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 this...
The Second National Conference on Handicrafts was held at Penland, North Carolina from August 31 to September 4, 1940. The conference was led by Allen Eaton. Discussions continued on the topic of "What can we do together that we cannot do...
This 1979 photograph, most likely made by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, shows a blackware pottery bowl made by Louise Bigmeat Maney (1932-2001). This bowl, with carved base, was made in 1973 and was featured in the brochure, “Designs in...
This 1979 photograph, most likely made by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, shows a blackware water pipe that was made by Elizabeth Bigmeat Jackson (1919-2008). This coiled and modeled earthenware pipe was featured in the brochure, “Designs in...
Bryson City (N.C.); Little Tennessee River (Ga.-Tenn.)
This collage of photographs in the R.A. Romanes (1896-1978) collection is dated November 1, 1937, and features Bryson City, North Carolina (top left), the Little Tennessee River as seen from the Franklin, N.C., to Bryson City road (bottom right),...
This panel contains two pictures by R.A. Romanes (1896-1978) of the Little Tennessee River as seen from the Franklin, North Carolina to Bryson City, N.C. road. The photograph on the right is dated November 1, 1937 and the photograph on the left is...
This photograph, taken around 1926-28 by Bayard Wootten, shows Mae Gouge (1911-1994) seated at a loom in the Weaving Cabin, near Penland, North Carolina. The cabin served as the center for the Penland Weavers and Potters, the community weaving...
This undated basket by Lottie Queen Stamper is listed separately from its lid in the Qualla Arts and Crafts Artifact Collection inventory - the lid identifier is QACM_1992_048. Stamper is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. Lidded baskets...
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer is of a blackware pottery vase made by Louise Bigmeat Maney (1932-2001). Louise Bigmeat was raised on Wrights Creek in the Painttown community of Cherokee, North Carolina. A member of the Eastern...
This undated photograph, most likely made by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, shows a blackware pottery vase made by Louise Bigmeat Maney (1932-2001). This vase, with added beads, was featured on the cover the brochure. “Designs in pottery by...
