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    • [2011-09-10]

    • [2011-09-10]

    • Vegetable gardening -- North Carolina, Western; Cooking -- North Carolina, Western; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Graham County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson...

    • Amy begins the show describing the "gold" of the mountains. Doreyl joins Peggy Dawson in the garden once again to talk about growing and eating autumn vegetables. Amy’s guest, Brant Barnes from Dillsboro, shares some fascinating Crisp, Gunner,...
    • Method

    • Method

    • Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931

    • Notes outlining the writing strategy for ''Our Southern Highlanders.'' On this journal page, describing ''Method'' for writing, Kephart outlines the need for ''Facts,'' ''Anecdotes,'' ''Native Comments. Dialect,'' and ''To each section apply...
    • Letter from Horace Kephart to Albert Britt, editor, Outing

    • Letter from Horace Kephart to Albert Britt, editor, Outing

    • Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931; Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

    • Page one of a three-page letter Kephart to Albert Britt, editor of ''Outing'' magazine, describing Kephart's participation in a ''man-hunt'' in the Sugarlands of Tennessee. These details were later incorporated into chapter 10 of the revised and...
    • Letter from Horace Kephart to Bob

    • Letter from Horace Kephart to Bob

    • Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931; Rose, James Holland, 1875-1920;

    • A two-page letter from Kephart to "Bob" describing the killing of Hol Rose. This account was later incorporated into the revised and expanded edition of "Our Southern Highlanders."
    • "Method"

    • "Method"

    • Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931

    • Notes outlining the writing strategy for "Our Southern Highlanders." On this journal page, describing "Method" for writing, Kephart outlines the need for "Facts," "Anecdotes," "Native Comments. Dialect," and "To each section apply touchstone of...
    • Household Arts Industry in North Carolina

    • Household Arts Industry in North Carolina

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This article describing the work of Allanstand Cottage Industries was published in the "Christian Science Monitor" on December 6, 1916. The article is directed at social workers thinking about developing a household arts industry for several...
    • [May Ritchie Deschamps cornhusk dolls]

    • [May Ritchie Deschamps cornhusk dolls]

    • Cornhusk craft -- Appalachian region, Southern;

    • This text describing cornhusk doll maker May Ritchie Deschamps (1896-1982) was written for inclusion in the catalog for "Crafts of Cornhusk," an exhibition produced by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1981. The piece provides biographical...
    • [Louise L. Pitman to Louis Thun, 1933]

    • [Louise L. Pitman to Louis Thun, 1933]

    • Dyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • John C. Campbell Folk School instructor Louise L. Pitman sent this letter to Mr. Louis A. Thun in 1933 describing the basics of natural vegetable dyeing. She discusses two classes of materials; those that need mordants and those that do not. She...
    • [Hope Brown to Murrial Martin, 1947]

    • [Hope Brown to Murrial Martin, 1947]

    • Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This letter was written by woodcarver Hope Caler Brown to Murrial Martin, known as Murray Martin, who was the carving instructor of the John C. Campbell Folk School from 1935 to 1973. Martin also managed the school's woodcarving cooperative which...
    • [Shadrach Mace to Louise Pitman, 1954]

    • [Shadrach Mace to Louise Pitman, 1954]

    • Chairs -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Furniture -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • [Shadrach Mace busting out some rounds and backs]

    • [Shadrach Mace busting out some rounds and backs]

    • Chairs -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Furniture -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • [Shadrach Mace pressing the backs for the setting chairs]

    • [Shadrach Mace pressing the backs for the setting chairs]

    • Chairs -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Furniture -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • [Shadrach Mace turning the posts]

    • [Shadrach Mace turning the posts]

    • Chairs -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Furniture -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...

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