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[Frances Goodrich historical marker]
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| Title | [Frances Goodrich historical marker] |
| Identifier | SHCG_FLG3_mkr7 |
| Format | photograph
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| Date Created | 1989-04-23 |
| Dimensions | 5" x 3.5" |
| Description | The photograph taken on April 23, 1989, shows Harley Jolley, a Mars Hill College history professor, unveiling a North Carolina historical highway marker in honor of Frances Goodrich. The marker commemorates Goodrich's contributions to the Craft Revival that took place in western North Carolina during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The marker is found on N.C. 208 in Madison County, near Allanstand, N. C. Goodrich was a working with a Presbyterian mission in the Laurel area of Madison County when she started Allanstand Cottage Industries in 1896. She lived in Asheville from the 1910s until her death in 1944. |
| Subject - Topic | Appalachians (People)
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Missions -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Group | Allanstand Cottage Industries
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| Decade | 1980s
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| County | Madison County, N.C.
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| Creator | unknown
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| Source Institution | Southern Highland Craft Guild
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| Collection | Frances L. Goodrich Papers |
| Copyright Information | All rights reserved. For use permission, contact library@craftguild.org or Southern Highland Craft Guild, P. O. Box 9545, Asheville, NC 28815.; |
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