W. L. Love, Times Office, to J. Cathey, Forks of the Pigeon, North Carolina, October 17, 1864. Love says that an article about Cathey’s assistance to families and soldiers during the war that ran in a recent issue of the Times was inaccurate and...
The Album caption reads simply "The Everett Copper Mine." The text on the reverse of the picture elaborates, "The Everett copper mine. My cabin is just above it. Hampton lives in upper (1 1/2 story) house, alongside boiler house....
This photograph became seperated from the Album, but appears to match the location for the Album caption "Sheriff Collecting Taxes." This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 40) as "At the...
A view of Horace Kephart's cabin on Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. The caption reads, "The Cabin in Winter" This photograph appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders," 1921 edition, p. 161, as "Cabin on the Little...
This photograph appears with the caption "Wilson & Cook's Mill" in Album. This mill was featured in a variety of Kephart's publications. It appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 48, and 1921 ed, p....
The photograph and an accompanying article appeared in The Asheville Times on Wednesday, September 29, 1943. The article (at right) is incomplete. Pictured in the photograph are Southern Highland Handicraft Guild officers Louise Pitman of the...
The article and accompanying photograph appeared in The Chattanooga Times on Thursday, October 3, 1935. It is a group shot of the members and friends of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The group gathered for the guild’s semiannual...
The snapshot shows Southern Highland Craft Guild member, Nancy Conseen demonstrating basketry in the entrance to the Folk Art Center, Asheville, North Carolina. Behind her is a poster with the schedule of craft demonstrations sponsored by the...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph depicts a modeled earthenware pottery bowl that is an effigy made in the form of a chicken. The coiled pot with incised designs was made by Cora Wahnetah, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee...
An article titled “Town of Whittier Is Abolished By Assembly Bill” appeared in the January 31, 1933, issue of "The Ruralite" (Sylva, N.C.). An article in the January 19, 1933, issue of a separate newspaper, the “Jackson County...
This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Nancy Conseen. The storage basket is honeysuckle woven over white oak ribs. The woven lid, with wrapped handle, fits over the base. Small baskets such as these were used to store domestic...
This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Nancy Conseen. The storage basket is honeysuckle woven over white oak ribs. The woven lid, with wrapped handle, fits over the base. Small baskets such as these were used to store domestic...
This 1982 photograph shows Emma Taylor shaving down white oak splits to make weavers for a basket. Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. She was raised in the Birdtown community on the...
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Frances Goodrich collected articles and photographs of weaving from lots of contemporary resources of her time. This article by Arnold G. Talbot appeared in The Ladies' Home Journal, on September 1, 1910. It shows how to use overshot weaving to...
This article appeared in the 1931, November/December issue of "Handicrafter" magazine. It is a summary of the activities which were part of the August, 1931 Weaving Institute. Edward Worst led the weaving program and Lucy Morgan planned...
This white oak storage basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Agnes Welch. Dyed with blood root and walnut root, the basket is a combination of darks and the lighter natural color of white oak to make an overall pattern. Agnes Lossie Welch...
This article appeared in the 1931, November/December issue of "Handicrafter" magazine. It traces author "P.B."'s travels to various craft centers in the southern Appalachian mountains. Mentioned in the article are Allanstand...
The Second National Conference on Handicrafts was held at Penland, North Carolina from August 31 to September 4, 1940. The conference was led by Allen Eaton. Discussions continued on the topic of "What can we do together that we cannot do...
This article by Bonnie Willis Ford appeared in the 1933, April issue of "Handicrafter" magazine. It is a summary of the activities which were part of the August, 1932 Weaving Institute. Edward Worst led the weaving program, while Lucy...
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer is of Cherokee basket weaver, Sally Ann Taylor Wade (1924-1988). Wade is shown making white oak splits with a pocketknife, preparing materials needed to weave a basket. Wade was born in the...
