Record #:

9031

Author(s):

Conway, Bob

Abstract:

The Village of Yesteryear at the State Fair first appeared in 1951 led by Mary Cornwell. Each year, a group of mountain craftsman travel to the fair to showcase their handcrafts. The artists have received recognition at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and have been invited to national demonstrations held there. A former home economics teacher, Cornwell now serves at chairman of the Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts in Waynesville.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 46 Issue 4, Sept 1978, p12-13, il, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina State Fair (Raleigh)

Record #:

9862

Author(s):

Conway, Bob

Abstract:

Conway discusses the work of three giants of North Carolina mountain pottery--Oscar Louis Bachelder and Walter B. Stephen (Buncombe County) and Ernest A. Hilton (McDowell County). Each had worked at his craft fifty years or more.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 43 Issue 5, Oct 1975, p8-10, il, por

Subject(s):

Potters--North Carolina, Mountains; Bachelder, Oscar Louis, 1852-1935; Stephen, Walter B., d. 1961; Hilton, Ernest A., 1948-

Record #:

16150

Author(s):

Conway, Bob

Abstract:

Throughout the mountains of Western North Carolina, craftsmanship collided with folk music to create a unique sound. At the oldest folk festival, started by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1928, one can hear the styling's of these artist whose folksongs not only provide entertainment but carry on traditional stories. Examples of the state's most famous folk artist are Marilyn McMinn McCredie of Asheville and Jim Trantham of Canton.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 1986, p22-24, il

Subject(s):

Folk musicians