Carving of pair of horsehead bookends made of wood by Cherokee artisan Wahdih "Watty" Chiltoskie (1897-1973), whose last name is sometimes seen spelled Chiltoskey or Chiltosky.
Carving of pair of horsehead bookends made of wood by Cherokee artisan Goingback Chiltoskey, whose last name is also sometimes spelled Chiltosky or Chiltoskie.
Carving of an Indian bust made of wood by Cherokee artisan Wahdih "Watty" Chiltoskie (1897-1973). His last name is sometimes seen spelled Chiltoskey or Chiltosky.
North Carolina -- Description and travel; South Carolina -- Description and travel; Mountains -- South Carolina; Mountains -- North Carolina, Western;
“Mountain Scenery: The Scenery of the Mountains of Western North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina” was written when Henry E. Colton (1836-1892) was only 22 years old. Educated at Yale, by 1858, Colton lived in Asheville. He served in...
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...
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]...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This document lists the common stockholders producing for the Southern Highlanders, Inc., in the early 1940s. Individual craft artists and production centers who sold their products through the Southern Highlanders were allowed to be stockholders...
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...
Lawrence Boone was taught blacksmithing by his father. He also worked with Anthony Lord, an Arts & Crafts metalworker. Boone had a shop in Biltmore, N.C. but had to close during World War II, probably because of the scarcity of metal. ...
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows seven different kinds of pewter buttons produced by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Pewter or Copper 1. Acorn .20 each; 2. -...
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows different kinds of pewter pins and earrings produced by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Pewter; 1. dogwood ear bobs, $2.00...
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows five pewter pins produced by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Pins - $1.00 each; 1. acorn; 2. dogwood; 3.-4. lge. dogwood; 5....
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows different kinds of pewter Bible markers and crosses produced and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters, sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "1. Bible markers on...
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows examples of napkin clips and a bookmark produced and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten below the photograph is a caption that reads...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County...
