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- Founding of Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Twelve Blessings of Mary
- Songs
- Religious song, as sung in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
- Lees-McRae College
- First Fire
- Indians of North America; Myths
- Telling of a Cherokee myth.
- Lees-McRae College
- Sally Ann
- Banjos; Fiddle music;
- Jerry Dewitt plays a banjo tune he learned from his uncle with Jim Robertson on fiddle during an interview with Kip Lornell. The banjo is dominant, with the fiddle sound barely perceptable.
- Ferrum College
- Interior of a covered bridge
- Bridges; Dwellings
- The interior of Jack's Creek Bridge. Rafters are visible in the ceiling of the covered bridge, and boards run lengthwise through the bridge for cars to drive upon. A house with numerous shrubs and trees in the front yard is visible through the...
- Ferrum College
- Turner Boyd finishes ox yoke
- Woodwork; Equipment
- Turner Boyd holds a small ox yoke in his lap, fastening an eye bolt through the center of the yoke. A metal ring is looped through the eye bolt. Part of a larger series of photos on making ox yokes.
- Ferrum College
- Bee hunters walking through woods
- Bees; Equipment; Honey
- A man walking through the woods holding a netted beekeeper's hat and a metal pot in his left hand and a chainsaw in his right. Another man is farther ahead next to two pine trees. The men are looking for a bee tree to gather honeycomb. Part of a...
- Ferrum College
- Stony Point
- Guitars; Fiddle music;
- Spence Moore plays guitar with his brother, Joe Moore; on guitar, and his cousin, Ray Nichols, on fiddle. This takes place in Mountain City, Tennessee, where they were raised. Spence now lives in Chilhowie, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Coming Through the Rye
- Radio; Guitars; Western Swing music;
- The Sons of the Pioneers perform live over Roanoke Country Radio station WDBJ. This is an example of the western swing, and cowboy music influence in the Appalachian region. The Texas Troubadours of Roanoke, emulated the popular sounds of the Sons...
- Ferrum College
- Campbell Mansion Artifacts; dough beater board
- Frontier & pioneer life; Cooking utensils; domestic life
- Biscuit dough was rolled through this machine to make "Southern Beaten Biscuits". The dough was usually rolled through at least 100 times until the dough "snapped". When company was expected, the dough was rolled through up to...
- Bethany College
- Legend of the Monongahela
- Indians of North America; Monongahela National Forest
- Story of Susquehanna chief Monongahela, for whom the West Virginia river is named.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Pioneers / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
- 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...
- Lincoln Memorial University
- In the North Carolina Alleghanies
- Missions
- Describes a missionary's visit to the area around Asheville, North Carolina.
- Lees-McRae College
- Native Mountaineers
- Indians of North America
- The author's description of a visit to the Cherokee Indians of Graham, Jackson, Swain, and Cherokee Counties of Western North Carolina.
- Lees-McRae College
- How the World Was Made
- Indians of North America; Myths
- Telling of a Cherokee myth.
- Lees-McRae College
- Water races of gristmill have leaks
- Mills
- 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...
- Ferrum College
- Water flows over wheel of gristmill
- Mills
- 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...
- Ferrum College
- Water wheel and races of Tom Agee's gristmill
- Mills
- 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...
- Ferrum College
- Water wheel of Agee Mill
- Mills
- 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...
- Ferrum College
- Tom Agee's gristmill
- Mills
- 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...
- Ferrum College