Hunter Library Digital Collections

[Copper: serving set]
Copperwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
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...
Craft Revival

[Craft Education Project questionnaire: Eleanor Vance, woodworker]
Furniture -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Eleanor Vance worked with Charlotte Yale in Tryon, North Carolina where the two founded Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers in 1915. They had previously worked together managing Biltmore Estate Industries which they founded with Edith Vanderbilt in...
Craft Revival

[Craft Education Project questionnaire: Charlotte Yale, woodworker]
Furniture -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Charlotte Yale worked with Eleanor Vance in Tryon, North Carolina where the two founded Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers in 1915. They had previously worked together managing Biltmore Estate Industries which they founded with Edith Vanderbilt in...
Craft Revival

Anthony Lord, Hand Forged Iron, Asheville, N. C.
Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Blacksmithing -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This small leaflet served as a business card for blacksmith or iron worker Anthony Lord and was probably produced during the 1930s. The front is illustrated with an example of his iron work and the back shows his logo. A brief note inside explains...
Craft Revival

[Janet Anderson and Christine Gilbert carving]
Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph shows Janice Anderson (left) and Christine Gilbert (right) carving small animals. Christine is the daughter of the long-time Brasstown carver, Verda Anderson, and Janice is Verda's daughter-in-law. The women were introduced to...
Craft Revival

[Woodcarving: walnut plaque]
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph, taken by an unknown photographer, is of a walnut plaque carved by renowned Cherokee woodcarver, Goingback Chiltoskey (also spelled "Chiltosky" and "Chiltoskie"). This plaque has Goingback Chiltoskey's name and the year "1933"...
Craft Revival

[Woodcarving: bookends]
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph, taken by an unknown photographer, is of a pair of matching bookends carved in walnut by renowned Cherokee craftsmen Goingback Chiltoskey in 1932 (Chiltoskey's last name is sometimes seen spelled Chiltosky or Chiltoskie). On the...
Craft Revival

[Goingback Chiltoskey]
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This 1982 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 and...
Craft Revival

[Goingback Chiltoskey]
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...
Craft Revival

[Goingback Chiltoskey]
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer is of renowned Cherokee woodcarver, Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000), a native of Cherokee, North Carolina. Chiltosky was trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence,...
Craft Revival

[Copper: candlesticks]
Copperwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Steelwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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...
Craft Revival

[Copper: ash trays]
Copperwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
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...
Craft Revival

[Steel: barbecue fork]
Steelwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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...
Craft Revival

[Copper: bowl and letter opener]
Copperwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
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. ...
Craft Revival

[Goingback Chiltoskey]
This photograph by an unknown photographer shows Goingback Chiltoskey participating in a blowgun competion in 1977. Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000) was a native of Cherokee, North Carolina who trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell...
Craft Revival

[Goingback Chiltoskey]
This portrait of Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000) was made for his 80th birthday in 1987. Chiltoskey, a native of Cherokee, North Carolina, trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas and the American Indian Art...
Craft Revival

[Cherokee High School class of 1926]
This photograph of the Cherokee High School graduating class of 1926 includes renowned Cherokee woodcarver, Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000). A native of Cherokee, North Carolina, Chiltoskey was trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell...
Craft Revival

[Craft Education Project questionnaire: Watauga Industries]
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...
Craft Revival

[Pottery: vase]
Cherokee pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated earthenware vase was made by Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer, a self-taught potter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The youngest of 12 children, she was born in 1921 and raised in the Straight Fork section of Big Cove, a remote...
Craft Revival

[Pottery: vase]
Cherokee pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated earthenware vase was made by Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer, a self-taught potter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The youngest of 12 children, she was born in 1921 and raised in the Straight Fork section of Big Cove, a remote...
Craft Revival

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