Southern Appalachian Digital Collections

Edmund Youngbird and Joan Mondale

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  • This photograph shows, from left to right, Edmund Youngbird (1922-1995), Lana Gudger, Joan Mondale, and Mrs. Robert B. Morgan. Youngbird was a Cherokee basket weaver and member of Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual. Lana Gudger was the wife of Vonno Lamar Gudger, former congressman of North Carolina's 11th Congressional district. In 1977, shortly after the election of Jimmy Carter as United States President, Joan Mondale, wife of Vice President Walter Mondale, visited North Carolina. Joan Mondale was an honorary guest at the 8th Annual American Craft Council National Conference, which was held in Winston-Salem that year; and she also attended the ground breaking for the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway above Asheville. Mrs. Robert B. Morgan was married to United States Senator Robert B. Morgan. The group is pictured with a number of double weave and single weave rivercane baskets. The photographer's name is unknown.