In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her this letter along with a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he...
This promotional brochure advertises the Tryon Craft School, started by Charlotte Yale and Eleanor Vance in 1936. Yale and Vance began their craft teaching in Asheville, North Carolina with the Biltmore Estate Industries in 1901, and their move to...
This leaflet provides a brief overview of work done by Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale with the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers. The women began their craft teaching in Asheville, North Carolina with the Biltmore Estate Industries in 1901, and...
A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Virgil Crowe is known for realistically detailed woodcarvings. He studied woodcarving with Amanda Crowe during high school and, later, began to carve animal forms. He uses local animals as models,...
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Pottery, American -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Adoption -- Ukraine -- Kiev; Musicians -- North...
This week, Amy’s story is “The Sinister-Looking House” where she goes back to when she was a child and describes the house in which she grew up. (Appalachian Fire from Henderson County sings “There is a Time”, closing the segment.)...
Quilting -- North Carolina, Western; Quiltmakers -- North Carolina, Western; Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, Inc.; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson...
Amy introduces the show with stories of quilters and seamstresses, and information about the upcoming Patchwork Fabric Festival. Doreyl talks to Patricia Purdy of Tuckasegee about the history of the red-heel sock monkey doll. Neal Hearn interviews...
Natural areas -- North Carolina, Western; Fontana Dam (N.C.) -- History; Fontana Village (N.C.) -- History; Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
To open the show, Amy talks about the beauty of Western North Carolina. Doreyl talks to Crystal Allen of Canton about shearing, carding, and spinning the wool of sheep and llamas, as well as making soap and scarves from wool. Amy interviews Craig...
This aerial view of Asheville, North Carolina in the late 1920s, attributed to George Masa (1881-1931), emphasizes the city's growth in the 1910s and 1920s, and also the impact of the automobile on the city's development. Throughout the period,...
In May 1913 the voters in Jackson County, N.C., approved a measure to relocate the county seat from Webster to Sylva. While the town of Webster had been designated as the original county seat in the early 1850s, Sylva had benefited from the...
This view captioned the 'Fontana Dam site'� from the report by the Tennessee Valley Authority, 'The Fontana Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, and Initial Operations of the Fontana Project'� (Washington: ...
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 Journal'�...
