Interview with Glenn Brown, Hope Brown, Gladys Rogers, & Joe Miller

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Glenn Brown, Hope Brown, Gladys Rogers, & Joe Miller

Subject

Blacksmiths
Brasstown Carvers
Families
John C. Campbell Folk School
Wood-carvers
Wood-carving
Wood-carving -- Equipment and supplies

Description

Oral history interview with Brasstown Carvers Glenn Brown (1916-1994) and Hope Caler Brown (1915-2015). They share their family backgrounds, their individual specialties and creation of patterns, information about other carvers, and experiences at craft fairs. Folk School employee Gladys Rogers (1930-2010) talks about the popularity and once-large market for carvings. The final minutes of the recording are an interview with blacksmith Joe Miller (b. 1944).

Creator

Brown, Glenn
Brown, Hope
Miller, Joe

Date

1992-03-12

Contributor

Brose, David
Rogers, Gladys

Rights

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

Format

interviews
sound recordings
transcripts

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

71652
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/71652

Spatial Coverage

Brasstown (N.C.)

Extent

1:00:01(duration)
27(pages)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Brown, Glenn, Brown, Hope, and Miller, Joe, “Interview with Glenn Brown, Hope Brown, Gladys Rogers, & Joe Miller,” OAI, accessed April 29, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/71652.