This pamphlet entitled 'Road Laws of Swain County, 1923' (Observer Printing House, Charlotte, N.C.) contains, beginning on page 20, the text of a bill authorized by the North Carolina General Assembly entitled 'H.B. 438. S.B. 447 An Act to Repeal...
This pamphlet entitled 'Road Laws of Swain County, 1923' (Observer Printing House, Charlotte, N.C.) contains, beginning on page 20, the text of a bill authorized by the North Carolina General Assembly entitled 'H.B. 438. S.B. 447 An Act to Repeal...
This pamphlet entitled 'Road Laws of Swain County, 1923' (Observer Printing House, Charlotte, N.C.) contains, beginning on page 20, the text of a bill authorized by the North Carolina General Assembly entitled 'H.B. 438. S.B. 447 An Act to Repeal...
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...
This folder contains various documents pertaining to the sixth annual summer Weaving Institute at Penland, North Carolina conducted by Edward F. Worst under the auspices of the Penland Weavers and Potters from August 12-24, 1935. The items in this...
This postcard, titled "The mind and the hand grow skillful under chisel and turning lathe", is part of a promotional packet of postcards was produced by the John C. Campbell Folk School upon its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1950. The folder...
Mrs. Hilliard Morris [first name unknown] learned her crafts from Frank Arthur of the Artisans Shop and took classes at Penland and Asheville Normal School. She taught weaving and woodcarving for "5 years under the Adult Education of Buncombe...
This brochure gives brief descriptions of the mission and work of the Appalachian School (initially called the Appalachian Industrial School) and the Penland Weavers and Potters. Both organizations at the time the brochure was printed in the...
This photograph, taken around 1926-28 by Bayard Wootten, shows Mae Gouge (1911-1994) seated at a loom in the Weaving Cabin, near Penland, North Carolina. The cabin served as the center for the Penland Weavers and Potters, the community weaving...
Drawn by John C. Campbell, this very large map serves as one of the first definitive maps of Appalachia, a region Campbell referred to as the “Southern Highlands.” In 1908 and 1909, John and Olive Campbell traveled throughout the region to...
This photographic postcard depicts Mae Gouge (1911-1994) seated at a loom. The photograph for the postcard was taken around 1926-28 by Bayard Wootten in the Weaving Cabin, headquarters for the Penland Weavers and Potters, the community weaving...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Cooking -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Morgan, Robert, 1918-; Cherokee Indians -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Gardening -- North Carolina -- Jackson...
In her opening story, "Camping under the Stars," Amy recalls childhood memories of camping out and sharing youthful dreams around the campfire with her siblings. (“A Rose in a Fire” by Bill Mize and Martha Jacobs accompanies her story.) On...
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...
Railroads -- North Carolina; Lumber trade -- North Carolina; Bemis Lumber Company
An article from the January 24, 1928 issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) entitled 'Bemis Firm to Top Lumber Belt'� indicated that the Bemis Lumber Company, under its subsidiary operation of the Graham County Railway, planned an extension of its...
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931; Mountains -- North Carolina
Letter from Kephart to Bristow Adams of the Forest Service, Washington, D.C., concerning the possible inclusion of U.S. Forest Service photographs in ''Highland Dixie'' (an earlier title for ''Our Southern Highlanders''). Kephart includes a list of...
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931; Mountains -- North Carolina; Architecture, Domestic
The ''Turpin's House'' was located on Dicks Creek, near Dillsboro, North Carolina. This photograph is featured on Album page 7 under the heading ''Tuckaseegee River.''
Notes concerning the Joree bird, fleas, and panther sightings. This page mentions ''Doc'' Jones under the heading ''March 7, 1917,'' and an account of a meeting with a panther in February 1916.
The family identified here as ''The Turpins'' lived on Dicks Creek, near Dillsboro, North Carolina. This photograph was featured on Album page 7 under the heading ''Tuckaseegee River.''
The couple in this photograph is ''Mr. and Mrs. Turpin, Dick Creek.'' The Turpin family of Dicks Creek, near Dillsboro, North Carolina, was featured on page 7 of the Album under the heading ''Tuckaseegee River.'' This photograph is located with the...
