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Telling the story of an exciting regional movement that created handicrafts and preserved traditions from the 1890s to 1940s

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A Project of Hunter Library at Western Carolina University
Administered by the State Library of North Carolina and NC ECHO: Exploring Cultural Heritage Online
With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
Additional funding from the Cherokee Preservation Foundation

Heritage Partners: John C. Campbell Folk School, Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Penland School of Crafts, Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual,
Southern Highland Craft Guild, WCU Mountain Heritage Center, and WCU Special Collections