Photograph of Virginia Hall taken on Commencement day, 1911. The image was taken by a member of the Gray Family, Rev. Dr. Charles Oliver Gray was president of Tusculum from 1908 - 1932.
King Edward Smith plays a religious tune on his guitar during an interview with Vaughan Webb. Ed is the brother of banjo player Hobart Smith, and ballad singer, Texas Gladden. He lives near Saltville, in Smyth County, Virginia.
Bo Bradham plays fiddle with Peter Jung's guitar accompaniment in a sudio in Vermont. Bo wrote: Wade Hampton's Hornpipe: From Cole's 100, where everybody who was anybody in the Civil War has a tune named after them. Memorial Day: I wrote this and...
This is a newspaper printed by the Old Regular Baptists at Millstone, Kentucky. This is volume 2, whole number 20, number 8, and was printed in September 1925. It has letters, editorial, and obituaries.
Virgie Wallin sings a ballad in her Madison county home for a high school group from Paideia school in Atlanta. The group is led by John Sundale. Virgie's husband, Cas, is also present.
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.
newspapers; floods; disasters; college towns; colleges
This is a special edition paper printed by Pikeville College in the aftermath of the Flood of 1977. While its purpose was to seek funding for the college after the crisis, this paper also relates first-hand accounts of the flood and how it...
Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.; Brown, Fred F.; Howard, Mary Giles; National Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.); Morland, J. W.; Cox, Walter I. -- 1866-1930.;
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Anniversaries, etc.;
Lincoln...
The article: "Lincoln Day celebration" relates to the Lincoln Day program at Lincoln Memorial University on February 12, [1925]. Dr. Fred F. Brown, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Knoxville, delivered the main address at the event....
Lincoln Memorial University. Pioneer's Day Convocation. ; York, Alvin Cullum -- 1887-1964.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the Pioneer's Day Convocation, held at Lincoln Memorial University during the July, 1925 Commencement week. The principal speaker was Hon. Thomas H. Adams, editor of the Vincennes...
Text of a brochure written by Rev. Edgar Tufts, Principle of
the Girls Department of Lees-McRae Institute, Banner Elk,
North Carolina, describing the plight of young women in the
mountains of Western North Carolina and requesting
scholarship...
Clayton Horsley sings and plays the acoustic guitar. He was born and raised in Campbell County and moved to Lynchburg in his teens, where this recording takes place. Listen to another version of this Clayton's song: fe01402.
Clayton Horsley sings and plays the guitar. He was born and raised in Campbell County and moved to Lynchburg in his teens, where this recording takes place. Listen to another version of this Clayton's song: fe01411.
Type: Wholecloth<br>Name: Wholecloth.<br>The quilt is made by Susannah Skidmore Day. The quilt is believed to have been made while she lived in Harlan County.<br>Set Up: Wholecloth strips that are pieced together. The quilt is a...