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...
Cas and Virgie Wallin talk in their Madison County home for a group of high school students from Paideia school in Atlanta. The group is led by John Sundale. Listen to Cas sing Fine Sally: ww08931 and talking before the song: ww08930.
Cas and Virgie Wallin talk in their Madison County home for a group of high school students from Paideia school in Atlanta. The group is led by John Sundale. Listen to Cas sing Fine Sally: ww08931 and talking after the song: ww08932.
Agricultural extension work -- Tennessee -- Harrogate -- Study and teaching. ; Grannis, Frank C.; Lincoln Memorial University. Smith-Hughes Program.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the Smith-Hughes Department of Lincoln Memorial University, to promote agricultural extension services "to the remote districts of the mountains, to rural schools, to small communities and...
History of WV Methodists who have received the Conference Cane, "awarded to men of age and long years of service ... almost always awarded to the oldest man who has given his life for a worthy cause."
Dec. 30, 1896 magazine. Includes articles on area church histories, society news, school histories, and local news, as well as advertisements from area businesses.
A self-published autobiography of John C. Shaw, educator and former president of West Liberty Normal School (now West Liberty State College) from 1908-1919.
This is note from Charles McKershan to Miss Bell inviting her to attend Professor Mullin's Hop at Spring House. The dance was on Friday evening, December 24th. The embossed emblem on the upper left corner says Super Fine Bath London.
The local young bluegrass band plays a concert in Hendersonville. The band: Buddy Davis (lead guitar, vocals), Mike Hunter (mandolin), Andy Hunter (lead electric guitar), Brain Hunter (rhythm guitar), Steve Sutton (banjo), Andy Charles (bass),...
Dellie Norton sings at the Asheville Junction with other ballad singers from Madison County, North Carolina: Sheila Adams, Cas Wallin, and Berzilla Wallin.
Cas Wallin sings in his Madison County home for a group of high school students from Paideia school in Atlanta. The group is led by John Sundale. Listen talking before this song: ww08930 and talking after the song: ww08932.
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.
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...
Ford, Henry -- 1863-1947.; Grannis, Frank C.; Lincoln Memorial University. Smith-Hughes Program.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the modern equipment donated to the Smith-Hughes Department of Lincoln Memorial University by Henry Ford. After a visit to the university, he sent between five-thousand and ten-thousand dollars...
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.