Three leaves, handwritten in black ink on the front sides. The document is in fairly good physical condition. There are staple holes in the upper left corners of each leaf and a small hole in the center of the top of each leaf. There has been a...
Albert Hylton walks behind a team of horses hitched to a plow. Hylton guides the plow with his hands; the horses' reins are wrapped around Hylton's waist. The man and horses walk up a hill away from the camera. Farm located on Laurel Fork Creek...
Two unidentified men and a dog walk across a narrow footbridge across a stream of water in the woods. Photo taken in Virginia; specific location of scene unknown.
The Skirtlifters perform at Warren Wilson College's Kittredge Theater. The group consists of Clarke Buehling (banjo), Bill Mathews (guitar), Jim Lansford (fiddle), Curly Miller (fiddle), and Pete Howard (bass). The band members are from Arkansas...
Evonee Rakes (front) and one of her sisters walk across a footbrige over a stream of water. Both girls carry baskets over their arms. Photo taken from the opposite river bank, from a side angle.
Evonne Rakes (front) and one of her sisters carry baskets on each arm and walk across a footbridge. Photo taken on the bridge, with girls walking straight toward the camera.
Two men and a boy walk up a hill in the woods. Leading man and boy carrying unidentified objects. The second man carrys a crosscut saw in his left hand, and a metal bucket in his right. Palmer attributes this bee hunt to Ted Dehart.
Two women in dresses and coats walk up to a small cabin. A woman stands in the doorway of the house wearing a white apron. Palmer's note with photo reads, "Log cabin near Reynolds Handy's orchard."
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...
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.
Eric Schoenberg performs at the Asheville Junction, a coffeehouse venue founded by Andy Cohen. This is an imitation of a traditional cake walk tune. It was written by Cary Mills at the dawn of the ragtime period.
Doc Watson plays guitar and sings with his son, Merle, playing guitar at the Roanoke Bluegrass Festival, at Cantrells Horse Farm in Fincastle, Virginia. Doc is from Deep Gap, North Carolina. Mel Tillis wrote this song about John Henry.