J. Cathey, Hominy Creek, North Carolina, to Rev. L. F. Siler, February 22, 1861. Cathey notes that the last issue of Siler’s paper had published the proceedings of a meeting in Waynesville, North Carolina, and writes to indicate his belief that...
This article appeared in an unspecified newspaper on August 24, 1913 and describes the work of Elmeda Walker (incorrectly identified as Martha) and her sister Martha McHargue (identified here as Caroline) creating handwoven items which will be used...
Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School, Cullowhee, North Carolina; Western Carolina University; Western Carolina University -- Buildings
View of Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School, c. 1924. The buildings shown are (from left to right) the Cullowhee Baptist Church; Madison Building, on the hill above the farm land; the Steam Plant; Davies Hall, located along the ridge line of the...
This mounted photograph shows Elmeda Walker (b. 1837) and her sister Martha McHargue (b. 1842 and sometimes identified as Caroline) outside of a mountain cabin in the late 1890s or early 1900s. Walker is on the left seated at a small spinning...
This mounted photograph shows Elmeda Walker spinning on a big wheel outside of a mountain cabin in the late 1890s or early 1900s. Walker lived in Tennessee (or Elkin, North Carolina), just west of Allanstand, North Carolina; and Frances Goodrich...
The pattern name of this color image is a variation of Sea Star. The back of this photograph is marked: "Seven stars. Wrong side out." Coverlet pattern names were never standardized thus a variation in pattern name is quite common from...
This watercolor drawdown and two drafts illustrate a weave pattern identified as Waggon Wheels (Wagon Wheels). To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of musical notation; a drawdown is a...
This photograph is included in a scrapbook that chronicles Frances Goodrich’s early years in Madison County, North Carolina. Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) was among the first to promote a revival of weaving in the North Carolina mountains,...
An article titled “Town of Whittier Is Abolished By Assembly Bill” appeared in the January 31, 1933, issue of "The Ruralite" (Sylva, N.C.). An article in the January 19, 1933, issue of a separate newspaper, the “Jackson County...
The travel brochure entitled “The National Forests of the Southern Appalachians” (Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, August 1923), featured on page 16 three images under the general heading “Pisgah National Forest and...
This panoramic view is identified in the lower right margin as the “`Sylva Tanning Company,’ Sylva, N.C.” It has a credit line of “Photo by Sherrill Studio, Asheville, N.C.” The intertwined importance of western North Carolina’s...
This is a page from an early photograph album kept by Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944). Goodrich was founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, later donating its assets to the newly formed Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The album records...
This is a page from an early photograph album kept by Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944). Goodrich was founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, later donating its assets to the newly formed Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The album records...
This is a page from an early photograph album kept by Frances Goodrich. The album records Goodrich's first mission posting in the Riceville/Brittain's Cove area of Buncombe County, North Carolina. The caption at the bottom of the page reads:...
This is a page from an early photograph album kept by Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944). Goodrich was founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, later donating its assets to the newly formed Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The album records...
This is a page from an early photograph album kept by Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944). Goodrich was founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, later donating its assets to the newly formed Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The album records...
This photograph shows tourists looking over the crafts for sale at the 1937 Cherokee Indian Fair, held in Cherokee, North Carolina from October 5-8 of that year. The fair was first held regularly beginning in 1914 and provided a showcase for...
This photograph shows tourists looking over the crafts for sale at the 1937 Cherokee Indian Fair, held in Cherokee, North Carolina from October 5-8 that year. The fair was first held regularly beginning in 1914 and provided a showcase for Cherokee...
This 1938 photograph shows a Cherokee, North Carolina craft shop that features a large selection of Cherokee baskets. The baskets, including rivercane and white oak, have been made in a wide assortment of styles, sizes, and patterns. The large...
In December 1928, a group of weavers from The Spinning Wheel shop, referring to themselves as "The Spinning Wheel Girls", gave Clementine Douglas a looseleaf volume of lyrics from mountain folk songs. Douglas kept the volume and added...
