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John Jacob Niles and Olive Dame Campbell looking at wood carvings
No full textThis photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, shows John Jacob Niles and Olive Dame Campbell examining hand carved animals produced at the John C. Campbell Folk School during the early 1930s. These carvings were most likely produced and sold through the school's woodcarving cooperative that later became known as the Brasstown Carvers. Campbell was founded and director of the Folk School. Niles (1892-1980) was a folksinger, instrument maker, and ballad collector who accompanied and assisted Doris Ulmann on her photography trips through Appalachia. Niles and Ulmann came to the Brasstown, N.C. area in 1933 and 1934. Niles also served as Music Director at the Folk School in 1935
Woman Sewing
No full textThis photograph was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, the two years she spent in Brasstown, North Carolina. Ulmann was particularly interested in the work-worn faces of older people
Mountain fiddler
No full textThis photograph of an unidentified mountain fiddler in western North Carolina was taken by Doris Ulmann in the 1933 or 1934
Virginia Howard
No full textThis photograph of Virginia Howard, an early student at the John C. Campbell Folk School, was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934
Mary Lena Martin and her grandmother working a cotton jenny
No full textThis photograph shows Mary Lena Martin (left) and her grandmother (right) working a cotton jenny. The photograph was taken by Doris Ulmann when she came to Brasstown, N.C. in 1933 or 1934
Appalachian family
No full textThis photograph was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, the two summers she spent in North Carolina, primarily in the Brasstown area. The portrait depicts an unidentified family seated out of doors performing daily activities. Ulmann found much beauty and value in the daily work of the Appalachian people
William Johnson with carving
No full textThis photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, shows William "Gyp" Johnson holding his carving knife and a small carving. Johnson was an early student and one of the first woodcarvers at the John C. Campbell Folk School
Sarah Connelly with coverlets
No full textThis photograph was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, the two years she spent in Brasstown, North Carolina. Mrs. Connelly, a preacher's wife from Blairsville, Georgia, was a weaver. She is shown in this photograph displaying her coverlets
Sarah Connelly's woven goods
No full textThis photograph of woven coverlets and blankets was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934. These items were produced by Sarah Connelly, a preacher's wife from Blairsville, Ga., who wove textiles for the John C. Campbell Folk Schoo
Woodcarver
No full textThis signed photograph of a man carving a duck was taken by Doris Ulmann. There are two completed ducks/geese in the background. Although the carver is unidentified, the type of carving and a note on the back of the photograph indicates that this was probably taken at the John C. Campbell Folk School in the Brasstown, N.C. when Ulmann was there in 1933 or 1934
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