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…
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…
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…
This booklet promoting Allanstand Cottage Industries was written by Frances Goodrich and published by the Women's Home Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church in 1901 or 1902. Goodrich founded Allanstand Cottage Industries while working as a…
This brochure was developed in 1917 to help sell stock in the Allanstand Cottage Industries which was officially incorporated in 1916. The brochure explains that "the reason for changing the Industries from a private enterprise to a stock company…
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified as the "Pine Burr" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that customers could order a custom made double bed…
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified as the "Drunkard's Path" or "Indiana Puzzle" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that customers could order a…
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified as the "Pine Tree" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that customers could order a custom made double bed…
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified on the verso of the photograph as the "Pineapple Turquoise Cross" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that…
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified as the "Pine Tree" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that customers could order a custom made double bed…