In this photograph by Vivienne Roberts, Cherokee basketmakers Nice George and Lucy George Long are shown preparing materials to make baskets. They are in the process of cutting, scraping, and thinning white oak splits or splints into different...
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...
Tanning Industry was the overall caption for this three-part picture from J.S. Holmes' Forest Conditions in Western North Carolina, published in 1911. The separate pictures were subtitled (A) 'Tannery of Cover & Sons, Andrews,' (B) 'Unloading bark...
Lake Junaluska (N.C.); Schools -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Junaluska Summer School (Lake Junaluska, N.C.);
The cover of the 1931 program of the 'Final Announcement, Junaluska Summer School, Incorporated (Affiliated with Duke University), Lake Junaluska, N.C.'� features an outline drawing of the Mission Inn building. Published by the Lake Junaluska...
Hotels -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Hotel Gordon (Waynesville, N.C.)
This page from the late 1920s brochure for the 'Hotel Gordon'� has a line-drawing illustration of the hotel, which was located in Waynesville, North Carolina. Automobiles are shown in the drawing parked in front of the hotel and the brochure...
This drawing of the 'Swannanoa Hotel, Asheville, N.C.' was featured in the book by Thomas H. Lindsey, 'Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina' (Asheville, N.C.: The Randolph - Kerr Printing Co., 1890).
(021) Box containing blades for jeweler's saw; seven blades contained in a green cardboard slip box; box has white label ''ANCHOR DRAWING PEN'' ''K & E CO.'' ''A 672''; blades bagged a) slipcase (b) drawer (c-i) blades; (036) French curve; wooden;...
(001) Jeweler's saw/ Coping saw; Stainless steel metal frame with adjustment screws for blade; fine metal blade; black wooden handle; metal frame; has some rust spots; (021) Box containing blades for jeweler's saw; seven blades contained in a green...
A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph identifies this as "Razorback," drawing attention to the razorback hog in the center of the picture. Kephart writes of razorbacks in his journals, his correspondence, and "Our Southern...
(001) Jeweler's saw/ Coping saw; Stainless steel metal frame with adjustment screws for blade; fine metal blade; black wooden handle; metal frame; has some rust spots; (021) Box containing blades for jeweler's saw; seven blades contained in a green...
(021) Box containing blades for jeweler's saw; seven blades contained in a green cardboard slip box; box has white label "ANCHOR DRAWING PEN" "K & E CO." "A 672"; blades bagged a) slipcase (b) drawer (c-i) blades; (036) French curve; wooden;...
A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph identifies this as "Razorback," drawing attention to the razorback hog in the center of the picture. Kephart writes of razorbacks in his journals, his correspondence, and "Our Southern...
This catalog describes the classes offered at Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, during the summer of 1945. Course offerings included weaving, pottery, jewelry making, metalwork, basketry, chair caning, shuckery,...
This catalog describes the classes offered at Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, during the summer of 1944. Course offerings included weaving, pottery, jewelry making, metalwork, basketry, chair caning, shuckery,...
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...
This program for the 30th annual Cherokee Indian Fair is 22 pages and documents the fair that was held on September 23, 24, 25, 26, & 27 in 1947. The fair was first formally established and held regularly in 1914. Since it began, one of its main...
This diagram features components that are unique to a white oak rib basket including the rim hoop, spine, and ribs. The original drawing is by Allison Bruce Wieboldt. It was originally published as an illustration in "From Appalachian White Oak...
This diagram features components that are unique to a white oak split basket including stakes and weaving splits. The original drawing is by Allison Bruce Wieboldt. It was originally published as an illustration in "From Appalachian White Oak...
