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...
Snapshot: Mr. Payne's Steam Engine
Jul 30, 2014
"Mr. Payne and Steam Engine"- Mr. Payne and the location of his engine are a mystery. The photographs are filed with other images from northwestern No...
Speculation Land Company Records
Jul 10, 2014
New York-based speculator Tench Coxe (1755-1824) came into possession of 400,000 acres of land in North Carolina following the Revolutionary War, much...