This photograph depicts John C. Campbell sitting on a porch during period 1912-1917. John C. Campbell (1867-1919) was born in La Porte, Ind., on 14 September 1867 to Gavin and Anna Barbara (Kipp) Campbell, and grew up in Steven's Point, Wisc. He…
This photograph depicts John C. Campbell sometime during the years 1895-1905. John C. Campbell (1867-1919) was born in La Porte, Ind., on 14 September 1867 to Gavin and Anna Barbara (Kipp) Campbell, and grew up in Steven's Point, Wisc. He graduated…
This photograph depicts Lucy Calista Morgan, founder of the Penland School of Handicrafts in Penland , N.C., with weaving instructor Edward Worst, of Chicago, Ill., at a flax wheel. This photograph was taken around 1932 or 1933 by Bayard Wootten on…
Daniel Boone and his brother Lawrence, fifth generation from the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734-1820), work at their forge in Spruce Pine, in Mitchell County, North Carolina, doing wrought iron work. The picture dates from about the year…
This illustrated catalog describes the classes offered at Penland School of Handicrafts, now Penland School of Crafts, during the summer of 1940. Course offerings included weaving, pottery, jewelry making, shoe making, basketry, chair caning,…
This illustrated pamphlet was designed to encourage donations to support the work of Episcopal missions in Western North Carolina. Published by the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina in 1927, the pamphlet gives brief descriptions of the…
This photographic portrait of Frances Goodrich was taken in 1940 by Howard Studio in Asheville, North Carolina. Goodrich would have been 84 years old at that time. While she was no longer working directly craft artists, she continued to keep in…
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…
This double-sided brochure provides brief introductions to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders, Inc. Mapped and listed are 29 "production centers" which were schools, cooperatives, and craft shops that paid workers to…
This photograph was taken by an unknown photographer at the 1909 White Rock Fair and features a display of handmade craft items. On display at left and right is a fringed coverlet or rug made in a variation of a weave pattern known as Cat Tracks and…