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Allanstand Cottage Industries (Incorporated)

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  • This brochure was developed in 1917 to help sell stock in the Allanstand Cottage Industries which was officially incorporated in 1916. The brochure explains that "the reason for changing the Industries from a private enterprise to a stock company was to secure wider counsels and greater stability as well as the capital to enlarge the business, so as to be able to employ, to their advantage, a greater number of people in the mountains." The brochure describes the past year's activities and finances as a corporation, and discusses how materials are located and encouraged for sale in its Asheville showroom. Also highlighted is the goal of the corporation as outlined in its by-laws as "to help the people of the Southern Highlands to produce and market handiwork, especially handwoven articles, basketry and woodwork, and by doing so, to bring money into communities far from markets, and to give paying work to members of such communities," as well as to preserve mountain crafts.
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Object’s are ‘parent’ level descriptions to ‘children’ items, (e.g. a book with pages).

  • This brochure was developed in 1917 to help sell stock in the Allanstand Cottage Industries which was officially incorporated in 1916. The brochure explains that "the reason for changing the Industries from a private enterprise to a stock company was to secure wider counsels and greater stability as well as the capital to enlarge the business, so as to be able to employ, to their advantage, a greater number of people in the mountains." The brochure describes the past year's activities and finances as a corporation, and discusses how materials are located and encouraged for sale in its Asheville showroom. Also highlighted is the goal of the corporation as outlined in its by-laws as "to help the people of the Southern Highlands to produce and market handiwork, especially handwoven articles, basketry and woodwork, and by doing so, to bring money into communities far from markets, and to give paying work to members of such communities," as well as to preserve mountain crafts.