Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This postcard, titled "From copper and iron we create objects of beauty and utility", is part of a promotional packet of postcards was produced by the John C. Campbell Folk School upon its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1950. The folder contains ten...
This section of the 'North Carolina Highways'� map for 1939, issued by the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission (Raleigh, N.C.), features western North Carolina. The map shows Cheoah Lake at Tapoco, N.C., Lake Santeetlah near...
This article was written by Frances L. Goodrich and published in the April 1900 issue of "Southern Workman." In this article, Goodrich paints a quaint picture of what life was like for early settlers on the frontier in western North Carolina,...
In this paper written by Raymond E. Pippin in the early 1930s, Pippin puts forward a plan for a craft cooperative system which would support crafts people across the United States. He outlines the problems of "Chaos and Ruin" resulting from the...
These documents pertain to the life and work of Cherokee basket maker, Nancy Conseen (1929-1997). Included are a biographical profile written around 1983 and an overview of Conseen's basketry, probably written to accompany and exhibition of...
This unidentified item was found in the tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. One end has a shallow depression while the opposite end is shiny and has a .25" deep hole that was made by a machine tool. This artifact is possibly...
This photograph, taken by Daisy Dame, documents construction at the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1920s. Featured are several men, including local farmer John Logan, moving fieldstones used in building construction. Citizens from the local...
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...
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...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
This article appeared in The Modern Priscilla magazine, October, 1919. It was written by Harriet C. Wilkie, who was manager of the Allanstand Cottage Industries shop. She writes of her fascination with the natural dyes used to color wool and...
The Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild." It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well as news of...
This watercolor template or pattern was done by Ettamae Deweese for the Spinning Wheel's weaving room in Asheville, N.C. around 1928. Clementine Douglas, manager of the shop, encouraged her weavers to create designs for the household textiles they...
Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. In this photograph, made for the Indian Arts and Craft Board, Stamper is shown making a rivercane basket in the double weave technique. A double weave basket is...
Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. In this photograph, made for the Indian Arts and Craft Board, Stamper is shown making a rivercane basket in the double weave technique. A double weave basket is...
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Exhibitions -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) was a Cherokee basket maker who made double weave baskets. She demonstrated her art at the 1948 Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. In this photograph, taken by Clem Kalischer,...
This white oak basket by Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was photographed by Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Taylor was a master Cherokee basket weaver from the Birdtown community in Cherokee, North Carolina who specialized in making white oak...
This white oak basket by Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was photographed by Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Taylor was a master Cherokee basket weaver from the Birdtown community in Cherokee, North Carolina who specialized in making white oak...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts a bowl and letter opener that are believed to have been made by Arch Miller. Both are hammered from sheet copper; the bowl was folded upward and inward to create its rounded shape. ...
This 1938 photograph shows a Cherokee, North Carolina craft shop that features a large selection of Cherokee baskets. The baskets, including rivercane and white oak, have been made in a wide assortment of styles, sizes, and patterns. The large...
