Dec. 30, 1896 magazine. Includes articles on area church histories, society news, school histories, and local news, as well as advertisements from area businesses.
A self-published autobiography of John C. Shaw, educator and former president of West Liberty Normal School (now West Liberty State College) from 1908-1919.
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...
Superintendent Elizabeth Jackson describes her role in running the Grace Nettleton Home, a home for girls who are orphaned or who have some kind of "domestic upheaval." The Grace Nettleton Home is located on the campus of Lincoln...
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.
Preacher Leonard's dream. Brought to completion with community support of money and labor. Three floors, running water, 96 windows. Dedicated in November, 1929.
Tom Allen tells Kip Lornell about running across a moonshiner while working for the CCC camps during the depression. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
Close up of the front of the water wheel and races of Tom Agee's gristmill. Water springs from leaks in the side of the races. The larger mill building is not visible in this photo. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork...
Water flows from the races down onto the water wheel of the Tom Agee gristmill. Most of the water runs over the side of the wheel instead of turning it forward. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork Creek running through...
Close up photo of the broad side of the mill's water wheel. Races are above the wheel, and the beams holding up the races and wheel are visible in the photo. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork Creek running through...
Close up photo of Tom Agee's water wheel and part of the races beside the gristmill. The wheel is stationary as the water flows out of the races before reaching the wheel. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork Creek...
Side view of the Agee gristmill with its water wheel and races visible. Water runs from the side of the races into the stream below instead of flowing over the water wheel. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork Creek...
Three women and one man stand around a rectangular vat used to boil sorghum juice into molasses. Two women are bent over, running their fingers along the bottom and sides of the vat. The other woman licks one of her fingers to taste the just-made...
Close up of juice from crushed sorghum cane running from a squeezing machine into a metal tub. Spent cane is visible in the machine above the spout. Part of a larger series of photos on molasses making that Palmer titled, "Molasses stir...
Agriculture; Home food processing; Molasses; Equipment
Close up photo of sorghum juice running from a crushing machine into a metal tub. Pieces of crushed cane are visible in the machine above the spout. Part of a larger series of photos on molasses making with Newton Hylton.