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 M-R

MACHINERY

FA.185.446.2
Machines in Floyd County Folklore
Cox, Ricky

MARRIAGE

FA.199.446.12
Appalachian Courtship and Wedding Customs
Reed, Jessica Vanessa

FA.190.446.15
Courtship Narratives
Ose, Kenna

FA.199.446.4
First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage: How Appalachian Folks Find Somebody to Love
Estes, Abigail Lee

FA.192.446.4
Marriage Folklore
Holmes, Leigh

FA.196.446.14
Wedding Patterns in Appalachia
Norris, Tonya

MEDICINE, FOLK

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

FA.188.548.1
Common Folk Cures
Asbury, Roger Allen

FA.188.446.6
Cure for What Ails Ya, The
Crookshanks, Lisa

FA.195.446.1
Everyday Magic
Cox, Tammie

FA.192.446.21
Folk Medicine
Yeaman, David

FA.191.446.8
Folk Medicine: Home Remedies Used in Carroll County and Surrounding Areas
Martin, James E.

FA.182.446.2
Good for What Ails You
Brown, Nancy

FA.184.446.5
Hair of the Dog that Bit You, The
Haydock, Jennifer

FA.185.446.3
Herbal and Healing Remedies in Appalachia
Evans, Carole

FA.196.548.11
Herbal and Home Remedies in Appalachia
Koski, Tracy C.

FA.193.446.14
Home Remedies
Wolfe, Danny

FA.190.446.17
Home Remedies
Robinson, Debbie

FA.195.446.13
Home Remedies That Really Work
Simon, Andrea Michelle

FA.195.446.7
Midwifery, Then and Now
Jones, Julie

FA.192.446.1
Mountain Medicines
Brown, Valerie

FA.190.446.7
Mountain Medicines: Herbal and Home Remedies Used in Pulaski County and Surrounding Areas
Dishon, Jr., Clayton Duane

FA.196.446.5
Natural Healing
Gagliostro, Shannon

FA.194.446.21
What You Never Knew About Home Remedies
Willis, Leslie

FA.188.548.4
Yarns of Yarbs
Martin, Dru

MIDWIFERY

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

FA.195.446.7
Midwifery, Then and Now
Jones, Julie

MILLS

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

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

MINING

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

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

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

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

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

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

FA.199.446.8
Taking Lives or Giving Life: The Paradox of the Parrott Coalmines
Lisanti, Lisa

MOONSHINE

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

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

MUSIC

FA.188.548.7
Country Music: The Early Years
Richards, J.B.

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

FA.191.446.3
Findings in My Search for a Definition of Appalachian Music, The
Culbertson, Mandy

FA.0.446.4
Folk Music for Elementary Students
Lam, Sue

FA.199.548.7
Music of the Blue Ridge: Alive and Kicking
Holt, Jim

FA.189.446.6
Music of the Mountains
Lankford, Rani

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

FA.195.446.14
Tradition of Music in Three Distinct Appalachian Churches, The
Spicer, Samantha

FA.192.446.14
Unique Sound of the Mountains, The
Riddle, Jim

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

FA.182.446.12
Arthur Conner Fiddle, The
Richards, Charles H.

FA.197.446.2
Creators of Folk Music Instruments, The
Hoover, Frances C.

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

FA.196.446.16
Quesenberry Five-Strings
Quesenberry, Sue

MUSICIANS

FA.182.446.12
Arthur Conner Fiddle, The
Richards, Charles H.

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

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

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

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

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

FA.199.548.7
Music of the Blue Ridge: Alive and Kicking
Holt, Jim

FA.196.446.16
Quesenberry Five-Strings
Quesenberry, Sue

PLANT CULTURE

FA.194.446.14
Apple Growing
Schroeder, Maryanne

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

FA.182.446.7
Gardening By the Signs
Johnson, Patricia E.

FA.185.446.3
Herbal and Healing Remedies in Appalachia
Evans, Carole

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

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

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

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

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

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

FA.191.446.20
Tradition of Organic Gardening, The
Vest, Catherine W.

QUILTING

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

FA.194.446.4
Crazy Quilting
Cherry, Alexandra

FA.198.446.14
Daring With Cloth and Needle . . . : The Art of Crazy Quilting
Miller, Stephanie L.

FA.191.446.11
From Rags to Riches: A Study of Quilting
Morton, Ann

FA.184.446.4
Glance at Quilting, A
Frye, Pamela

FA.198.446.17
Pull of the Thread, The: Quilting
Richardson, Amy

FA.181.452.3
Quilting
Hitz, Liz

FA.192.446.12
Quilting
Pullin, Melissa

FA.196.446.2
Quilting
Brooks, Elizabeth

FA.186.446.3
Quilting in Appalachia
Lupino, Gina L.

FA.198.446.12
Quilting is a Family Tradition
Justice, Kimberly

FA.195.446.16
Quilting: A Revived American Tradition
Trout, Ramona

FA.192.446.15
Quilting: A Tradition No Matter Where You Live
Riel, Jennifer R.

FA.198.446.3
Quilting: An Appalachian Tradition
Clinedinst, Jennifer Laurienne

FA.191.446.2
Quilting: From Necessity to Art
Breeding, Jill

FA.193.446.15
Quilts: Then and Now
Yeager, David

FA.190.446.13
Take a Look at Quilting
Miles, Traci

FA.185.446.7
Traditional and Revivalist Quilting: Similarities and Differences
Reid, Maureen D.

RACE RELATIONS

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

RAILROADS

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

FA.196.446.15
Cambria and Its Railroad
Phillips, Scott

FA.193.446.5
Cripple Creek's Railroad
Davis, Bess

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

FA.193.548.4
Railroad and the Men of Steam
Peters, John W.

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

FA.186.446.6
Searching the Rails
Watson, Steve

RECREATION (See also DANCING)

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

FA.184.446.10
Folk Games of Jones' Branch
Reidy, Stanley

FA.196.446.6
Games Children Play, The
Gardner, Joe

FA.188.446.9
Lore From the Trail
Olnhausen, Jeff

FA.183.452.6
Toys from Appalachia
Cox, Torrie

RELIGION

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

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

FA.191.446.18
Appalachian Women, Religion, and Change
Turner, Wendy L.

FA.190.446.21
Called to Preach
Yopp, Phyllis

FA.196.548.10
Customs and Practices of an Appalachian Missionary Baptist Church
King, Judy G.

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

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

FA.182.446.11
God's Chosen People
Puchnot, Suzanne

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

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

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

FA.191.446.10
Mennonites in the Shenandoah Valley
Moore, Jenny

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

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

FA.198.446.2
Praise and Worship of Our Creator: Churches in the Appalachian Region
Brown, Amanda

FA.185.446.11
Primitive Baptist Church, The
Webb, Keith

FA.183.452.7
Reflections on a Mountain Missionary
Hamilton, Evelyn

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

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

FA.194.446.19
Shall I Wash Your Feet?
Vaughan, Angela Dawn

FA.199.446.14
Stories of Mormon Missionaries
Turner, Amy E.

FA.195.446.14
Tradition of Music in Three Distinct Appalachian Churches, The
Spicer, Samantha

FA205.648.5

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

Erik C. Taylor