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In the opening story, “Mountain Statistics and Mountain Laurel,” Amy describes the mountains of Appalachia and her fond memories of growing up among them, followed by “Smoky Mountain Memories” from Tuckasegee’s Betty Collins Brown. On...
This folder contains various documents pertaining to the seventh annual summer Weaving Institute held near Penland, North Carolina, July 20 through August 24, 1936. This group of materials documents the courses taught, and the instructors and...
Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, held its 1937 summer Weaving Institute July 19 through August 21, 1937. This group of materials documents the courses taught and the instructors and students who attended. The...
This map of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) is one of a number of campus maps that have been printed over the years. They have served to promote the school, orient visitors, students and instructors, and to entertain...
This campus map of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) is one of a number of maps that have been printed over the years. They have served to promote the school, orient visitors, students and instructors, and to entertain...
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...
In 1944, the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders, Inc. received a $6,000 grant from the General Education Board to study the field of crafts as an income-producing venture in the southern Appalachian area. Grant staff...
This folder contains various documents pertaining to the sixth annual summer Weaving Institute at Penland, North Carolina conducted by Edward F. Worst under the auspices of the Penland Weavers and Potters from August 12-24, 1935. The items in this...
This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken on the steps of the original Ridgeway Hall, a building that during the school year served as a classroom and dormitory for the Appalachian School near Penland, North Carolina. During the summers of...
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 promotional brochure describes the purpose, philosophy, history, and activities of the John C. Campbell Folk School. It was produced by Georg Bidstrup when he became director of the school in 1952, although much of the information pertains to...
This set of six letters between Margaret S. Furry, of the Bureau of Home Economics in Washington, and Louise Pitman, director of the Handicraft Department and an expert of vegetable dyes at the John C. Campbell Folk School, span from September 28,...
This brochure was written by Penland School of Handicrafts staff, Bonnie Willis Ford, ca. 1938 or 1939. It gives an historical overview of the founding of the Penland Weavers and Potters in 1923, the development of a community health program in...
This picture shows woodcarver Ray Mann carving a small figure. Mann learned to carve at the John C. Campbell Folk School under instructors Murrial Martin and Jack Hall. In fact, his father-in-law was Brasstown carver Elisha Allen Hall, brother of...
This photograph shows J.A. Morris carving on the porch. Morris began carving in the 1940s. He studied under Murray Martin, one of the Folk School's first carving instructors. His first carvings were in apple, but he also carved in black walnut...
This photographic postcard depicts Bailey's Peak, seen from what became the campus of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) near Penland, North Carolina. The mountain has served as inspiration to countless instructors,...
This photograph postcard depicts Bailey's Peak, seen from what became the campus of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) near Penland, North Carolina. The mountain has served as inspiration to countless instructors, students...
This photographic postcard depicts Bailey's Peak, seen from what became the campus of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) near Penland, North Carolina, ca. 1920s to the early 1930s. The mountain has served as inspiration to...
This map of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) is one of a number of campus maps that have been printed over the years. They have served to promote the school, orient visitors, students and instructors, and to entertain...
