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	[Weaving Institute Group Photograph, 1936] Title [Weaving Institute Group Photograph, 1936] Identifier PSC_RG6_CR064 Format photograph Date Created 1936 Dimensions 8" x 10" Description This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken in August 1936 on the steps of the Edward F. Worst Craft House, adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian Industrial School near Penland, North Carolina. Pictured are students, instructors, staff and visitors involved in the summer weaving institute sponsored by the Penland Weavers and Potters. The Worst Craft House was built in 1935 and was named after Penland's first weaving instructor, Edward F. Worst. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School 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. Subject - Topic Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern Subject - Group Appalachian School (Penland, N.C.) Penland School of Handicrafts Penland School of Crafts Decade 1930s Creator Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959 Appalachian Industrial School Source Institution Penland School of Crafts Collection Bayard Wootten Photograph Collection Copyright Information All rights reserved. For use permission contact, Archives, Penland School of Crafts, P. O. Box 37, Penland, NC, 28765 or archives@penland.org.;
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