Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artisans -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Blacksmithing -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Ironworks -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Astrology and agriculture -- North Carolina -- Jackson...
Amy opens the show with “I Crave the Mountains.” Doreyl talks with blacksmith John Burtner who explains his demonstration process. For part two of “planting by the signs,” Amy welcomes back Reverend Robert Blanton who speaks on the phases...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artisans -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Amy introduces the show with the song "Bismilah” by the Ubuntu Dillsboro choir. Doreyl interviews Hank Shuler, a potter from Franklin, and they discuss the upcoming ColorFest in downtown Sylva on October 22nd. Then we learn more about Ubuntu...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Poets, American -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Centenarians -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Catawba County; Music -- North Carolina -- Catawba County;
For the last day of 2011, Stories of Mountain Folk pulled together snippets of interviews from the past year. First, Amy's ballroom dancing story. Doreyl's Creative Corner features interviews with Joyce Moore, Becky Lipkin, and Thomas Rain...
Ammons family; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Study and teaching; Quilting -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Contests -- North...
Amy’s story, “Moonlight in the Carolinas,” shares memories of her father and the last song he wrote. “Carolina Moon” by Maureen McGovern follows the segment. Doreyl’s guests on Creative Corner are Emily Frances Maesar, Sean Botzenhart...
This undated basket lid is listed as a separate basket in Qualla Arts and Crafts Artifact Collection inventory. It was made by Lottie Queen Stamper and fits onto a deeper basket, QACM_1992_069. Lidded baskets such as these were used to store...
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...
Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986), pictured in this undated photograph, learned the techniques of both coiled and modeled pottery from her mother, Ella Long Arch (b. 1889). She used the coil method to form her pots and paddle stamped them to add a...
Helen Hickman wove for many years and worked with Dorland Bell/Warren Wilson College. A note at the end of her papers reads "We are close to Moore General Hosital for wounded soldiers. I could help there if needed. Could give two or three...
Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Pewtercraft;
Mrs. B. E. Warner was Laura S. Morgan (1892-1982), a sister of Lucy Morgan. Laura S. Morgan married Benjamin Evans Warner in 1914. She learned weaving and pewterwork at the Penland School of Handicrafts and taught at "Kanuga Lake Church...
Penland Weavers and Potters was a production center based at the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). In the 1940s the school had 63 looms. Many weavers had looms in their homes. "In hard times weavers worked for 9...
Shown here is Cherokee woodcarver Wahdih “Watty” Chiltoskie (1897-1973), whose last name is also sometimes spelled Chiltoskey or Chiltosky, and an unidentified child. Chiltoskie was a carver who lived on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North...
This 1923 letter from weaver Elmeda Walker to Frances Goodrich is personal in nature, letting Goodrich know where Walker is living and that she is not weaving any longer. Walker lived near Allanstand, North Carolina and Goodrich often relied on...
This is a 1937 invitation to an annual exhibit and sale of crafts from the John C. Campbell Folk School. The invitation emphasizes the popular woodcarvings, but also mentions other woodwork, vegetable dyed textiles, ironwork, and brooms. This...
This is an 1800s-era flax hackle; the creator of this item is unknown. After flax has been broken and scutched, it is hackled to remove the last of the plant material. The hackle was clamped to a table or held between the worker's knees. The...
This is an 1800s-era flax hackle; the creator of this item is unknown. After flax has been broken and scutched, it is hackled to remove the last of the plant material. A handful of flax stems or a strick is pulled through the long metal teeth...
This flax hackle was created during the 1800s and the name of its maker is unknown. After flax has been broken and scutched, it is hackled to remove the last of the plant material. The hackle could be clamped to a table or held between the...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This 1982 photograph, by an unknown photographer, is of Cherokee woodcarver Goingback Chiltoskey. Chiltoskey (1907-2000) was a native of Cherokee, North Carolina who trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas and...
This letter from O.B. Coward, Sylva, North Carolina, to William Estes, dated January 22, 1889, concerns an offer from Coward to purchase cattle from Estes. The letterhead for the Sylva business of Hall, Smith & Company noted that it dealt in...
In this photograph, which is part of a series of four, Cherokee basket weaver Martha Ross demonstrates how to prepare white oak for making a basket. After cutting and curing, the oak tree is quartered before the maker begins the process of making...
In this photograph, which is part of a series of four, Cherokee basket weaver Martha Ross demonstrates how to prepare white oak for making a basket. After cutting and curing, the oak tree is quartered before the maker begins the process of making...
