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    • [John C. Campbell Folk School study circle]

    • [John C. Campbell Folk School study circle]
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    • This black and white snapshot pictures a study circle at the John C. Campbell Folk School circa 1930, and shows the manner in which teaching took place at the school from 1927 when the first classes were held through the 1940s. The study circle is...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Member file: Lucy Morgan, weaver and school founder]

    • [Member file: Lucy Morgan, weaver and school founder]

    • Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • These documents pertain to the life and work of Lucy Morgan, weaver, instructor, and founder of the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). Included is the transcript of an interview conducted by Edward Dupuy and Clifford...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Lucy George]

    • [Lucy George]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was raised in the Birdtown community on the Qualla Boundary. In a departure from traditional Cherokee ways of learning, Lucy George did not learn basket making from mother. In the 1930s, as a grown woman, she learned...
    • Craft Revival
    • Amanda Swimmer, Cherokee Indian Potter

    • Amanda Swimmer, Cherokee Indian Potter

    • Cherokee pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated color brochure is titled “Amanda Swimmer/ Cherokee Indian Potter.” It was probably created to accompany an exhibition of Swimmer’s work at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual in Cherokee in the 1980s. A self-taught potter of the...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • Cherokee pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated photograph was taken while Amanda Swimmer was demonstrating pottery making using the coil technique in the tradition of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The youngest of 12 children, Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer (b. 1921) was born and...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • Cherokee pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated photograph was taken while Amanda Swimmer was demonstrating pottery making using the coil technique in the tradition of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The youngest of 12 children, Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer (b. 1921) was born and...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • Cherokee pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated photograph was taken while Amanda Swimmer was demonstrating how she fires her pottery. She fires outdoors using wood in the tradition of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The youngest of 12 children, Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer (b....
    • Craft Revival
    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • Cherokee pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated photograph was taken while Amanda Swimmer was demonstrating how she fires her pottery. She fires outdoors using wood in the tradition of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The youngest of 12 children, Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer (b....
    • Craft Revival
    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • Cherokee pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated photograph was taken while Amanda Swimmer was demonstrating pottery making in the tradition of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She is shown here burnishing a pot with a polishing stone. The youngest of 12 children, Amanda...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • [Amanda Swimmer]

    • Cherokee pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated photograph was taken while Amanda Swimmer was demonstrating pottery making using the coil technique in the tradition of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The youngest of 12 children, Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer (b. 1921) was born and...
    • Craft Revival
    • Interview with Sue McClure, woodcarver

    • Interview with Sue McClure, woodcarver

    • Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This is a transcript of an interview of woodcarver Sue McClure conducted by Edward Dupuy in 1965. McClure lived in Brasstown, N.C. and sold her carvings during the Craft Revival period through a carving cooperative that came to be known as the...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Woodcarving: horsehead bookends]

    • [Woodcarving: horsehead bookends]

    • Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Wahdih "Watty" Chiltoskie (1897-1973), also known as Watty Chiltoskie, was a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He was born in the Piney Grove section of the Qualla Boundary. Like his parents, he spoke only Cherokee, learning English...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Woodcarving: horsehead bookends]

    • [Woodcarving: horsehead bookends]

    • Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Wahdih "Watty" Chiltoskie (1897-1973) was a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He was born in the Piney Grove section of the Qualla Boundary. Like his parents, he spoke only Cherokee, learning English later in life. While still a...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Woodcarving: bookends]

    • [Woodcarving: bookends]

    • Indian wood-carving; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Wahdih "Watty" Chiltoskie (1897-1973), was a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He was born in the Piney Grove section of the Qualla Boundary. Like his parents, he spoke only Cherokee, learning English later in life. While still a...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Emma Taylor]

    • [Emma Taylor]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Emma Taylor]

    • [Emma Taylor]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Emma Taylor]

    • [Emma Taylor]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Emma Taylor]

    • [Emma Taylor]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Emma Taylor]

    • [Emma Taylor]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Emma Taylor]

    • [Emma Taylor]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond...
    • Craft Revival

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