Mennonites sing at an annual event at Weaver's Mennonite Church near Harrisonburg, Virginia. This is the 75th anniversary of the event. They are singing out of a book called Harmonia Sacra, first published by Joseph Funk in 1832. This event...
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.
Fiddle Tunes--Virginia; Bond, Eddie; Little Stream of Whiskey;
Fiddle tune played and sung by Eddie Bond and accompanied by Jake Krack on fiddle, Cody Jackson on banjo, Dale Moris on banjo, Karen Carr on bass, and Dara Krack on guitar, at the Old Fiddler's Convention, Galax, VA, 08-09-06.
History of WV Methodists who have received the Conference Cane, "awarded to men of age and long years of service ... almost always awarded to the oldest man who has given his life for a worthy cause."
Flave Hart plays three-finger banjo, with guitar accompaniment by Mack Snoderly, during a concert featuring different banjo syles. The concert takes place in Warren Wilson College's Sage Cafe. Phil Jamison organized this concert. Flave is from...
Janette Carter plays the autoharp and sings with John McCutcheon accompanying on guitar for a music class at Warren Wilson College. Janette is the daughter of Sara and A.P. Carter.
Jean Ritchie performs solo at the Asheville Junction, a coffeehouse venue founded by Andy Cohen. Jean is from Viper, Kentucky, born in 1922. Listen to Jean talk preceding this song: ww05129.
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.
This is a copy of the original Minutes of the Eighty-Third Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist held with the Enterprise Church, Pike County, Kentucky, on Friday and Saturday, September 25, 26 and 27, 1908. Includes...
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...
This photograph is of a Splash Dam on Camp Creek, in Rabun County, Georgia. The identity of the two men in the photograph is unknown, but both were employees of Gennett Lumber Company in the early part of the twentieth century. These splash dams...
Boone, Daniel -- 1734-1820.; Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.)
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about Lincoln Memorial University as a "living memorial to Abraham Lincoln" in the famous area of Cumberland Gap: where the states of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky intersect. It was...