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- Red Wing
- Pianos; Fiddle music;
- Gary Patton plays a fiddle tune on the piano. Gary lives in Woodlawn, Virginia, near Galax.
- 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
- History of Talbott Community (Barbour County, W. Va.)
- Early history of a West Virginia community. Content appears to have been written in early 20th century.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- playing at dances, depression (talking)
- Interviews; Fiddle tunes--Appalachian Region;
- Jeff Robbins interviews Enoch Rutherford at Fiddlers Grove. At the time, Jeff was a Warren Wilson College student. Enoch is from Independence, Virginia.
- Warren Wilson College
- Hoplight Ladies
- Fiddle music;
- Alan Jabbour (fiddle) and Bertram Levy (banjo) perform at Warren Wilson College's Sage Cafe. They are two of the founding members of the Hollow Rock String Band. This concert was organized by Phil Jamison. Alan considers Henry Reed (1884-1968)...
- Warren Wilson College
- Kitchen Girl
- Fiddle music;
- Alan Jabbour (fiddle) and Bertram Levy (banjo) perform at Warren Wilson College's Sage Cafe. They are two of the founding members of the Hollow Rock String Band. This concert was organized by Phil Jamison. Alan learned this song from his mentor,...
- Warren Wilson College
- Minutes of the Eighty-Third Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist
- Religion; Religious events
- This is a copy of the original Minutes of the Eighty-Third Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist held with the Enterprise Church, Pike County, Kentucky, on Friday and Saturday, September 25, 26 and 27, 1908. Includes...
- University of Pikeville
- Why Should I Be Lonely
- Guitars; Singing;
- Spence Moore sings a Jimmie Rodgers song and plays guitar for Vaughan Webb in his home in Chilhowie, Virginia. He was born and raised in Mountain City, Tennessee.
- Ferrum College
- Lonesome Day
- ; Guitars; Singing;
- Janette Carter, daughter of Sara and A.P. Carter, plays one of her parent's songs. Janette plays the guitar and sings. This takes place in Janette's home. Listen to Janette and her brother, Joe, talking about this song: fe07002.
- Ferrum College
- Little Brown Jug
- Mouth organs; Guitars;
- Wilbur Martin plays harmonica with his brother-in-law, Kenneth Hepinstall playing guitar. This takes at Hepinstall's store near Huddleston, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Sweet Sunny South
- Banjos;
- Leslie Vance Quesenberry plays a banjo tune for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home in Hiawassee, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Soldier's Joy
- Fiddle music; Banjos; Guitars;
- Pug Allen plays fiddle with his son, George (banjo), and nephew, Glenn (guitar) at his Stuarts Draft home. Pug grew up near Montebello, VA and played banjo with the Skyline Boys in the 1940's.
- Ferrum College
- Billy Malone
- Banjos; Ballads;
- Wilson Lawhorn plays the banjo and sings a song about young lovers. Emory Fitzgerald is also present. They are both residents of Tyro, Nelson County, where this interview with Kip Lornell takes place.
- Ferrum College
- Sucking Cider
- Banjos; Singing;
- Wilson Lawhorn plays the banjo and sings a song about young lovers. Emory Fitzgerald is also present. They are both residents of Tyro, Nelson County, where this interview with Kip Lornell takes place.
- Ferrum College
- Rough Road to Danville
- Guitars; Singing; Railroads;
- Thurman 'Cowboy' Burks sings and plays acoustic guitar. He is a longtime street performer from Botetourt County, Virginia. This is an original version of the common song, Wreck of the Old 97.
- Ferrum College
- square dancing, dulcimers (talking)
- Dulcimers; Interviews; Square dancing;
- Woodrow Russell talks with Kip Lornell about old square dances in the area. This interview takes place in Woodrow's home in Marion, Virginia. Woodrow is the son of Sam Russell, a well known dulcimer player and builder. Woodrow continues these...
- Ferrum College
- Wildwood Flower
- Dulcimers;
- Ed Harris plays dulcimer for Kip Lornell. This interview takes place in Ed's home in Chilhowie, Virginia. Ed makes dulcimers, including the one he is playing. Ed's mother played dulcimer and taught him to play.
- Ferrum College
- Little Girl
- Mouth organs;
- Ray Barger plays the harmonica for Kip Lornell before an interview. Ray played guitar for the Roanoke Jug Band in the late 1920's and early 1930's. Other members include Mahon Overstreet (guitar), Clyde Dooley (banjo), Walter Keith (banjo),...
- Ferrum College
- Harwell #218 metre 19
- Shape Note Singing;
- Mennonites sing at an annual event at Weaver's Mennonite Church near Harrisonburg, Virginia. This is the 75th anniversary of the event. They are singing out of a book called Harmonia Sacra, first published by Joseph Funk in 1832. This event...
- Ferrum College
- Cecil Sharpe visit (talking)
- Pianos; ; Interviews;
- Clarice Shelor talks about her aunt and other family members singing songs and playing music for Cecil Sharpe. This takes place in her home in Meadows of Dan, Virginia.
- Ferrum College