Digital Library of Appalachia

Their Characteristics
Appalachian Mountains; Families
A description of the author's impression of the characteristics of the Appalachian mountaineers.
Lees-McRae College

Coming Round the Mountain
Accordions; ;
John Tolliver plays a tune on the accordion. Hiawatha Giles is also present and can be heard. John is visiting his family in Nelson County. He has moved to Washington D.C. John and his cousin, Frank, learned accordion from their uncle, Frank...
Ferrum College

Smokey Mountain Rag
Radio; Bands; Fiddle music;
The Dixie Playboys perform live over Roanoke Country Radio station WSLS. They are a Roanoke band, that played traditional music and also emulated the popular sounds of the Sons of the Pioneers. Members of the Dixie Playboys include, but are not...
Ferrum College

Smokey Mountain Rag
Radio; Bands; Fiddle music;
The Dixie Playboys perform live over Roanoke Country Radio station WSLS. They are a Roanoke band, that played traditional music and also emulated the popular sounds of the Sons of the Pioneers. Members of the Dixie Playboys include, but are not...
Ferrum College

The Grace Nettleton Home / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Child welfare -- Tennessee -- Harrogate -- History.; Grace Nettleton Home (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.; Orphanages -- Tennessee -- Harrogate -- History.
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....
Lincoln Memorial University

Southern mountain workers' conference / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Campbell, John Charles -- 1867-1919.; Conference of Southern Mountain Workers (Knoxville, Tenn.)
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about the thirteenth annual program of the Conference of Southern Mountain workers held in Knoxville, Tennessee, on March 17-19, 1925. About two hundred delegates represented most of the schools in...
Lincoln Memorial University

Investigating Conditions
Missions
Describes the author's travels in Western North Carolina, on behalf of the Asheville Presbytery, for the purpose of investigating living conditions.
Lees-McRae College

Our Carolina Highlanders
Education
Text of an address to the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 29, 1916, regarding education and economic development in Western North Carolina.
Lees-McRae College

Clinch Mountain Backstep
Bluegrass Music--Virginia; Stanley, Ralph and the Clinch Mountain Boys; Clinch Mountain Backstep; Banjo Music--Virginia;
Banjo tune played by Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys at the Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music October 1994.
Berea College

The mountain conference / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Campbell, John Charles -- 1867-1919.; Education, Rural -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Congresses and conventions.; Universities and colleges -- United States -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Congresses and conventions.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the "Mountain Conference" at Knoxville: "it includes all churches, all professions, all interests pertaining to the mountains." It was originated and developed by John C....
Lincoln Memorial University

A mountain girl speaks / [by] Irene Bolton. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Appalachian Region, Southern -- English language -- Dialects.; Bolton, Irene.; English language -- Dialects -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" by Irene Bolton, a student at Lincoln Memorial University, about the old English expressions still manifest in the Appalachian Mountains. Many examples and usages are given, as to how the mountain...
Lincoln Memorial University

The story of a mountain girl / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.)
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about the memories and experiences of a mountain girl with ambition to get a college education, eventually arriving at Lincoln Memorial University. She discusses funerals and burials, as well as...
Lincoln Memorial University

I want to be somebody / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Education.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.); Mountain people -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Education.
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about a young mountaineer who walked forty miles to Lincoln Memorial University from his home "in a county that cannot boast of a railroad." He was eleven when he attended his first...
Lincoln Memorial University

How Mountain Girls Can Love
Bluegrass music; Bands;
The Stanley Brothers and their band perform at the Roanoke Bluegrass Festival, at Cantrells Horse Farm in Fincastle, Virginia. They are from Dickenson County, Virginia. Carter was a member of Bill Monroe's band in 1951. The brothers are singing,...
Ferrum College

Sunny Side of the Mountain
Bluegrass music; Bands; Singing; Banjos;
The Stanley Brothers and their band perform at the Roanoke Bluegrass Festival, at Cantrells Horse Farm in Fincastle, Virginia. They are from Dickenson County, Virginia. Carter was a member of Bill Monroe's band in 1951. The brothers are singing,...
Ferrum College

Sourwood Mountain
Fiddle music; Walker, Sammy; Sourwood Mountain;
Fiddle tune played by Sammy Walker, recorded by Bruce Greene in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, in 1976.
Berea College

Sourwood Mountain
Fiddle music; Carpenter, Ernie; Sourwood Mountain;
Fiddle tune played by Ernie Carpenter and accompanied by Gerry Milnes at the Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music 10/31/87.
Berea College

Yew Piney Mountain
Fiddle music; Carpenter, Ernie; Yew Piney Mountain;
Fiddle tune played by Ernie Carpenter at the Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music 10/31/87.
Berea College

Sourwood Mountain;
Fiddle Tunes--Tennessee; Roan Mountain Hilltoppers; Sourwood Mountain; Burchfield,Joe;
Fiddle tune played by Joe Burchfield and the Roan Mt. Hilltoppers at the Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music 11/03/84.
Berea College

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