An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the work and needs of the Grace Nettleton Home: an orphanage for homeless mountain girls sponsored by Lincoln Memorial University. This home for needy mountain girls was founded by Mr. And Mrs....
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...
Dec. 30, 1896 magazine. Includes articles on area church histories, society news, school histories, and local news, as well as advertisements from area businesses.
Tennessee Wesleyan College; Civil War; Teachers' colleges; Home economics;
Pamphlet written by Mrs. Delia L. Williams, founder of the Ritter Home for Girls, 1891, at the Athens School (now Tennessee Wesleyan College), to recruit and inspire local girls to attend the Teachers' Training Course in domestic industries. She...
College girls in uniform stand outside Ritter Hall Dormitory. Notes on back read "Ritter Home Girls, representing ten states", "All ready for church!", and "Ritter Hall Uniform"
Clarence Tross plays the banjo and sings on the porch of his neighbor's house, in order to use their electricity for the recording equipment. This takes place in Durgon, West Virginia.
Banjo Music--Kentucky; Folk Songs--Kentucky; Oral History--Kentucky; Ledford, Lily May; Renfro Valley Barn Dance; Coon Creek Girls;
While performing at Berea College 1-24-80. Lily May Ledford (Powell County, Kentucky) tells of the Coon Creek Girls string band performing at the White House in 1939 for the King and Queen of England and President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Banjo Music--Kentucky; Folk Songs--Kentucky; Oral History--Kentucky; Ledford, Lily May; Renfro Valley Barn Dance; Coon Creek Girls;
While performing at Berea College 1-24-80, Lily May Ledford (Powell County, Kentucky) tells of the formation in 1937 of the Coon Creek Girls string band which performed for many years as part of the Renfro Vally Barn Dance stage and radio shows.
Radio Programs--Kentucky; Radio Programs--Ohio; Country Music--Kentucky; Country Music--Ohio; Country Musicians--Kentucky; Country Musicians--Ohio; Pinex Merrymakers ; Plantation Party ; Renfro Valley Barn Dance ; Girls of the Golden West; Goode,...
Song sung and played on guitar by the Girls of the Golden West on the Pinex Merrymakers and Plantation Party radio programs over station WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937-1938.
Radio Programs--Kentucky; Radio Programs--Ohio; Country Music--Kentucky; Country Music--Ohio; Country Musicians--Kentucky; Country Musicians--Ohio; Pinex Merrymakers ; Plantation Party ; Renfro Valley Barn Dance ; Girls of the Golden West; Goode,...
Song sung and played on guitar by the Girls of the Golden West on the Pinex Merrymakers and Plantation Party radio programs over station WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937-1938.
Radio Programs--Kentucky; Radio Programs--Ohio; Country Music--Kentucky; Country Music--Ohio; Country Musicians--Kentucky; Country Musicians--Ohio; Pinex Merrymakers ; Plantation Party ; Renfro Valley Barn Dance ; Girls of the Golden West; Goode,...
Song sung and played on guitar by the Girls of the Golden West on the Pinex Merrymakers and Plantation Party radio programs over station WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937-1938.
Radio Programs--Kentucky; Radio Programs--Ohio; Country Music--Kentucky; Country Music--Ohio; Country Musicians--Kentucky; Country Musicians--Ohio; Pinex Merrymakers ; Plantation Party ; Renfro Valley Barn Dance ; Girls of the Golden West; Goode,...
Song sung and played on guitar by the Girls of the Golden West on the Pinex Merrymakers and Plantation Party radio programs over station WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937-1938.
Radio Programs--Kentucky; Radio Programs--Ohio; Country Music--Kentucky; Country Music--Ohio; Country Musicians--Kentucky; Country Musicians--Ohio; Pinex Merrymakers ; Plantation Party ; Renfro Valley Barn Dance ; Girls of the Golden West; Goode,...
Song sung and played on guitar by the Girls of the Golden West on the Pinex Merrymakers and Plantation Party radio programs over station WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937-1938.
Radio Programs--Kentucky; Radio Programs--Ohio; Country Music--Kentucky; Country Music--Ohio; Country Musicians--Kentucky; Country Musicians--Ohio; Pinex Merrymakers ; Plantation Party ; Renfro Valley Barn Dance ; Girls of the Golden West; Goode,...
Song sung and played on guitar by the Girls of the Golden West on the Pinex Merrymakers and Plantation Party radio programs over station WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937-1938.
Radio Programs--Kentucky; Radio Programs--Ohio; Country Music--Kentucky; Country Music--Ohio; Country Musicians--Kentucky; Country Musicians--Ohio; Pinex Merrymakers ; Plantation Party ; Renfro Valley Barn Dance ; Girls of the Golden West; Goode,...
Song sung and played on guitar by the Girls of the Golden West on the Pinex Merrymakers and Plantation Party radio programs over station WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937-1938.
Radio Programs--Kentucky; Radio Programs--Ohio; Country Music--Kentucky; Country Music--Ohio; Country Musicians--Kentucky; Country Musicians--Ohio; Pinex Merrymakers ; Plantation Party ; Renfro Valley Barn Dance ; Girls of the Golden West; Goode,...
Song sung and played on guitar by the Girls of the Golden West on the Pinex Merrymakers and Plantation Party radio programs over station WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937-1938.