NHPRC Grant

Old Seldom and Doubly Dear
Nov 6, 2014

Dr. Fred Delp was a dentist and illustrator from Rural Retreat, Virginia. Delp and his wife, Dorothy, used the medium of charcoal to preserve and crea...

You Can't Go Home Again (At least not with these matches. . .)
Oct 22, 2014

Matchbox advertising the Braden-Hatchett Thomas Wolfe Collection found in AC.1098: John Idol, Jr. Papers. Originally located in Memphis, Tennessee, th...

Muncey Gaultney
Oct 21, 2014

Muncey Vance Gaultney was a fiddler, writer, and all around character from Ashe County, North Carolina. Born into the Healing Springs community in Jul...

Snapshot: Harvest Time
Oct 10, 2014

Images from AC.1097: Jefferson Post Records....

Snapshot: Camp Catawba Artwork
Sep 22, 2014

Painting by unknown artist found in AC.214: Camp Catawba and Vera Lachmann Papers....

Carl Ross Papers
Sep 11, 2014

Carl Augustus Ross, Jr. (1931-1988) was born in Spring Place, Georgia to Carl and Rosa Smith Ross. Ross received his Ph.D. from University of Georgia ...

Snapshot: The Birchfields of Roan Mountain
Aug 28, 2014

Bill Birchfield (top) and his father, Joe Birchfield (bottom), members of one of the preeminent families in the history of Appalachian string band mus...

Modest Lamplighter
Aug 21, 2014

The continued story of Appalachia remains firmly connected to the history of the growth and evolution of rural America. From generation to generation,...

Snapshot: Who Owns Watauga's Land?
Aug 6, 2014

Image from AC.104: Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force Records....

Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force Records
Aug 1, 2014

The Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force initiated the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey in Fall 1978 to examine land ownership patterns, particularl...