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 statement was written by Lois Bacon on the occasion of the John C. Campbell Folk School's 50th anniversary in 1975. Bacon was the niece of Olive Dame Campbell. She recalls how John C. Campbell was drawn to the Appalachian region and the...
This six-page promotional brochure about the John C. Campbell Folk School was designed to attract students as well as assist with fund raising. It was written by the school's founder, Olive Dame Campbell circa 1945. This brochure was distributed...
This black and white snapshot pictures a study circle at the John C. Campbell Folk School circa 1930, and shows the manner in which teaching took place at the school from 1927 when the first classes were held through the 1940s. The study circle is...
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...
As a means of supporting the idea of locating the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, members of near-by communities pledged labor, building materials, time, and money. These community-initiated donations were recorded on uniform pledge...
Almond (N.C.); Schools -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Almond High School (Almond, N.C.)
A handwritten caption at the bottom of this photograph identifies it as the 'Almond High'� school building in Swain County, North Carolina. The brick high school building had been completed in the Almond, N.C., community in the mid-1920s. ...
Almond (N.C.); Schools -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Almond High School (Almond, N.C.)
A handwritten caption at the bottom of this photograph identifies it as the 'Almond High'� school building in Swain County, North Carolina. The building was completed in the Almond, N.C., community in the mid-1920s and, with the improvement of...
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer is of Cherokee potters John Henry and Louise Bigmeat Maney. Louise Bigmeat (1932-2001) was born a member of the Paint Clan, raised on Wrights Creek in Cherokee, North Carolina, and was taught how...
This photograph, taken by Vivienne Roberts, shows Lottie Stamper teaching a basketry class in 1950. In 1954 the Cherokee Training School was changed from a boarding institution to a day school, and students were bused to Cherokee High School. ...
This double-sided brochure provides brief introductions to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders, Inc. Mapped and listed are 29 "production centers" which were schools, cooperatives, and craft shops that paid workers...
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...
This is an invitation to the 1935 community log raising for the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The block print was carved and the invitation printed by Burnley Weaver, The...
Authors, American -- North Carolina, Western; Astrology and gardening -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Whiskey -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Distilling, Illicit -- North Carolina, Western; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson...
Amy tells the story of Uncle Sterlen and his daddy. Doreyl interviews Suzanne Farrior, an art teacher for elementary schools and author of three books for children. Amy speaks with R. O. Wilson, who talks about his lifelong experiences with...
This photograph of the Cherokee High School graduating class of 1926 includes renowned Cherokee woodcarver, Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000). A native of Cherokee, North Carolina, Chiltoskey was trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010), a basket weaver of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. In the photograph, Smoker is pulling apart white oak splits in preparation for making a basket. ...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010), a basket weaver of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Smoker lived all of her life in Snowbird, a Cherokee community located 50 miles west of the...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010), a basket weaver of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Smoker lived all of her life in Snowbird, a Cherokee community located 50 miles west of the...
In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010) uses a pocketknife to finish off a white oak basket. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band...
In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010), finishes off the inside of a white oak basket. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band of...
