Sawmills -- North Carolina; Champion Fibre Company
This photograph entitled 'The Waynesville Mill' is featured on page 17 of the booklet 'Glimpses of the Plant of the Champion Fibre Co., Canton, North Carolina: Souvenir of the Visit of the Cincinnati Commercial Club, May 1922.'� The photograph...
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album 'Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery,' published in the 1880s, features panels depicting 'Modern Agriculture' (top); 'Blondin donkey' (middle); and, 'A mountain home' (bottom).
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931; English language -- Dialects -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Research notes for ''Our Southern Highlanders.'' Referenced on page 353: ''The true mountain dialect is spoken consistently by only the old people, the penned-at-home women, and the illiterates in 'way-back' places. Schools are teaching modern...
Research notes for "Our Southern Highlanders." Referenced on page 353: "The true mountain dialect is spoken consistently by only the old people, the penned-at-home women, and the illiterates in 'way-back' places. Schools are teaching modern speech...
This article on how to reseat chairs was written by Harriet Cushman Wilkie and published in the March 1917 issue of "The Modern Priscilla." The article details how to weave chair seats using natural materials such as cattail leaves, cornhusks,...
This article appeared in The Modern Priscilla magazine, October, 1919. It was written by Harriet C. Wilkie, who was manager of the Allanstand Cottage Industries shop. She writes of her fascination with the natural dyes used to color wool and...
The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild met for its fall membership meeting at Berea College in Berea, Ky., on October 4, 1930. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new members list, announcements of regional...
This is a modern example of a very old fiber tool called a niddy noddy, which is a skein winder. Each complete wrap counts as about two yards of fiber. The yarn which remains on it, shows the twisting that occurs with each wrap. This tool,...
This is a modern example of a very old fiber tool called a flax distaff. There are many variations on distaffs, but they all sit upright beside a spinning wheel to hold the flax fibers waiting to be spun. This distaff would fit like an umbrella...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer shows an example of a Cherokee dance mask. The mask maker's name is unknown. Cherokee masks were typically carved from buckeye or poplar, but were also be made from hornets' nests, animal hides, or...
This undated photograph was taken while Maude Welch was making pottery on the porch of her home. Maude French Welch (1894 – 1953) was was born near Cooper's Creek in the Birdtown section of the Qualla Boundary. Her pottery was formed entirely...
This photograph was taken while Maude Welch was demonstrating pottery at the 1949 Craftsman’s Fair of the Southern Highlands. Maude French Welch (1894–1953) was was born near Cooper's Creek in the Birdtown section of the Qualla Boundary. Her...
