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    • Jennie Goshorn Staub letter

    • Jennie Goshorn Staub letter

    • Correspondence; Grandparents; Writing;

    • This is a letter written by Jennie Goshorn Staub to her grandmother. Her grandmother was Priscilla Goshorn. The letter is the first one she has written. Jennie wanted to tell her grandmother that she had learned to write and that she should send...
    • Wheeling Jesuit University
    • grandmother (talking)

    • grandmother (talking)

    • Ballads;

    • Viola Cole talks with Kip Lornell about her grandmother and other family history. She learned most of the ballads she sings from her mother who learned them from Viola's grandmother. This interview takes place in her Carroll County home.
    • Ferrum College
    • Bully Bornes

    • Bully Bornes

    • Tales--Kentucky; Folk Tales--Kentucky; Bully Borns; Muncy, Jane; Storytelling--Appalachian Region;

    • Tale told by Jane Muncy at Hyden Elementary School in Leslie County, Kentucky and recorded by Leonard Roberts 10-10-49.
    • Berea College
    • Boy That Never Seen a Fraid

    • Boy That Never Seen a Fraid

    • Tales--Kentucky; Jack Tales--Kentucky; Folk Tales--Kentucky; Boy That Never Seen a Fraid; Storytelling--Appalachian Region; Saylor, Don;

    • Tale told by Don Saylor at Hyden Elementary School in Leslie County, Kentucky and recorded by Leonard Roberts 10-10-49.
    • Berea College
    • [Quilt, Grandmother's Flower Garden]

    • [Quilt, Grandmother's Flower Garden]

    • Bedding; Quilts; Handicraft

    • Type: Pieced.<br>Name: Grandmother's Flower Garden.<br>The quilt has a mosaic paper-back in which the paper has been written on. The paper is made in the shape of hexagons in a flower like pattern.<br> Set up: Hexagon shapes...
    • Berea College
    • Stolen Souls from Africa

    • Stolen Souls from Africa

    • Spirituals; Slavery;

    • Rich Kirby plays guitar and sings a song he learned from his grandmother. It is a white abolitionist song. Rich lives in Whitesburg, Kentucky. This concert takes place in the Asheville Junction, founded by Andy Cohen.
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Goodbye

    • Goodbye

    • Guitars; Singing;

    • Sparky Rucker performs at the Asheville Junction, a coffeehouse venue started by Andy Cohen. Sparky is from Clintwood, Virginia. Sparky learned this song from Rev. Pearly Brown, who learned it from his grandmother. Listen to Sparky talking...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Hatcher Hotel 17/20

    • 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

    • 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
    • Allen family tragedy (talking)

    • Allen family tragedy (talking)

    • Ballads; Interviews;

    • Viola Cole talks with Kip Lornell about the Allen family ordeal that occured nearby in 1914, resulting in a courtroom shootout. She learned most of the ballads she sings from her mother who learned them from Viola's grandmother. This interview...
    • Ferrum College
    • Blind Child, The

    • Blind Child, The

    • Ballads;

    • Viola Cole sings a ballad for Kip Lornell during an interview. She learned most of the ballads she sings from her mother who learned them from Viola's grandmother. This interview takes place in her Carroll County home.
    • Ferrum College
    • Lord Thomas

    • Lord Thomas

    • Ballads;

    • Viola Cole sings a tragic love ballad for Kip Lornell. She learned most of the ballads she sings from her mother who learned them from Viola's grandmother. This interview takes place in her Carroll County home.
    • Ferrum College
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