- African Americans (390)
- Appalachian Trail (35)
- Artisans (521)
- Cherokee art (84)
- Cherokee artists -- North Carolina (10)
- Cherokee language (21)
- Cherokee pottery (101)
- Cherokee women (208)
- Church buildings (170)
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) (110)
- College student newspapers and periodicals (1830)
- Dams (107)
- Dance (1023)
- Education (222)
- Floods (61)
- Folk music (1015)
- Forced removal, 1813-1903 (2)
- Forest conservation (220)
- Forests and forestry (1184)
- Gender nonconformity (4)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) (181)
- Hunting (38)
- Landscape photography (25)
- Logging (118)
- Maps (83)
- Mines and mineral resources (8)
- North Carolina -- Maps (18)
- Paper industry (38)
- Postcards (255)
- Pottery (135)
- Railroad trains (71)
- Rural electrification -- North Carolina, Western (3)
- School integration -- Southern States (2)
- Segregation -- North Carolina, Western (5)
- Slavery (5)
- Sports (452)
- Storytelling (244)
- Waterfalls -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) (66)
- Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern (280)
- Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern (328)
- World War, 1939-1945 (173)
Native American Crafts
Item
Item’s are ‘child’ level descriptions to ‘parent’ objects, (e.g. one page of a whole book).
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This catalog features craft items available through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. during the late 1930s and 1940s. The term "Native American" as used here refers to traditional American crafts in general rather than American Indian crafts specifically. Many craft artists from western North Carolina sold products through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. during the late 1930s through the early 1950s. The Southern Highlanders, Inc. was a craft marketing cooperative initiated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) through its work with people who were displaced by their development projects. The Southern Highlanders, Inc. operated shops in Norris, Tennessee and Rockefeller Center in New York City.
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Object
Object’s are ‘parent’ level descriptions to ‘children’ items, (e.g. a book with pages).
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This catalog features craft items available through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. during the late 1930s and 1940s. The term "Native American" as used here refers to traditional American crafts in general rather than American Indian crafts specifically. Many craft artists from western North Carolina sold products through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. during the late 1930s through the early 1950s. The Southern Highlanders, Inc. was a craft marketing cooperative initiated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) through its work with people who were displaced by their development projects. The Southern Highlanders, Inc. operated shops in Norris, Tennessee and Rockefeller Center in New York City.
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