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- [Maw and Paw Coffee Mugs]
- Overall: A set of white ceramic coffee mugs. One is of a "Maw" mug and the second is of a "Paw" mug. The "Maw" mug depicts a "hillbilly" woman in her house doing domestic work, while the "Paw" mug...
- Berea College
- [Maw and Paw Coffee Mugs]
- Overall: A set of white ceramic coffee mugs. One is of a "Maw" mug and the second is of a "Paw" mug. The "Maw" mug depicts a "hillbilly" woman in her house doing domestic work, while the "Paw" mug...
- Berea College
- [Miss Butler and her basket weaving class] / [unknown].
- Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern.; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern.; Weaving -- Tennessee -- Harrogate -- Education.
- This photograph is of Myra Butler's weaving class, in the Domestic Economy program at Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee. The "hands-on" experience of the technique is seen in process, with the various styles of dress and...
- Lincoln Memorial University
- "Letters from Two Friends" [needs full metadata]
- Lincoln Memorial University
- "Picking up the Homeless Little Girls of the Hills" [needs full metadata]
- Lincoln Memorial University
- Campbell Mansion artifacts; Campbell Mansion, 1909
- Architecture; Historic sites; Bethany College; Domestic life
- The Campbell home was considered quite a home in the late 1700's as it had 3 floors, glass windows, and large rooms. Decima Barclay, daughter of Alexander Campbell, is seen in the foreground. She added lattice on the front porches and a bay window...
- Bethany College
- Campbell Mansion artifacts; clock reel
- Domestic life; Knitting;
- A clock reel was used to wind skeins of yarn. Once a skein was wound, a mechanism called a "weasel" inside the reel popped. The ditty 'Pop Goes the Weasel' comes from use of a clock reel.
- Bethany College
- Campbell Mansion Artifacts; cradle/rocker
- Cradles; Children's furniture; domestic life;
- The cradle was fashioned by John Brown, an accomplished carpenter and Alexander Campbell's father-in-law. All 14 of the Campbell children, as well as many babies in the neighborhood.
- Bethany College
- Campbell Mansion Artifacts; dough beater board
- Frontier & pioneer life; Cooking utensils; domestic life
- Biscuit dough was rolled through this machine to make "Southern Beaten Biscuits". The dough was usually rolled through at least 100 times until the dough "snapped". When company was expected, the dough was rolled through up to...
- Bethany College
- Campbell Mansion Artifacts; highchair
- Children's furniture; Domestic life;
- This is a hand-crafted high chair/youth chair. It was purchased from the Mansion Acquisitions Campaign in 1995 from the Barnsville Antique Mall, Barnsville, Ohio.
- Bethany College
- Campbell Mansion Artifacts; new parlor, 1909
- Entertaining; Guests; Domestic life; Parlors; Historic sites; Bethany College
- Strangers' Hall consisted of a formal parlor and two bedrooms. Among the guests who stayed in this wing were James A. Garfield, trustee of Bethany College, President of Hiram and future President of the United States; John C. Calhoun, states rights...
- Bethany College
- Campbell Mansion Artifacts; new parlor, 1947
- Entertaining; Guests; Domestic life; Parlors;
- Strangers' Hall, as it was known by the community, was a one-story guest wing on the West side of the house, consisting of a formal parlour and two bedrooms. It had a porch with columns across the front and a privy out back. It was the final...
- Bethany College
- Campbell Mansion Artifacts; new parlor, 1990 restored (1840)
- Parlors; Guests; Entertaining; Domestic life; Historic sites; Bethany College
- The Guest wing or "Strangers' Hall," was completed in 1840, the year that Bethany College was chartered. It was built to accomodate an increasing number of prominent visitors to the home.Three of its walls are covered with original...
- Bethany College
- Campbell Mansion Artifacts; reclining chair, 1848
- Chairs; Domestic life; Furniture;Historic sites
- Made in circa 1848, this reclining chair was used by Thomas Campbell in his later years when he lived in the Campbell home. He would sit by the fireplace while the Campbell children gathered at his feet and read him stories.
- Bethany College
- Campbell Mansion Artifacts; sewing machine, (1840?)
- Sewing equipment & supplies; Domestic life; Sewing;
- Sewing machines were beginning to find their way into more homes in the mid 1800's, including the Campbell Mansion. The needle on this machine goes through a hole in a small piece of glass.
- Bethany College
- Cherokee Indians
- Indians of North America
- Description of the author's visit to the Cherokee Indians of Qualla Town in Heywood County, North Carolina.
- Lees-McRae College
- Conference of mountain workers / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
- Conference of Southern Mountain Workers (Knoxville, Tenn.) ; East Tennessee State Normal School.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.); Universities and colleges -- United States -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Congresses and...
- An article from the "Mountain Herald," about the March 29th and 30th, 1916 annual conference of the college and preparatory schools in the Southern Appalachians. The first address was delivered by Hon. Samuel W. Sherrill, State...
- Lincoln Memorial University
- Dining Hall in Virginia Hall Basement
- Universities & colleges; Cafeterias; Students;
- Virginia Hall was built to house the college dining hall, kitchen, and Domestic Science labortories. The dining hall was located in the basement of Virginia Hall.
- Tusculum College
- Domestic Science Class
- Women's education; Universities & colleges; Cookery; Women;
- One of the Domestic Science labortories in Virginia Hall.
- Tusculum College
- Harmer Gateway, 1917
- Universities & colleges; Gates;West Virginia Wesleyan College
- These stone pillars and steps were a gift to West Virginia Wesleyan College from Harvey W. Harmer, of Clarksburg, West Virginia. They still stand at the entrance to Senior Walk, in front of the Administration Building. Notice the absence of parking...
- West Virginia Wesleyan College

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