This sketch on paper was made by Amanda Crowe (1928-2004). A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Crowe is known for figurative wood sculptures; she was particularly known for her highly stylized, expressive bears. Crowe drew these sketches on...
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...
On September 18, 1915, a crowd estimated at 3,000 people arrived in Sylva, N.C., to attend the dedication of the Civil War monument. The monument had been located prominently on the steps leading up from the town's main street to the new Jackson...
Almond (N.C.); Schools -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Almond High School (Almond, N.C.)
A handwritten caption at the bottom of this photograph identifies it as the 'Almond High'� school building in Swain County, North Carolina. The brick high school building had been completed in the Almond, N.C., community in the mid-1920s. ...
Almond (N.C.); Schools -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Almond High School (Almond, N.C.)
A handwritten caption at the bottom of this photograph identifies it as the 'Almond High'� school building in Swain County, North Carolina. The building was completed in the Almond, N.C., community in the mid-1920s and, with the improvement of...
This picture highlights the Main Street of Sylva, N.C., as seen on September 18, 1915. Taken from the vantage point of the new Jackson County Courthouse, completed in February 1914 and situated on a hillside overlooking the town, the photograph...
This view of the 'Fontana Dam Project'� 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: United...
Asheville (N.C.) -- Maps; North Carolina -- Maps; Biltmore Forest (N.C.); Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.); Biltmore Estate Company
This mid-1920s booklet entitled 'General Plan of Biltmore Forest at Biltmore, N.C.' was produced for the Town of Biltmore Forest, a planned residential community formed from lands of the Biltmore Estate and being developed by the Biltmore Estate...
In this scene railroad tracks are seen curving away into the distance and paralleling the French Broad River. This card was cancelled at Asheville, N.C., on August 28, 1908. The 1916 guide book Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina,...
Biltmore Forest (N.C.); Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.); Biltmore Estate Company
This mid-1920s booklet entitled 'General Plan of Biltmore Forest at Biltmore, N.C.' was produced for the Town of Biltmore Forest, a planned residential community formed from lands of the Biltmore Estate and being developed by the Biltmore Estate...
North Carolina -- Maps; Biltmore Forest (N.C.); Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.); Biltmore Estate Company
This mid-1920s booklet entitled 'General Plan of Biltmore Forest at Biltmore, N.C.' was produced for the Town of Biltmore Forest, a planned residential community formed from lands of the Biltmore Estate and being developed by the Biltmore Estate...
These two undated letters from Margaret Whiting of Deerfield, Mass., were sent to Frances Goodrich and include instructions for dyeing fiber with indigo. Although the date of these letters is unclear, the reference to Miss Williams [Isadora...
In 1944, the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders, Inc. received a $6,000 grant from the General Education Board to study the field of crafts as an income-producing venture in the southern Appalachian area. Grant staff...
This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken in August 1935 on the steps of the newly constructed (but not yet completed) Edward F. Worst Craft House located adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian School near Penland, North Carolina....
This brief questionnaire was completed by Bessie Lee Blauvelt in January 1943, which describes her work with natural materials. The survey appeared on the back page of the "Highland Highlights", a newsletter published by the Southern Highland...
Dorland Bell Looms was the original name for the workshop that joined with Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, N.C. to teach weaving to new students. This production center was known as the Weave Shop, but eventually became Warren Wilson Crafts...
This signed photograph of a man carving a duck was taken by Doris Ulmann. There are two completed ducks/geese in the background. Although the carver is unidentified, the type of carving and a note on the back of the photograph indicates that this...
These documents pertain to the life and work of Mrs. C.G. Hodges (first name unknown), who specialized in making Colonial Knot bedspreads, also called candle wicking, with elaborate fringes. Included are the transcript of an interview of Mrs....
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...
The boys in this photograph are salvaging bricks from the burned courthouse in Murphy, N.C. to use for the construction of the chimney in the Community Room of the John C. Campbell Folk School. The Community Room, completed in September 1927, was...
