This set of letters pertains to the receipt of a grant from the General Education Board to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders, Inc. to perform an "Exploratory Study of Craft Education in the Southern Highlands."...
This letter was written by Doris Coulter, tapestry weaver and life-member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. The 1965 letter provides details about a cooperative effort by Department of the Interior’s Indian Arts and Crafts Board, the Jackson...
This letter from B.B. Royall, Hewitts, N.C., to Dr. William F. Tompkins, Webster, N.C., dated January 7, 1890, concerns prospective mineral resources. The text of the letter reads: 'I recd. the specimens of nickel &c. The yellow hard mineral is...
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...
This letter from J.L. Jones, Almond, N.C., to Sheriff J.E. McLain, Webster, N.C., dated February 24, 1896, concerns payment of taxes. The letterhead for this store in Almond, N.C., highlights that it deals in 'Notions, Dry Goods, Shoes,...
Letter from the Hunter-Hibbard Company of Seattle, Washington, offering product samples. The letter mentions Kephart's published articles related to the products offered and descriptions of the products.
Letter from the Hunter-Hibbard Company of Seattle, Washington, offering product samples. The letter mentions Kephart's published articles related to the products offered and descriptions of the products.
In this February 3, 1930 letter from Dr. Warren Wilson to Frances Goodrich, Wilson responded to Goodrich's request to liquidate stocks and sell Allanstand Cottage Industries. At the time of this letter, Wilson was employed as an administrator for...
This March 20, 1931 letter from Frances Goodrich to Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild secretary, Helen Dingman, served as the formal offer of Goodrich's Allanstand Cottage Industries to the Guild. Goodrich outlines a plan for the transfer...
In this March 2, 1931 letter, Frances Goodrich is writing to John C. Campbell Folk School director, Olive D. Campbell, regarding Goodrich's offer of Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. to the recently formed Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild...
This letter from M.A. Peck, of Montreal, Canada, was received by Frances Goodrich, of Asheville, N.C., on January 18, 1937. Peck congratulates Goodrich on the success of Allanstand Cottage Industries which Goodrich founded (but was owned by the...
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...
In this February 25, 1931 letter, John C. Campbell Folk School director, Olive D. Campbell, wrote to Frances Goodrich about Goodrich's offer to transfer ownership of the Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. to the recently formed Southern Mountain...
This letter to Frances Goodrich was written by Allen Eaton and dated April 10, 1931. It was written on Russell Sage Foundation letterhead, where Eaton was working and through which he was introduced to the Craft Revival in the southern Appalachian...
This 1912 letter was written by Frances Goodrich for the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Goodrich first came to western North Carolina in 1892 as a community worker employed by this mission board. It was...
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 undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts a bowl and letter opener that are believed to have been made by Arch Miller. Both are hammered from sheet copper; the bowl was folded upward and inward to create its rounded shape. ...
Allen Eaton was the Russell Sage Foundation's representative to the Southern Appalachian region. His involvement with the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild from its earliest days onward led to close friendships with many Guild members and area...
This September 25, 1933 letter was written by Frances L. Goodrich from her summer home in New Hampshire to Olive D. Campbell at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. The letter demonstrates the collaboration and deliberation of...
Page two of a two-page letter from Pascal De Angelis of the Savage Arms Company, Utica, New York, responding to Kephart's critique of the Model 1919 rifle.
