Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Craft shops -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1917 provides an overall financial statement as well as an inventory for specific craft categories. Allanstand Cottage Industries was founded in 1896, but was incorporated in 1916 and...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Craft shops -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1926 provides an overall financial statement as well as a balance sheet for specific craft categories. The Status of Merchandise Account documents purchases, sales, and remaining...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Craft shops -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1930 shows the decline in sales resulting from the onset of the Great Depression. While the shop continued to be an asset to the region's craftspeople, it also felt the strain of tougher...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 12, 1937. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events, and...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 10, 1939. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events, and...
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1923 provides rare documentation of the individuals who produced crafts for sale through the Allanstand business. The report provides figures for 'amount of business' in both 1922 and...
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...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Cashiers, North Carolina on October 7, 1936. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new members list, announcements of regional...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its fall membership meeting in Crossnore, North Carolina on October 10-11, 1933. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new members list, announcements of regional...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 23, 1934. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new member lists, announcements of regional events,...
The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 31, 1933. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new members lists, announcements of regional events,...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 11, 1938. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events, and...
In this December 30, 1929 letter to Dr. Warren Wilson, Frances Goodrich writes of her interest in selling the Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. At the time of this letter, Wilson was employed as an administrator for the Board of National...
These minutes document a significant meeting of the directors of Allanstand Cottage Industries held on January 1, 1930. At this meeting, the formation of the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild (later Southern Highland Handicraft Guild) is reported...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handloom industry -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This historical summary of traditional weaving in the southern Appalachian mountains was written by Frances Goodrich in March of 1926. This essay describes weaving as she found it during her mission work in western North Carolina during the...
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 essay outlines the state of weaving and dyeing in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee in the late 19th century. It covers primarily the use of natural dyes and natural fibers in weaving cloth to be used for clothing and bedding. The...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Craft shops -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
These pages contain the bylaws or Articles of Incorporation of the Allanstand Cottage Industries, drafted when the business was incorporated in 1916. As the crafts business grew, Frances Goodrich decided to sell shares in Allanstand in order to...
In this February 25, 1931 letter, John C. Campbell Folk School director, Olive D. Campbell, wrote to Frances Goodrich about Goodrich's offer to transfer ownership of the Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. to the recently formed Southern Mountain...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Craft shops -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This letter to Allen Eaton was written by Frances Goodrich on April 8, 1931. Eaton worked for the Russell Sage Foundation and through which he was introduced to the Craft Revival in the southern Appalachian region. In this letter, Goodrich is...
