An article from the "Mountain Herald" about a special course for public school teachers offered by Lincoln Memorial University. An elderly gentleman named David Idol, from Grainger County, Tennessee enrolled in the course and was...
The library director at Lincoln Memorial University shares thoughts on books as tools for information, entertainment, uplift, and inspiration. Specific recent biographies are highlighted because the director has found "I can stimulate the...
An illustrated article from the "Mountain Herald" about Miss Ellen Click, of Mulberry Gap, Tennessee: a teacher who is attending the summer school of Lincoln Memorial University. Her improvements to a rural school in Hancock County: a...
In this missive toward the missionary spirit of educators in rural areas, teacher Gertrude Bartlett is described as a helpful teacher in a small school "but a short distance from [Lincoln Memorial University]." The town is not named,...
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Family size -- Anecdotes.; Dalton, D. D. -- "Buck".; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.); Rural youth -- (Grainger County, Tenn.) -- Biography.; Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Periodicals.
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about D.D. "Buck" Dalton, who is described as a Lincoln Memorial University student from a family of twenty-four children . His father, David Dalton, lives "on a small farm near...
Fiddle music; Stamper, Hiram, 1893-1991; Two Little Indians and One Old Squaw;
Fiddle tune preformed by Hiram Stamper in key of G. fiddle
tuned gdad. Recorded in Knott County, Kentucky by Bob Butler on June 18, 1986. Known
more often in eastern Kentucky as The Indian Squaw.
Fiddle music; Stamper, Hiram, 1893-1991; Kiss Me Quick;
Fiddle tune preformed by Hiram Stamper in key of A. Fiddle
tuned aeae. Recorded in Knott County, Kentucky by Bob Butler on June 18, 1986. The
full name is Kiss Me Quick My Papa's Coming.
Glory in the Meeting House; Fiddle music; Stamper, Hiram, 1893-1991
Fiddle tune preformed by Hiram Stamper in key of E. Fiddle
tuned edae, the low string an octave low. Recorded in Knott County, Kentucky by Bruce
Greene on March 20, 1977.
Fiddle music; Stamper, Hiram, 1893-1991; Young Edward;
Fiddle tune preformed by Hiram Stamper in key of A. Fiddle tuned aeae. Recorded in Knott County, Kentucky by Bruce Greene on March 20, 1977. This is an old song, The Drunkard's Dream, turned into a fiddle tune.
Fiddle music; Stamper, Hiram, 1893-1991; Roll on John;
Banjo tune preformed by Hiram Stamper in key of D. Banjo
tuned gDGBD. Recorded in Knott County, Kentucky by Bruce Greene in 1980. The tune more
recently has evolved into the popular bluegrass number,
"Roll On Buddy."
Fiddle tune preformed by Hiram Stamper in key of G. Fiddle
tuned gdae. Recorded in Knott County, Kentucky by Bruce Greene in 1980. In eastern
Kentucky it has also been played as Buck Creek Girls.
Fiddle tune performed Hiram Stamper in key of A. Fiddle
tuned aeae. Recorded in Knott County, Kentucky by Bruce Greene on February 11, 1977.
It is a different tune than one by the same name as played
by Luther Strong for the Library of...