This 1920 issue of the Southern Industrial Educational Association's Quarterly Magazine includes several articles related to mountain life and the work of settlement schools in the Appalachian region. The lead article focuses on "The Tragedy of...
Promotional pamphlet on the opening of the Appalachian Industrial School as a boarding school for mountain children. Illustrated with black and white photographs. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School (as it came to be known) served as the...
Promotional brochure on the Appalachian Industrial School. Illustrated with black and white photographs of Farm House, Rufus Morgan's cabin, and the construction of Ridgeway Hall. Brochure describes the school's activities and work during the...
Group photograph of Appalachian Industrial School students taken outside the old Conley home, now known as Farm House and located on the campus of Penland School of Crafts. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School (as it came to be known) served as...
The Appalachian was a monthly publication outlining the work of the Episcopal Church at Penland and Linville with details about the Appalachian Industrial School (later known as the Appalachian School). From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School...
The Appalachian was a monthly publication outlining the work of the Episcopal Church at Penland and Linville with details about the Appalachian Industrial School (later known as the Appalachian School). From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School...
This article by Bonnie Willis Ford appeared in the 1933, April issue of "Handicrafter" magazine. It is a summary of the activities which were part of the August, 1932 Weaving Institute. Edward Worst led the weaving program, while Lucy Morgan...
This article appeared in the 1931, November/December issue of "Handicrafter" magazine. It is a summary of the activities which were part of the August, 1931 Weaving Institute. Edward Worst led the weaving program and Lucy Morgan planned social...
Dormitories -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee; Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School (Cullowhee, N.C.) -- Buildings;
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card is labeled “Girls Dormitory, Cullowhee, N.C.” and depicts Davies Hall, built in 1909 as the first dormitory of the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School, an...
Single-sheet folded newsletter for the Appalachian School (initially called the Appalachian Industrial School). The January 1923 publication describes classes, student life, and financial needs. Illustrated with black and white photographs of...
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...
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- United States;
These documents pertain to the life and work of Howard C. Ford, more commonly known as Toni Ford. Included are a biographical profile written to accompany an exhibit at the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1985 and two pages of biographical...
This brochure gives brief descriptions of the mission and work of the Appalachian School (initially called the Appalachian Industrial School) and the Penland Weavers and Potters. Both organizations at the time the brochure was printed in the...
This is a page from an early photograph album kept by Frances Louisa Goodrich that records her first mission posting in the Riceville/Brittain's Cove area of Buncombe County, North Carolina. The caption at the bottom of the page reads: "Home...
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...
Industries -- North Carolina; Business enterprises -- North Carolina; Buildings -- North Carolina;
Abraham Lincoln Ensley (1865-1948) was one of the earliest commercial photographers in western North Carolina. He made images, mostly portraits, on 5” x 7” glass plates that he developed on his farm in Jackson County. Like most native...
Tanneries -- North Carolina -- Sylva; Leather industry and trade -- North Carolina -- Sylva;
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card depicts a tannery in Sylva, North Carolina. Early industrial sites were featured on postcards to illustrate the modernity of a town.
Tanneries -- North Carolina -- Sylva; Leather industry and trade -- North Carolina -- Sylva;
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card is labeled, “C.J. Harris Tannery, Sylva, N.C.” Early industrial sites were featured on postcards to illustrate the modernity of a town.
Tanning Industry was the overall caption for this three-part picture from J.S. Holmes' Forest Conditions in Western North Carolina, published in 1911. The separate pictures were subtitled (A) 'Tannery of Cover & Sons, Andrews,' (B) 'Unloading bark...
