This brochure contains descriptions and photographs of work produced and offered for sale by Daniel Boone during the period his forge was located in the Industrial Department at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C. Boone was an instructor in...
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1917 provides an overall financial statement as well as an inventory for specific craft categories. Allanstand Cottage Industries was founded in 1896, but was incorporated in 1916 and...
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1930 shows the decline in sales resulting from the onset of the Great Depression. While the shop continued to be an asset to the region's craftspeople, it also felt the strain of tougher...
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1926 provides an overall financial statement as well as a balance sheet for specific craft categories. The Status of Merchandise Account documents purchases, sales, and remaining...
In this December 30, 1929 letter to Dr. Warren Wilson, Frances Goodrich writes of her interest in selling the Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. At the time of this letter, Wilson was employed as an administrator for the Board of National...
These minutes document a significant meeting of the directors of Allanstand Cottage Industries held on January 1, 1930. At this meeting, the formation of the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild (later Southern Highland Handicraft Guild) is reported...
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1923 provides rare documentation of the individuals who produced crafts for sale through the Allanstand business. The report provides figures for 'amount of business' in both 1922 and...
This historical summary of traditional weaving in the southern Appalachian mountains was written by Frances Goodrich in March of 1926. This essay describes weaving as she found it during her mission work in western North Carolina during the...
This draft history of the Allanstand Cottage Industries craft shop in Madison County, North Carolina was written by shop founded Frances Goodrich in the late 1910s or 1920s. Goodrich wrote numerous articles and promotional brochures about the...
This essay outlines the state of weaving and dyeing in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee in the late 19th century. It covers primarily the use of natural dyes and natural fibers in weaving cloth to be used for clothing and bedding. The...
These pages contain the bylaws or Articles of Incorporation of the Allanstand Cottage Industries, drafted when the business was incorporated in 1916. As the crafts business grew, Frances Goodrich decided to sell shares in Allanstand in order to...
In this February 25, 1931 letter, John C. Campbell Folk School director, Olive D. Campbell, wrote to Frances Goodrich about Goodrich's offer to transfer ownership of the Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. to the recently formed Southern Mountain...
This letter to Allen Eaton was written by Frances Goodrich on April 8, 1931. Eaton worked for the Russell Sage Foundation and through which he was introduced to the Craft Revival in the southern Appalachian region. In this letter, Goodrich is...
This letter to Frances Goodrich was written by Allen Eaton and dated April 10, 1931. It was written on Russell Sage Foundation letterhead, where Eaton was working and through which he was introduced to the Craft Revival in the southern Appalachian...
This 1912 letter was written by Frances Goodrich for the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Goodrich first came to western North Carolina in 1892 as a community worker employed by this mission board. It was...
These minutes document a significant meeting of the directors of Allanstand Cottage Industries held on March 3, 1931. At this meeting, Allanstand Cottage Industries was formally dissolved. The president reported arranging for the distribution of ...
This letter to Frances Goodrich was written by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt on December 8, 1933. In this letter, Roosevelt expresses her appreciation for a quilt that she had seen at a Southern Highland Handicraft Guild exhibition on Mountain...
This talk was given by Olive Dame Campbell at the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers meeting in the spring of 1929. Here Campbell describes how representatives of seven mountain craft centers met at Penland, North Carolina in December 1928 to...
This is an early brochure for the Weaving Department of the Crossnore School in Crossnore, N.C. It includes a brief introduction to the program and production operations at Crossnore School as well as a price list from which items could be...
This folder contains various documents pertaining to the sixth annual summer Weaving Institute at Penland, North Carolina conducted by Edward F. Worst under the auspices of the Penland Weavers and Potters from August 12-24, 1935. The items in this...
