Interview with Murrial Martin on how the Brasstown Carvers started

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Murrial Martin on how the Brasstown Carvers started

Subject

Arts and crafts movement
Brasstown Carvers
Handicraft
John C. Campbell Folk School
Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Description

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 school from 1935-1973. She also oversaw the school's woodcarving cooperative that later became known as the Brasstown Carvers. George Armstrong conducted this interview in the early 1980s.

Creator

Armstrong, George
Martin, Murrial Galt, 1902-2005

Source

Audio-Visual Recordings Collection

Publisher

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Date

1980/1985

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

mp3
sound recordings
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound

Identifier

13228
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/13228

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC 28902;

Spatial Coverage

Cherokee County (N.C.)
Appalachian Region, Southern

Extent

1 minute, 23 seconds(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Armstrong, George and Martin, Murrial Galt, 1902-2005, “Interview with Murrial Martin on how the Brasstown Carvers started,” OAI, accessed May 2, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/13228.