This undated mask, made by Cherokee artisan Davy Arch (whose first name is sometimes seen spelled Davey), is fashioned from a hornet’s nest with an added leather strap. Different types of masks were traditionally used in Cherokee culture for a…
This mask, made by Cherokee artisan Davy Arch (whose first name is sometimes seen spelled Davey), is carved from wood and finished with fur and deer antler. The mask is signed "Made by: Davy Arch 1991" on the back. Different types of masks were…
This sound recording is an excerpt from an interview with Olive Dame Campbell and features her singing the ballad Barbry Ellen (also know as Barbry Allen, Barbara Allen, and other names). Campbell was an avid folk song collector. She describes how…
This sound recording is an excerpt from an interview with Jean Ritchie talking about Leon Deschamps, a Belgian architect who designed some of the buildings at the John C. Campbell Folk School. George Armstrong conducted the interview in the early…
This sound recording is an excerpt from an interview with Oscar Cantrell explaining how local people pledged time, labor, materials, and money to help build the John C. Campbell Folk School. Cantrell worked at the John C. Campbell Folk School and…
This sound recording is an excerpt from an interview with Oscar Cantrell talking about teaching blacksmithing to GIs after World War II. Cantrell worked at the John C. Campbell Folk School and also taught blacksmithing. George Armstrong conducted…
This sound recording is an excerpt from an interview with Murrial Martin, know as Murray Martin, talking about how the Brasstown Carvers got started at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina. Martin taught woodcarving at the…
This sound recording is an excerpt from an interview with Jean Ritchie talking about how she first met Georg Bidstrup and Marguerite Butler Bidstrup at Little Mama's cafe after a dance in Berea, Kentucky. Marguerite Butler helped to found the John…
This sales brochure features furniture and woodcarving done by The Artisans' Shop located in Biltmore, North Carolina. The business was owned by Robert Valier and the brochure was probably produced in the 1930s. The shop was a member of the…
These early 1900s-era cornshuck dolls were made for Allanstand Cottage Industries by Margaret C. Revis. The dolls were part of the original object collection that Frances Goodrich gave to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. This 1972 photograph…