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APPALACHIAN REGIONAL STUDIES AT RADFORD UNIVERSITY

Folklife Archives

List of Subject Headings (G-L)

Geography

Graveyards

History, Family

History, Local

Hunting

Industry

Language

Lifestyle

Literature

SUBJECT HEADINGS A-F

SUBJECT HEADINGS M-R

SUBJECT HEADINGS S-Z

ARSC Resources

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 G-L

GEOGRAPHY (See also HISTORY, LOCAL)

FA.194.548.10
Appalachian Migrants: Going Back "Down Home"
Schneider, Jeff

FA.194.446.1
Craig: The Story of An Appalachian County
Biedler, Charles J.

FA.192.446.18
Five Oaks and Drytown: The Joining of Two Communities
Thye, Lynn R.

FA.0.446.1
How Appalachia Derives Its Names
Cooper, Gary

FA.198.446.1
I'd Just As Soon Keep the Tourists Away
Blankenship, Michael David

FA.190.548.6
Myth of Appalachia, The: The Outside View vs. the Inside View
Dillow, Cindy

FA.189.446.2
Namelore: The Roads of Montgomery County
Bescher, Wendy

FA.190.446.19
Powder Plant, The
Shannon, Helen

FA.193.446.7
Road and Place Names of Rockbridge County
Dunkley, Anne P.

FA.193.446.10
Should I Stay or Should I Go: A Look at the Decision to Move Away From the Traditional Appalachian Home
Poole, Cindy

FA.195.446.12
Steele Family Migration, The: The Reasons Behind the Steele Migration into Urban Areas
Shifflett, Amy

FA.196.446.4
Stories of Transient Appalachian Familes
Donikowski, Amy

FA.198.446.16
Wythe County Place Names
Rich, Elowyn


GRAVEYARDS

FA.181.452.2
Epitaphs and Their Meanings: Southwest Virginia
Gutteridge, Heidi

FA.196.548.2
Epitaphs: A History of a Community
Brumfield, Kristen

FA.192.446.11
Graveyard Art
Newton, Misty

FA.188.446.11
In Memoriam: Cemetary Art in Appalachia
Spencer, S. David

FA.181.452.1
Study of Epitaphs from Selected Cemeteries in Pulaski County and Radford City, A
Dehart, Susan N.

FA.190.446.3
Suffer Little Children Come On to Me: Child Gravestone Epitaphs and Family Plots in Appalachia Today
Carstensen, Kasey E.

FA205.648.3

"If These Stones Could Talk:  A Study of Epitaphs In Oakwood Cemetery"

Terry Ferrell


HISTORY, FAMILY

FA.194.446.17
Barry's, The: An Appalachian Family
Sumner, Alisa A.

FA.199.446.2
Breedloves, The: Family Folklore
DuFrain, Kateri

FA.183.452.11
Carrying On a Tradition: A Granddaughter Learns to Quilt
Vest, Doloris

FA.198.548.2
Coal Mining in Appalachia: A Family Tradition
Moore, Stephanie Rachel

FA.193.548.3
Dear Common Things: A Narrative History of an Appalachian Family
Ely, Lynda

FA.199.548.1
Discovering an Appalachian Collective Unconscious: A Look at Traditional Family Beliefs as Heirlooms of our Ancestors
Blankenship, Michael

FA.188.446.7
Family Reflections
Leadbetter, Jenny

FA.192.446.6
Family Tradition in Music, A: Past and Present
Mabe, Selena

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

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

FA.194.548.3
Folklife of the Blankenship/Whitt Family, The
Burress, Daisy

FA.0.446.2
Genealogy, Folklore, and the Altizer Family Tree
Flinchum, Randy

FA.188.446.12
Hall Family, The: Then and Now
Wayne, Eileen

FA.194.446.15
Hilbilly Escapades: The Smith Family
Smith, Susan
FA.192.446.5

Humphrey Family Oral History
Krause, Jacquie

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.187.446.8
Lewis Family Stories
Lewis, Devon

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

FA.196.446.12
Mighty Leaf, The: Burley Tobacco Farming
Morrison, Shawna

FA.190.548.10
My Generation: A Collection of Folklore
Leadbetter, Virginia L.

FA.182.446.3
Narratives from a Representative Family at Forest Hill, WV
Cottle, Becky

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

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

FA.198.446.12
Quilting is a Family Tradition
Justice, Kimberly

FA.195.446.2
Riggins' Haunted House, The
Dalton, Anita Diane

FA.195.446.12
Steele Family Migration, The: The Reasons Behind the Steele Migration into Urban Areas
Shifflett, Amy

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

FA.190.548.9
Surviving the Hard Times in Southwest Virginia: Then and Now
Hayes, Timothy G.

FA.194.446.5
To Talk to A Melungeon
Daniels, Kimberly P.

FA205.648.2

"There's No Place Like Home:  Appalachian Homes and Their Role in the Culture"

Rhonda Hawley

FA205.648.5

"Moving On:  The Taylor History of Frontier Life and Frontier Religion"

Erik C. Taylor

FA205.648.2

"Hooked: The Tradition of Crochet"

Donna Ogle


HISTORY, LOCAL

FA.197.548.1
Anointing Power of God, The: Religious Healing in Two Southwest Virginia Churches
Bradberry, Deanna L.

FA.184.446.12
Appalachian Speech in Pulaski County
Wheeling, Teresa

FA.198.446.9
Appalachian Way of Life, An: The Clifton Forge Railroads
Garrett, Michelle

FA.196.548.4
Barren Springs Folklore
Dalton, Shawn A.

FA.183.452.5
Buchanan County Folklore
Cole, Pamela B.

FA.196.446.15
Cambria and Its Railroad
Phillips, Scott

FA.187.446.10
Carroll County Residents Tell Their Tales
Slate, Joyce A.

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

FA.187.446.3
Courthouse Shootout and the Sidney Allen Home, The
Bays, Debbie

FA.198.446.16
Craig: The Story of An Appalachian County
Rich, Elowyn

FA.194.446.4
Crazy Quilting
Cherry, Alexandra

FA.193.446.5
Cripple Creek's Railroad
Davis, Bess

FA.194.446.3
Dairy Farms in Southern Appalachia
Cassidy, Amy

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

FA.193.446.4
Education in Appalachia
Carlson, Brie Ann

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

FA.190.548.6
Five Oaks and Drytown: The Joining of Two Communities
Dillow, Cindy

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

FA.191.446.1
Folklore from the Dublin Church of God
Barrow, Christine

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

FA.193.548.1
Fries Lore
Coleman, Lola M.

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

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

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

FA.187.446.6
Going Up Cripple Creek
Davis, Rebecca

FA.199.446.3
Growing Up on Orphanage Road: The Orphanage at Foster Falls, VA: The Children's Story
Eley, Donia S.

FA.195.446.3
Haunting of Christiansburg Middle School and Mountain Lake Hotel, The
Everett, Julia

FA.189.446.1
Hensley Settlement: A Step Back to the Past
Anderson, Terry

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

FA.194.446.15
Hilbilly Escapades: The Smith Family
Smith, Susan

FA.184.446.11
Hillsville Courthouse Shooting, The: Still a Living Legend
Saunders, Cynthia

FA.188.548.2
Historic Newbern, Virginia
Cutlip, Susie Saunders

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

FA.191.446.15
History of Tingler's Mill
Pullin, Darek

FA.196.548.16
Huckleberry, The: A Gathered Perspective
Sumner, Alisa A.

FA.189.446.2
I'd Just As Soon Keep the Tourists Away
Bescher, Wendy

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

FA.189.446.10
If Walls Could Talk, Oh! The Stories They Could Tell
Medley, Sylvia

FA.184.446.1
Ingles' Family Ferry and Tavern, The
Binder, Laura

FA.198.446.8
Jewell Ridge: Family, Religion, Work and Will
Culler, Angela Christine

FA.188.548.6
Ladies of Ingleside, The
Phillips, Martha Giesen

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.192.446.2
Lexington Haunted Houses and Stories from the People Who Have Lived in Them
Edwards, Stephanie

FA.193.446.3
Life in Appalachia
Buss, Laura

FA.196.446.20
Luxury at Its Best: Hotel Richlands and Mattie Williams Hospital
Smith, Martha

FA.196.446.20
Luxury at Its Best: Hotel Richlands and Mattie Williams Hospital
Smith, Martha

FA.185.446.2
Machines in Floyd County Folklore
Cox, Ricky

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

FA.190.446.9
Max Meadows: Valley Of Contention and Strife
Gibson, Rhonda

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

FA.193.548.2
Memories of a Tragedy
Dalton, Susan M.

FA.191.446.10
Mennonites in the Shenandoah Valley
Moore, Jenny

FA.186.446.4
Millirons Society of Bland County, Virginia, The
Melton, Sara E.

FA.196.446.8
Montgomery County Stories
Lewis, Janet

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

FA.193.446.16
Myths, Legends, and Ghosts of Harpers Ferry
Yowell, Lisa

FA.192.446.18
Namelore: The Roads of Montgomery County
Thye, Lynn R.

FA.182.446.3
Narratives from a Representative Family at Forest Hill, WV
Cottle, Becky

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

FA.190.446.16
Old German Baptist Brethren of Lindside, West Virginia, The
Pollard, Roger G.

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

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

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

FA.190.446.12
Poor House, The
Linkous, Kristi

FA.194.548.10
Powder Plant, The
Schneider, Jeff

FA.190.548.11
Priming the Pump: Part II
Leftwich, Christi C.

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

FA.183.452.1
Pulaski County Folklore
Asbury, Jo Ann

FA.196.446.1
Radford's Industrial History: The Foundry, the Arsenal, and the Railroads
Barrett, Shannon

FA.199.449.16
Reflections of Coal Mining in Haysi, VA
Yates, Amber S.

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

FA.199.548.2
Rememberings: A Family Heritage of Appalachian Folk Culture
Combiths, Katherine A.

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

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

FA.196.446.4
Road and Place Names of Rockbridge County
Donikowski, Amy

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

FA.199.446.13
Ruins of a Utopia, The: The Bristol Train Station Project
Simmons, Grant

FA.187.446.2
Rural Retreat and Her Three Claims to Fame
Bartee, Jeff

FA.190.548.3
Selu Conservancy, The: 1990
Battaglia, Cara-Leigh

FA.0.446.3
Shot Tower, The
Jennings, Edd B.

FA.199.446.7
Steve Epperly, A Local Legend
King, Nicole

FA.192.446.13
Stories, Superstitions, and Tales of Scott County
Quillen, Joy

FA.195.446.10
Tazewell High School Folklore
Massie, Kimberly

FA.189.446.8
The Apple of Woolwine's Eye: Apple Folklore in Woolwine, Virginia
Martin, Lisa S.

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

FA.193.446.13
Three Evil Sisters in Black
Wills, J. Travis

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

FA.199.446.1
Today's Forecast-Flurries: The Snow of 1960
Boyd, Jennifer

FA.189.548.1
Westering Pioneers Along the Wilderness Road in Bland County: A Conversation With the Past
Leonard, Phillip R.

FA.197.548.2
Where the Men Meet: Tales of a Wytheville, Virginia Gas Station
Burris-Stanley, Theresa

FA.199.548.4
Women's Roles in Twentieth Century Appalachia (Selu)
Dumin, Laura

FA.193.446.10
Wythe County Place Names
Poole, Cindy

FA205.648.1

We're Not So Different After All:  A Comparison of the Southern and Appalachian Cultures and the Stereotypes that Surround Them

Tiffany Lynch

FA205.648.2

"There's No Place Like Home:  Appalachian Homes and Their Role in the Culture"

Rhonda Hawley

FA205.648.3

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

Dana Cochran

FA205.648.4

"Folklife of the Country Store"

Julie Alexander

FA205.648.1

"Ricky Cox Burnt Bodies in the Selu Cistern"

Charles Brew


HUNTING

FA.190.548.4
Coon Hunting
Bolte, Jr., John D.

FA.195.446.18
Modern Hunting in Appalachia
Zollman, Heather

FA.185.446.1
Trapping and Fur Preparation
Carson, Andy

FA.190.446.2
Trapping the Endangered Tradition
Austin, Gigi


INDUSTRY

FA.196.446.1
Radford's Industrial History: The Foundry, the Arsenal, and the Railroads
Barrett, Shannon


LANGUAGE

FA.184.446.12
Appalachian Speech in Pulaski County
Wheeling, Teresa

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

FA.0.446.1
How Appalachia Derives Its Names
Cooper, Gary

FA.192.446.18
Namelore: The Roads of Montgomery County
Thye, Lynn R.

FA.196.446.4
Road and Place Names of Rockbridge County
Donikowski, Amy

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

FA.193.446.10
Wythe County Place Names
Poole, Cindy


LIFESTYLE (See also SOCIOLOGY)

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

FA.194.446.1
Appalachian Migrants: Going Back "Down Home"
Biedler, Charles J.

FA.198.548.2
Coal Mining in Appalachia: A Family Tradition
Moore, Stephanie Rachel

FA.194.446.10
Dusting the Earth
Hatcher, J. Patrick

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.196.548.5
International Lore
Hooven, Sarah

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

FA.193.446.3
Life in Appalachia
Buss, Laura

FA.198.548.1
Life In Appalachian America: A Study of Boarding House Life in the Coal Camps
Hagenrater, Amy

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

FA.196.548.13
Role of Women in Coal Mining Communities, The
Nelson, Sherri

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

FA205.648.3

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

Dana Cochran

FA205.648.4

"Folklife of the Country Store"

Julie Alexander


LITERATURE

FA.189.446.4
Folklore in Literature
Crawford, William O.

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

FA.196.548.5
International Lore
Hooven, Sarah

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

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

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

 

FA205.648.1

We're Not So Different After All:  A Comparison of the Southern and Appalachian Cultures and the Stereotypes that Surround Them

Tiffany Lynch