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Arts and Crafts

Alvic, Philis. 2003. Weavers of the Southern Highlands[comprehensive history; missionary-era weaving centers; craft revival movement]. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 233 pp.

Amberg, Rob. 1995. "'Photographs of Lasting Value': An Interview With Earl Dotter." The Southern Quarterly34 (Fall): 99-103.

Anderson, Belinda. 2001. “Jim Costa: West Virginia Renaissance Man” [curates and restores regional heritage items: pioneer tools, farming, blacksmithing, cabinetry, home tending]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life27 (Fall): 42-49.

Anderson, Colleen. 1999. “Redeeming the Wood: Self-Taught Woodcarver Herman Hayes” [Hurricane, W.Va.; b. 1923]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life25 (Summer): 20-29.

Appalachian Photography. 1997. Special issue, Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine14 (Summer): 1-41.

Ardery, Julia S. 1998. The Temptation: Edgar Tolson and the Genesis of Twentieth-Century Folk Art[ Ky. woodcarver]. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 376 p.

Ardrey, Julia S. 1996. “How Edgar Tolson Made It: Oral Sources and Folk Art’s Success” [Wolfe Co., Ky. woodcarver; on the art of oral history documentation]. Oral History Review 23 (Winter): 1-18, cover photo.

Austin, Peter. 2001. “The Ironwork of Tony Lord” [1930s Asheville blacksmith and architect]. In May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Vol. 2, ed. R. S. Brunk, 35-57. Asheville, N.C.: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services, Inc.

B. B. Maurer West Virginia Folklife Award 2001: Dick Schnacke, Mountain Toy Maker [New Martinsville, W.Va.]. 2000-2001. Traditions: A Journal of West Virginia Folk Culture and Educational Awareness6: i.

Barker, Garry. 1995. Notes From a Native Son: Essays on the Appalachian Experience. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. 207 pp.

Bartlett, Larry. 1998. “Rural Murals: New Deal Art in West Virginia [sidebar lists 16 Post Office Art sites]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life24 (Fall): 36-41.

Becker, Jane S. 1998. Selling Tradition: Appalachia and the Construction of an American Folk, 1930-1940[folk revival; cultural politics]. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 331 pp.

Bell, Michael W. 2003. “‘First Rate & Fashionable’: Handmade Nineteenth Century Furniture at the Tennessee State Museum.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly62 (Spring): 5-109.

Bezner, Lili Corbus. 1998. “Photographer Bayard Wootten in 1930s Appalachia” [N.C.; pioneering female photographer]. Southern Quarterly36 (Summer): 20-37.

Binnicker, Margaret D. 2004. “Southern Potteries Incorporated” [Unicoi Co., 1917-1957; sidebar in Chap. 12, “Ceramic Crafts and Potters”]. In A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons, eds. C. West and M. Binnicker, 222-223. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press

Boggs, Boyd. 2003. “‘I Never Gave Up’: Boyd Boggs of Gilmer County” [b. 1922; painter, sketch artist, glass decorator]. Interview by Ginny Hawker. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life29 (Fall): 10-16.

Bradshaw, Thelma Finster. 2001. Howard Finster: The Early Years: A Private Portrait of America’s Premier Folk Artist[1916-2001; Summerville, Ga.]. Birmingham, Ala.: Cranehill Publishers. 151 pp.

Burrison, John A. 2001 [1983]. Brothers in Clay: The Story of Georgia Folk Pottery. Reprint. Athens: University of Georgia Press. 352 pp.

Casto, James E. 2002. “ West Virginia’s Showcase for Entrepreneurs” [ Charleston retail shop features work of 200 artisans, specialty food producers, and microbusinesses]. Appalachia: Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission34 (January-December): 28-33.

Cawley, Lucinda Reddington, Lorraine DeAngelis Ezbiansky, and Denise Rocheleau Nordberg. 1997. Saved for the People of Pennsylvania: Quilts from the State Museum of Pennsylvania[photographs and details]. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. 67 pp.

Chastain, Patti. 1998. “Pine Needle Baskets: An Interview with Mrs. Diane Taylor” [Tiger, Ga.]. Foxfire Magazine32 (Spring/Summer): 41-46.

Cheek, Mary Margaret. 1994. "Romanticizing Democracy: the  Mountain Art of Howard Murry." Appalachian Journal21  (Winter): 152-171.

Cheek, Pauline Binkley. 1997. “The Hooked Rug Workers of Madison County, North Carolina: A Narrative Record” [1930s and 40s; interviews]. In May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Vol. 1, ed. R. S. Brunk, 8-35. Asheville, N.C.: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services Inc.

Cuthbert, John A. 2000. Early Art and Artists in West Virginia: An Introduction and Biographical Directory[19 th-20 th century portraiture and landscape painting; 136 plates]. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press. 312 pp.

Cuthbert, John A. and Jessie Poesch. 1997. David Hunter Strother: “One of the Best Draughtsmen the Country Possesses”[1816-1888; pseud. “Porte Crayon”; illustrator/essayist for Harper’s Weekly]. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press. 168 pp.

Dickinson , W. Calvin, and Michael E. Birdwell. 2004. “Made on the Mountain: Upper Cumberland Arts and Crafts” [ Ky., Tenn.; wood, clay, fibers, paint]. In Rural Life and Culture in the Upper Cumberland, eds. M. Birdwell and W. Dickinson, 246-273. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.

Dotter, Earl. 1995. "Portfolio". The Southern Quarterly34 (Fall): 104-112.

Dunn, Dallas. 2002. “Gravedigger Dallas Dunn” [Kanawha Co.; occupation]. Interview by Amber Griffith. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life28 (Winter): 40-45.

Fariello, Anna. 2003. “Arts and Crafts in Appalachia: The Third Wave” [1930s Appalachian Craft Revival]. Style 190016 (February): 70-75.

Fones-Wolf, Ken. 1995. "A Craftsman's Paradise in Appalachia: Glassworkers and the Transformation of Clarksburg, 1900-1933." Journal of Appalachian Studies1 (Fall): 67-85.

Foster, Gary S. 1996. “The Tobacco-Stick Quail Trap: A Live Trap of the Upland South” [details construction and use]. Tennessee Anthropologist21 (Fall): 131-138.

Garver, Thomas H. 2004. “The Last Days of Steam: O. Winston Link and Virginia” [gallery/profile; 1950s photos of steam locomotives in social settings]. Virginia Quarterly Review80 (Winter): 212-221.

Gayheart, Willard, and Donia S. Eley. 2003. Willard Gayheart, Appalachian Artist[ Ky. pencil artist]. Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies, no. 9. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. 190 pp.

Gritton, Joy L. 2001. “Made in Japan with the Exception of Two: Native American and Appalachian Arts Come of Age” [traditional arts’ form and function vs. outside patrons’ “modern applications”; missions, movements, guilds, schools, markets]. Chap. 8 in Painters, Patrons, and Identity: Essays in Native American Art to Honor J. J. Brody, ed. J. Szabo, 163-186. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

Harwell, Jane M. 1995. "Ed Briggs: Reviving a Traditional Craft With a Contemporary Eye" [bowl carving]. North Carolina Folklore Journal42 (Winter-Spring): 35-52.

Hawthorne, Ann, and Robin Dreyer. 1996. " Penland School of Crafts." [profile] Appalachia: Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission29 (January-April): 34-39.

Hearne, Janet. 1997. “Ken Murray: Advocating for Appalachia” [photographer]. Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine14 (Summer): 26-29.

Holbrook, Jaime. 1996. “The Art of Making a Cherokee Arrow” [oral history]. Foxfire Magazine30 (Fall/Winter): 119-123.

Horton, Laurel. 1999. “‘If Quilts Could Talk’: Voices from the Late-Twentieth Century.” Folklife Center News(Library of Congress) 21, no. 3 (Summer): 7-12.

Horton, Laurel. 1999. “ Blue Ridge Quiltmaking in the Late Twentieth Century.” Folklife Center News(Library of Congress) 21, no. 3 (Summer): 3-6.

Irwin, John Rice. 2004. “Musical Instrument Makers” [sidebar in Chap. 8, “Woodcraft”; excerpted from A People and Their Music(2000)]. In A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons, eds. C. West and M. Binnicker, 165-166. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

Isbell, Robert; photographs by Arthur Tilley. 1999. The Keepers: Mountain Folk Holding On to Old Skills and Talents[profiles 15 folk artists, mostly N.C.]. Winston-Salem, N.C.: John F. Blair. 240 pp.

Israel, Jerry. 1997. “The Mace Family of Chair Makers” [125 years of chair making]. In May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Vol. 1, ed. R. S. Brunk, 176-200. Asheville, N.C.: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services Inc.

Johnson, Andrea. 1998. “An Interview with Tom Landreth” [ Ga. landscape painter]. Foxfire Magazine32 (Fall/Winter): 135-143.

Johnson, Bruce E. 2001. “‘To serve unnoticed and to work unseen’: Eleanor Vance, Charlotte Yale and the Origins of Biltmore Estate Industries [missionary craftspeople; 1905-1917; woodwork]. In May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Vol. 2, ed. R. S. Brunk, 241-266. Asheville, N.C.: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services, Inc.

Johnson, Mary Elizabeth, with photographs by J. D. Schwalm. 2001. Mississippi Quilts. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. 224 pp.

Jones, Michael Owen. 2003 [1975, 1989]. Craftsman of the Cumberlands: Tradition and Creativity[Chester Cornett, 1913-1981; Perry Co., Ky., chairmaker]. Reprint. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 289 pp. Originally published as The Hand Make Object and Its Maker.

Knight, Joan. 2002. Virginia Quilt Museum[ Harrisonburg; catalog]. Photographs by Polly Frye. Charlottesville, Va.: Howell Press. 134 pp.

Knowles, Susan W. 2004. “Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts” [sidebar in Chap. 13, “Tennessee Textiles”]. In A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons, eds. C. West and M. Binnicker, 240. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

Knowles, Susan W. 2004. “Fine Craft/Fine Art” [Studio Craft movement; sidebar in Chap. 9, “Basketmaking”]. In A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons, eds. C. West and M. Binnicker, 182. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

Kurtik, Frank J., and Gary Grimes. 2002. “Gravestone Carvers of Westmoreland County.” Western Pennsylvania History85 (Winter 2002-2003): 40-44.

L'Ecuyer, Kelly H. 2002. “Uplifting the Southern Highlander: Handcrafts at Biltmore Estate Industries” [1901-1917; Asheville, N.C.]. Winterthur Portfolio37, nos. 2-3: 123-146.

Lauterer, Maggie Palmer. 1997. “The Carvings of Wade Hampton Martin” [b. 1920; woodcarver]. In May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Vol. 1, ed. R. S. Brunk, 98-113. Asheville, N.C.: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services Inc.

Leftwich, Rodney Henderson. 2001. “The Nonconnah Pottery of Tennessee and Western North Carolina: 1904-1918” [later Pisgah Forest Pottery]. In May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Vol. 2, ed. R. S. Brunk, 70-90. Asheville, N.C.: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services, Inc.

Lewis, Johanna Miller. 1995. Artisans in the North Carolina Backcountry. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 240 pp.

Lilly, John. 2000. “Blacksville Pottery: Local Hands and Native Clay.” Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life26 (Spring): 44-51.

Lilly, John. 2003. “Weaver Dorothy Thompson” [Canaan Valley, Tucker Co.; b. 1920]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life29 (Winter): 10-17.

Lindsey, Jack L. 1997. “The Woodwork of Samuel Wilson Jacobs” [African-American folk artist]. In May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Vol. 1, ed. R. S. Brunk, 80-81. Asheville, N.C.: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services Inc.

Long, Frank W. 1997. Confessions of a Depression Muralist[W.P.A. artist based in Berea, Ky., 1932-42]. Foreword by Sue Bridwell Beckham. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. 179 pp.

Maloney, Michael. 1997. “Murals” [arts project to paint murals on public buildings in Southeastern Ohio]. Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine14 (Winter): 29-33, 48.

Marcengill, Roger. 2002. “It’s ‘Blacksmithing,’ not ‘Welding’” [Oconee Co., S.C. blacksmith]. Interview by Stephanie Jobbitt. Foxfire Magazine36 (Fall/Winter): 104-111.

Matheny, Paul. 2001. “Face Vessels and Contemporary South Carolina Folk Pottery” [face jugs; Spartanburg and Greenville Cos., S.C.]. North Carolina Folklore Journal48 (Spring/Summer-Fall/Winter): 22-27.

Maxwell, Dan. 2002. “The Hammer and the Forge” [blacksmith; Rabun Co., Ga.]. Interview by Cheryl Binnie. Foxfire Magazine36 (Spring/Summer): 58-69.

McClain, LouWanda, and Buddy English. 1999. “Uncle Buddy” [Rabun Co., Ga.; student interview with folk artist English]. Foxfire Magazine33 (Fall/Winter): 149-153.

McCombs, Douglas. 2002. “ Western Pennsylvania Folk: Art from the People.” Western Pennsylvania History85 (Winter 2002-2003): 10-20.

McDaniel, Lynda. 1999. “A Celebration of Art” [ William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, Va.]. Appalachia: Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission32 (September-December): 34-38.

McGowan, Thomas, ed. 1997. “A Treasury of Tar Heel Folk Artists: The North Carolina Folk Heritage Award, 1989-1996" [photographs and biographical sketches of over 100 artists]. Special issue, North Carolina Folklore Journal 44 (nos. 1-2): 1-155.

McGowan, Thomas. 1998. “Lula Belle and Glenn Bolick: Musicians and Traditional Potters” [Watauga Co., N.C.]. North Carolina Folklore Journal45 (Summer-Fall): 117-119.

McKinley, Gale. 2001. “About Fishing, Making Split Oak Baskets, and Other Affairs of Everyday Life: The McKinley Family of Anderson, South Carolina” [split oak fish baskets]. North Carolina Folklore Journal48 (Spring/Summer-Fall/Winter): 28-36.

McLaughlin, Jean W., ed. 2004. The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience[“Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC, celebrating the 75th anniversary of Penland School of Crafts”]. New York: Lark Books. 228 pp.

Milnes, Gerald. 2000. “Passing It On: West Virginia Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program.” Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life26 (Winter): 35-37.

Milnes, Gerald. 2002. “Carved in Stone: West Virginia Grave Markers.” Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life28 (Winter): 46-52.

Milspaw, Yvonne J. 1997. “Regional Style in Quilt Design” [upstate N.Y., Pa., Appalachia, Utah]. Journal of American Folklore110 (Fall): 363-390.

Miner, Mark A. 1999. “AL-ED-HA: Fayette County’s Forgotten ‘Mountain Poet’” [Allen Edward Harbaugh, 1849-1916; sketch artist, sign painter, poet]. Western Pennsylvania History82 (Fall): 106-116.

Mitchell, James R.; photographs by Michael Keller. “Sharing the Weight: A Visit with Glassmaker Jennings Bonnell” [decorative paperweights]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life25 (Winter): 48-55. Includes sidebar photo essay on “The Students of Jennings Bonnell.”

Moore, Catherine. 2004. “Whimmydiddles and FlipperDingers: A Visit with Toymaker Dick Schnacke” [New Martinsville; 40 years crafting]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life30 (Winter): 10-17.

Morgan, Catherine. 2000. “A Long Rest” [folk artist James Harold Jennings, d. 2000; Pinnacle, Va.]. Appalachian Heritage28 (Spring): 32-35.

Morrison, Veronica, and Janie P. Taylor. 1999. “Mountain Handicrafts: A Part of Our Heritage: An Interview with Janie P. Taylor” [Rabun Co., Ga.; embroidery, patchwork, lacework]. Foxfire Magazine33 (Spring/Summer): 40-48.

Page, Don. 2004. “Hearth & Fair: Don Page and the Roots of GOLDENSEAL” [folklife magazine, 1973-74 predecessor of Goldenseal, and outgrowth of the renowned Mountain State Art & Craft Fair near Ripley]. Interview by John Lilly. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life30 (Spring): 52-59.

Peterson, Ronan Kyle. 1998. “‘I’ll Tell You What — It All Depends on the Wood’: Making Handles with Joe Willis” [b.1913; axe handle woodworking; Mitchell Co., N.C.]. North Carolina Folklore Journal45 (Summer-Fall): 129-143.

Pomeroy, Dan. 2004. “Mountain Summer Schools” [Gatlinburg, Monteagle; sidebar in Chap. 6, “Painting in the Twentieth Century”]. In A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons, eds. C. West and M. Binnicker, 112-113. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

Porter, Benjamin. 2001. “Herbert W. Pelton: ‘...Expert in Taking Pictures of This Kind’” [panoramic photos, postcards; early 20 th-century Asheville]. In May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Vol. 2, ed. R. S. Brunk, 314-342. Asheville, N.C.: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services, Inc.

Ramsey, Bets. 2004. “ Tennessee Quilts As Art.” In A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons, eds. C. West and M. Binnicker, 247-260. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

Reul, Myrtle R. 1998. “Zebedee John Crouse: Mountain Photographer” [1871-1960]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life24 (Summer): 26-33.

Reul, Myrtle. 1997. Photographer of the Hills and Prairielands[ W.Va.; turn-of-century photographs of Barbour, Taylor, and Harrison Counties]. Self-published. Printed by Athens Printing Co., Athens, Ga. 252 pp.

Rogers, Stephen T. 2004. “Jugs, Jars, Bowls, and Churns: Tennessee’s Ceramic Crafts and Potters” [with sidebars on patriarch Andrew Lafever, b. 1774, and renowned potter C. A. Haun, executed as a Union sympathizer 1861]. In A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons, eds. C. West and M. Binnicker, 213-227. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

Roper, Don. 2001. “Creativity and Ingenuity on the Mill Hill: Reflections on Cotton Mill Toys and Other Objects” [ Piedmont, S.C.]. North Carolina Folklore Journal48 (Spring/Summer-Fall/Winter): 37-46.

Shombert, Dave. 2000. “Turning and Learning: Paul Weinberger’s Woodshop” [ Weston, W.Va.; segmented turning]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life26 (Winter): 28-34.

Simmonds, William G. 2004. Advertising Barns: Vanishing American Landmarks[e.g., “Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco”; photos]. St. Paul, Minn.: MBI Publishing. 128 pp.

Six, Dean. 2002. West Virginia Glass between the Wars[20 companies; 500 photos]. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing. 160 pp.

Six, Dean. 2003. “Stained Glass in West Virginia: A Brief History” [early 1900s]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life29 (Spring): 15.

Six, Dean. 2003. Viking Glass: 1944-1970[catalog; New Martinsville, W.Va.]. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer. 160 pp.

Smith, Barbara. 2003. “Bringing Back the Beauty: Stained Glass Restoration in Randolph County” [100-year-old courthouse dome]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life29 (Spring): 10-17, and cover photo.

Snyder, Jeffrey B. 1998. Morgantown Glass from Depression Glass through the 1960s

[ W.Va.; glassware catalog and price guide]. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing. 224 pp.

Taylor, Terry B. 1997. “ Sunset Mountain Pottery” [1929-1935]. In May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Vol. 1, ed. R. S. Brunk, 50-62. Asheville, N.C.: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services Inc.

Teasley, Christi. 2004. “ Tennessee Textiles.” In A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons, eds. C. West and M. Binnicker, 229-245. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

Toplovich, Ann. 2004. “Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts” [created 1970s; sidebar in Chap. 9, “Basketmaking”]. In A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons, eds. C. West and M. Binnicker, 176-177. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

Turpin, Steve. 2001. “Steve Turpin: A Devilishly Creative Potter” [ Ga.; face jugs]. Interview by Jared Weber. Foxfire Magazine35 (Spring/Summer): 38-47.

Valentine, Fawn. 2000. West Virginia Quilts and Quiltmakers: Echoes from the Hills[heritage documentary]. Athens: Ohio University Press. 282 pp.

Valentine, Fawn. 2001. “‘Quilt of Happy Memories’: Mabel Moore of Nallen” [interview; profiles of 95-year-old quilter and lumber company town]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life27 (Spring): 11-19.

Van Dommelen, David B. 2004. Allen H. Eaton: Dean of American Crafts[1878-1962; author of Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands(New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1937)]. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Local History Company. 216 pp.

Venable, Sam; photographs by Paul Efird. 2000. Mountain Hands: A Portrait of Southern Appalachia[profiles forty craftspeople]. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. 272 pp.

Watkins, Charles Alan. 1997. “Why Have There Been No Great Appalachian Photographers?” Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine14 (Summer): 21-25.

Watts , Missy, and Candi Forester. 1998. “The Unique Artwork of Tubby Brown” [interview with Commerce, Ga., folk-artist]. Foxfire Magazine32 (Spring/Summer): 23-27.

West, Carroll Van, and Margaret Duncan Binnicker, eds. 2004. A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons[26 chapters: visual, architecture, craft, literary, performance (speech, theater, dance, film, music)]. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. 472 pp.

West, Carroll Van. 2004. “ Tennessee Basketmaking.” In A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons, eds. C. West and M. Binnicker, 175-183. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

West Virginia Museum of American Glass. 2003. L.G. Wright Glass [catalog, decorative glass; New Martinsville, W.Va.]. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer. 192 pp.

Wilson, Kathleen Curtis. 1996. "A Handmade Vision." [ Western N.C. partnership] Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine13 (Summer): 20-24.

Wilson, Kathleen Curtis. 1997. “The Handweaving of Allie Josephine Mast, 1861-1936" [Valle Crucis, N.C.]. In May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Vol. 1, ed. R. S. Brunk, 138-155. Asheville, N.C.: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services Inc.

Wilson, Kathleen Curtis. 2001. Textile Art from Southern Appalachia: The Quiet Work of Women[46 bed covers; 1830-1930] Johnson City, Tenn.: Overmountain Press. 106 pp.

Wilson, Priscilla. 2002. “The ‘Gourd’ Life” [gourd artisan]. Interview by Stephanie Jobbitt. Foxfire Magazine36 (Spring/Summer): 25-36.

Wright, Jack. 2002. “Appalachian Art Brut:Reflections on the Life of Fred J. Carter” [Clintwood, Va. painter and sculptor; 1911-1992]. Appalachian Journal29 (Fall 2001-Winter 2002): 144-163.

Zug, Charles G., III. 1997. “E. A. McKillop: ‘A Born Carving Man’” [woodcarver; d. 1950]. In May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Vol. 1, ed. R. S. Brunk, 36-49. Asheville, N.C.: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services Inc.