Louise Pitman served as director of the craft department at the John C. Campbell Folk School from 1928 into the 1940s. She was best known for her experiments with natural vegetable dyes; however, she was a skilled weaver as well. Her notes include...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Craft shops -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1926 provides an overall financial statement as well as a balance sheet for specific craft categories. The Status of Merchandise Account documents purchases, sales, and remaining...
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...
Bessie Lee Blauvelt (Mrs. William) made collages from natural materials which she sold as wall plaques, greeting cards, and jewelry. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint...
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...
This brief questionnaire was completed by Bessie Lee Blauvelt in January 1943, which describes her work with natural materials. The survey appeared on the back page of the "Highland Highlights", a newsletter published by the Southern Highland...
This essay was written by Bessie Lee Blauvelt in the 1940s or 1950s and describes her work with natural materials such as seeds, nuts, burrs, and cones. They tell about her early interest in nature and what can be done with natural objects. She...
These documents pertain to the life and work of Cherokee basket maker, Nancy Conseen (1929-1997). Included are a biographical profile written around 1983 and an overview of Conseen's basketry, probably written to accompany and exhibition of...
This is a transcript of an interview of basket maker Lucy George conducted by Edward Dupuy and Clifford Hotchkiss in 1965. Basket maker Julia Taylor also participated in the interview. George lived on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This document lists the common stockholders producing for the Southern Highlanders, Inc., in the early 1940s. Individual craft artists and production centers who sold their products through the Southern Highlanders were allowed to be stockholders...
John C. Campbell Folk School was one of the leaders in the crafts revival period and served as a model for other craft enterprises. At the time of this survey, the school offered classes in woodworking, woodcarving, weaving, and vegetable or...
This recipe using fresh dye flowers is part of a box containing 46 total vegetable dye recipes which are hand-written on index cards. Each card provides the formula used to achieve a particular color. The cards include the date, the origin of the...
This recipe using a stock solution with hydrosulphite solution is part of a box containing 46 total vegetable dye recipes which are hand-written on index cards. Each card provides the formula used to achieve a particular color. The cards include...
This recipe for elderberry is part of a box containing 46 total vegetable dye recipes which are hand-written on index cards. Each card provides the formula used to achieve a particular color. The cards include the date, the origin of the homespun...
This recipe using black eyed susan is part of a box containing 46 total vegetable dye recipes which are hand-written on index cards. Each card provides the formula used to achieve a particular color. The cards include the date, the origin of the...
This recipe for madder is part of a box containing 46 total vegetable dye recipes which are hand-written on index cards. Each card provides the formula used to achieve a particular color. The cards include the date, the origin of the homespun...
This recipe for pokeberry dye is part of a box containing 46 total vegetable dye recipes which are hand-written on index cards. Each card provides the formula used to achieve a particular color. The cards include the date, the origin of the...
This recipe using fresh dyed flowers is part of a box containing 46 total vegetable dye recipes which are hand-written on index cards. Each card provides the formula used to achieve a particular color. The cards include the date, the origin of the...
This recipe using a weed is part of a box containing 46 total vegetable dye recipes which are hand-written on index cards. Each card provides the formula used to achieve a particular color. The cards include the date, the origin of the homespun...
This recipe using sun dried flowers is part of a box containing 46 total vegetable dye recipes which are hand-written on index cards. Each card provides the formula used to achieve a particular color. The cards include the date, the origin of the...
