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...
Lera Rakes helps her youngest daughter hammer a tack through a piece of material into a quilting frame. Other finished quilts hang draped over a clothesline in the background. Girl's name is either Evonne or Sylvia. Part of a series of photos of...
Group of women hold a wooden quilting frame at an angle while another woman fastens one corner together. A little girl's head is barely visible above the left side of the frame. Part of a series of photos of a quilting party at Charity Community...
An older woman guides a little girl's hand as she stitches a section of a quilt. Another woman quilts beside the girl. Part of a series of photos of a quilting party at Charity Community Center in Franklin County, VA.
A young girl stands in front of a tree trunk beside the base of a covered bridge built across Jack's Creek in Patrick County, Virginia. The branches of the tree cover the roof of the bridge.
Touchstone performs for Asheville's Earth Day celebration. The band includes Zan McLeod (striding guitar, mandocello and bouzouki), Triona NiDhomhnaill (keyboards and vocals), Claudine Langille (mandolin, tenor banjo and vocals), Mark Roberts...
Wry Straw performs at the Asheville Junction, founded by Andy Cohen. The band consists of John McCutheon, Rich Kirby, and Tom Bledsoe. This is the second part of a three-part medley. Listen to St. Anne's Reel: ww12703, and Kitchen Girl:...
Lera Rakes and her daughter Yvonne sit outside in chairs. The girl holds a basket frame in her lap. Lera's hands hold the bottom of the frame. Part of a larger series of photos on basket making. Palmer's note with photo reads, "Lera Rakes...
A group of women sit and stand around a quilting frame, sewing a quilt. A teenage girl watches the women quilting. The girl wears a sweatshirt with a logo of Woolwine High School's Twin Oaks mascot on the front. Part of a series of photos of a...