Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Ammons Family; Artists -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Arts -- North Carolina, Western; Arneach, Lloyd; Storytellers -- North Carolina -- Cherokee Indian Reservation; Cherokee Indians -- North...
Amy’s story is “Mountain Sisters Come Home,” where she gives the background of how the storytelling team of the “Ammons Sisters” came about. (“Sister” by J. Robin Whitley from Sylva follows the segment.) On Creative Corner, Doreyl’s...
In 1901 C.J. Harris, a prominent industrialist in Jackson County, N.C., started the Harris Tannery in Sylva, N.C. The report by J.S. Holmes entitled Forest Conditions in Western North Carolina (Edwards and Broughton Printing Company, 1911) noted...
Notes for use in ''Our Southern Highlanders.'' The note dated November 30, 1904, is used on page 41 of ''Our Southern Highlanders.'' The note on the journal page reads: ''Near Medlin. Mountain children and a few women gathering galax, `hemlock'...
Notes for use in "Our Southern Highlanders." The note dated November 30, 1904, is used on page 41 of "Our Southern Highlanders." The note on the journal page reads: "Near Medlin. Mountain children and a few women gathering galax, `hemlock'...
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...
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...
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...
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....
This card was designed to let customers know that The Spinning Wheel was moving from its location north of Asheville, North Carolina to a new site in south Asheville. In 1925, Clementine Douglas opened the Spinning Wheel, a weaving studio and...
Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
These documents pertain to the life and work of Cherokee basket maker, Nancy Conseen (1929-1997). Included are a biographical profile written around 1983 and an overview of Conseen's basketry, probably written to accompany and exhibition of...
Penland Weavers and Potters was a production center based at the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). In the 1940s the school had 63 looms. Many weavers had looms in their homes. "In hard times weavers worked for 9...
This is a transcript of an interview of weaver John Goodwin conducted by Edward Dupuy and Clifford Hotchkiss in 1965. Goodwin lived in Blowing Rock and sold his weavings during the Craft Revival period. He was a fourth generation weaver whose...
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Cashiers, North Carolina on October 7, 1936. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new members list, announcements of regional...
The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild met for its fall membership meeting at Berea College in Berea, Ky., on October 4, 1930. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new members list, announcements of regional...
This mat was woven by Alice Pratt (1899-1990), a weaver from Buncombe County, North Carolina who was actively producing and selling her woven good from the 1930s until the latter half of the 20th century. This table mat was made more recently, but...
These hand woven lunch napkins were produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The items are decorated with rural African American figures using a laid in technique called...
These hand woven lunch napkins were produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The items are decorated with rural African American figures using a laid in technique called...
These hand woven lunch napkins were produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The items are decorated with rural homestead figures using a laid in technique called...
This hand woven centerpiece was produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The piece is decorated with a double dogwood motif using a laid in technique called...
This goose, carved in apple wood, was made by Hayden Hensley (1911-2001). A native of Cherokee County, Hensley's name was sometimes spelled Haden. He was a student at the John C. Campbell Folk School in its earliest years, attending the first...
