The maker of this banjo is unknown, however, it is thought that the banjo was made and used in either Buncombe County, N.C. or Madison County, N.C. This handmade banjo has been constructed using a variety of parts including a small barrel. The...
This fragment of a woolen shawl was hand woven by America Gahagan Brigman probably prior to 1890. Brigman lived in the Allen Creek community in Madison County, N.C., close to where Frances Goodrich served as a Presbyterian missionary and founded...
This booklet promoting Allanstand Cottage Industries was written by Frances Goodrich and published by the Women's Home Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church in 1901 or 1902. Goodrich founded Allanstand Cottage Industries while working as a...
The two women in the photograph are "warping the chain," a weaving term for measuring out the threads to be used as the warp on the loom. They are taking thread from the spools to the right in the photograph and winding it from peg to peg on the...
This photograph shows Frances Goodrich (hand on wagon) and others standing beside a mule-drawn wagon loaded with coverlets headed to market. The photograph was probably taken in the late 1890s or early 1900s near the Allanstand community in...
The women in the photograph are "warping the chain," a weaving term for measuring out the threads to be used as the warp on the loom. The fiber is on spools arranged on a long rack on the right of the photograph. The woman to the left of the...
In May 1913 the voters in Jackson County, N.C., approved a measure to relocate the county seat from Webster to Sylva. While the town of Webster had been designated as the original county seat in the early 1850s, Sylva had benefited from the...
This photograph by an unknown photographer was taken of Shelton family members standing on the porch of their home in Madison County, N.C. in 1908 or 1909. The boy on the left is Paul Shelton, the center figure is Donna Shelton, and the figure on...
This photograph album belonged to Frances Goodrich and contains photographs documenting her years as a Presbyterian missionary in Madison County, N.C. during the late 1890s and early 1900s. The photographs reflect the formation of the Presbyterian...
