Drawn by John C. Campbell, this very large map serves as one of the first definitive maps of Appalachia, a region Campbell referred to as the “Southern Highlands.” In 1908 and 1909, John and Olive Campbell traveled throughout the region to...
Titled The Penland Scene and Roads to Penland, these maps of the Penland School of Handicrafts (now the Penland School of Crafts) campus and the surrounding area are two of a number of maps that have been printed over the years. They have served to...
This map of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) is one of a number of campus maps that have been printed over the years. They have served to promote the school, orient visitors, students and instructors, and to entertain...
This map of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) is one of a number of campus maps that have been printed over the years. They have served to promote the school, orient visitors, students and instructors, and to entertain...
This campus map of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) is one of a number of maps that have been printed over the years. They have served to promote the school, orient visitors, students and instructors, and to entertain...
The booklet by John Nolen titled 'Asheville City Plan: MCMXXII' (Asheville, North Carolina: s.n., 1925) contains map of the 'Main Thoroughfares'� of Asheville, North Carolina. The full credit line reads, 'Asheville, North Carolina. Map of City...
This map was distributed in the western North Carolina region to be used as a placemat. It displays several Southern Highland Handicraft members including (lower left to right) John C. Campbell Folk School, Pisgah Pottery, The Spinning Wheel,...
This 1930s-era map, showing the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild's marketing centers, was drawn by Olive Campbell's niece, June Coolidge Cary. Cary taught art and design at the John C. Campbell Folk School from 1938 through the early 1940s. ...
Asheville (N.C.) -- Maps; North Carolina -- Maps; Biltmore Forest (N.C.); Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.); Biltmore Estate Company
This mid-1920s booklet entitled 'General Plan of Biltmore Forest at Biltmore, N.C.' was produced for the Town of Biltmore Forest, a planned residential community formed from lands of the Biltmore Estate and being developed by the Biltmore Estate...
Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain); North Carolina -- Maps;
This topographic map titled 'Mount Mitchell Quadrangle,' issued in 1902 and reprinted in 1920 by the U.S. Geological Survey (Washington D.C.: Department of the Interior), shows the area around Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. Other features near Mt....
North Carolina -- Maps; Biltmore Forest (N.C.); Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.); Biltmore Estate Company
This mid-1920s booklet entitled 'General Plan of Biltmore Forest at Biltmore, N.C.' was produced for the Town of Biltmore Forest, a planned residential community formed from lands of the Biltmore Estate and being developed by the Biltmore Estate...
This section of the 'North Carolina Highways'� map for 1939, issued by the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission (Raleigh, N.C.), features western North Carolina. The map shows Cheoah Lake at Tapoco, N.C., Lake Santeetlah near...
The North Carolina Good Roads Association's Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina (1916) included an advertisement and picture for the Waynesville Auto Repair Company. Another advertisement in The 1916 Pictorial Story of Haywood County...
In this scene railroad tracks are seen curving away into the distance and paralleling the French Broad River. This card was cancelled at Asheville, N.C., on August 28, 1908. The 1916 guide book Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina,...
Opened in July 1913, the Grove Park Inn quickly emerged as a premier destination in Asheville, N.C. This advertisement in the North Carolina Good Roads Association's 1916 publication Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina (Raleigh,...
This map from the souvenir album 'Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery,' published in the 1880s, features a 'Map of the Richmond and Danville Railroad and Connections. Piedmont Air-Line.'
John C. Campbell Folk School published a series of newsletters from 1926 to 1950. Written like a letter from the school's director, the newsletter is a source of information about the classes and activities at the Folk School and their impact on...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its fall membership meeting in Penland, North Carolina on October 5, 6, and 7, 1939. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional...
