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000). A native of Cherokee, North Carolina, Chiltoskey was trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell...
Almond (N.C.); Schools -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Almond High School (Almond, N.C.)
A handwritten caption at the bottom of this photograph identifies it as the 'Almond High'� school building in Swain County, North Carolina. The brick high school building had been completed in the Almond, N.C., community in the mid-1920s. ...
Almond (N.C.); Schools -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Almond High School (Almond, N.C.)
A handwritten caption at the bottom of this photograph identifies it as the 'Almond High'� school building in Swain County, North Carolina. The building was completed in the Almond, N.C., community in the mid-1920s and, with the improvement of...
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer shows the exterior of the wood working shop at Cherokee High School. While many Cherokee carvers got their start carving at home under the guidance of an older family member, many then refined...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Swain County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes;...
The historic Jackson County Courthouse serves as the setting for Amy's opening story, "Grandpa and his Still,” with music from Black Mountain’s Ginny McAfee singing “The Things That Grandpa Did.” On Creative Corner, Doreyl and her guest,...
This portrait shot of Robert Lee Madison (1867 - 1954) was taken by the studio of Lindsey & Brown, South Court Place, Asheville, N.C. Madison, a native of Virginia, came to western North Carolina in 1886 to teach at a school in Quallatown. He...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a single weave rivercane basket that was made in 1973 by Cherokee basket maker, Rowena Bradley. The large basket was begun from a square base and woven outward before tapering in to a...
This shopping basket, a double weave rivercane basket with a white oak handle, was made by accomplished Cherokee basket weaver, Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) and photographed by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1968. The 18" high basket is made...
This two-handled purse basket, or "shopper" as it is known locally, was made by accomplished Cherokee basket weaver, Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) and photographed by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969. The 14" high basket was woven in a...
This undated photograph, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is of a white oak ribbed basket made by Julia Taylor in 1970. This type basket is known as a wall basket; flat on one side, it hangs against a wall. Woven in white oak, the...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph was most likely taken for a 1977 exhibition of Elsie Watty's white oak baskets at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual artisan cooperative in Cherokee. The body of this picnic basket, dyed with walnut root and...
This weaving fragment is included in a sample book assembled by Frances Goodrich, most likely during the 1920s. Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) was among the first to promote a revival of weaving in the North Carolina mountains, having founded...
This photograph, taken by Vivienne Roberts, shows Lottie Stamper teaching a basketry class in 1950. In 1954 the Cherokee Training School was changed from a boarding institution to a day school, and students were bused to Cherokee High School. ...
These weaving drafts and watercolor drawdown illustrate the coverlet pattern known as High Crick's Delight by Day and by Night. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of musical notation;...
These two watercolor drawdowns and two drafts, dating from the early 1900s, illustrate a weave pattern known as Blue Bell. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of musical notation; a...
This 1979 photograph, most likely made by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, shows a blackware water pipe that was made by Elizabeth Bigmeat Jackson (1919-2008). This coiled and modeled earthenware pipe was featured in the brochure, “Designs in...
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...
