Captain J. M. Cathey, in camp near Weldon, North Carolina, to his father, Col. J. Cathey, February 15, 1864. Captain Cathey writes of his personal feelings and concerns, his health, recent events, the reenlistment of fellow soldiers for additional...
W. L. Love, Times Office, to J. Cathey, Forks of the Pigeon, North Carolina, October 17, 1864. Love says that an article about Cathey’s assistance to families and soldiers during the war that ran in a recent issue of the Times was inaccurate and...
This photograph of Ed Teems with a draw knife and a piece of wood was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, during the time she spent in the area around Brasstown, North Carolina. Teems was a fiddler and the Teems family was one of several...
The back of the photograph shows a partial printing of a postcard from which the photograph has cut. There is no reference as to which part of Album page 25 this photograph was originally placed, but is presumed to be middle left photograph...
This photograph appears with the caption "Wilson & Cook's Mill" in Album. This mill was featured in a variety of Kephart's publications. It appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 48, and 1921 ed, p....
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Fund raising -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Community life -- North Carolina --...
Amy’s opening story is “Granny and the Mule.” Doreyl welcomes Jon Zachary from Cashiers, a songwriter and aerial photographer, who sings one of his own creations, “Ballad of the Piper Club.” Amy speaks with Jim Ed Powell from Tuckasegee...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Fund raising -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Community life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;Special events -- North Carolina --...
Amy introduces the show with “Unfinished Stories,” a song by Jon Zachary of Cashiers. Doreyl talks with Jim Ed Powell and Annette Moore Shelton from Tuckasegee about the history of cakewalks in Jackson County. Amy’s guest, Ruth Shuler from...
G. W. Logan, Richmond, Virginia, to [Cathey], May 30, 1864. Logan writes of a visit to a hospital near Richmond, Virginia, and of recent casualties among troops from Cathey’s area. He comments on the Confederate Congress and what he considers its...
This photographic postcard depicts Mae Gouge (1911-1994) seated at a loom. The photograph for the postcard was taken around 1926-28 by Bayard Wootten in the Weaving Cabin, headquarters for the Penland Weavers and Potters, the community weaving...
This photograph, taken around 1926-28 by Bayard Wootten, shows Mae Gouge (1911-1994) seated at a loom in the Weaving Cabin, near Penland, North Carolina. The cabin served as the center for the Penland Weavers and Potters, the community weaving...
This letter was written by Clementine Douglas to Allen Eaton on September 19, 1942. She regrets that he will not be at the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild membership meeting, but gives him a preview of events and asks for his comments on...
This three-string dulcimer was made by Kentucky luthier Jethro Amburgey. As is typical of early hand-built Appalachian dulcimers, this instrument is only partially fretted, the frets not reaching across the entire fret board. This instrument was...
The Album caption reads simply "Widow Davis." The caption on the reverse of the picture is more detailed and notes: "Widow Davis' cabin on Dick Creek near Dillsboro. Fair sample of all the cabins in these mts., but better chimney...
"Making Sorghum." This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 368) as "Making 'Lasses." This photograph is on Album page 5 with the heading "Tuckaseegee River." It is one of...
The back of the photograph has handwritten caption that is very light and difficult to read, "Kep in winter leaning against mt. laurel a foot thick." The Album caption identifies this photograph as "Laurel near mine." This looks...
A partial album caption reads, "Homeward-bound from Bea . ." The rest is torn off with the corner of the page, but may have indicated a bear hunt. This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1921 ed., p. 80) as...
The Album caption reads simply "The Everett Copper Mine." The text on the reverse of the picture elaborates, "The Everett copper mine. My cabin is just above it. Hampton lives in upper (1 1/2 story) house, alongside boiler house....
Hand written caption on the reverse of the picture: "The Devil's Court-house (stunted rhododendron)." This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1921 ed., p. 104) as ". . . . Powerful steep and Laurely . . ."...
This photograph became seperated from the Album, but appears to match the location for the Album caption "Sheriff Collecting Taxes." This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 40) as "At the...
A view of Horace Kephart's cabin on Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. The caption reads, "The Cabin in Winter" This photograph appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders," 1921 edition, p. 161, as "Cabin on the Little...
