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- Amazing Grace
- Choirs (Music); Shape Note singing;
- Singers, including Quay Smathers and Leonard Westmoreland, from Canton, North Carolina, recite hymns before a potluck supper at Warren Wilson College. Each song begins with a version using only shaped notes, as a sort of warm up for each tune,...
- Warren Wilson College
- Alan Jabbour Question 6
- Fiddle music;
- Alan Jabbour answers questions of an audience in Warren Wilson College's Canon Lounge. This recording is from an annual Harwood-Cole Memorial Lecture. Alan considers Henry Reed (1884-1968) of Glen Lyn, Virginia to be his foremost fiddle mentor.
- Warren Wilson College
- Scrapbook page with verse
- Cabins; Scrapbooks; Tennessee Wesleyan College
- This page from a scrapbook has one 2 1/2" by 4" black and white (now, sepia) photograph of cabin, and another of a view of the mountains from the river. Written on the black page in white letters is, "In these two scenes a contrast...
- Tennessee Wesleyan College
- 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
- Barbara Allen
- Ballads;
- Five leaves of lined paper, handwritten in pencil on the front sides and on the reverse side of the fifth leaf. The document is in fair physical condition, with uneven edges at the top, some minor tears, creases, and tape repairs, as well as holes...
- Mars Hill College
- Founding of Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Jeb Stuart Letter
- Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864--Correspondence
- Letter written by Stuart while he was stationed in Kansas to his niece Lizzie Pierce in North Carolina
- Emory & Henry College
- July 17, 1862 Letter from Mary Hervey to her sister
- Civil War; Family; Horseback riding; Hotels
- This is a letter written by Mary Hervey to her sister. The letter was written in Cumberland Maryland. It mentions that General Kelly, who was married to one of the Goshorn daughters, was staying in the same hotel as Mrs. Hervey. The letter also...
- Wheeling Jesuit University
- Jennie Goshorn Staub letter
- Correspondence; Grandparents; Writing;
- This is a letter written by Jennie Goshorn Staub to her grandmother. Her grandmother was Priscilla Goshorn. The letter is the first one she has written. Jennie wanted to tell her grandmother that she had learned to write and that she should send...
- Wheeling Jesuit University
- Charles Wakefield Cadman in front of Nocatula legend trees
- Photographs; Musicians; Tennessee Wesleyan College
- 2 1/2" x 4" black and white photograph (now, sepia) of Charles Wakefield Cadman, playing a musical instrument while standing in front of the trees spoken of in the Nocatula legend. On the back of the photograph is written,...
- Tennessee Wesleyan College
- Lover's Farewell
- Folk songs
- Words to a traditional love song, as sung in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
- Lees-McRae College
- Rev. John J. Swint, D.D.
- Bishops;
- A tri-vold brochure describing the life and work of Most Reverend John J. Swint, D.D., LL.D, Archbishop-Bishop of Wheeling. Bishop Swint was born in Pickens, WV.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Reply to John Mitchell
- Coal miners; Coal miners; Labor unions; Labor unions; Coal miners
- Contains letters by Eugene V. Debs and John Mitchell published in the Social Democratic Herald concerning the averted strike in 1904 of the United Mine Workers of America.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Negroes can be enrolled at Wesleyan
- West Virginia Wesleyan College; Afro-Americans; Students
- Newspaper article describing admission of African American students to West Virginia Wesleyan College
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Union in revolt 3:04
- Coal mining; Coal miners; Labor unions; Singing;Black lung
- Narration by Tim Meyers. Mannington Mine Disaster, written and performed by Hazel Dickens. Boyle and his views of mine safety, and the importance of the black lung law. Arnold Miller speaks of the issues at hand, and looking for someone to run...
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- History of Talbott Community (Barbour County, W. Va.)
- Early history of a West Virginia community. Content appears to have been written in early 20th century.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- History of Lorentz 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
- 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
- History of Exchange Community (Braxton County, W. Va.)
- Early history of a West Virginia community. Content appears to have been written in early 20th century.
- 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