Craft Education Project questionnaire: Maple Springs Wood Working Shop

Craft Education Project questionnaire: Maple Springs Wood Working Shop

Artisans

Basketwork

Chairs

Furniture -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Handicraft

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Maple Springs Wood Working Shop was founded in 1935 by Paul Warren. At the time of the questionnaire in 1944, they were not making furniture, because of the lack of workers due to the war. The shop had produced "Baskets - chairs - screens [and] all kinds of furniture." The interviewer noted that the business was "very commercial" but would need "help with standards." 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, 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.

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

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Jackson County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

11" x 8.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival