The second National Conference on Handicrafts met at Penland School of Crafts, August 26 - September 4, 1940. The event was co-hosted by Penland and the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, though most of the documentation of the conference seems...
This detailed article was one of the first press releases written by Sutton Christian as the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild's Publicity Director. It was sent to regional newspapers to facilitate their coverage of the Craftsman's Fair of the...
Clara Maude Cobb Hilton's daughter, Ernestine Sigmon, wrote this brief biography of her mother in 1969. She describes how her father developed a pottery business in the days when "stoneware" was utilitarian and found in every kitchen. ...
Roxie Dobson made and sold "Roxie Dolls;" unfortunately, she does not describe the dolls, so it is unknown whether they were fabric or carved or cornshuck. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the...
Edward DuPuy was a self taught woodworker. He did very fine furniture making. He started the Village Workshop in 1932. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking...
This Carolina Mountain Club "Trip Report" of an excursion to Roan Mountain notes that the roundtrip by automobile from Asheville, North Carolina, was 123.8 miles, with an additional 18 miles covered by foot. The total time for the trip...
Watauga Industries was a state-sponsored vocational program located in Boone, North Carolina. Established in 1938, Watauga Industries produced and sold weavings, including hooked mats. Watauga operated a center but also worked with independent...
Hilton pottery was a family operation that made functional pottery starting just after the Civil War. The pottery, originally located in Catawba County, moved to McDowell County in 1934. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the...
In her capacity as member of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild’s Membership-Standards Committee, Clementine Douglas, owner of the Spinning Wheel, drafted standards for Craftsman-level membership in the guild. The standards incorporated the...
The Appalachian Hand Weavers were 25 years old when the survey was taken. F. P. Bacon directed the business which sold to individuals and shops. Page 5 was left blank and so is not included here. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data...
This three-page handout on dyeing with natural materials was distributed to students during the 1933 Weaving Institute, August 14-25. The handout contains recipes for dyeing with Madder, Indigo, Hickory and Walnut barks, Cochineal, Sumac, Walnut...
This six-page document list the names of individuals who contributed money, logs, services, or labor towards the construction of the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The...
This devotional service was used at the dedication preceding the log raising for the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). Community members, Penland staff and guests gathered...
This four page report gives an appraisal of the economic value of the work being done by the Penland Weavers and Potters and the Penland School of Handicrafts around 1937. The typescript is not signed but it appears to have been written by...
Written by President Louise L. Pitman, this announcement describes upcoming events planned for a 1941 meeting of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. Such a meeting was held each spring in Knoxville, Tennessee since the Guild’s founding in...
Allen Eaton was the Russell Sage Foundation's representative to the Southern Appalachian region. In 1933 he gave a talk "at the annual conference of the American Coutry Life Association at Blacksburg, Virginia, August 3, 1933" which was...
In December 1928, a group of weavers from The Spinning Wheel shop, referring to themselves as "The Spinning Wheel Girls" gave Clementine Douglas a looseleaf volume of lyrics from mountain folk songs. Douglas saved the pages and added to...
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...
Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Margerette C. Buchanan went to school to learn her art. She was able to do teaching at Penland, as well as being part of the family business. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project,...
