Finding Aids

A collection of drawdowns and drafts of patterns associated with the coverlet tradition. They were collected by Alice and Paul Hogan of Canton (Cherokee County), Georgia, with some pieces dated to the late 1930s, and include designs from individuals, antique stores, pattern books, historic sites, and the Hogans themselves.

A collection of the papers of Georg Bidstrup and Marguerite Butler Bidstrup: correspondence, publications, and ephemera both personal and related to the John C. Campbell Folk School.

A collection of Scroggs family papers; compiled genealogical, Brasstown local history, and mineralogy information; correspondence; and personal ephemera. Note: an addendum to this collection has not yet been processed.

The Clay Spencer Papers contain documents related to Spencer’s activities at the John C. Campbell Folk School from 1987 through the 2010s, including classes (as both instructor and student), Blacksmith Auctions, and Blacksmith Work Weeks.

A collection of family papers, personal correspondence, journals, publications, images, and other materials gathered by Folk School co-founder Marguerite Butler Bidstrup (1892-1982) over her life.

This collection encompasses postcards gathered by Marguerite Butler Bidstrup during her international travels as well as images (primarily photographic negatives) taken by Terry Thorp Fortner at John C. Campbell Folk School, Berea College, and other locations in the early 1970s.

A collection of dance calling cards, publications, photographs, and other materials created and/or gathered by marbler and dance caller Laura Sims throughout her lifetime.

A collection of photographs, correspondence, and publications related to Margaret Hollingsworth’s time in the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) at the John C. Campbell Folk School.

A collection of correspondence, essays, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other documents related to Marian Hunter’s time at the John C. Campbell Folk School and the Brasstown Farmers Association in the late 1920s.