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- Founding of Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- 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
- Am I Blue
- Fiddle music
- Pender Rector (1893-1979) and his band playing for residents of Hill Haven Nursing Home. The Band: Stanley Masters, Dick Perkins, Louie Taylor.
- Warren Wilson College
- Our Carolina Highlanders
- Education
- Text of an address to the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 29, 1916, regarding education and economic development in Western North Carolina.
- Lees-McRae College
- Waltz You Saved for Me, The
- Fiddle music; Pianos;
- Mary Adams plays piano with Bill Watson on the fiddle at the Blue Ridge Folklife Festival on the Bedford county stage.
- Ferrum College
- I Know My Lord Will Lead Me Home
- Singing; Spirituals; Pianos; Radio;
- The Troubadours, of Kernersville North Carolina, sing a Christian gospel song. The group is led by Mrs. and Mr. Bob Moore. This was possibly broadcast on Dewey Hill's radio program on WPAQ (Mt. Airy) or WBOB (Galax).
- Ferrum College
- Wild Hog in the Woods
- Ballads; Interviews;
- Eunice McAlexander sings a ballad she learned from her father during an interview by Kip Lornell. This takes place near Meadows of Dan, Virginia. Listen to Eunice talking about this song: fe01007. Ruby Plemmons is also present, and being...
- Ferrum 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 4:18
- Coal mining; Coal miners; Labor unions;
- Narration by Tim Meyers, giving credits for contributors and funding of project. Coal Tattoo is performed by John and David Morris.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Woman's Edition of The New Dominion - Volume 30, Number 37 - Dec. 30, 1896
- Women; Newspapers
- Dec. 30, 1896 magazine. Includes articles on area church histories, society news, school histories, and local news, as well as advertisements from area businesses.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Saturday Night Shuffle
- Dulcimer Music--North Carolina;
- Don Pedi plays dulcimer with Tad Wright (guitar) during a concert with Robin Warren at the Asheville Junction, a coffehouse venue founded by Andy Cohen.
- Warren Wilson College
- Tennessee Wagoner
- Fiddle music
- Pender Rector (1893-1979) and his band playing for residents of Hill Haven Nursing Home. The Band: Stanley Masters, Dick Perkins, Louie Taylor.
- Warren Wilson College
- Grey Eagle
- Fiddle music;
- Tommy Hunter and Mack Snodderly play fiddles with Carroll Best on banjo and Chub Parham on guitar during a concert in Warren Wilson College's Kittredge Theater. The concert featured local old time bands and was arranged by David Holt.
- Warren Wilson College
- Out on the Texas Plains
- Fiddle music; Western Swing music;
- Luke Smathers (1914-1997) plays fiddle with his band during a concert in Warren Wilson College's Kittredge Theater. The concert featured local old time bands and was arranged by David Holt. The band consists of Luke's brother Harold Smathers...
- Warren Wilson College
- Bonaparte's Retreat
- Fiddle music;
- Peter Gott plays solo fiddle during a concert at the Asheville Junction, founded by Andy Cohen. This is the first night in a two performance series by Peter and his family, who live in Sodom Laurel, North Carolina.
- Warren Wilson College
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Guitars; Singing;
- Kenneth Hepinstall sings a Tex Ritter song and plays guitar for an interview with Kip Lornell. This takes at Hepinstall's store near Huddleston, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Old Joe Clark
- Fiddle music; Pianos;
- Mary Adams plays piano with William Watson playing fiddle for an interview with Kip Lornell. This takes place in Mary's home in Bedford County, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Wreck of the Old 97
- Pianos; Banjos; Railroads;
- Mary Adams plays piano with William Watson playing banjo for an interview with Kip Lornell. This takes place in Mary's home in Bedford County, Virginia. Listen to Mary play this tune solo: fe06805.
- Ferrum College
- first tunes, hat passing, moonshine (talking)
- Interviews; Bands; Moonshine;
- Marvin and Turner Foddrell talk about the first tunes they played in their youth, and methods of payment for bands. Posey Fodrell is their father. They both live in Patrick County, where this interview with Kip Lornell takes place.
- Ferrum College
- Midnight
- Guitars; Blues music; ;
- Turner Foddrell sings and plays an acoustic guitar. Posey Fodrell is his father, and Marvin is his brother. He lives in Patrick County, where this interview takes place.
- Ferrum College