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- Founding of Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- History of Lost River Community
- Mimeograph description of settlement of West Virginia community.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Politics
- Politics & government
- Roan Mountain resident's recollection of an incident involving a local politician.
- Lees-McRae College
- Hatcher Hotel 17/20
- hotels; sayings; rural areas
- 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.
- University of Pikeville
- Hatcher Hotel 19/20
- hotels; sayings; rural areas
- 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.
- University of Pikeville
- Pikeville College Diary of a Flood
- 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...
- University of Pikeville
- Union in revolt 2:14
- Coal mining; Coal miners; Labor unions; Black lung
- Narration by Tim Meyers. IE Buff speaks about the new safety regulations. Miner, Paul Davis, speaks about black lung legislation. Arnold Miller talks about the regulations.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Since I Have Heard About a Better Home
- Ballads;
- An unidentified man and woman sing a gospel song. This tune is from a cassette labelled 'Bascom Lamar Lunsford', a song collecter and organizer of the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville. This was probably recorded at the Bascom Lamar...
- Warren Wilson College
- Devil's Dream story (about Mitch Wallin)
- Interviews;
- Byard Ray talks with David Holt about Byard's great-uncle, Mitch Wallin, during a performance at Warren Wilson College. Byard is from Madison County, North Carolina.
- Warren Wilson College
- Today as I Think About Heaven...
- Ballads;
- Cas Wallin sings a ballad in his Madison county home for a high school group from Paideia school in Atlanta. The group is led by John Sundale. Cas's wife, Virgie, is also present.
- Warren Wilson College
- Alan Jabbour Question 4
- Fiddle music;
- Alan Jabbour answers questions of an audience in Warren Wilson College's Canon Lounge. This recording is from an annual Harwood-Cole Memorial Lecture. Alan considers Henry Reed (1884-1968) of Glen Lyn, Virginia to be his foremost fiddle mentor.
- Warren Wilson College
- Alumni229
- Alumni & alumnae;
- Pearl and Bill Lewis sending regrets about not attending Alumni Reunion.
- Tusculum College
- Hatcher Hotel 15/20
- hotels; sayings; rural areas
- 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.
- University of Pikeville
- Hatcher Hotel 11/20
- hotels; sayings; rural areas
- 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.
- University of Pikeville
- Four Generations of the Call Family
- group portraits; families;
- On back of image: "Four generations of the Call family; William P. Call, father of Baby John George Call; Wilson Perry Call, b(orn) about 1835 in NC, m(arried) Margaret P. Smith, daughter of James Smith, came to Pike Co., KY about 1870, his...
- University of Pikeville
- Mr. and Mrs. George McClellan Hackney
- group portraits; families; rural areas
- George McClellan Hackney (b. 1870), and wife, Loretta Ann Epling Hackney (b. 1879); children, from left to right: Gettie, b. 1907 (about age 3); Bessie, b. 1909 (on mother's lap, about age 1); and Hettie, b. 1901 (about age 9); This picture was...
- University of Pikeville
- A Visit from Kentucky librarians; The Mystic letters; Winners in baseball.
- Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University -- Sports.;
- The article: "A Visit from Kentucky librarians," is about the annual convention of the Kentucky Library Association, held upon the campus of Lincoln Memorial University on May 7, [1925]. The "principal events of the session were the...
- Lincoln Memorial University
- Letter, 1972, Apr. 26, Greenup, K.Y., to "Dear Roland, " [Roland D. Carter]
- Stuart, Jesse -- 1906-1984 -- Correspondence.; Stuart, Jesse -- 1906-1984 -- Primary sources.; Stuart, Jesse -- 1906-1984 -- Psychology of.
- In this letter to his friend (Dr. Roland D. Carter, Department of English, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), Stuart writes about receiving news about the acceptance of his daughter Jane's first novel being approved by her publisher. He...
- Lincoln Memorial University
- First Fire
- Indians of North America; Myths
- Telling of a Cherokee myth.
- Lees-McRae College
- Mountain City Blues
- Blues music; Guitars; Singing;
- Spence Moore talks with Vaughan Webb about his definition of blues. Then he plays guitar and sings a song his brother wrote about a jail mate. This interview takes place in his home in Chilhowie, Virginia. He was born and raised in Mountain...
- Ferrum College