Shortly after its formation in 1930, the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild set up a Membership and Standards Committee to ensure that members met certain criteria, especially in terms of the quality of their craft work. Clementine Douglas,...
These three documents outline the standards of quality adopted by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1943 and applied to those seeking membership in the Guild. Since its inception in 1930, membership in the Guild has been juried. In the...
The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on April 1, 1932. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new members list, announcements of regional events,...
The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 31, 1933. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new members lists, announcements of regional events,...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 12, 1937. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events, and...
This letter to Marguerite Butler, administrator at the John C. Campbell Folk School, was written by Frances Goodrich on October 18, 1930. It was written on Allanstand Cottage Industries letterhead as Goodrich was owner of the craft shop at this...
When the Allanstand Cottage Industries craft shop in Asheville, North Carolina was transferred from Frances Goodrich to the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild in 1931, it presented Guild members with an outlet to sell their craft products. It was...
There is no indication of who wrote these pages or for what occasion. Very likely it was part of the 1947 Guild presentation which gave Olive Dame Campbell honorary life membership in the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The paper describes...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 27, 1936. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new member list, announcements of regional events,...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 23, 1934. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new member lists, announcements of regional events,...
Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This promotional brochure advertises the Tryon Craft School, started by Charlotte Yale and Eleanor Vance in 1936. Yale and Vance began their craft teaching in Asheville, North Carolina with the Biltmore Estate Industries in 1901, and their move to...
Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This sales brochure describes puppets and other products created by students at the Tryon Craft School in Tryon, North Carolina in the late 1930s. The Tryon Craft School was established in 1935 as a workshop for children led by Eleanor Vance and...
Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This leaflet provides a brief overview of work done by Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale with the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers. The women began their craft teaching in Asheville, North Carolina with the Biltmore Estate Industries in 1901, and...
Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This is an early booklet, telling the story of the work done by Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale. It describes their background in arts and crafts work, their arrival in Asheville, North Carolina to work with the Biltmore Estate Industries in...
These official minutes document the second organizational meeting for the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild which was held at the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. on December 28, 1929. Meeting attendees discussed specifics of founding an...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 11, 1938. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events, and...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 10, 1939. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events, and...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 4, 1943. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events, and...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 8, 1940. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statements, new members, announcements of regional events, and...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. This particular issue contains the minutes for the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild annual membership meeting in...
