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APPALACHIAN REGIONAL STUDIES AT RADFORD UNIVERSITY

Folklife Archives

List of Subject Headings (S-Z)

Social Deviance

Sociology

Songs and Ballads

Supernatural, The

Threadwork and Fabricwork

Women's Studies

Woodworking

SUBJECT HEADINGS A-F

SUBJECT HEADINGS G-L

SUBJECT HEADINGS M-R

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 S-Z

SOCIAL DEVIANCE

FA.184.446.3
Appalachian Graffiti
Clatterbuck, Krista K.

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

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

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

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

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

FA.182.446.9
Moonshine
Kreglo, James D.

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

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

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


SOCIOLOGY (See also LIFESTYLE)

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

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

FA.195.446.17
Auction in Appalachia
Wright, Beau K.

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

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

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

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

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.191.446.10
Mennonites in the Shenandoah Valley
Moore, Jenny

FA.193.446.7
Myth of Appalachia, The: The Outside View vs. the Inside View
Dunkley, Anne P.

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

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

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

FA.190.446.19
Stories of Transient Appalachian Familes
Shannon, Helen

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

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


SONGS AND BALLADS
(See also FOLKLORE, GENERAL and MUSIC)

FA.0.548.1
Appalachian Compilation
Martin, Lewis

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

FA.0.446.4
Folk Music for Elementary Students
Lam, Sue

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

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

FA.189.446.6
Music of the Mountains
Lankford, Rani

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

FA.186.446.6
Searching the Rails
Watson, Steve

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


SUPERNATURAL, THE
(Including SUPERSTITIONS)

FA.186.446.1
Appalachian Ghosts
Barton, Constance Sue

FA.189.446.9
Belief Without Proof: Faith in the Irrational
McLean, Erica

FA.190.446.11
Beliefs and Stories of the Supernatural
Hoots, Amy H.

FA.191.446.22
Black Sisters, The
Yearick, Ann

FA.199.446,9
Black Sisters, The
Micielli, Shannon

FA.199.548.8
Boogers, Haints, Ghosties and Things That go Bump-In-The-Night: A Creepy Appalachian Folk Culture Project
McDonald, Jami

FA.185.446.4
Brief Look at Some Wedding Traditions and Superstitions, A
Fox, Kathryn M.

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

FA.184.446.2
Ghosts and Other Strange Happenings in Appalachia
Burnette, Kimberly Ann

FA.199.446.10
Ghost Stories You Ain't Heard Yet From Russell County, Virginia
Owens, David

FA.181.452.6
Haints, Omens, and Other Affairs of Everyday Living
Robinson, Sharon Denise

FA.198.446.10
Haunted Houses of Virginia
Garrison, Faith

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

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

FA.199.446.6
Local Legend, A: The Sisters In Black
Hill, Jennifer

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

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

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

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

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

FA.190.548.2
Stories of Untraditional Hauntings
Barber, Michael S.

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

FA.182.446.13
Supernatural Folklore: Ghosts, Witches and Cures
Stevens, Grover

FA.193.446.12
Supernatural in Appalachia, The
Taylor, Kimberly

FA.185.446.5
Supernatural Legends in Wytheville
Mabe, Candice Renee

FA.184.446.6
Superstition
Hutt, Jakki

FA.192.446.22
Superstitions
Zollman, Julie

FA.188.446.13
Superstitions and Other Supernatural Folklore
Wyatt, Brad

FA.191.446.14
Superstitions: A Way of Life
Price-Rector, Melissa

FA.192.446.20
Tales of Ghosts, Unusual Events, and the Supernatural
Turner, Althea

FA.199.548.6
Things Unnatural: Tales of Witches, Haunts, Dreams, Healing Powers, and Supersitions
Hale, Tempi

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


THREADWORK AND FABRICWORK

FA.189.446.11
Inkle Loom Weaving
Moore, Mariane E.

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

FA.194.446.8
Weaving
Gentry, Pamela

FA.194.446.6
Weaving
Donnelly, Christina M.

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

"Hooked: The Tradition of Crochet"

Donna Ogle


WOMEN'S STUDIES

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

FA.195.446.6
Appalachian Values in the Home
Harlow, Shannon

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

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

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

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

FA.193.446.3
Life in Appalachia
Buss, Laura

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

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

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

FA.195.446.7
Midwifery, Then and Now
Jones, Julie

FA.194.446.9
Oldest Daughter
Green, Kimberly

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

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

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

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

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

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


WOODWORKING

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

FA.183.452.2
Chair Caning
Baber, Sandra L.

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.194.446.16
Furniture Making
Stanley, Hayley

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

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

FA.196.446.7
Sawmill, A Lost Art
Jeffers, Jennifer

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

FA.193.446.2
Whittling and Other Woodworking in Appalachia
Bullock, Shelby A.

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

FA205.648.2

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

Rhonda Hawley