This photograph depicts the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the logs of the original Allan's Old Stand, a two-story cabin used as a...
This photograph depicts the approach to the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the logs of the original Allan's Old Stand, a two-story...
This photograph depicts the sign on the road in front of the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The sign reads "Allanstand Cottage Industries, Pioneers." The shop...
This photograph depicts two cars stopped in front of the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the logs of the original Allan's Old Stand,...
This photograph depicts an unidentified woman and a small boy working the dye pot outside the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the...
This photograph depicts an unidentified woman and two small boys working the dye pot outside the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the...
This promotional postcard was produced by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild's Allanstand craft shop and features a family of cornhusk dolls made by Margaret C. Revis. These dolls were sold by the Allanstand shop dating back to the 1920s. ...
This photograph of Fred Otto Scroggs was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934. Scroggs ran the general store in Brasstown, N.C. and was instrumental in organizing the local community support for the creation of the John C. Campbell Folk School in...
This letter from M.A. Peck, of Montreal, Canada, was received by Frances Goodrich, of Asheville, N.C., on January 18, 1937. Peck congratulates Goodrich on the success of Allanstand Cottage Industries which Goodrich founded (but was owned by the...
This 1923 letter from weaver Elmeda Walker to Frances Goodrich is personal in nature, letting Goodrich know where Walker is living and that she is not weaving any longer. Walker lived near Allanstand, North Carolina and Goodrich often relied on...
This illustrated catalog describes the classes offered at Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, during the summer of 1942. Course offerings included weaving, tapestry, metal craft, jewelry making, woodwork, pottery, shoe...
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 draft history of the Allanstand Cottage Industries craft shop in Madison County, North Carolina was written by shop founded Frances Goodrich in the late 1910s or 1920s. Goodrich wrote numerous articles and promotional brochures about the...
This 1912 letter was written by Frances Goodrich for the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Goodrich first came to western North Carolina in 1892 as a community worker employed by this mission board. It was...
This 1934 memorandum from G. A. Schweppe to W.L. Sturdivant outlines Schweppe's findings and opinions after a preliminary tour through areas that would be affected by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) initiatives. This is a companion memorandum to a...
This 1934 memorandum from G. A. Schweppe to W.L. Sturdivant outlines Schweppe's findings and opinions after a preliminary tour through areas that would be affected by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) initiatives. This is a companion memorandum to a...
This letter to Frances Goodrich was written by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt on December 8, 1933. In this letter, Roosevelt expresses her appreciation for a quilt that she had seen at a Southern Highland Handicraft Guild exhibition on Mountain...
Coverlets -- United States; Hand weaving -- United States; Weaving -- United States
The pattern name of this black and white image is a variation of Original Governor’s Garden with threading mistakes evident. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.1, Weaver's choice, Benton Co., Ark." Coverlet pattern names were never...
Coverlets -- United States; Hand weaving -- United States;
This black and white image is a close-up of the weave pattern known as Governor’s Garden, also called Mountain Cucumber and St. Ann’s Robe. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.2, Governor's Garden, Franklin Co. Ala. Almost identical with...
The pattern name of this black and white image is Lily of the Valley. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.4, Lily of the Valley, Burke Co., N.C." The source of the name Lily of the Valley is unknown. Frances Goodrich, founder of Allanstand...
