APPALACHIAN REGIONAL STUDIES AT RADFORD UNIVERSITY

All of the projects on the list below were completed in ENGL 452/446/548/648, Appalachian Folklore and Study of Appalachian Cultures, at Radford University.

The projects are indexed according to subject. The call numbers tell you the year the project was finished, the course in which it was completed, and the number in its collection. For example, a project with a call number of 199.446.26 was completed in 1999 in ENGL 446, Appalachian Folklore, and it is project number 26 from that class.

Click on a subject heading on the left to see a listing of the projects that deal with that subject.

SUBJECT HEADINGS A-F

AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

FA.190.548.5
African-American Appalachian Church Folklore
Carter, Sheila L.

FA.194.548.7
Appalachian Eye: An African-American View
Greiner, Rae

FA.196.548.14
Christiansburg Institute, The: How Equal Could Separate Be?
Pugliese, Stephanie

FA.194.548.2
Folk Culture in the African-American Baptist Church
Brown, Tia

FA.191.446.16
John Henry: Folksong and Legend
Stewart, Kevin

AGRICULTURE, GENERAL

FA.193.548.5
Farming Ferrell Style: Folklore of Traditional Farming Practices
Thompson, Mary Margaret

FA.192.446.3
Hampton Family, The: Life on a Farm
Hampton, Sharon R.

ANIMAL CULTURE

FA.186.446.2
Animal Lore in Grayson County
Hash, DeAnna

FA.184.446.7
Appalachian Slaughter, Preservation, and Preparation of Livestock and Wild Game
MacMackin, Reta Faye

FA.182.446.8
Curing Country Hams
Kirby, Beth

FA.194.446.3
Dairy Farms in Southern Appalachia
Cassidy, Amy

FA.196.446.9
Dairy Influence in the Appalachian Area, The
Mitchell, Katie

FA.182.446.6
Donald Brady's Steers
Gardner, Carol T.

FA.189.446.12
Eighteen's Up, Put 'Em On the Line
Sandoe, Jeff

FA.190.446.20
Hog Dressing
White, Amy R.

FA.192.446.10
Hog Slaughter and Meat Preservation
Musick, Ann

FA.193.446.11
Process of Beekeeping, The
Stevens, Mark

FA.188.446.1
Root Pig or Starve
Anders, Lori

FA.190.446.10
To Work or Die: A Value of the Honeybee
Gleaves, Deanna

FA.185.446.1
Trapping and Fur Preparation
Carson, Andy

ARCHITECTURE (See also Building Construction)

FA.191.446.9
Glenn Family Stone House, The
Miller, Jennie

FA.185.446.6
Log Structures in Seven Appalachian Counties
Reed, Jeannie

FA.190.446.8
Long Lane Farm
Gaines, Kathy

FA.188.446.4
Methods of House Building, The
Bazyk, Keith

FA.194.548.5
Natural Housing: Log Structures in Pulaski County and Washington County, Virginia
Dishon, Clayton Duane

FA.199.446.11
Remembering the Past: Three Homes in Southwest Virginia
Reed, Ivonne

FA.192.446.16
Richards Homestead, The: Then and Now
Saddler, Hallie

ART

FA.187.548.1
Willard Gayheart's Drawings: A Reflection of Appalachia
Catron, Rhonda K.

FA.182.446.5
Folk Art and Its Importance
Dunevant, Mildred D.

BASKETMAKING

FA.192.446.7
Basket Makers and Their Process in the Appalachian Region
Mangels, Kim

FA.190.446.5
Basket Weaving
Dawson, Katherine

FA.193.446.8
Role of Baskets in Appalachia Today, The
Matthews, Deanna

BIOGRAPHY

FA.194.548.6
Adult Children of Coal Mining Heritage
Green, Courtney

FA.194.548.7
Appalachian Eye: An African-American View
Greiner, Rae

FA.191.446.7
Aunt Orlena Puckett and Midwifery in Southwest Virginia
Martin, Richard D.

FA.191.446.13
Autobiographical Portrait
Osborn, Gayle R.

FA.195.446.11
Bill Minton: Champion of the Black Gold
Redwine, Summer

FA.191.446.22
Black Sisters, The
Yearick, Ann

FA.190.446.21
Called to Preach
Yopp, Phyllis

FA.192.446.9
Dewey Wright and the Town of Cripple Creek
Mitchell, Shannon

FA.182.446.6
Donald Brady's Steers
Gardner, Carol T.

FA.194.446.10
Dusting the Earth
Hatcher, J. Patrick

FA.196.548.1
Dying Art?, A: A Family Affair--Generational Observations on Moonshining
Brooks, Shannon

FA.194.446.18
Edmund Weddle: Tradition Bearer
Sutphin, Donald G.

FA.191.446.12
Evelyn Beamer
Moss, Jackie

FA.196.446.11
Floyd County Instrument Maker
Morgan, Rebecca M.

FA.194.446.16
Furniture Making
Stanley, Hayley

FA.194.548.9
Get Me a Glass of Iced Tea, Honey!: The Appalachian Woman--Opression or Equality?
Roach, Kara Rayanne

FA.190.446.6
Great Bounty of Chuck Housel and the Appalachian Mountains, The
Derrickson, Tiffany B.

FA.198.446.4
Growing Up in Coal Dust: An Account of Life in a Coal Mining Camp in Inman, Virginia
Collier, Jessica Paige

FA.197.446.1
Happiness and Hardship: A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner
Breeding, Amanda

FA.192.446.8
Highlanders, The: Zeh and Gayheart
Matthews, Steve

FA.183.452.4
Interview with Earl Palmer -- On Appalachian Life and Culture
Clark, Eileen M.

FA.194.446.11
It's What's in My Heart That Makes Me Sing: A Narrative Interview
Howard, JoAnne

FA.191.446.17
Legendary Caty Sage, The
Sutherland, Mary Lee

FA.187.446.8
Lewis Family Stories
Lewis, Devon

FA.187.446.9
Life & Times of Mary E. Tate
Moore, Rebecca Ruth

FA.190.548.1
Life and Legend of Emera Altizer, The
Altizer, Heidi

FA.199.548.3
Life in Appalachia During the Early Twentieth Century: The Story of Rosa Belle Catron Combs
Combs, Myra

FA.194.548.1
Life in the Coal Camps: The Perspective of a Miner's Wife
Barry, Joyce

FA.183.452.3
Life of Charlie Baker, The
Baker, Donette

FA.191.446.19
Life of Mallisia Surface, The
Twitchell, Tony

FA.198.446.21
McGhee Family Remembers Radford, The
Tush, Jennifer Ann

FA.198.446.5
Memories of Janette Carter, The: The Preservation of Old Mountain Sound
Collins, Jeremy

FA.197.446.3
Memories: My Parents Look At the Past
Lyle, Phyllis

FA.188.548.3
Old Time Religion, The: Two Oral Histories
Gibson, Roy L.

FA.194.446.9
Oldest Daughter
Green, Kimberly

FA.199.548.5
One Man's View: An Oral History of Cripple Creek
Everhart, Willie Karen

FA.196.446.10
Oral History of Francis Perkins, The
Moore, David Dwight

FA.193.446.6
Oral History: Rosa Montgomery Bain
Dean, Laura L.

FA.198.548.3
Profiles of Appalachia: Interviews with Residents of Wise County, Virginia
Moreman, Jennifer Y.

FA.196.446.16
Quesenberry Five-Strings
Quesenberry, Sue

FA.183.452.7
Reflections on a Mountain Missionary
Hamilton, Evelyn

FA.187.548.3
Remarkable Life of Samual Robinson Hurley, The
Thompson, Jim

FA.187.446.5
Shirley McPeak: Appalachian Values and Whittling
Cagle, Stephen D.

FA.196.548.8
Tatting, A Dying Art, As Practiced by Ruth Gardner Slusher
Keith, Janet S.

FA.183.452.10
What Was Life Like in Appalachia?
Stewart, Missie

FA.187.548.1
Willard Gayheart's Drawings: A Reflection of Appalachia
Catron, Rhonda K.

FA.182.446.1
William W. Stayton's Woodworking Folkcraft
Blankenship, Rose Marie

FA.194.548.4
Women's Words
Crouse-Powers, Amy J.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (See also ARCHITECTURE)

FA.0.446.5
Folk Architecture
Perry, Duane

FA.191.446.9
Glenn Family Stone House, The
Miller, Jennie

FA.185.446.6
Log Structures in Seven Appalachian Counties
Reed, Jeannie

FA.190.446.8
Long Lane Farm
Gaines, Kathy

FA.188.446.4
Methods of House Building, The
Bazyk, Keith

FA.194.548.5
Natural Housing: Log Structures in Pulaski County and Washington County, Virginia
Dishon, Clayton Duane

FA.190.548.12
Riverdale Farm: Folklore of Farm Buildings and Water Supplies
McGhee, Joyce Hedrick

FA.196.446.7
Sawmill, A Lost Art
Jeffers, Jennifer

FA.190.548.8
Study of the Cowger Family Homesteads of Pendleton County, WV
Emmerson, Bryan A.

CHILDREN (See also FOLKLORE, CHILDREN'S and EDUCATION)

FA.190.446.1
APPALKIDS: Preserving the Oral Tradition
Adkins, Sharon D.

FA.183.452.9
Child-Rearing Folklore from Southwest Virginia
Peck, Thelma

FA.191.446.4
Children of Appalachia, The
Gonzalez, Christina

FA.196.446.6
Games Children Play, The
Gardner, Joe

FA.195.446.5
I'm GonnaTell You'uns a Tale: Appalachian Storytelling
Hancock, Patricia

FA.187.548.2
Passing the Lore to Our Young-uns
Dishon, Janet M., and Mary M. Campbell

FA.183.452.6
Toys from Appalachia
Cox, Torrie

DANCING

FA.188.446.8
Dancing Through the Appalachians
Musick, Cecile

FA.194.446.20
Share the Joy of Living: Old Time Mountain Square Dance
White, Susan

DEATH CUSTOMS

FA.185.446.8
Dealing With Death
Slusher, Alice

FA.194.446.7
Death in Appalachia
Fitzgerald, Jennifer

ECONOMICS

FA.193.446.9
Antique Tales
Nicklin, B.J.

FA.197.548.7
Appalachia Today: The Rise of Mass Consumerism and the Threat to the Individual
Read, Matthew

FA.195.446.17
Auction in Appalachia
Wright, Beau K.

FA.198.446.7
Auctions: A Traditional Way of Selling
Crowgey, Judy

FA.195.446.11
Bill Minton: Champion of the Black Gold
Redwine, Summer

FA.197.548.3
Giles County Poorfarm, The: Telling the Paupers' Stories
Loveland, Louise Devine

FA.196.548.17
Going Once, Going Twice, Sold!
Turpin, Rhonda S.

FA.198.446.20
Going to Market: Shopping in Radford, 1920s-90s
Tucker, Kathleen Doenges

FA.190.446.12
Poor House, The
Linkous, Kristi

FA.197.548.6
Rorrer Store, The: Weaving Close Knit Threads of a Mountain Community, Life and Times of a Country Store
Quesenberry, Sherri Rorrer

EDUCATION

FA.181.452.5
Appalachian Folklore in Our Public School Systems
Rimer, Susan

FA.190.446.1
APPALKIDS: Preserving the Oral Tradition
Adkins, Sharon D.

FA.196.548.14
Christiansburg Institute, The: How Equal Could Separate Be?
Pugliese, Stephanie

FA.193.446.4
Education in Appalachia
Carlson, Brie Ann

FA.196.446.18
Education in Wythe County: The Ivanhoe School
Shumate, Jennifer

FA.196.548.3
Heritages in Education: Community Schools in Carroll County
Burnette, Dana H.

FA.190.446.14
How to Organize a Conference for the Appalachian Teachers' Network
Minick, Jim

FA.198.446.15
Implementing Appalachian Traditions: Education at Belview and Floyd
Rash, Monica Severn

FA.196.548.9
Introducing Children to Appalachia
Keith, Jennifer L.

FA.199.446.5
Larimer School, The: A Teacher and Student Perspective
Haynes, Jessica M.

FA.195.446.4
Nestled In the Misty Mountains . . . : An Appalachian Studies Unit for the Elementary School Classroom
Hancock, Carol E.

FA.187.446.7
Organizing an Appalachian Heritage Week
Kroeber, Jamie

FA.187.548.2
Passing the Lore to Our Young-uns
Dishon, Janet M., and Mary M. Campbell

FA.182.446.10
Pine Mountain Settlement School: The Preservation of Appalachian Folklore
Miller, Donna

FA.193.446.1
Three R's, The: Education in Southwest Virginia
Bishop, Lynne K.

FA205.648.3

'There's No Place Like Home: Bramwell Millionaire Homecoming"

Dana Cochran

FAMILY

FA.183.452.9
Child-Rearing Folklore from Southwest Virginia
Peck, Thelma

FA.190.446.4
Just What We Made of It Was What We Had
Crouse, Amy Joy

FA.191.446.5
Lerty Terry Farm, The
Joyce, Jennifer

FA.194.548.11
Our Courage Is Our Memory: A Narrative of Four Generations
Short, Honey Sue

FA.198.446.1
Should I Stay or Should I Go: A Look at the Decision to Move Away From the Traditional Appalachian Home
Blankenship, Michael David

FA.190.446.19
Stories of Transient Appalachian Familes
Shannon, Helen

FILM AND TELEVISION

FA.196.548.7
When the Mountains Were the Mountains
Jessup, Greg

FOLKLORE, CHILDRENS' (See also CHILDREN and EDUCATION)

FA.190.446.1
APPALKIDS: Preserving the Oral Tradition
Adkins, Sharon D.

FA.183.452.9
Child-Rearing Folklore from Southwest Virginia
Peck, Thelma

FA.191.446.4
Children of Appalachia, The
Gonzalez, Christina

FA.196.446.6
Games Children Play, The
Gardner, Joe

FA.195.446.5
I'm GonnaTell You'uns a Tale: Appalachian Storytelling
Hancock, Patricia

FA.187.548.2
Passing the Lore to Our Young-uns
Dishon, Janet M., and Mary M. Campbell

FA.183.452.6
Toys from Appalachia
Cox, Torrie

FOLKLORE,GENERAL

FA.186.446.2
Animal Lore in Grayson County
Hash, DeAnna

FA.186.446.5
Appalachian Storytelling for Children
Moser, Ann

FA.196.548.4
Barren Springs Folklore
Dalton, Shawn A.

FA.183.452.5
Buchanan County Folklore
Cole, Pamela B.

FA.183.452.9
Child-Rearing Folklore from Southwest Virginia
Peck, Thelma

FA.191.446.4
Children of Appalachia, The
Gonzalez, Christina

FA.195.446.8
Continuance of Oral Transmission of Mountain Music
Laswon, Melanie

FA.193.446.5
Cripple Creek's Railroad
Davis, Bess

FA.196.548.6
Everything and Nothing: Peoples of Appalachia and Their Talk
Hopson, Cheryl R.

FA.194.548.8
Folklore From Helvetia, "The Switzerland of West Virginia"
Houghton, Thomas N.

FA.187.446.1
Folklore in Action: The Tunnels of Radford
Armentrout, Eric

FA.189.446.4
Folklore in Literature
Crawford, William O.

FA.184.446.13
Folklore of Mills, The
Willis, Bobbi and Liz Throckmorton

FA.187.446.4
Folktales and Legends: A Comparitive Study
Burton, Katherine L.

FA.194.446.12
Forecasting the Weather by the Signs
Linkous, Sam L.

FA.193.548.1
Fries Lore
Coleman, Lola M.

FA.187.446.6
Going Up Cripple Creek
Davis, Rebecca

FA.194.446.2
History and Stories of Goldmining in the Foothills of Western North Carolina
Bowen, Heather-Marie

FA.192.446.17
Humor and Mischief in the Church
Slate, Mitone

FA.192.446.5
Humphrey Family Oral History
Krause, Jacquie

FA.189.446.7
If Only These Walls Could Talk: A Look into Abingdon and Washington County, Virginia
Manicure, Eugenia Lynn

FA.195.446.5
I'm GonnaTell You'uns a Tale: Appalachian Storytelling
Hancock, Patricia

FA.196.548.5
International Lore
Hooven, Sarah

FA.194.446.11
It's What's in My Heart That Makes Me Sing: A Narrative Interview
Howard, JoAnne

FA.191.446.16
John Henry: Folksong and Legend
Stewart, Kevin

FA.198.446.6
Legend of Fotheringay, The
Cramer, Lori A.

FA.198.446.19
Legend of Willie Jack, The: Oral Traditions of Camp Alta Mons
Trear, Kelley

FA.192.446.4
Marriage Folklore
Holmes, Leigh

FA.196.446.8
Montgomery County Stories
Lewis, Janet

FA.197.548.4
Mountain Melodies: Songs of Appalachia
Melius, Maria M.

FA.184.446.9
Oral History of Floyd County, Willis, Virginia, An
Quesenberry, Kevin V.

FA.184.446.8
Oral Transmission of Traditional Ballads: A Continuing Cycle or a Dying Phase?
Milstead, Heidi

FA.187.548.2
Passing the Lore to Our Young-uns
Dishon, Janet M., and Mary M. Campbell

FA.191.446.21
Planting By the Signs
Wise, Phillip A.

FA.183.452.1
Pulaski County Folklore
Asbury, Jo Ann

FA.197.548.8
Religious and Spiritual Verse: Appalachian Poetry
Salaita, Steven

FA.198.446.13
Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Some Christmas Traditions in Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia
Kowalski, Jane E.

FA.186.446.6
Searching the Rails
Watson, Steve

FA.195.446.10
Tazewell High School Folklore
Massie, Kimberly

FA.196.548.12
The Story Has to Be Told: Coal Mining Songs in Appalachia Linkous, Sam L.

FA.195.446.9
These Mountains: Folklore of the Blue Ridge Scout Reservation
Leary, Phyllis

FA.190.446.18
Urban Legends: The Tales We Tell
Roth, Joy

FA.189.446.5
We Still Have Bards Among Us
Hayner, Connie

FA.192.446.19
Where Do These Names Come From
Triplett, Charles

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

FA.195.446.15
A Gem From Home: Apple Butter Folklore in Shenandoah County
Spiggle, Sarah

FA.196.446.3
Appalachian Cooking
Dickert, Melissa

FA.196.446.19
Appalachian Food Ways
Smith, Christine

FA.185.446.9
Appalachian Foods
Sopranzi, Anthony

FA.184.446.7
Appalachian Slaughter, Preservation, and Preparation of Livestock and Wild Game
MacMackin, Reta Faye

FA.199.446.15
Art of Gardening and Canning Food, The
White, Vanessa

FA.198.446.11
Cultivation and Preservation of Food
Godsey, Sally

FA.182.446.8
Curing Country Hams
Kirby, Beth

FA.189.446.3
Dr. Mom: Home Remedies
Cook, Lisa

FA.196.548.1
Dying Art?, A: A Family Affair--Generational Observations on Moonshining
Brooks, Shannon

FA.182.446.4
Empirical Interpretations of the Transition in Appalachian Folklore as Evidenced in the Changing Production of Apple Butter, Peach Butter, and Sweet Potato Butter
Droney, Robert E.

FA.196.548.15
Feeding the People: Recipes and Memories from the Bradfield Family and Friends
Shambaugh, Kathy Jo

FA.197.446.4
Food from the Earth: Gardening, Preserving, and a Way of Life
Smith, Stacie Allison

FA.183.452.8
Foodways
Janney, Phyllis A.

FA.188.548.5
Grandmother Herd's Salad Recipes
Neblett, Lois H.

FA.190.446.20
Hog Dressing
White, Amy R.

FA.192.446.10
Hog Slaughter and Meat Preservation
Musick, Ann

FA.198.446.18
Home Cookin': Traditional Appalachian Recipes
Shamblin, Stephanie Irene

FA.188.446.3
Just a Way of Life: The Art of Moonshining
Austin, Sonya

FA.181.452.4
Making of Apple Butter Newport, Virginia Style, The: A Lesson in Life
Mason, Jr., Robert

FA.181.452.7
Molasses Making: A Living Tradition
Scarborough, Ingrid

FA.182.446.9
Moonshine
Kreglo, James D.

FA.196.446.17
Moonshining
Read, Matthew

FA.188.446.10
Moonshining and a Fifth-Generation Traditionalist
Rademacher, Ardith Ann

FA.196.446.13
Moonshining, Murder, and Madness
Mullins, Amy

FA.0.446.6
Mountain Home Goodness: Recipes and Recollections of Our Appalachians

FA.193.446.11
Process of Beekeeping, The
Stevens, Mark

FA.188.446.1
Root Pig or Starve
Anders, Lori

FA.188.446.2
Taking the Bitter With the Sweet: Molasses Making in Southwest Virginia
Artrip, Shannon

FA.190.548.7
That's Real Cornbread
Dotson, Wanda

FA.197.548.5
Tilling the Soil: Vegetable Gardening as Tradition
Owens, Nicole

FA.190.446.10
To Work or Die: A Value of the Honeybee
Gleaves, Deanna

FORESTRY

FA.188.446.5
Trees of the Appalachian Area
Cox, Mike

FA.188.446.9
Lore From the Trail
Olnhausen, Jeff

FURNITURE (See also WOODWORKING)

FA.193.446.9
Antique Tales
Nicklin, B.J.

FA.194.446.16
Furniture Making
Stanley, Hayley

FA.186.446.7
Homes and Heirlooms from Newport, Virginia: A Study of Material Lore
Williams, Tony