This view captioned the 'Fontana Dam site'� from the report by the Tennessee Valley Authority, 'The Fontana Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, and Initial Operations of the Fontana Project'� (Washington: ...
Paper mills -- North Carolina --Jackson County; Sylva Paper Board Company (Sylva, N.C.)
The January 10, 1928, issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) contained an article 'Work Started on Big Paper Mill'� concerning construction of the Sylva Paper Board Company's plant by the Mead Corporation. The paperboard company's operations were...
Tanneries -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Sylva Tanning Company (Sylva, N.C.)
This panoramic view is identified in the lower right margin as the '`Sylva Tanning Company,' Sylva, N.C.'� It has a credit line of 'Photo by Sherrill Studio, Asheville, N.C.'� The intertwined importance of western North Carolina's timber...
This April 1931 letter from Frances Goodrich to Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild secretary, Helen Dingman, is a response to Dingman's missives about the Guild accepting Goodrich's offer to take over the Allanstand Cottage Industries business. ...
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...
This family of pigs was made by Louis Brown probably in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Brown was part of the family who ran Brown Pottery in Arden, North Carolina. As a child, Brown made pig families from scrap clay at the pottery. When Mrs....
This hissing goose (back left ) and large bird (front right) were carved out of buckeye by Glenn Brown and Hope Caler Brown, respectively. The large bird is marked "pattern," indicating an original prototype. Glen Brown was known for his carvings...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well...
Nolan Beaver (1916-1998) studied woodcarving at the John C. Campbell Folk School under Murray Martin in the mid-1930s. He carved from the 1930s through the 1970s and sold his work through the school's woodcarving cooperative, which came to be...
This large guinea hen was carved in basswood by Glenn Brown. Brown was known for his carvings of geese, guinea fowl, and other birds. He began carving in 1939 with John C. Campbell Folk School instructor Murrial Martin and sold his work through...
Baskets like this one were made to store domestic goods, from dry foodstuffs to clothing. The natural aeration of the single weave allows the stored goods to remain dry. Large baskets that taper inward like this one were often used to store corn....
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...
In 1923 Clementine Douglas (1893-1967) was wrestling with the decision of whether to stay with her friend, Helen Wilmer Stone at the Weaving Shop in Saluda, North Carolina or to take a job with the Asheville Normal School (also known as the...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts a copper serving set believed to be made by Arch Miller. Its design is traditional early American, rather than Native American, although Miller often worked in small Indian motifs, like...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts two candlesticks believed to be made by Arch Miller. They are identical, except for their material; one is made from copper, the other from sheet steel. Arch Miller belonged to the...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts two small ash trays that are believed to have been made by Arch Miller. To make items like these, sheet copper is cut and then hammered into shape, leaving the texture of the hammer...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts a steel barbecue fork believed to have been made by Arch Miller. The fork handle was made from mountain laurel. Arch Miller belonged to the Western Band of Cherokee Indians and was an...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts a bowl and letter opener that are believed to have been made by Arch Miller. Both are hammered from sheet copper; the bowl was folded upward and inward to create its rounded shape. ...
Penland Weavers and Potters created this brochure to spread the word about "an intensive course in advanced weaving" which would take place at Penland, North Carolina on August 22-27, 1932. Edward F. Worst came from Chicago, Illinois to lead the...
This undated white oak basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe (1897-1983). Large baskets of this shape and size were traditionally used to transport agricultural products, to gather vegetables from the field or garden...
