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- Hatcher Hotel 15/20
- hotels; sayings; rural areas
- Mr. Hatcher spent time writing sayings and stories about local history and folk lore on the walls of his hotel. The Hatcher Hotel was located on Main St. in Pikeville, KY.
- University of Pikeville
- Founding of Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Indian Tribes That Hunted In and Claimed Parts of West Virginia
- Indians of North America
- Brief overview of Native American tribes that resided in West Virginia. Huron -- Mohawk -- Mingoes -- Delaware --Cherokee -- Shawnee -- Tuscaroras.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- There's a Man Going Around Taking Names
- Blues music; Guitars; Singing; Spirituals;
- Daniel Womack sings a song and plays his guitar. He grew up in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and lived in Roanoke for most of his life. This recording takes place in his home.
- Ferrum College
- Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms
- Banjos;
- Mattie Oakes Jacobs plays the banjo and sings in her home in Red Valley, Virginia, for interviewer, Vaughan Webb.
- Ferrum College
- Jimmy Brown the Newsboy
- Guitars; Singing;
- Spence Moore plays guitar and sings a song. This takes place in Mountain City, Tennessee, where he was raised. Spence now lives in Chilhowie, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Nat Nichol's haunted house (talking)
- Interviews; Storytelling;
- Raymond Sloan talks with Kip Lornell about Nat Nichol's house. Nat Nichol's was a confederate army deserter. This interview takes place at Raymond's home in Ferrum, Virginia. Raymond worked for the WPA writer's project in the 1930's, collecting...
- Ferrum College
- If You Believe
- Singing; Spirituals; Radio; Guitars;
- The Jubilaires sing a Christian gospel song. Band members include some or all of the following: Bernard Griffin, Don Welch, Wade Poole, Fred Marshall, Jimmy Holland, Dewey Hill (bass) and Mildred Gelley or Kenneth Hill playing piano. This was...
- Ferrum College
- Holy Hills of Heaven
- Singing; Spirituals; Pianos; Radio;
- Ruby, Nancy, and Rodney Hoots, from Level Cross, North Carolina, sing a Christian gospel song with Nancy playing the piano. This was possibly broadcast on Dewey Hill's radio program on WPAQ (Mt. Airy) or WBOB (Galax).
- Ferrum College
- Rawhide
- Bluegrass music; Bands; Mandolins;
- Bill Monroe and his band perform at the Roanoke Bluegrass Festival, at Cantrells Horse Farm in Fincastle, Virginia. Bill is from Rosine, Kentucky. He is playing the mandolin with Peter Rowan (guitar), Lamar Grier (banjo), Gene Lowinger (fiddle),...
- Ferrum College
- Two Sisters
- Ballads; Interviews;
- Eunice McAlexander sings a ballad she learned from a classmate during an interview by Kip Lornell. This takes place near Meadows of Dan, Virginia. Ruby Plemmons is also present, and being interviewed.
- Ferrum College
- banjo players in Saltville (talking)
- Banjos; Interviews;
- Fred Galliher talks about people he knew in his youth that played the banjo, including his father. Fred also plays harmonica, fiddle, and guitar. He is a first cousin of Hobart Smith and Texas Gladden, and was raised with fourteen siblings near...
- Ferrum College
- Jug 1969.001.0031.A01 (Overall View)
- Berea College
- Reply to John Mitchell
- Coal miners; Coal miners; Labor unions; Labor unions; Coal miners
- Contains letters by Eugene V. Debs and John Mitchell published in the Social Democratic Herald concerning the averted strike in 1904 of the United Mine Workers of America.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Union in revolt 4:10
- Coal mining; Coal miners; Labor unions;
- Narration by Tim Meyers. Association of Disabled Miners and Widows files suits that miners had been defrauded. Judge decides to remove Boyle from the retirement fund board. This angers Boyle-supporting miners.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Union in revolt 1:10
- Coal mining; Coal miners; Labor unions;
- Narration by Tim Meyers. Charles Omashynski talking about the case. Robert Payne speaks of contact with Yablonski.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Union in revolt 2:10
- Coal mining; Coal miners; Labor unions; Black lung
- Narration by Tim Meyers. IE Buff accuses the legislators of stalling, dual unionism conflicts.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Union in revolt 3:10
- Coal mining; Coal miners; Labor unions;
- Narration by Tim Meyers. Boyle speaks of Yablonski's use of Landroom Griffin Act, allegedly "against his own union", to ensure a fair election process. Yablonski speaks of the current union fraud, which is his reason for requesting the...
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Pender Rector String Band, Farmer's Federation (talking)
- Interviews; Bands;
- Lee Boone talks in his Asheville home with Wayne Erbsen on his Country Roots public radio show. Lee used to play with Pender Rector. Wayne Erbsen teaches Appalachian music at Warren Wilson College. Lawrence Dillingham is also present at the...
- Warren Wilson College
- work (talking)
- Interviews; Banjos;
- Lee Boone talks about working after WWI in his Asheville home with Wayne Erbsen on his Country Roots public radio show. Lee used to play with Pender Rector. Wayne Erbsen teaches Appalachian music at Warren Wilson College. Lawrence Dillingham is...
- Warren Wilson College