Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Craft shops -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handloom industry -- Appalachian Region,...
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 1920 issue of the Southern Industrial Educational Association's Quarterly Magazine includes several articles related to mountain life and the work of settlement schools in the Appalachian region. The lead article focuses on "The Tragedy of...
This brief biographical sketch summarizes Frances L. Goodrich's early work in the mountains of North Carolina. The sketch gives basic biographical data about Goodrich's life prior to coming to the western North Carolina mountains in the 1890s as a...
This is a page from an early photograph album kept by Frances Louisa Goodrich that records her first mission posting in the Riceville/Brittain's Cove area of Buncombe County, North Carolina. The caption at the bottom of the page reads: "Home...
This illustrated pamphlet was designed to encourage donations to support the work of Episcopal missions in Western North Carolina. Published by the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina in 1927, the pamphlet gives brief descriptions of the...
This is a photograph from the first page of Frances Goodrich's photograph album No. III. This view of the valley was taken from the teachers' house, where it looks across to the nearest neighbor. A stream with a parallel road run through the...
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This article appeared in the "Watertown Daily Times" (presumably Watertown, N.Y.) on February 8, 1917. It reports on a talk given by Frances Goodrich at the home of Mrs. C. Willard Gamble. The article reports on Goodrich's work with the...
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...
In this December 30, 1929 letter to Dr. Warren Wilson, Frances Goodrich writes of her interest in selling the Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. At the time of this letter, Wilson was employed as an administrator for the Board of National...
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This 1904 newspaper article describes the handiCraft Revival flourishing in places around the southeastern and northeastern U.S. The article appears to be written in response to a recent Bureau of Labor report and mentions the numerous charitable...
This draft history of the Allanstand Cottage Industries craft shop in Madison County, North Carolina was written by shop founded Frances Goodrich in the late 1910s or 1920s. Goodrich wrote numerous articles and promotional brochures about the...
Promotional pamphlet on the opening of the Appalachian Industrial School as a boarding school for mountain children. Illustrated with black and white photographs. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School (as it came to be known) served as the...
Promotional brochure on the Appalachian Industrial School. Illustrated with black and white photographs of Farm House, Rufus Morgan's cabin, and the construction of Ridgeway Hall. Brochure describes the school's activities and work during the...
Single-sheet folded newsletter for the Appalachian School (initially called the Appalachian Industrial School). The January 1923 publication describes classes, student life, and financial needs. Illustrated with black and white photographs of...
This map was distributed in the western North Carolina region to be used as a placemat. It displays several Southern Highland Handicraft members including (lower left to right) John C. Campbell Folk School, Pisgah Pottery, The Spinning Wheel,...
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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...
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Vocational Guidance; Handicraft -- Social aspects; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian...
This 43 page booklet tells of the founding of the Appalachian School near Penland, N.C., the organization and early years of the Penland Weavers and Potters, and the establishment of Penland School of Handicrafts, now known as Penland School of...
This photograph, taken by Bayard Wootten circa 1930, shows the interior of the living room in Morgan Hall, then a residence and dormitory for the Appalachian School near Penland, North Carolina. Of particular interest is the photograph of Adeline...
This photographic postcard depicts the fireplace in the large living room of Morgan Hall on the campus of the Appalachian School in Penland, North Carolina, circa 1920s-1938. The scene includes many handmade items such as wrought iron andirons and...
This photographic postcard shows part of the large living room of Morgan Hall, on the campus of the Appalachian School near Penland, North Carolina, probably during the Christmas season. The scene includes many handmade items such as wrought iron...
