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Title	Appalachian Industrial School
Creator	Eyer, R. V. Appalachian Industrial School
Medium of Original	photographs
Date of Orginal	1911/1914
Dimensions	8" x 10"
Description	Group photograph of Appalachian Industrial School students taken outside the old Conley home, now known as Farm House and located on the campus of Penland School of Crafts. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School (as it came to be known) served as the umbrella institution under which the Penland Weavers and Potters were organized and the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) was established. The photograph is signed on front: "Eyer, Marion, N. C." Eyer's gallery in Marion was operational by 1911. Photographer may be R.V. Eyer who worked in Urbana, Ohio, circa 1896 and in Michigan in 1902 and 1903.
Subject - Topic	Appalachians (People) Education, Elementary -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Appalachian Industrial School Penland School of Handicrafts Penland School of Crafts
Time Period	1910s
Location	Mitchell County (N.C.)
Source Institution	Penland School of Crafts
Collection	Appalachian Industrial School Collection
Inventory Number	PSC_RG1_1_CR001
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Penland School of Crafts Archives, Penland, NC 28765
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723