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Southern Highlanders, Inc. Certificate of Stock, Artur's Knob Pottery

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  • Southern Highlanders, Inc. issued this certificate for two shares of common stock to Artur's Knob Pottery on September 22, 1938. The certificate was signed by Southern Highlanders president Clementine Douglas and secretary Frank T. Dafferner. Artur's Knob Pottery operated for a short time on what is now the campus of Penland School of Crafts. The pottery took its name from a near-by mountain top. The Southern Highlanders, Inc. was a craft marketing cooperative initiated in 1935 by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in consultation with the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The Southern Highlanders operated shops in Norris, Tennessee and Rockefeller Center in New York City. The TVA was the major stockholder in the corporation with other craft centers and individuals buying five dollar shares. Around 1951 the organization merged with the Southern Highland Craft Guild.