Craft Education Project questionnaire: Eleanor Vance, woodworker

Craft Education Project questionnaire: Eleanor Vance, woodworker

Artisans

Arts and crafts movement

Furniture -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Handicraft

Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers (Firm)

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Eleanor Vance worked with Charlotte Yale in Tryon, North Carolina where the two founded Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers in 1915. They had previously worked together managing Biltmore Estate Industries which they founded with Edith Vanderbilt in 1907. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders. Marian Heard was hired to oversee the planning phase that involved visiting artists and determining the needs of the craftworkers. Her results, often referred to as "The Heard Report," were published as the "Report of an exploratory study looking toward a craft education project ... ." The preliminary project led to an educational program funded by the General Education Board. [Note that the remaining pages of the survey were blank and have not been included here.]

Heard, Marian Gladys

Southern Highland Handicraft Guild

Southern Highlanders, Inc.

Craft Education Program Files

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

1944/1945

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questionnaires

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2007-01-23

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Polk County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

11" x 8.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival