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...
Completed in 1929, the Mill House served as the original wood shop for the John C. Campbell Folk School and as housing for male students. The water wheel on the front of the building provided power for the operations in the wood shop. The Mill...
This photograph album belonged to Frances Goodrich and contains photographs documenting her years as a Presbyterian missionary in Madison County, N.C. during the late 1890s and early 1900s. The photographs reflect the formation of the Presbyterian...
These unidentified demonstrators are probably Helen Wilmer Stone Viner (ca. 1891-1978) and her son. Viner was born in Louisiana and came to Appalachia as a teacher at the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Kentucky. She later moved to Saluda,...
Jack Hall (1920-1984) is shown here demonstrating carving for a group of children at the 1948 Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Hall often carved horses, and at least one horse carving can be seen on the table...
Jack Hall (1920-1984) is shown here demonstrating carving at a table displaying finished animals and rough-cut items in progress. This photograph was taken by an unknown photographer at the 1950 Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands in...
Jack Hall (1920-1984) is shown here carving a wooden horse at the 1951 Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands in Asheville, North Carolina. Hall is known for carving horses, as shown in this photograph; other rough-cut carved figures are on...
Jack Hall (1920-1984) is shown here demonstrating carving and talking to a group of boys at the 1953 Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands in Asheville, North Carolina. Carvings in various stages of completion are on display around the...
Elizabeth Lord was college educated and taught weaving at Western Carolina Teacher's College (now Appalachian State University). At the time of this survey, Lord was director of Watauga Industries, a production weaving center. Questionnaires like...
These documents pertain to the life and work of Cherokee woodcarver, sculptor, and teacher, Amanda Crowe. Included are: her resume done in 1961, a press release produced by the Guild, in the 1970s or 1980s; a transcript of an interview done by...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, is of Cherokee woodcarver Goingback Chiltoskey. Chiltoskey (1907-2000) was a native of Cherokee, North Carolina who trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father a medicine man. As a child, he...
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- United States;
These documents pertain to the life and work of Howard C. Ford, more commonly known as Toni Ford. Included are a biographical profile written to accompany an exhibit at the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1985 and two pages of biographical...
D.S. Trammell was self-taught. He gathered lichen "from all the country round about" and made boutonnieres. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the...
Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Pewtercraft;
These documents pertain to the life and work of metal smith Ralph Morgan, known primarily for his work with pewter. Included are a 1942 letter to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild which describes the effects of World War II on his business,...
Lucy Morgan learned weaving at Berea College and founded Penland Weavers and Potters which had grown into the Penland School of Handicrafts by the time of this survey. The final remarks, written by intake staff, read: "An informal teacher, good...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father a medicine man. As a child, he...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father a medicine man. As a child, he...
Leon Deschamps made carved walking sticks, but also mentions an ability to do metal work. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern Highland...
This photograph of four mountain dulcimers was taken by John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) in the late 1930s. Niles accompanied and assisted Doris Ulmann on her photography trips through Appalachia, where this photograph was most likely taken. Niles, a...
