Tryon Toy Makers 1925


Title	Tryon Toy-Makers and Weavers, Tryon, NC - Folder #6 - 1925
Creator	Biltmore Industries
Alt. Creator	Grovewood Galleries, Inc.
Alt. Creator	D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections
Subject	Keyword : Tryon Toy-Makers and Weavers ; Tryon, N. C. ; Biltmore Industries ; Homespun Shops ; Grove Park Inn ; weaving ; handicraft ; wood carving ; Eleanor P. Vance ; Charlotte L. Yale ; George W. Vanderbilt ; Fred Seely ; wool ; wool carding ; wool dying ; Grovewood Gallery ; Ruth Hatch ; settlement house ; Nursery Rhymes ; toys ; filling station ; Mrs. Hugh Del Wiloughby ; Mary E. Lindsey ;
Subject	LCSH : Tryon Toy-Makers and Weavers Biltmore Industries Biltmore Homespun Grove Park Inn (Asheville, N.C.) Decorative arts -- North Carolina Artisans -- North Carolina Hand weaving -- North Carolina Handicraft -- North Carolina Vance, Eleanor Yale, Charlotte Hatch, Ruth Lindsey, Mary E. Seely, Fred L. Grove, E.W. Weavers -- North Carolina Weaving -- Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Mountains -- History
Description	Various letters of correspondence from Chalotte L. Yale and Eleanor Vance, founders of the Biltmore Estate Industries to and from Fred L. Seely and interested parties regarding the development and maintenance of Tryon Toy-Makers and Weavers in Tryon, NC. Correspondence covers the year1921 and is useful in building a history of the Toy-Makers as well as craft industries in western North Carolina.
Publisher	D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor	Jerry Ball, Grovewood Gallery, Inc.
Date	2004-06-11
Type	Image ; text ; manuscript
Format	Digital files ;
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/BiltmoreIndustries/BiltmoreIndustries.html
Source	M01.08
Language	en=English
Relation	Fred L. Seely Oral History [restricted use] ; E.M. Ball Collection
Coverage	1921 ; Tryon, N.C. and Asheville, NC
Rights	Restrictions apply. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the Grovewood Gallery, Inc. Asheville, NC and the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor	Donor number 168
Acquisition	2001-11-20
Citation	The Biltmore Industries Collection (1901-1980), D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804. Any use of the materials in this collection must cite the Grovewood Gallery, Inc.,, 111 Grovewood Road, Asheville NC 28804.
Processed by	Jerry Ball, Museum Attendant and Resident Historian, Grovewood Gallery (2000-2001) and UNCA Special Collections staff, 2001 ; 2004-06-11 .
Last update	2004-06-15

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1		0001	November 6, 1925. Letter from Charlotte L. Yale to Grove Park Inn. "We wish to thank you for your order No. 3542..."
		0002	November 9, 1925. Letter from Grove Park Inn to The Tryon Toy Makers. "Kindly send a catalogue and all literature you may have to Mrs. Hugh Del. Wiloughby, Jr. Port Sewall, Florida. She is much interested in your toys and we hope you will receive a good order from her.."
		00003	November 10, 1925. Letter from C.L. Yale to Grove Park Inn. "We wish to thank you for sending Mrs. Wiloughby's address to us..."
		0004	November 19, 1925. Letter from C.L. Yale to Grove Park Inn. "We wish to thank you for your order N. 3547 for toys. We are shipping part of this order today..."
		0005	August 31, 1925. Letter from Mary E. Lindsey for Tryon Toy-Makers to Miss Ruth Hatch. "Miss Yale has asked me to write and tell you that we are sending you a new toy as a sample, a dolphin on horizontal bars. These dolphin are $1.00 each or $11.00 per dozen..."
		0006	August 29, 1925. Letter from Mary E. Lindsey for Tryon Toy-Makers to Miss Ruth Hatch. "Miss Yale has asked me to write and tell you that we have just completed some very pretty and unique little doll cradles and we wanted you to have two as samples. .."
		0007	October 14, 1925. Letter from Mary E. Lindsey for Tryon Toy-Makers to Miss Ruth Hatch. "Miss Yale has asked me to write and thank you for the order of October 12th. .... [Handwritten note at bottom from Yale] "Dear Miss Ruth: We are so glad you sent back the dolls to be repaired. Please always send anything that is shop-worn. ..."
		0008	July 16, 1925. Letter from C.L. Yale to Miss Ruth Hatch. "Miss Vance and Miss Yale have asked me to write to you about our new bear and to ship one of them to you, as a sample..."
		0009	April 28, 1925. Letter from Mary E. Lindsey to Miss Ruth Hatch. "Miss Yale has asked me to write and tell you that we are sending by todya's parcel post a sample of our newest toy, or rather novelty, a bunny tooth brush holder. .." [Handwritten notes at bottom lists items.]
		0010	March 26, 1925. Letter from C.L. Yale to Miss Ruth Hatch. "We have just completed two most attractive new toys, a toy garage and a filling station. We feel sure that both of these toys are going to prove most popular and we wish to know if you would like us to send over a sample of each to you..."
		0011	August 8, 1925. Letter from Mary E. Lindsey to Miss Ruth Hatch, Grove Park Inn. "We have your order of Aug. 7th for one Old Woman and Shoe set and one Noah's Ark. These sets will be sent on Monday..."