Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Folk music -- North Carolina, Western; Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Centenarians -- North Carolina -- Cherokee...
The show begins with Amy’s story “Parade Rest,” in which she recounts her time in U.S. Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. The story is accompanied by “I See the Lord” performed by David Bauer. Doreyl’s...
The travel brochure entitled 'The National Forests of the Southern Appalachians'� (Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, August 1923), featured on page 16 three images under the general heading 'Pisgah National Forest and...
Horace Kephart's box (a) cardboard box - top (a1) and bottom (b1) with metal reinforcement corners; with ''ONE No. 1918 Wardway Food Chopper Montgomery Ward and Co. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Chicago Kansas City Ft. Worth St. Paul...
This photograph shows a young man seated in front of a cabin. The oblong hole in the wall to his left is also seen in several other photographs, including a picture in ''Our Southern Highlanders'' (1922 revised ed., p. 288) captioned ''She knows...
Horace Kephart's box_(a) cardboard box - top (a1) and bottom (b1) with metal reinforcement corners; with ''ONE No. 1918 Wardway Food Chopper Montgomery Ward and Co. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Chicago Kansas City Ft. Worth St. Paul...
The caption in the Album reads: "Bob Barnett, Jim Stewart, and Boys." The handwritten text on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Barnett and other natives." This photograph is on Album page 43 with the heading "Great Smoky Mts."
The Hall Cabin (North Carolina room on left, Tennessee room on right - State line - the watershed of the Smokies - runs through the entry- Elevation, 4900 feet above sea-level- J.B. Anderson and I lived here through the three summer months of...
The Album caption for the Granville Calhoun store in Medlin, North Carolina, states simply, ''(Same) Bear skins and Summer Sled.'' The caption on the reverse of the picture elaborates by noting that this is, ''Granville Calhoun's store, Medlin. The...
This photograph shows a young man seated in front of a cabin. The oblong hole in the wall to his left is also seen in several other photographs, including a picture in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 288) captioned "She knows no...
Horace Kephart's box_(a) cardboard box - top (a1) and bottom (b1) with metal reinforcement corners; with "ONE No. 1918 Wardway Food Chopper Montgomery Ward and Co. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Chicago Kansas City Ft. Worth St. Paul...
The caption in the Album reads: "Bob Barnett, Jim Stewart, and Boys." The handwritten text on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Barnett and other natives." This photograph is on Album page 43 with the heading "Great Smoky Mts."
The Album caption for the Granville Calhoun store in Medlin, North Carolina, states simply, "(Same) Bear skins and Summer Sled." The caption on the reverse of the picture elaborates by noting that this is, "Granville Calhoun's store, Medlin. The ox...
"The Hall Cabin (North Carolina room on left, Tennessee room on right - State line - the watershed of the Smokies - runs through the entry- Elevation, 4900 feet above sea-level- J.B. Anderson and I lived here through the three summer months of...
Horace Kephart's box (a) cardboard box - top (a1) and bottom (b1) with metal reinforcement corners; with "ONE No. 1918 Wardway Food Chopper Montgomery Ward and Co. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Chicago Kansas City Ft. Worth St. Paul...
This 1934 memorandum from G. A. Schweppe to W.L. Sturdivant outlines Schweppe's findings and opinions after a preliminary tour through areas that would be affected by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) initiatives. This is a companion memorandum to a...
This item was contained in a tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. This small oil can has a green and yellow label with black lettering that states in part "Standard Household Lubricant- Standard Oil Company Indiana." The can's...
This gauge was contained in a tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. This marking and mortise gauge was made by the Stanley Company. It is used particularly for making mortise and tennon joints. The tool includes the following...
Brown Pottery was a family business "until taken over by commercial firm 3 or 4 years ago" (Valor Ware). D.P. Brown's son, Louis, was the fifth generation to work in clay. "Louis, the son, modeled little clay pigs, and Ruth, the daughter, made a...
This sales brochure describes puppets and other products created by students at the Tryon Craft School in Tryon, North Carolina in the late 1930s. The Tryon Craft School was established in 1935 as a workshop for children led by Eleanor Vance and...
This carved figure of a walking boy is a unique piece carved by Hope Caler Brown. It is made from fir, a wood rarely used by carvers who produced work for the John C. Campbell Folk School. Hope Brown and her husband Glenn carved with John C....
