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Amy tells her daddy’s story about rainbow trout, with a song by Ginny McAfee, "The Things that Grandpa Did." Doreyl interviews Doris Hunter of Mountain Artisans about the upcoming Summertime Arts and Crafts Show on July 2nd and 3rd. Amy and her...
The Grove Park Inn, a premier Asheville, North Carolina resort, offers vistas of Asheville and the Blue Ridge Mountains. In this view of the city's skyline from the 1920s, attributed to George Masa (1881-1933), visible from left to right are the...
Sylva (N.C.); Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
This photograph offers a rooftop view of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's procession down Main Street of Sylva, North Carolina. President Roosevelt traveled by automobile from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Asheville, N.C. on a tour of the Great Smoky...
A photograph of ''The Mail Rider,'' who probably served the Medlin community in Swain County, North Carolina. In ''Our Southern Highlanders'' (p. 30), Kephart notes that, ''A mountain settlement consists or all who get their mail at the same...
A photograph of "The Mail Rider," who probably served the Medlin community in Swain County, North Carolina. In "Our Southern Highlanders" (p. 30), Kephart notes that, "A mountain settlement consists or all who get their mail at the same place. ...
This sale brochure promotes the products of the Spinning Wheel, a weaving studio and regional craft shop in Asheville, N.C. In 1925, Clementine Douglas opened the Spinning Wheel, a weaving studio and retail shop selling a range of local crafts....
John C. Campbell Folk School published a series of newsletters from 1926 to 1950. Written like a letter from the school's director, the newsletter is a source of information about the classes and activities at the Folk School and their impact on...
This article on vegetable dyes appeared in the 1930 issue of "Mountain Life and Work." The two page article offers a brief introduction into the process of vegetable dyeing. Advocating a return to the quality of hand-crafted objects, the article...
