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- Founding of Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- What They Do
- Appalachian Mountains; Families
- The author's impressions of the work habits of the Appalachian mountaineers.
- Lees-McRae College
- Haitty Won't You Drink Some More Good Old Cider; Paddy Won't You Drink Some Good Old Cider
- Fiddle music; Myers, David; Haitty Won't You Drink Some More Good Old Cider; Paddy Won't You Drink Some Good Old Cider;
- Fiddle tune played by David Myers and recorded by Steve Rice in Marshall County, Kentucky 10-1-91.
- Berea College
- History of Indian Camp Community (Upshur County, W. Va.)
- Early history of a West Virginia community. Content appears to have been written in early 20th century.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Woman's Edition of The New Dominion - Volume 30, Number 37 - Dec. 30, 1896
- Women; Newspapers
- Dec. 30, 1896 magazine. Includes articles on area church histories, society news, school histories, and local news, as well as advertisements from area businesses.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- 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
- The Old Regular Baptist
- Religion; Religious events; newspapers
- This is a newspaper printed by the Old Regular Baptists at Millstone, Kentucky. This is volume 2, whole number 20, number 8, and was printed in September 1925. It has letters, editorial, and obituaries.
- University of Pikeville
- Women of the Mountains
- Education
- 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...
- Lees-McRae College
- Early Mountain Schools
- Schools
- Roan Mountain resident's description of the first schools in the area.
- Lees-McRae College
- Story of a Cherokee Family
- Indians of North America
- The author's retelling of a story passed down to him, dealing with the fate of a Cherokee Indian family and the subsequent desecration of their graves by U.S. soldiers.
- Lees-McRae College
- Hard Luck Blues
- Banjos; Singing; Blues music;
- Big Sweet Lewis Hairston sings and plays the banjo. He was born in McDowell County, West Virginia, and moved to Henry county, Virginia in 1955.
- Ferrum College
- Some Day Baby
- Guitars; Blues music; Singing;
- Clayton Horsley sings and plays the acoustic guitar. He was born and raised in Campbell County and moved to Lynchburg in his teens, where this recording takes place. Listen to another version of this Clayton's song: fe01402.
- Ferrum College
- Worried Life Blues
- Guitars; Blues music; Singing;
- Clayton Horsley sings and plays the guitar. He was born and raised in Campbell County and moved to Lynchburg in his teens, where this recording takes place. Listen to another version of this Clayton's song: fe01411.
- Ferrum College
- Hard Luck Blues
- Blues music; Guitars; Singing;
- Dave Dickerson sings and plays guitar for a small concert at Books, Strings, and Things in Blacksburg, Virginia. Dave was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, and spent much of his life working in Welch, West Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Facts about Monongahela National Forest
- Forests; Forest reserves;
- Booklet describing resources and management of Monongahela National Forest, in West Virginia.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Dear Sister (Oct. 14, 1862)
- Civil War; Correspondence
- A letter from Watson Bunten to his sister, purportedly Sirene Bunten, written from Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tennessee.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Sgt. Robert L. Dew
- World War II; Soldiers; Tennessee Wesleyan College
- 3" x 5" black and white photograph (now, sepia) of Sgt. Robert L. Dew, a soldier in World War II, having his shoes shined by an "Arab" child [unknown]. On the back of the photo is written, " Robert sent a little Kodak...
- Tennessee Wesleyan College
- Hatcher Hotel 15/20
- 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
- Pikeville College Diary of a Flood
- 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...
- University of Pikeville
- Letter, 1944, June 13, U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, to "Dear Nick" [Roland D. Carter]
- Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.); Stuart, Jesse -- 1906-1984 -- Correspondence.; Stuart, Jesse -- 1906-1984 -- Primary sources.; Stuart, Jesse -- 1906-1984 -- Relationship to Lincoln Memorial University.; Stuart, Jesse -- 1906-1984 --...
- In this letter to his friend (Dr. Roland D. Carter, Department of English, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), Stuart writes from the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, Illinois, to tell him that their respective letters probably...
- Lincoln Memorial University