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1. [Allanstand Cottage Industries history, draft] [Allanstand Cottage Industries history, draft] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; unpublished document This draft history of the Allanstand Cottage Industries craft shop in Madison County, North Carolina was written by shop founded Frances Goodrich in the late 1910s or 1920s. Goodrich wrote numerous articles and promotional brochures about the business during this time. The paper tells the story of the development of the Allanstand community as well as the history of the log cabin which was built as a rest stop for travelers, rebuilt as a storehouse, and finally acquired by Goodrich for her roadside craft shop.
2. [Allanstand, N.C. photograph album] [Allanstand, N.C. photograph album] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; photograph; This is a photograph from the first page of Frances Goodrich's photograph album No. III. This view of the valley was taken from the teachers' house, where it looks across to the nearest neighbor. A stream with a parallel road run through the bottom land where the school and church were later constructed.
3. [Allanstand, N.C. photograph album] [Allanstand, N.C. photograph album] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; photograph; This photograph album belonged to Frances Goodrich and contains photographs documenting her years as a Presbyterian missionary in Madison County, N.C. during the late 1890s and early 1900s. The photographs reflect the formation of the Presbyterian mission including the building of a church, school building, and teacher housing. The creation of a post office during this time period established the community's name as Allanstand. It was during this time that Goodrich established Allanstand Cottage Industries as a cooperative designed to revive local crafts and provide some income to the local families. These snapshot photographs provide a candid view of rural mountain life in western North Carolina as they depict Goodrich riding her horse through creeks and woods, gathering with local residents, working with teachers. Many of the photographs have brief encrypted captions identifying individuals and places. Only selected images are included here.
4. [Craft and membership standards, 1937] [Craft and membership standards, 1937] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; Southern Highland Handicraft Guild; unpublished document When the Allanstand Cottage Industries craft shop in Asheville, North Carolina was transferred from Frances Goodrich to the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild in 1931, it presented Guild members with an outlet to sell their craft products. It was important to the Guild that the work sold under its name was mountain crafted and met high standards. Shortly after its formation in 1930, the Guild set up a Membership and Standards Committee to ensure members met certain standards in terms of the quality of their craft work. Goodrich, Clementine Douglas, and Lucy Morgan formed the committee and, with input from Olive D. Campbell, together they established criteria for selling crafts under the Guild's name in 1937. These three documents include the proposed criteria along with accompanying correspondence to Helen Dingman, Guild secretary, and O.J. Mattil, Guild president.
5. [Frances Goodrich to Allanstand Cottage Industries stockholders, 1931] [Frances Goodrich to Allanstand Cottage Industries stockholders, 1931] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; Allanstand Cottage Industries; letter This 1931 letter to stockholders in the Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. is an example of the letters which Frances Goodrich sent out as Goodrich made arrangements to pass the shop on to new owners. Between 1929-1931, Goodrich offered to purchase back stock certificates from all stockholders at the rate of $30 per share. In 1931 ownership of the Allanstand Cottage Industries corporation was transferred to the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild, which became the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild.
6. [Frances Goodrich to Allen Eaton, 1930] [Frances Goodrich to Allen Eaton, 1930] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; Allanstand Cottage Industries; letter This 1930 letter was written by Frances Goodrich to Allen Eaton regarding the upcoming initial meeting of the newly formed Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild (which later became the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild). This meeting of the Guild was held in conjunction with the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers annual meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee. Eaton was coordinating an exhibition of crafts to be featured at the meeting. Goodrich was sending him a list of items that would be sent by Allanstand Cottage Industries, along with background information about Goodrich and her work with Allanstand.
7. [Frances Goodrich to Allen Eaton, 1931] [Frances Goodrich to Allen Eaton, 1931] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; letter This letter to Allen Eaton was written by Frances Goodrich on April 8, 1931. Eaton worked for the Russell Sage Foundation and through which he was introduced to the Craft Revival in the southern Appalachian region. In this letter, Goodrich is reminding Eaton to submit a promotional line for Goodrich's book "Mountain Homespun." Goodrich also refers to a recent meeting of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild where her offer of the Allanstand Cottage Industries craft shop was presented and accepted.
8. [Frances Goodrich to Helen Dingman, 1931] [Frances Goodrich to Helen Dingman, 1931] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; Allanstand Cottage Industries; letter This April 1931 letter from Frances Goodrich to Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild secretary, Helen Dingman, is a response to Dingman's missives about the Guild accepting Goodrich's offer to take over the Allanstand Cottage Industries business. Goodrich humbly accepts accolades for building the thriving cottage industry, but also recognizes the credit due to her shop managers, Harriet Wilkie and Jean S. Fuller. Helen Dingman was employed by Berea College and served as the Guild's secretary during the 1930s. The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild became the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild which continues to manage the Allanstand craft shop.
9. [Frances Goodrich to Helen Dingman, 1931] [Frances Goodrich to Helen Dingman, 1931] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; Allanstand Cottage Industries; letter This March 20, 1931 letter from Frances Goodrich to Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild secretary, Helen Dingman, served as the formal offer of Goodrich's Allanstand Cottage Industries to the Guild. Goodrich outlines a plan for the transfer recommending that Clementine Douglas be the initial trustee for the Guild, since most of the Guild officers lived outside of Asheville, North Carolina. The Guild took action on this offer at its spring meeting in 1931. Ultimately the shop was managed by a committee of three trustees made up of Clementine Douglas, Olive D. Campbell, and Frances L. Goodrich. Helen Dingman was employed by Berea College and served as the Guild's secretary during the 1930s. This three-page letter is followed by a typed transcript of the letter.
10. [Frances Goodrich to Marguerite Butler, 1930] [Frances Goodrich to Marguerite Butler, 1930] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; Allanstand Cottage Industries; letter This letter to Marguerite Butler, administrator at the John C. Campbell Folk School, was written by Frances Goodrich on October 18, 1930. It was written on Allanstand Cottage Industries letterhead as Goodrich was owner of the craft shop at this time. Goodrich's letter responds to a request from Butler to chair the membership committee of the newly formed Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild (which became the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild). Goodrich accepts the position and serves with Clementine Douglas and Lucy Morgan on the membership committee. Together, these three women led efforts to establish standards of artistic competence for Guild members.
11. [Frances Goodrich to Mrs. Foulke, 1929] [Frances Goodrich to Mrs. Foulke, 1929] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; Allanstand Cottage Industries; letter This 1929 letter to Mrs. William Dudley Foulke is an example of the letters which Frances Goodrich sent out to Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. stockholders as she made arrangements to pass the shop on to new owners. Over the course of 1929 and 1930, Goodrich offered to purchase back stock certificates at the rate of $30 per share. In 1931 ownership of the Allanstand Cottage Industries corporation was transferred to the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild, which became the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild.
12. [Frances Goodrich to Olive Campbell, 1931] [Frances Goodrich to Olive Campbell, 1931] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; Allanstand Cottage Industries; letter In this March 2, 1931 letter, Frances Goodrich is writing to John C. Campbell Folk School director, Olive D. Campbell, regarding Goodrich's offer of Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. to the recently formed Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild (later Southern Highland Handicraft Guild). This letter is a part of deliberations that occurred before the Allanstand shop was formally offered to the Guild in the spring of 1931. In particular, this letter relates to suggestions that Clementine Douglas, owner of the Spinning Wheel, be assigned trustee for the Allanstand shop.
13. [Frances Goodrich to Olive Dame Campbell, 1933] [Frances Goodrich to Olive Dame Campbell, 1933] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; letter This September 25, 1933 letter was written by Frances L. Goodrich from her summer home in New Hampshire to Olive D. Campbell at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. The letter demonstrates the collaboration and deliberation of significant issues among Craft Revival leaders in the southern Appalachians. In this letter Goodrich describes the New Hampshire League of Arts and Crafts and how they are developing their craft products and sales establishments, comparing them with the newly formed Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. She observes that the New Hampshire League works to build individual production centers which compete with each other, whereas the Guild promotes alliances and support among the various production centers and shops. Goodrich wonders if she was naïve not to see that rivalry in the marketplace is natural and is concerned that the Spinning Wheel, run by Clementine Douglas in Asheville, is an example of a shop that might be hurt by the proximity of the Allanstand shop, now run by the Guild, in Asheville.
14. [Frances Goodrich to the Woman's Board of Home Missions, 1912] [Frances Goodrich to the Woman's Board of Home Missions, 1912] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. letter This 1912 letter was written by Frances Goodrich for the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Goodrich first came to western North Carolina in 1892 as a community worker employed by this mission board. It was during this course of work that she began working with weavers and initiating a craft business that would bring income to mountain families. This type of letter is typical of ones sent in from the mission field to the Presbyterian mission board, who in turn published and distributed the mission letters to interested parties. Although Goodrich probably wrote numerous such this one gives a rare look at the work of the Allanstand Cottage Industries, including its shop in Asheville and the weavers who supplied goods for the business. Mentioned in the letter are Elmeda Walker, Mrs. Wesley Angel, Cornelia Angel, Mrs. Cumi Woody, Mrs. Sol Shelton, and Mrs. Buckner.
15. [Frances Goodrich to Warren Wilson, 1929] [Frances Goodrich to Warren Wilson, 1929] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; Allanstand Cottage Industries; letter In this December 30, 1929 letter to Dr. Warren Wilson, Frances Goodrich writes of her interest in selling the Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. At the time of this letter, Wilson was employed as an administrator for the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and served on the Board of Directors of the stockholders for the Allanstand corporation. Goodrich reviews the success of the business while preparing Wilson for this significant topic to be addressed at the upcoming meeting of the Board. Goodrich alludes to a potential buyer for the business, although ultimately it was transferred in 1931 to the newly formed Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild (which soon became the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild).
16. [History of weaving in the southern Appalachian mountains] [History of weaving in the southern Appalachian mountains] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; unpublished document This historical summary of traditional weaving in the southern Appalachian mountains was written by Frances Goodrich in March of 1926. This essay describes weaving as she found it during her mission work in western North Carolina during the 1890s. Goodrich explains how weaving drafts that traveled from Europe were still in use in the southern mountains, but "the craft was dying out." She talks about how the names of weaving patterns reflect the time period and location of the various weavers. Goodrich also provides some comparative information about weaving in New England during this time. A handwritten note at the beginning of the document reads "Written for Eng. woman who wrote to Mrs. Obenchain - March, 1926 - by F.L.G." It is possible that Mrs. Obenchain was connected to the Shuttle-Craft School of Weaving which is listed at the end of this document.
17. [Mountain forest scene watercolor] [Mountain forest scene watercolor] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; craft object This watercolor of a mountain forest was done in watercolor by Frances Goodrich, most likely during years she spent in the Allanstand area of North Carolina. Before coming to western North Carolina as a missionary in the early 1890s, Goodrich was trained as an artist at the Yale School of Fine Arts. She did occasional watercolors of people and scenes in the mountains where she lived. This watercolor is on paper and signed by Goodrich in the lower right corner.
18. [Weave pattern: Lover's Knot variation] [Weave pattern: Lover’s Knot variation] Goodrich, Frances Louisa photograph The pattern name of this color image is a variation of Lover’s Knot. The back of this photograph is marked: "McDowell Co., N.C. Owned by Mon MEMolms [hand writing unclear, could be Mr.MEWoms], School for the Deaf Morganton, N.C." The source of the name Lover’s Knot is unknown. Frances Goodrich, founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, collected the photograph. Goodrich's work reviving traditional weaving in the mountains of western North Carolina during the late 1890s and early 1900s led her to collect weaving patterns much in the same way that others of that era were collecting mountain songs. Goodrich kept extensive records of the weave patterns and variations that she came across in her travels. Her research may have provided background for or influenced what was woven and sold through her Allanstand Cottage Industries.
19. [Weave pattern: Lover's Knot with a Pine Tree Border] [Weave pattern: Lover’s Knot with a Pine Tree Border] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; photograph; The pattern name of this black and white image is Lover’s Knot with a Pine Tree Border. The back of this photograph is marked: “No.18 Lover's Knot, Somerset Co. Pa. Double woven." The source of the name Lover’s Knot is unknown. A double woven textile uses two complete sets of warp and weft that interlace. Double woven cloth requires a loom with multiple shafts and was thus most often made by professional weavers with the appropriate equipment. Frances Goodrich, founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, collected the photograph. Goodrich's work reviving traditional weaving in the mountains of western North Carolina during the late 1890s and early 1900s led her to collect weaving patterns much in the same way that others of that era were collecting mountain songs. Goodrich kept extensive records of the weave patterns and variations that she came across in her travels. Her research may have provided background for or influenced what was woven and sold through her Allanstand Cottage Industries.
20. [Weave pattern: Queen's Patch variation] [Weave pattern: Queen’s Patch variation] Goodrich, Frances Louisa; photograph; The pattern name of this black and white image is a variation of Queen’s Patch. The back of this photograph is marked: ""No.9, Queen's Patch, Madison Co., Ky." The source of the pattern name is unknown. Frances Goodrich, founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, collected the photograph. Goodrich's work reviving traditional weaving in the mountains of western North Carolina during the late 1890s and early 1900s led her to collect weaving patterns much in the same way that others of that era were collecting mountain songs. Goodrich kept extensive records of the weave patterns and variations that she came across in her travels. Her research may have provided background for or influenced what was woven and sold through her Allanstand Cottage Industries.
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