(038) Triangle; 30?? 60?? 90?? triangle; wooden drafting tool; ink stains on top surface and edges; dark wood; 30?? end has tip broken; has glue or varnish residue on underside; (041) Drafting instruments set in a leather covered case; set contains...
(038) Triangle; 30º 60º 90º triangle; wooden drafting tool; ink stains on top surface and edges; dark wood; 30º end has tip broken; has glue or varnish residue on underside; (041) Drafting instruments set in a leather covered case; set contains...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artisans -- North Carolina -- Graham County; Rugs, Braided -- North Carolina -- Graham County; Young volunteers in social service -- North Carolina --...
To open the show, Amy recalls memories of walking up the mountain with her grandpa, followed by Mountain Faith’s song "Grandpa.” On Creative Corner, Doreyl and Sylva-based artist Jane McClure, discuss her paintings and her work organizing local...
Railroads -- North Carolina; Lumber trade -- North Carolina; Bemis Lumber Company
An article from the January 24, 1928 issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) entitled 'Bemis Firm to Top Lumber Belt'� indicated that the Bemis Lumber Company, under its subsidiary operation of the Graham County Railway, planned an extension of its...
This notebook was compiled by Isadora Williams, probably in the mid-1930s, during her attendance at one of the Weaving Institutes sponsored by the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The notebook contains mostly...
This notebook (front cover is missing) was compiled by Isadora Williams, probably in the early 1930s, during her attendance at one of the Weaving Institutes sponsored by the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The...
This photograph of Frances Elizabeth Parker Nicholson (1897-1990) in the 1940s or 1950s shows her with a selection of her cornhusk crafts. As a self-taught craftsperson, Nicholson began experimenting with cornhusk crafts in the 1930s. She devised...
This set of letters pertains to the receipt of a grant from the General Education Board to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders, Inc. to perform an "Exploratory Study of Craft Education in the Southern Highlands."...
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...
