In this paper written by Raymond E. Pippin in the early 1930s, Pippin puts forward a plan for a craft cooperative system which would support crafts people across the United States. He outlines the problems of "Chaos and Ruin" resulting from the...
Helen Hickman wove for many years and worked with Dorland Bell/Warren Wilson College. A note at the end of her papers reads "We are close to Moore General Hosital for wounded soldiers. I could help there if needed. Could give two or three...
Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe supervised several people in their weaving and rug making. She filed a questionnaire as an individual but was also treated as a producing center because of the number of workers she employed. Questionnaires like this...
Penland Weavers and Potters was a production center based at the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). In the 1940s the school had 63 looms. Many weavers had looms in their homes. "In hard times weavers worked for 9...
Maple Springs Wood Working Shop was founded in 1935 by Paul Warren. At the time of the questionnaire in 1944, they were not making furniture, because of the lack of workers due to the war. The shop had produced "Baskets - chairs - screens [and]...
This promotional brochure was produced by the John C. Campbell Folk School in the early 1930s. By taking the model of the Danish Folk School and adapting it to rural mountain areas, founder Olive Dame Campbell hoped to engage a new generation of...
During 1944, Marian Heard collected information of the crafts of the mountain area - usually as a questionnaire. Minnie Klar writes that the rationing of materials for World War II has made it difficult to obtain items needed for quilting. She...
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...
John C. Campbell Folk School was one of the leaders in the crafts revival period and served as a model for other craft enterprises. At the time of this survey, the school offered classes in woodworking, woodcarving, weaving, and vegetable or...
This early brochure was published by the Stuart Nye silver shop to illustrate the designs being offered. It also tells "The Legend of the Dogwood Tree." The dogwood flower has always been a popular Stuart Nye pattern. Stuart Nye first visited...
The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild met for its first official membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 27, 1930. In this meeting members adopted a constitution and by-laws, elected a board of directors, and discussed the definiton of...
This hand wrought sterling silver dogwood jewelry (ring, two pins, and earrings) were produced by Stuart Nye jewelers during the 1960s or 1970s, but they are typical of the patterns designed and produced in the 1930s. Stuart Nye first visited the...
These two hand wrought sterling silver lily pins were produced by Stuart Nye jewelers during the 1960s or 1970s, but they are typical of the patterns designed and produced in the 1930s. Stuart Nye first visited the Asheville area as a patient at...
These two hand wrought sterling silver pansy pins were produced by Stuart Nye jewelers during the 1960s or 1970s, but they are typical of the patterns designed and produced in the 1930s. Stuart Nye first visited the Asheville area as a patient at...
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...
This 63-page book on traditional vegetable dyeing gives an in depth description of the process of vegetable dyeing, including mordants and sources for dye colors. As an artifact, this book also connects three major rural mountain workers and...
This letter was written by Allen Eaton to Clementine Douglas on February 12, 1937. The letter is vague on many issues because Eaton was expecting to meet Douglas at the spring meeting of the Southern Mountain Workers Conference. Douglas'...
Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This 1917 photograph, taken by an unknown photographer, shows several young workers in the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers shop. Founders of Biltmore Estate Industries in Asheville, North Carolina, Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale moved to...
This 1917 photograph, taken by an unknown photographer, shows six young workers in the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers shop. Founders of Biltmore Estate Industries in Asheville, Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale moved to Tryon in 1915 and...
Watauga Industries was a state-sponsored vocational program located in Boone, North Carolina. Established in 1938, Watauga Industries produced and sold weavings, including hooked mats. Watauga operated a center but also worked with independent...
