This section of the 'North Carolina Highways'� map for 1939, issued by the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission (Raleigh, N.C.), features western North Carolina. The map shows Cheoah Lake at Tapoco, N.C., Lake Santeetlah near...
This photograph features an arrangement of handmade craft items and was taken by John Jacob Niles, in the 1930s. Niles (1892-1980) accompanied and assisted Doris Ulmann on her photography trips through Appalachia. This photograph features several...
This stepback cabinet was made by woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup around 1918. A number of useful features are incorporated in this kitchen furniture item including two flour or meal bins that open to the front, upper storage shelves, a horizontal...
This photograph features an arrangement of hand carved animals and was taken by John Jacob Niles, in the 1930s. Niles (1892-1980) was a folksinger, instrument maker, and ballad collector who accompanied and assisted Doris Ulmann on her photography...
This brochure was printed for the 1926 Brasstown Community Fair. Marguerite Butler (later Marguerite Butler Bidstrup), who was instrumental in founding the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1925, is listed as secretary of the Brasstown Fair...
Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain) -- Pictorial works; Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain) -- Description and travel; Toll roads -- North Carolina -- Mitchell, Mount (Mountain) -- Pictorial works;
The Mount Mitchell Motor Road was built over an existing route that went up Mt. Mitchell. Originally constructed as a logging rail line around the turn of the century, in 1921, the railroad track was replaced by an automobile toll road. The...
Community life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Public libraries -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Older people -- Services for -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Community centers -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North...
Today’s show features information about the progress of Jackson County services. Doreyl interviews Mary Otto Selzer about the new Jackson County Public Library, and Amy speaks with Helen Ammons Bryson about the new Jackson County Senior Center....
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Special events -- North Carolina, Western; Musicians -- North Carolina, Western; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson...
Today’s program features talented young people in our community. Amy introduces the show with "Orange Blossom Special" from Ron Smith, one of the judges of the Heritage Alive! Mountain Youth Talent Contest at the Greening Up the Mountains...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Poets, American -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Centenarians -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Catawba County; Music -- North Carolina -- Catawba County;
For the last day of 2011, Stories of Mountain Folk pulled together snippets of interviews from the past year. First, Amy's ballroom dancing story. Doreyl's Creative Corner features interviews with Joyce Moore, Becky Lipkin, and Thomas Rain...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Authors, American -- North Carolina, Western;
Amy opens the show with “Family Stories.” Creative Corner features a turnabout with Neal Hearn interviewing Doreyl about her artwork and Mountain Roots, an upcoming exhibition of her murals. Amy interviews Etheree Burkett Chancellor, avid hiker...
Soldiers -- North Carolina -- Macon County -- Correspondence; Historical reenactments -- North Carolina -- Macon County; North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives;
This week features interviews about the upcoming documentary film Civil War Letters of Macon County which was directed, produced, and filmed by Michael M. Rogers. Doreyl talks with Rogers, and Amy interviews David and Debbie Patterson,...
Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Radio broadcasters -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Radio personalities -- North...
Amy and Doreyl reminisce about growing up in the mountains and finding creative inspiration in nature. For Memorial Day, they share stories from six past shows, emphasizing the need for continued support in order to keep Stories of Mountain Folk on...
Autism spectrum disorders -- Treatment; Agriculture -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Full Spectrum Farms; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Today’s show features part one of Doreyl’s interview with Margaret Oren and Jane Coburn who work with autism spectrum disorder at Full Spectrum Farms in the Wayehutta community. Amy talks with Brenda Anders, chairman of the board for Dogwood...
This photograph by George Masa (1881-1933) is captioned 'Mount Mitchell from Toe River Gap. Motor Road in the foreground.'� Handwritten captions list the prominent physical features of Hallback and Mt. Mitchell. Masa, a native of Japan,...
Lake Junaluska (N.C.); Schools -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Junaluska Summer School (Lake Junaluska, N.C.);
The cover of the 1931 program of the 'Final Announcement, Junaluska Summer School, Incorporated (Affiliated with Duke University), Lake Junaluska, N.C.'� features an outline drawing of the Mission Inn building. Published by the Lake Junaluska...
Lake Junaluska (N.C.); Lake Junaluska Methodist Church Assembly
The cover of the 1932 program of 'The Junaluskan,' published by the Lake Junaluska Methodist Church of Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, features an aerial view of the lake. The Lake Junaluska Methodist Church Assembly offered its guests a wide...
Lake Junaluska (N.C.); Lake Junaluska Methodist Church Assembly
The cover of the 1933 program of 'The Junaluskan,' published by the Lake Junaluska Methodist Church of Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, features a view of the lake in the foreground and mountains in the distance. The 1933 program listed not only...
Bryson City (N.C.); Little Tennessee River (Ga.-Tenn.)
This collage of photographs in the R.A. Romanes (1896-1978) collection is dated November 1, 1937, and features Bryson City, North Carolina (top left), the Little Tennessee River as seen from the Franklin, N.C., to Bryson City road (bottom right),...
The front of the commencement program for the Almond High School in the community of Almond, in Swain County, North Carolina, features a dark gray floral design on the upper right and lower left corners against a lighter gray cover to highlight the...
The front of the commencement program for the Almond High School in the community of Almond, in Swain County, North Carolina, features a dark gray floral design on the upper right and lower left corners against a lighter gray cover to highlight the...
