This document was the result of a community meeting held on September 30, 1925 to assess the local support for organizing a folk school near Brasstown, N.C. The report consists of 11 questions that reflect the community's understanding and desire for…
This photograph of Quentin Clayton with a small carving was taken by Doris Ulmann in the Brasstown, N.C. area, in 1933 or 1934. Eleanor Roosevelt purchased one of Clayton's carvings at the Mountain Handicrafts exhibit sponsored by the Southern…
This black and white snapshot depicts the John C. Campbell Folk School string band practicing behind the Keith House in the late 1920s. The string band organized very early in the establishment of the John C. Campbell Folk School; they played for…
This photograph, taken by Daisy Dame, documents construction at the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1920s. Featured are several men, including local farmer John Logan, moving fieldstones used in building construction. Citizens from the local…
Mary Caroline Standridge Penland (born December 1, 1876) and her husband, James Oscar Penland (born August 20, 1882). The couple are fulfilling their pledge cards to contribute landscaping to the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1920s.
This photograph shows Park Fisher, Bob Scroggs, and Hollis Penland carving wood outside of the woodshop on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1930s. The woodshop was located in the Mill House. Fisher was the head of the woodshop…
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows seven different kinds of pewter buttons produced by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Pewter or Copper 1. Acorn .20 each; 2. - 7.…
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows different kinds of pewter pins and earrings produced by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Pewter; 1. dogwood ear bobs, $2.00 pr.;…
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows five pewter pins produced by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Pins - $1.00 each; 1. acorn; 2. dogwood; 3.-4. lge. dogwood; 5.…
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows different kinds of pewter Bible markers and crosses produced and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters, sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "1. Bible markers on…