Craft Education Project questionnaire: Eleanor Vance, woodworker

Eleanor Vance worked with Charlotte Yale in Tryon, North Carolina where the two founded Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers in 1915. They had previously worked together managing Biltmore Estate Industries which they founded with Edith Vanderbilt in 1907. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders. Marian Heard was hired to oversee the planning phase that involved visiting artists and determining the needs of the craftworkers. Her results, often referred to as "The Heard Report," were published as the "Report of an exploratory study looking toward a craft education project ... ." The preliminary project led to an educational program funded by the General Education Board. [Note that the remaining pages of the survey were blank and have not been included here.