This postcard, titled "The seeing eyes of the instructor teach the feeling hands to carve", is part of a promotional packet of postcards was produced by the John C. Campbell Folk School upon its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1950. The folder...
John C. Campbell Folk School instructor Louise L. Pitman sent this letter to Mr. Louis A. Thun in 1933 describing the basics of natural vegetable dyeing. She discusses two classes of materials; those that need mordants and those that do not. She...
This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, shows Georg Bidstrup, dance instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School, and a group of students practicing traditional folk dancing or "singing games." Bidstrup came to the school in 1926...
This photograph shows Janice Anderson (left) and Christine Gilbert (right) carving small animals. Christine is the daughter of the long-time Brasstown carver, Verda Anderson, and Janice is Verda's daughter-in-law. The women were introduced to...
This photograph, taken by Vivienne Roberts, shows Lottie Stamper teaching a basketry class in 1950. In 1954 the Cherokee Training School was changed from a boarding institution to a day school, and students were bused to Cherokee High School. ...
Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;...
Amy opens the show with words about snow and sisters. Doreyl interviews Ginny McAfee from Black Mountain who sings "It’s Gonna Snow Tonight," a song written by her mother, Brenda. Amy talks with Pam Dengler, a musician and music instructor in...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Basic training (Military education); Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Naturalists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Mountain life -- North...
Amy shares memories of her training in the Air Force. On Creative Corner, Doreyl talks with Luzell Wiggins Bennett, an artist from Qualla, about her paintings and childhood inspiration. Amy interviews Jeff Gottlieb, a naturalist and primitive...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Artists -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Mountain life -- North Carolina --...
Come with Amy, and share memories of the Golden Farm in Tuckasegee with “The Chicken-Killing Rock.” (Asheville’s The Muses close the segment with “Down to the River to Pray”.) Doreyl’s guest on Creative Corner is Dominick DePalo, a...
This brochure contains descriptions and photographs of work produced and offered for sale by Daniel Boone during the period his forge was located in the Industrial Department at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C. Boone was an instructor in...
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 Clyde P. Miller was taken in 1936 at Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). Miller, Penland's first metals instructor, taught jewelry making, metal craft, and leather work during the summers of 1935-38.
This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken in August 1935 on the steps of the newly constructed (but not yet completed) Edward F. Worst Craft House located adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian School near Penland, North Carolina....
This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken in August 1936 on the steps of the Edward F. Worst Craft House, adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian Industrial School near Penland, North Carolina. Pictured are students, instructors, staff...
This photograph of Louise L. Pitman dyeing natural fibers was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934 at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Pitman came to the Folk School as an instructor in 1928 and later became Director of Handicrafts. Pitman was...
Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Leatherwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving --...
Murrial Martin was a college trained occupational therapist who came to the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1930s. She taught woodcarving to students as well as carving for the school's woodcarving cooperative which became known as the...
This photograph of Georg Bidstrup holding a carving blank was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934 at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Bidstrup came to the school in 1926 and was initially employed as the farm manager and instructor for folk...
This letter was written by woodcarver Hope Caler Brown to Murrial Martin, known as Murray Martin, who was the carving instructor of the John C. Campbell Folk School from 1935 to 1973. Martin also managed the school's woodcarving cooperative which...
This photograph of William Julius Martin carving small animals was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934. Martin, also known as W. J. Martin or "Preacher" Martin, was a farmer in Brasstown, N.C. who supplemented his income with woodcarving prior...
This photograph of William Julius Martin carving small animals was taken by Doris Ulmann in the summer of 1933. Martin, also known as W. J. Martin or "Preacher" Martin, was a farmer in Brasstown, N.C. who supplemented his income with woodcarving...
