This undated photograph of Cherokee baskets was taken by Edward L. DuPuy for the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. The variety of basket styles and materials in this photograph reflects the many kinds of baskets made by Cherokee craftspeople. The...
Botany -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.); Bugbane -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.);
This series of 20 original black and white photographs depicts botanical specimens of the Great Smoky Mountains. The entire set, including one image that is not in Hunter Library Special Collections, was published in a booklet titled “The...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Community centers -- North Carolina -- Graham County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Graham County; Music -- North Carolina -- Graham County; Music -- North...
With apple blossoms flowering in the mountains, Amy is reminded of her parents’ wedding day and shares the story of their meeting; followed by Rio Clemente’s "Apple Blossom Time" and "First Impressions" from Dave Magill of Webster. On Creative...
A typed caption on this photograph identifies it as 'On Balsam Divide looking towards Black Rock Knob.'� The photograph is featured in a report titled 'Properties of Dr. John R. Brinkley,'� which contains a letter of transmittal from Ellis...
Black Rock, a well-known peak of the Plott Balsam range in western North Carolina, rises to an elevation of 5,810 feet. This postcard vista was taken near Sylva, N.C., and was postmarked July 27, 1914. Black Rock's elevation exceeds that of...
This photograph by Vivienne Roberts shows Ella May Sequoyah, wife of Amoneeta Sequoyah with her son, Amoneeta, Jr. and her daughter, Rachel Lydia Sequoyah. The rivercane purse basket on Mrs. Sequoyah's arm, also called a "shopper," is typical of...
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer shows a woman carrying a child on her back. In her right hand is a Cherokee style white oak split market basket. White oak baskets with handles were employed by Cherokee women for a variety of...
Botany -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.);Plant ecology -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.); Bugbane -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.);Maple -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.);
This series of 20 original black and white photographs depicts botanical specimens of the Great Smoky Mountains. The entire set, including one image that is not in Hunter Library Special Collections, was published in a booklet titled “The...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Violin makers -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Swain County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Flood dams and reservoirs -- North...
Amy shares a story about how the Ammons siblings stuck together as children, accompanied by the song “Side by Side” from Mitch Miller. Doreyl interviews Kate Rickenbacker, a violin maker and musician from Black Mountain who demonstrates her...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; John C. Campbell Folk School; Music -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Museums -- Curatorship -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee; Western Carolina...
The show begins with Amy’s story “Washing Clothes in the Smoke,” which tells of washing clothes in a kettle over an open fire. The story is accompanied by “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” by Artie Shaw. On Creative Corner, Doreyl continues her...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Choral conductors -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Clog dancing -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Folk festivals -- North Carolina, Western; African Americans -- North Carolina -- Jackson...
The show begins with Amy’s story “Stepping Out and Stepping In,” which talks about her divorce and her life immediately afterward, as well as being courted by Philip Scopelite. The story is accompanied by “Sugarlands Suite” by Bill Mize...
Musicians -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Black, Marianna Fischer, 1874-1960; Public libraries -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Librarians -- North Carolina -- Swain County
Doreyl talks with Betty Collins Brown from Tuckasegee about her family of 11 siblings and their music; Brown sings "Home Again.” Then Amy interviews librarian Jeff Delfield about the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City and its founder. Brown...
025) Camera lens filter; yellow tinted glass lens filter encased in black metal frame; with ''No 6''; glass is crazed; frame slightly bent; 026) Camera lens filter; Clear glass filter encased in black metal frame; 045) (c) Copying lens (bagged) and...
One pair (a) left (b) right of black leather boots with laces and metal eyelets and eyehooks, leather soles and rubber heels; felt on tongue of shoes; lined with canvas; stamped on inside leather and canvas - ''The Patriot Roberts, Johnson, &...
One pair (a) left (b) right of black leather half boots with fancy band across the toe with leather soles and heels; have eye hooks, laces and high tops and eyelets; Condition poor, leather split and soles worn; (a) piece of sole has fallen out;...
(a) Small powder horn hooked to black leather pouch; (b) separate strap; Small powder horn with wooden bottom and hook for leather strap; bottom fastened to horn with 5 metal studs; leather on pouch flap is torn and very stiff; part of strap is...
Razor hone; black and brown razor hone with wooden handle and long wooden square block with leather on two sides; attached with metal fasteners; wooden handle loose and can separate; handle painted black; very worn.
Horace Kephart's box (a) cardboard box - top (a1) and bottom (b1) with metal reinforcement corners; with ''ONE No. 1918 Wardway Food Chopper Montgomery Ward and Co. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Chicago Kansas City Ft. Worth St. Paul...
