This photograph of Bonnie Logan Hensley and Hayden Hensley sitting next to a box of carving blanks and carving small animals was taken by Doris Ulmann when she came to Brasstown, N.C. in 1933 or 1934. The Hensleys were some of the first...
This photograph of Bonnie Logan Hensley holding her son John was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934. Bonnie Hensley and her husband Hayden Hensley were some of the first woodcarvers at the John C. Campbell Folk School participating in the...
As a means of supporting the idea of locating the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, members of near-by communities pledged labor, building materials, time, and money. These community-initiated donations were recorded on uniform pledge...
Hayden Hensley and wife, Bonnie Logan Hensley, early students and carvers at the John C. Campbell Folk School, were able to purchase this house solely from the funds they earned from woodcarving. Many carvers were farmers who carved as a means of...
Hayden Hensley and wife, Bonnie Logan Hensley, were some of the first students and woodcarvers at the John C. Campbell Folk School. They sold their work through the school's woodcarving cooperative that became known as the Brasstown Carvers. This...
This photograph, taken by Daisy Dame, documents construction at the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1920s. Featured are several men, including local farmer John Logan, moving fieldstones used in building construction. Citizens from the local...
This photograph, taken around 1930, shows John C. Campbell Folk School students learning to weave in the Community Room of the Keith House. Weaving was taught at the school in the 1930s and some production weaving for the marketplace took place...
This photograph, taken around 1929, shows John C. Campbell Folk School students Ruth Young (left) and Bonnie Logan Hensley (right) performing general house-cleaning duties such as window-washing at Keith House. Students were involved in daily...
This goose, carved in apple wood, was made by Hayden Hensley (1911-2001). A native of Cherokee County, Hensley's name was sometimes spelled Haden. He was a student at the John C. Campbell Folk School in its earliest years, attending the first...
This swan, carved in holly wood, was made by Hayden Hensley (1911-2001). A native of Cherokee County, Hensley's name was sometimes spelled Haden. He was a student at the John C. Campbell Folk School in its earliest years, attending the first...
This cardinal, carved in apple wood, was made by Hayden Hensley (1911-2001). A native of Cherokee County, Hensley's name was sometimes spelled Haden. He was a student at the John C. Campbell Folk School in its earliest years, attending the first...
This goose was made of holly wood by Hayden Hensley (1911-2001). A native of Cherokee County, Hensley's name was sometimes spelled Haden. He was a student at the John C. Campbell Folk School in its earliest years, attending the first winter...
This goose, carved in burley maple, exact date unknown, was made by Hayden Hensley (1911-2001). A native of Cherokee County, Hensley's name was sometimes spelled Haden. He was a student at the John C. Campbell Folk School in its earliest years,...
This donkey, carved in apple wood, exact date unknown, was made by Hayden Hensley (1911-2001). A native of Cherokee County, Hensley's name was sometimes spelled Haden. He was a student at the John C. Campbell Folk School in its earliest years,...
