This pottery incense burner was made by Cherokee potter Lucinda Tramper. The piece is made in two parts, a shallow bowl and taller chimney. To make this piece, earthenware clay was shaped by hand, and was lightly burnished, before before insicing...
Stone carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern
This undated small totem figure is made of steatite, more commonly known as soapstone. It was made by John Julius Wilnoty (b. 1940), a self-taught carver and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
North Carolina -- Description and travel; Tourism -- North Carolina;
The full title of this book is “With Pen and Camera thro' the ‘Land of the Sky’: Western North Carolina and The Asheville Plateau.” The 50-page book, published in 1904, is illustrated with large format photographs on each page. With text...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Band directors -- North Carolina; Jazz musicians -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Musicians -- North Carolina, Western; Music -- North Carolina, Western; Mountain life -- North Carolina --...
Amy begins the show with her story “Boney’s Defeat,” which is set in the 1860s and tells how a hunting dog met his end. On Creative Corner, Doreyl talks with Pavel Wlosok, who is the director of the jazz band at Western Carolina University....
This tri-fold brochure entitled 'The National Forests of the Southern Appalachians: What They Mean to the East and South' was issued by the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (Washington, D.C., August 1923). The left...
The travel brochure entitled 'The National Forests of the Southern Appalachians'� (Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, August 1923), featured on page 16 three images under the general heading 'Pisgah National Forest and...
The travel brochure entitled 'The National Forests of the Southern Appalachians'� (Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, August 1923) featured three pictures on page 17 with the captions 'East Entrance, Pisgah National...
In this scene railroad tracks are seen curving away into the distance and paralleling the French Broad River. This card was cancelled at Asheville, N.C., on August 28, 1908. The 1916 guide book Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina,...
Trunk; One canvas covered wooden packing trunk; black metal hardware and leather handles; metal parts rusted; lock broken; on lock ''EAGLE LOCK CO. U.S.A. TERRYVILLE, CT.''; some tears to canvas; Reinforced with wooden slats, four on top, two on...
(007) Tri-folding 12 inch rule. Folding rule in three parts; plated metal; with ''THE DRAUGHON BUSINESS COLLEGE'' ''OPPOSITE POST OFFICE KNOXVILLE, TENN.'' ''THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE IN THE SOUTH''; (037) French curve; stamped with ''KEUFFEL &...
(038) Triangle; 30?? 60?? 90?? triangle; wooden drafting tool; ink stains on top surface and edges; dark wood; 30?? end has tip broken; has glue or varnish residue on underside; (041) Drafting instruments set in a leather covered case; set contains...
(019) small piece of polished stone; whitish in color; one corner chipped; possibly marble; stamped with ''This article was the personal property of Horace Kephart''; (020) small piece of polished stone; pinkish in color; possibly marble; stamped...
Trunk; One canvas covered wooden packing trunk; black metal hardware and leather handles; metal parts rusted; lock broken; on lock ''EAGLE LOCK CO. U.S.A. TERRYVILLE, CT.''; some tears to canvas; Reinforced with wooden slats, four on top, two on...
Book press; (a) Wooden book press with metal binders with spring and adjustable mechanism; ''11'' and ''12'' are cast on metal parts; (b) detached metal binder; presumably (b) should be mounted to (a) arm; (a) 13''L x 13''W x 8'' H.
Hol Rose, right, and Charlie Beck, left. Posed with primary parts from a moonshine still. Back of photograph has caption written in pencil in Kephart's handwriting: "Hol Rose, right. Charlie Beck, left. Taken in Bryson City a few weeks before Rose...
(019) small piece of polished stone; whitish in color; one corner chipped; possibly marble; stamped with "This article was the personal property of Horace Kephart"; (020) small piece of polished stone; pinkish in color; possibly marble; stamped...
(038) Triangle; 30º 60º 90º triangle; wooden drafting tool; ink stains on top surface and edges; dark wood; 30º end has tip broken; has glue or varnish residue on underside; (041) Drafting instruments set in a leather covered case; set contains...
(007) Tri-folding 12 inch rule. Folding rule in three parts; plated metal; with "THE DRAUGHON BUSINESS COLLEGE" "OPPOSITE POST OFFICE KNOXVILLE, TENN." "THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE IN THE SOUTH"; (037) French curve; stamped with "KEUFFEL & ESSER...
