Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Art metal-work -- North Carolina, Western; Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Astrology and gardening -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Amy opens the show with “Heavenly Grass.” Doreyl spends time with Ruth Morgan McConnell, who shares the history of the Morgan family’s hand-hammered pewter since 1930. Amy welcomes Dorothy Queen Conner of Sylva, who shares her tips for...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
In her yurt in Tuckasegee, Doreyl interviews watercolorist Pam Haddock during a thunderstorm. Amy and Jeff Darnell discuss storytelling alongside the Tuckasegee River in Bryson City. The legendary Mary Jane Queen, who lived her life on John’s...
Family reunions; Legends -- North Carolina, Western; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Hardware stores -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Music -- North Carolina -- Swain County
Amy shares her thoughts about family reunions. Doreyl interviews Mary Joyce from Sylva about her research on the local "little people," then singer-songwriter Keith Shuler’s song about the legendary "little people" provides further insight. Amy...
Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Amy talks about “Blue Ridge Mountains Call for Me,” the theme song for Stories of Mountain Folk. Doreyl’s guests are Mary Jo Cobb and her 96-year-old mother, Gladys Hooper. Hooper tells of her early days in Jackson County as she started her...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Family farms -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes;
Doreyl speaks with Mary Jo Hooper Cobb from Tuckasegee, who talks about the heritage of her mom and dad’s farm. Amy interviews Jim Sellers from Monteith Branch in Sylva, who discusses his childhood—and tells of sneaking his first taste of snuff...
Mary Caroline Standridge Penland (born December 1, 1876) and her husband, James Oscar Penland (born August 20, 1882). The couple are fulfilling their pledge cards to contribute landscaping to the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1920s.
Mary Ewing learned weaving at the Norris School where Winogene Redding was teaching. She sold small woven items through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education...
This painted stoneware figure of Mary with the Christ child was made by Clara Maude Cobb Hilton (1885-1969) probably between 1925 and 1935. Hilton Pottery was a family pottery which made functional pottery starting just after the Civil War. The...
These two Virgin Mary figures were carved in holly by Hope Caler Brown as part of a nativity scene. Murrial Martin, a teacher at the John C. Campbell Folk School, originally designed crèche figures to be made by different carvers so that each...
This photograph shows Mary Lena Martin (left) and her grandmother (right) working a cotton jenny. The photograph was taken by Doris Ulmann when she came to Brasstown, N.C. in 1933 or 1934.
Mary Frances Davidson was an expert using vegetable dyes to color fiber. She taught at Penland Craft School and was connected with the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild Fairs for many, many years. This photograph was taken by Bernice Stevens at...
Mary Frances Davidson was an expert at using vegetable dyes to color fiber. She taught at Penland Craft School and was a regular at Southern Highland Handicraft Guild Fairs for many, many years. She is shown here transferring yarn from a bobbin...
This photograph, taken by Bayard Wootten in the late 1920s or early 1930s, depicts Mary Sloop (right of tree) managing a used clothing sale to raise money for Crossnore School programs. Dr. Mary Martin Sloop, a medical doctor, moved to Avery...
This photograph, taken by Bayard Wootten in the late 1920s or early 1930s, depicts Mary Sloop (far right) managing a used clothing sale to raise money for Crossnore School programs. Dr. Mary Martin Sloop, a medical doctor, moved to Avery County,...
Cherokee basket weavers made baskets for a variety of functions. This purse basket, or "shopper" as it was sometimes called, was used by women. The drop handles are made from wood and were carved separate from the basket; the handle attachments...
This bulletin, published in 1937, provided marketing advice to weavers who were members of the Southern Highlanders, Inc. Types of products, their design, colors, and uses are discussed with the aim of helping weavers to produced woven goods that...
This watercolor drawdown and two drafts illustrate a weave pattern identified as Waggon Wheels (Wagon Wheels). To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of musical notation; a drawdown is a...
Mary Shell (b. 1913), a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, was born and raised on the Qualla Boundary. A renowned sash weaver, Shell looked for a craft that she enjoyed doing. In 1956 she got a job at the Oconaluftee Indian Village where she...
Mary Shell (b. 1913), a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, was born and raised on the Qualla Boundary. A renowned sash weaver, Shell looked for a craft that she enjoyed doing. In 1956 she got a job at the Oconaluftee Indian Village where she...
Mary Shell (b. 1913), a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, was born and raised on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina. A renowned sash weaver, Shell looked for a craft that she enjoyed doing. In 1956 she got a job at the...
