Catalogue of Mountain Handicrafts

Catalogue of Mountain Handicrafts

Arts and crafts movement

Exhibitions

Handicraft

Handicraft industries

In 1933 the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild produced an exhibition of mountain crafts featuring the work of its members, including several from western North Carolina. The collection was not only a display, but visitors were encouraged to order items from the exhibit for purchase. The original display was arranged by Allen Eaton, who also wrote the introduction to the catalogue. The catalogue also includes a map of craft production in the southern Appalachians and a detailed list of craft artists and production centers and the items they submitted for the exhibition. The exhibition was circulated by the American Federation of Arts, starting in Blacksburg, Virginia at the American Federation of Arts Conference and then on to cities in the northeast and midwest United States. The exhibit went to Washington, D.C., where it was visited by Eleanor Roosevelt; Brooklyn, New York; Decatur, Illinois; Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis, Missouri; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and ended at Berea, Kentucky.

Southern Highland Handicraft Guild

Robert W. Gray Library Collection

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

1933

Eaton, Allen H. (Allen Hendershott), 1878-1962

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publications (documents)

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Text

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2006-12-04

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Appalachian Region, Southern

9" x 6"(dimension)

Craft Revival