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Fall 1999 Newsletter of the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services • East Tennessee State University

Ted Olson Becomes Appalachian Scottish & Irish Studies Director Ted Olson has assumed the director­ ship of the Appalachian, Scottish, and Irish Studies (ASIS) program from outgoing head Stevan Jackson. Jackson has moved on to become director of the ma ter of art in Jjberal studies (MALS) program at East Tennessee State Recent Acquisitions University (ETSU). "I'm hoping that the ASIS program P.6 will continue to maintain a strong focus on Scottish culture," says 01 on, a published poet, author, editor, singer, instrumentalist, and erstwrule disc jockey. "But I'd also like to see ASIS explore a wider variety of Celtic groups throughout the world. The program can -j build on its already strong comrrutment ~ to studying Scottish and Irish cultures by Ted Olson lookjng at enclaves of Celtic people in such countries as Spain, France, Canada, connection between Celtic and Southern Australia, and New Zealand as well as in mountrun folk culture. He frequently Appalachia." Olson has long been fascinated by the Continued on page 3 Upcoming Exhibits P.5-7 Recording Academy Grant Allows Archives to Preserve Priceless Recordings

The National Academy of Recording series of field recordings made by folklor­ Arts & Sciences, internationally known i t Mary Barnicle, with the help of her for its annual Grammy Awards, selected husband, union organizer Tillman Cadle, the Archives of AppaJacrua to receive a from the I 930 through the 1950s in 1998-1999 grantof$16,000. The eastern Tennessee and Kentucky as well as Arcruves will use the funds to preserve throughout the Georgia Sea I lands. In selected recordings, most notably the addition to the rerruniscences and stories Barnicle-Cadle and the Bernard captured on acetate disks, Barnicle and Rousseau collections, and to develop a Cadle recorded early musical perfor­ radio series drawing on the material in mances by traditional artists such as Poetry Competition these collections. Public radio station Leadbelly, the Ritchie Sister , Sonny P.7 WETS-FM, a service of East Tennessee Terry, Sarah Ogan Gunning, and Aunt State University, will produce the radio Molly Jackson. Between 1957 and 1982, series. The Barnicle-Cadle Collection is a Continued on page 2 Perhap the mo t exciting activity of the of the ma ter of arts in liberal studies Erom the Director: program at ET U and Harold tewart, What a good year 1999 has been for year so far ha been the Center integral mu eum preparator, retired. We thank the Center for Appalachian Studies and role in helping with the Tri-Ci tie , Tenn.­ both of them for the good work and Services. We continued to make steady Va., region's ucce ful bid for All­ goodwill they hared with the Center and progress on the Encyclopedia ofAppala­ America City tatu . Center taff had wi h them well in theirnew endeavors. chia. We added two new staff persons, major responsibility for the region' the enter prepare for the year Ted Olson, director of the Appalachian, winning application and participated in the 2 and a ne millennium, we feel Scottish, and Irish Studies program, and presentation for judge in Philadelphia, proud of what we have accompli hed and Lee Phillips, an assistant editor for the both of which focu ed on our community' poi ed t meet new challenge . We Encyclopedia, to our already strong re pon e to youth concern , acce to Center family. Students from the Blue­ health care in rural Appalachia, and our remain ~ cu. ed on our goal of excellence grass and Country Music program region' cultural heritage in mu ic and in re ear h and programming that erve performed at the Kennedy Center in storytelling. A new and equally exciting communitie. in ppala hia. We would Washington, D.C. Several staff members community effort on the horizon i our not be able t d our work without the became actively engaged in the work with the Appalachian Regional ·upport of enter member like you. In university's Kellogg Community Partner­ Commission to addre the per i tence of an era of hrinking re ource for higher ship program, working together with poverty and it related problem in edu ation, your financial-and moral- local folks in surrounding counties to Appalachia' most distre ed communitie . upport are rucial to continuation of our match university and community re­ Sadly, we also aid good-bye in 1999 w rk. Plea e remain our partners in sources in problem-solving and building to two staff member who erved the building a new vi ion for Appalachia in a community sustainability. And the Center Center well for many year . Stevan n w century and a new millennium. We received national media attention on Jackson, formerly head of the Appala­ need you, and the region need you. CNN and in the New York Times. Those chian, Scottish, and Iri h Studie pro­ -Jean Haskell are just a few of the highlights. gram, a urned a new po ition of director

' Archives continued from page 1 NewsCASS. the newsletter of I.he Center for Appalachian Studies carefully leaned and then duplicated for and Services (Archi,es of Appalachia. Carroll Reece Mu,eum. and Regional Resources lnslitute) at East Tennessee State Univer\ity. bluegrass enthu iast and recording long-term pre er ation. The copie will is publi~hed two times a year. Center and FORM members receive NewrCASS as pan of the benefits of membership. engineer Bernard Rou eau documented be digitally edited to remove pops and Center for Appalachian bluegras musician -Ralph Stanley, cli k in the original recording for use in Studies and Services Bill Monroe, and J.D. Crowe, among the radio broad ast. Jean Haskell, Director others-at fe tival and club appear­ Thi collaborati e project will have Archives of Appalachia ance . Hi reel-to-reel recordings the dual b nefit of pre erving these Georgia Greer, Office Manager chronicled the development of bluegra imp rtant r cording and haring them Ned Irwin, University Archivist orma Myers, Curator music during this period. with the general publi through the radio Ed Speer, Archive Assistant Pre ervation of uch irreplaceable broadca. t. Marie Tedesco, Appalachian Archivist collections is a pressing and immediate The Recording Academy i · an organi- Reece Museum need, says Norma Myer , Archives zation of more than 13,000 mu icians, Margaret S. Carr, Asst. Director/ Registrar Nancy Jane Earnest, Media Specialist curator. "These are unique, early record­ producer , and other recording profe · Lisa Erwin, Office Manager ings of very important folk and bluegras ional dedicated to numerou outreach, Blair H. White, Asst. Director/Curator musicians - most made before they profe ional development, cultural Regional Resources Institute became famou . And then there is the enrichment, education, and human Nancy Fischman, Mng. Editor Now & Then Rebecca Gri~dstaff, Office M~nager invaluable information about Appalachian ervice program . The Archive was . Ted Olson, Director, Appalachian Scottish culture found in the narratives of the among J 2 in titution elected nationwide and Irish Studies ' ' Charles Moore, Coordinator Barnicle-Cadle Collection." In addition to to receive an award from theAcademy.O Jill Oxendine,_ Managing Editor, Encyclopedia both collections suffering from the of Appalaclua Jack 1:ottle, Director, Bluegrass & Country normal degradation audio tapes experi­ Music Program ence over time, the Rousseau Collection Remember.... Jane_Harris Woodside,Asst. Director & incurred smoke damage due to a hou e Editor, Now & Then fire. _"Losing these rare recording would Until the old Sherrod Library is Research Associates renovated, the RRI offices will be Richard Blaustein, Senior Research Fellow be disastrous for scholar and mu ic Tess Lloyd, Research Associate lovers alike." located in Room 209, Warf-Pickel Lee Phillips, Research Associate The staff of the Archive and WETS­ on ETSU' campus. Kathle~n Curtis Wilson, Mary Mildred Sulhvan Fellow ~M radio will select and duplicate 423-439-5348 NewsCASS Staff important musical performances and Phone numbers: Nancy Fischman and Jane Woodside interviews of musician for u e in the or 423-439-7865. broadcast. The recordings wiJI be -:------:-:------2 News CASS Fall 1999 Olson continued from page 1 concerts, and guest lectures. ASIS is a joint program administered by the Center performs Scottish and Irish ballads; he i and supported by the English department, the author of Blue Ridge Folklife and a the international programs office, and the biography of Robinson Jeffers, an master of arts in liberal studies degree American poet and environmentalist of program. Scots-Irish ancestry. Olson, who holds a Outgoing ASIS director Jackson, who doctorate in English from the University holds a doctorate in anthropology from of Mississippi, will have a joint appoint­ the University of Tennessee, assumed the ment in the Center, ETSU's English position in 1995 after having been ~ department, and the MALS program. A involved in the program since its fo und- ~ native of Washington, D.C., and a ing as a student, a graduate assistant, and ~ descendent of Scots who emigrated to assistant director. During his tenure, he ~"' Maine in the I 700s, he has lived and expanded the scope of the original Stevan Jackson worked in the Appalachian region since Appalachian-Scottish program by adding I 984 when he worked as a ranger for the Irish Studies and oversaw the establish­ possible for students in fields from Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great ment of the first Appalachian Scottish business to nursing to build a regional Smoky Mountains National Park. Most and Irish Studies elderhostel in coopera­ empha is into a tailored MALS degree recently, he was on the faculty of Union tion with ETSU's school of continuing program ever since the program's College in Barbourville, Ky. studies noncredit program. In addition, he inception in 1996. "The real beauty of Begun in 1988 largely through the staged special events such as the 1997 this program is its interdisciplinary efforts of folklorist and now retired Tannahill Weavers concert, brought nature," Jackson points out. The MALS ETSU English professor Thomas Burton, Donald Alexander, then head of the allows students to design a coherent ASIS originally explored and celebrated Northern Ireland bureau of the British program for individualized study the ties between Appalachian and Embassy in Washington, D.C., to outside of traditional graduate degree Scottish cultures with a summer course campus, and taught a Scottish Gaelic offerings. incorporating lectures, performances, and course at ETSU. For more information about the ASIS, field trips. Organized in conjunction with Jackson will by no means be severing call 423-439-8465, e-mail [email protected], the School of Scottish Studies at the his connections with Appalachian or visit the web site at http:// University of Edinburgh, the summer Studies. The anthropologi twill cas .etsu.edu/albaeire/index.htm. For program continues, alternating between continue to teach Appalachian-related more information about MALS, call 423- Edinburgh and ETSU. Other ASIS courses. "When I teach the MALS core 439-4223, e-mail [email protected], or activities include related courses at ETSU courses, I'm always pu lling in Appala­ visit the web site at http://etsu.edu/scs/ during the academic year, elderhostels, chian aspects," says Jackson. It has been mals.htm. *

Center for Appalachian Studies and Services Center ~~lps Tri-Cities Win All-America City Director Sojourns in Scotland Jean Haskell, Center director, will spend fall semester (from Center staff played a significant role in the Tri-Cities, Tenn.-Va. early October until early January) at the School of Scottish region's successful bid for All-America City status. Center staff Studies at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. While members Lee Phillips, Jill Oxendine, and director Jean there, she will teach courses in Appalachian Studies and Haskell, with Rebecca Watson of Virginia Intermont College, folklore and work on further development of the exchange wrote the region 's winning application. The National Civic program between ETSU and the University of Edinburgh. League, the annual competition's sponsor, has called the applica­ tion "the perfect model" for other regions to follow. Haskell, Center Participates in Appalachian Regional Phillips, and Watson attended the competition in Philadelphia, Commission Meetings Pa., in June and participated in the presentation for the judges. The Appalachian Regional Commission recently held a con ultation on research with the directors of 15 Appalachian Regional Resources Institute centers and institutes at universities and colleges in the region. RRT Staff Works on Kellogg Program Jean Haskell, Center director, made a presentation about Center staff members were involved in the Kellogg Commu­ Appalachian research and programming at ETSU. The group, nity Partnership Program during the summer. The Kellogg including Commission staff members, held a follow-up meeting Foundation has funded ETSU, the University of Texas-El Paso, at the Center in September. West Virginia University, and Northeastern University for four

Fall 1999 NewsCASS 3 years to study new ways of teaching and learning in r:ural faculty Susi Gott and a i tant director Christian Seguret America. Center director Jean Haskell, research associate Tess organized their 8th annual Bluegra Workshop in France, Lloyd, and ASIS director Ted Olson serve? on the c~mmittee along with French guitar player Thierr Ma oubre. The charged with the program's overalJ operation. Coordinator_ week.long event took place in Niederbronn in Alsace and Charles Moore was a member of a subcommittee for a project attracted students from Europe and Japan. providing translation and other services by ETSU student_s to • Christian Seguret wa one of the main contributor to the Hispanic communities in four Northeast Tennessee counties. Dictionnaire du Rock, a 2 000-page, two-volume encyclopedia on popular mu ic LO be publi hed thi faU by French publisher Myers Woodside Chair ASA Program Committee Laffont. Seguret' article were on American "root "music, such Norma Myers,' Archives of Appalachia curator, and Jane Harns. a country, blue , bluegras , cajun, rhythm n' blue, and folk. Woodside, assistant director for publications, are serving a program co-chairs for the Appalachian Studies Association's annual conference. The conference will take place March 24- 26, 2000, in Knoxville, Tenn. The AppaJachian Studies A socia­ tion, formed in 1977 and currently based at West Virginia University in Morgantown, is a nonprofit, multidisciplinary organization for scholars, teachers, regional activists, and other whose work centers on the Appalachian region.

Work continues on the Encyclopedia ofAppalachia, the major regional reference volume the Center is currently compiling. Section editors have completed their topics Ii t, and writers will begin submitting articles in November. Lee Phillips, who ~ recently received her doctorate in English from Vanderbilt I ::, University, recently joined the staff as assi tant editor. The ~ Encyclopedia has also recently benefited from the experti e of Jeremy Fritts (I) and Beck Buller (c) of ET U' Eat David King, a graduate student in computer cience at ETSU. Tennessee Bluegras Band traveled to France la t March to King has helped construct an electronic database for the project. participate in the Third Lingol hcim Country Festival with their instructor Christian eguret (r). In addition to being Now & Then Chosen to Participate in Literary showcased in the f'e tival' closing concert, the trio Journal Institute Program performed for children in locaJ chool . Now & Then was among 11 U.S. literary magazines selected to participate in the One-on-One Consulting Project of the Liter­ ary Journal Institute (LJI). The LJI is a nationaJ program ad­ Archives of Appalachia ministered by the New York-based Council of' Literary Maga­ Adkins Joins Archives Staff zines and Presses and supported by the National Endowment Becky Adkins ha joined the taff of the Center' Archives 0~ for the Arts. Now & Then will receive approximately $4,000 in Appalachia in the part-time po ition of library a i tan!. Adkins. consultant services from Betty Russell. Russell has worked in who hold both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Ea t various capacities for Ms. Magazine, The Atlantic, and Esquire. Tenne ee State Univer ity, will a ist in the proce sing of the Tuttle Takes a Sabbatical extensive paper of retired congre man James H. Quillen, a project expected to take three year . The Archives is pleased 10 Jack Tottle, director of the Bluegrass and Country Music have Adkins on board. Program, will be taking a sabbatical until Augu t 2000 in order to complete a book about the roots of bluegrass music. Assistant Archives Hosts State Advisory Board Meeting-:­ Director Christian Seguret will operate as interim director, The Center' Archive of Appalachia ho Led the ummer meeting with help from adjunct faculty members Susi Gott, E.C. of the Tennes ee Historical Record Advi ory Board Miller, Ed Snodderly, Jerry Hensley, and graduate student Jeremy Fritts. For more information, please contact Christian (THRAB) on campu la t July. The board, appointed by Lh_e d Seguret at (423) 439-8582 or e-mail [email protected]. governor, acts a an advi ory body to tate and local agenci~s an f organization and to individuaJs and promotes the preservauon ° Bluegrass and Country Music Program: Faculty Tenne ee hi torical record . It al o act a the review board for any application from Tenne ee to the National Hi toric~ . • This past summer, Bluegrass and Country Music Program Publication and Record Commi ion. Each state ha a ,milar board. Norma Myer , archive head, i a THRAB board member.

4 NewsCASS Fall 1999 1998-1999 CENTER CONTRIBUTOR LIST CORPORATE PARTNERS Mrs. Phillip Farnham John & Betty Helms Bluefield State College Learning Resources Center - Appalachian Regional Dr. & Mrs. William J. Fisher Ken Hendrix & Helen Sirett Blue Ridge Parkway Southern State Community Commission Nancy S. Fischman Dr. Roberta Herrin Bristol Public Library College Biltmore Estate Conservation Mr. & Mrs. James Frierson Dr. Marie Hill Brushy Fork Institute Learning Resources Center - Services Dr. Stephen G. Fritz Phyllis P. Holmes Buchanan County Public Library Sinclair Community College Birthplace of Country Music Dr. John Furcolow Julia Jabre Cabell County Public Library Lees College Library Alliance William T. Gamble Ann Jenney Camden-Carroll Library Lees-McRae College Lloyd E. Cotzen, Cotzen Hettie Lou Garland Mr. Ralph D. 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Mike Creson Roy M. Jessee Margaret O'Drain Joseph Wolfe Wise County Public Library Keitha Cross Heather Jett & Gerald Price Sam G. Ogle Ken Wolensky Robert W. Woodruff Library Lois Crum Dr. Charles Jones Mary K. O'Keeffe Bobbie Wood Yancey County Public Library Rodger Cunningham Patricia Smith Jones Ann Olson Mary S. Woods Z. Smith Reynolds Library Jo Ann Dadisman Reba P. (Becki) Jones Janice A Ownby Marianne Worthington Patti Davison Sandra Jones Annette Harmon Pal Mrs. Charlotte R. Young FRIENDS Mrs. Harvey A. Dean Rt. Rev. & Mrs. William Jones Lisa Parker R. Anne Abbott Jeannette S. Dellinger Miwako Kato Ms. Robbie L. Parker STUDENTS Rev. & Mrs. Charles Adams Sharon A. Denham Jeff & Jennifer Keller Tina Parker Patricia A. Bellamy Jan Adkins-Bills Victor M. 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Hay Patricia Miller Philip Stoyke Dory Campbell Deanna Tribe Wilburn Hayden Jr. Dr. Samuel Miller Pam Tabor Mary E. Campbell Suzanne Tumblin Diana Hays Stephen Mooney Michael Thomas Judith A Carter Ms. Coralie Tweed Dr. & Mrs. Roger Hecht Carolyn D. Moore Laura Tidwell Dr. Michael V. Caner Mr. & Mrs. John Umberger Carol Guthrie Heilman Joyce Moore Gertrude Toncray Georgia Q . Carver Susan O'dell Underwood Howard Hellwig Robert Morgan Karen Travis Liann Castrogiovanni Teresa Utz Dr. J. Kenneth Herd Barbara-Lyn Morris Jessica Vemay Chris Cawood Mary S. Vasquez Ms. Katherine M. Herd Mary Morrison Stacy Waller Kristin E. Chamberlin Dr. James Vaught Jennifer L. Hill Judy Morse Harriet White Jim Clark Paul Vincent Nancy Hill Rita S. Mullins Amy Winston Bill Cline Lorene T. Wagner Don Hippe Angela Murphy-Walters Mary Wiseman Ralph Coleman John Waite Howard Hodge Anne Murray Ann Wooten Lynn Conley Mary Hodges Anne Waller Leonard Murray Scot D. Warf

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June 10 - October 17 American artist George Catlin October (1796-1872), the first painter to American Homespun for the Poinsettia plants may be purchased/ travel west to record for posterity reserved during October for the President's House continues at Native American life and culture, the Reece Museum. Handwoven Reece Museum's Annual Poinset­ including animal hunts, dances, tia Memory Tree by calling the items and baskets from the games, and portraits. Southern mountains by the same Reece at 423-439-4392. makers and of the same vintage as September-April those used by Ellen Axson October 6 Wilson, wife of Woodrow Wilson, ARTSPLORATION. Arts enrich­ Ted Olson, director of the Appala­ to decorate the president's bed­ ment program for grades K-8 chian Scottish & Irish Studies room. For more information, call begins. Held weekly at the Reece program and assistant professor of 423-439-4392 or visit the web page Museum each Tuesday (grades K- English, to perform Appalachian 3) and Thursday (grades 4-8) traditional songs at Student Day, throughout the school year from part of the 20th Annual Tennessee September through April except Fall Homecoming at the Museum December from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Kathy of Appalachia, Norris, Tenn. For Deakins, instructor. Enrollment more information, call the Museum possible at the beginning of each at 423-494-0514. month; $35 fee per month. For more information, call 423-439-4392. October 14 September 16 Making a Living in the Mountains. Performance/lecture by Ted Olson, A Reading and Reception for the director of the Appalachian Scottish winners of Now & Then & Irish Studies program, from 10 Magazine's 1999 Appalachian a.m. to noon in the Reece Museum. Fiction Competition at 5 p.m., at Part of a six-week Institute for At the grand opening of the American the Center's Reece Museum. Free Continued Learning series entitled Homespun exhibit, guest curator Kathleen and open to the public. For more Painting, Music, and Literature, Curtis Wilson (I) describes the wall-sized information, call 423-439-5348 or running from September 28 to picture of President Wilson's bedroom to e-mail [email protected]. November 4. Fee of $25 to attend ETSU's first lady, Nancy Stanton (r). entire series; to attend single September 18 session as a guest, call Robin Gouache Painting Technique. Jackson at 423-439-8795. at http://cass.etsu.edu/museum/ Hands-on workshop led by ETSU exhibit.htm. alumna and painter Suzanne Stryk at the Reece Museum from 1O a.m. August 12 - October 17 to 2 p.m. in conjunction with the Annual Alumni Exhibit: Natural Natural Domain Series exhibit. Domain Series. Detailed gouache Open to the public; $25 fee includes paintings and collages by ETSU most materials. Limited space; alumna Suzanne Stryk of insects reservations required. For more and their habitats at the Reece information, call 423-439-4392. Museum. For more information, call 423-439-4392 or visit the web page September 23 at http://cass.etsu.edu/museum/ After Hours Cabaret. Sigean, a exhibit.htm. rollicking Celtic band, will perform at ~ the Reece Museum from 6 p.m. to 8 1 August 14 - October 17 _,;;,i-.,..a.-~-- - - ..... p.m. Admission is free; light dinner "Trace" by Suzanne Stryk won 2nd Place The Western Art of George items available for purchase from in the 1996 First Tennessee Bank Show, Catlin: Prints from the Horseman 5:30p.m. co-sponsored by First Tennessee Bank, the Collection. Reproductions of 1844 Johnson City Area Arts Council, and the lithographs of the paintings of Reece Museum.

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October 16 Center media specialist, from 1O a.m. to noon in the Reece Museum. Part Coal Mining, Railroading, and of a six-week Institute for Continued Work Songs, a performance/ Learning series entitled Painting, lecture by Ted Olson, director Music, and Literature, running from of the Appalachian Scottish & September 28 to November 4. Fee of Irish Studies program, at the $25 to attend entire series; to attend Barthell Mine, Big South Fork single session as a guest, call Robin National River and Recre­ Jackson at 423-439-8795. ation Area, near Stearns, Ky., at 7 p.m. EST. For more October 25 information, call the Center at A stickball game was one part of Native 423-439-5348 or Big South American culture recorded in George Prophets and Poets. Showing of Fork at 606-376-9912. Catlin's painting, "Ball Players." the second film in director Ross Spears' series, Tell About the October 21 of how to render the same subject South, Brown Hall auditorium, East How Do I Paint Thee? Let Me using four different media. Con­ Tennessee State University's Count the Ways. Demonstration ducted by Nancy Jane Earnest, campus at 7 p .m. Features the work

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APPALACHIAN LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE ON CAN­ of literature and other topics. Donated by Her chel Grubb, Bristol, Tenn. CER PHOTOGRAPH RESOTJRCE COU,ECTION 1992 l folder AND 224 slides ORIS D HYDER CQI.J.ECTION Consists of slide and a printed index related to health issues. 18 I 9- I 987 .5 ft. Addition. particularly cancer research, in Appalachia. Donated by Gary L. Consists of material related to the family hi tory of the Hyder and Burkette, ETSU. William families, to the Civil War. and to Milligan College. Donated by Oris D. Hyder, Johnson City. Tenn. APPALACIDAN STJIDENT COMMITTEE RECORDS l 972-73 and undated . l ft. W HANES LANCASTER JR. COLLECTION Consists of pamphlets, broadsides, and other printed ephemera related 1998 I vol. to Appalachian grassroot and protest organizations. Donated by Jean Consists of Lancaster' memoir of ervice during World War 11. Haskell, ETSU. Donated by W. Hanes Lancaster Jr., John. on City, Tenn.

ELISE DRAPER BARRETTE PAPERS OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT RECORDS 1948-1977 2.5 ft. 1977-90 187ft. Consists of correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, architectural Consi ts of administrative office file related to all aspect of ETSU drawings (related to Jonesborough-Washington County Library), and operations during the pre idencie of Arthur H. DeRosier Jr. and miscellaneous course materials and printed ephemera related to Ronald E. Beller. Tran ferred from the Pre ident Office. Barrette's career as a profes or of library science at ETSU. Donated by Betty Jane Hylton, ETSU. JOHN SHF.ITQN REED cm ,I ,ECTION C. 1900-25 . I ft. IDTGH ROWERS PHOTOGRAPH CQT,J.ECTTON Consists of photographs of early Kingsport, Tenn., and of Kingsport's c. 1970-80 35 photographs founder, George L. Carter. Donated by John Shelton Reed, Kingsport, Consists of black-and-white and color photographs of variou East Tenn. Tennessee landscapes. Donated by Lavinia Bowers, Johnson City, Tenn. BLAINE TAYLOR FAMILY PAPERS DANTE IDSTQRY PROJECT RECORDS 1895-1936 2.25 ft. 1997-98 3 ft. Consi t of corre pondence, newspaper clippings, and broadsides Consists of 74 audiotape recordings and interview transcripts of an related to the Taylor family, to Alfred A. Taylor's 1920 gubernatorial oral hi tory project to document the history and development of campaign, and to Tenne ee politic . Dante, Va. Donated by Kathy Shearer, Abingdon, Va.

HERSCHEL GRUBB PAPERS .J ft. 1954-99 2ft. Consists of copies of course paper in which tudents discuss their Consists of correspondence between Grubb and others, particularly oldest female acquaintance and remembrance of the e individual . David McClellan, late English professor at ETSU, related to discussion Donated by Patricia G. Buck, ETSU.

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of Southern writers from 1940 to r------,Membership Levels: Please designate my membership for: 1962, including Richard Wright, Student Associates $10 O Center for Appalachian Studies and I Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, (f?r undergraduate and graduate students) Services General Fund I Friends $20 · · I Flannery O'Connor and many Contributors $30 O Archives of Appalachia more. Free and open to the public. Associates $50 R~ece Museum I On October 26, Spears will visit Cl Partners $100 0 Friends of the Reece Museum (FORM) I film classes in ETSU's English i.J Patrons $250 + 0 Appalachian, Scottish, and Irish Studies department. For more information, O Corporate Partners $500 + 0 Country and Bluegrass Music Program call 423-439-5897. Two-Year Memberships O Encyclopedia of Appalachia Student Associates $15 If you are employed by a matching gift company, your October 26 - January 30 Friends $35 gift could be doubled or tripled. A list of participating Institutional Affiliates such as libraries are invited to join companies is available from any Center office. East Tennessee Art Currents II at at the $25 level. Payment enclosed _ Please bill _ the Reece Museum. Organized by There are other ways to contribute to the Center. Donations in excess of $21 (for a single year) Please call us for information about alternative the Knoxville Museum of Art and may be tax deductible. giving and for full benefits of membership. curated by Budd Harris Bishop, recently retired founding director of Thank you for your support. Make checks payable to: ETSU/CASS and send to CASS, Box the University of Florida's Harn 70556, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN 37614-0556. For further information Museum of Art in Gainesville, the about membership call 423-439-5348. exhibit features 50 two- and three­ REGULAR MEMBERSHIPS GIFT MEMBERSHIPS dimensional pieces and installations I Name ______Name ______by eight artists currently residing in I Address ______Address ______East Tennessee . For more informa­ I City/State/ZIP ______City/State/ZIP ______tion , call 423-439-4392 or visit the I E-mail address ______E-mail address: ______web page at http://cass.etsu .edu/ I Amount enclosed ______Gift card should read:------museum/exhibit.him. I CJ New 0 Renewal 0 Gift only November 1 I Payment method: O Check Money order Credit Card Deadline for Now & Then 's spring I (circleone)MC/VISA Card# ______2000 Appalachian Health Care I Exp. Date:___ Signature: ______issue. Now & Then is looking for L------~ articles, essays, interviews, illustrations, photoessays, reviews, Now& Then's fiction, and poetry related to the December 17 Year 2000 Appalachian Poetry past, present, and future of health Deadline for applications to the Competition care in Appalachia. We're defining Governor's School for Tennes­ Now & Then will sponsor a poetry "health care" broadly to include see Heritage to be held at the contest this coming spring. For guide­ mental and physical health issues. Center from June 18 to July 15, For more information or to obtain 2000. Open to high school juniors lines, write Now & Then Appalachian guidelines, call 423-439-5348 write and seniors throughout the state. Poetry Competition, CASS/ETSU, Box Now & Then, CASS/ ETSU, B~x Counselors at local high schools 70556, Johnson City TN 37614-0556 or 70556, Johnson City TN 37614 or can supply program admission caJJ 423-439-5348. Full guidelines plus visit our web page at http:// ' requirements and application entry forms will be available at our web cass.etsu.edu/n&t/guidelin.htm. forms. Completed applications for ite, http://cass.etsu.edu/n&t/contest.htm, the Tennessee Heritage Governor's after September 20. November 29-December 20. School only should be mailed to Now&Then Governor's School, CASS/ETSU, ~nnuat Poinsettia Memory Tree on Goes into Suspended Animation display at the Reece Museum. This Box 70556, Johnson City TN large scarlet "tree" is constructed of 37614-0556. Now & Then will go on hiatus for one hundreds of poinsettia plants, each issue this coming winter to work on the purchased by individual donors to December 24 -January 2 Center web page, on membership honor or memorialize a special All Center offices, including the development, and to start work on a friend or loved one. Plants may be Reece Museum and the Archives comprehensive index for the magazine. purchased/reserved during October of Appalachia, closed for Christmas Publication will resume with the spring by calling the Reece at 423-439- vacation. 2000 Appalachian Health Care i sue. All 4392. Center members will have their member­ ships extended so that they will receive three issues of the magazine.

Fall 1999 NewsCASS 7 Contact us ... Archives of Appalachia Special Thanks to ... Phone:423-439-4338 The Center staff would like to nominate ETSU computer sciences master's Visit us on the Web at: candidate David King to an honorary doctorate for helping them finally http://cass.etsu.edu/archives unlock the mysteries of the Micro oft Acee database program. Mail us at: ETSU Box 70295 For the recent donations of materials to the Archives of Appalachia: Henry Antkiewicz, Fred Borchuck, Tony Cavender, Joe Cor o, ancy Fortner, Jack Mooney, and Fred Sauceman, all of ETSU; Charles Green, Piney Flats, Tenn.; Margaret Gregg, Limestone, Tenn.; Steven Herson, Reece Museum Edith Keys, John Kiener, Mildred Kozsuch, Robert ave, and Frank B. Phone: 423-439-4392 Williams Jr., all of Johnson City, Tenn.; Carolyn Moore, Jone borough, Visit us on the Web at: Tenn.; and James H. Quillen, l(jngsport, Tenn. http://cass.etsu.edu/museum Mail us at: For Assistance with the American Homespun Exhibit at the Reece ETSU Bo~ 70660 Museum: Anchor Antiques; Douglas Anderson; Ruth Ash; Frank Aucella; Berea College; Berry College; Darla Beverage; Blue Ridge Quilters' Guild; Scott Breithaupt; Kirk Brown; Mary Jo Case; Cherrie Cloyd; The Christ School; Linda Cluxton; Neil Colmer; Crossnore School; Country Peddler; Regional Resources Institute DAR Museum; David Leonard Associates; Jan Davidson; Rebecca Ebert; Phone: 423-439-5348 Patricia Ewer and staff; Linda Gallagher; Roxane Gatling Gilmore; Andrew Visit us on the Web at: Glasgow; Shirlee Gotterbarn; Olive Blair Graffam; Handley Regional http://ca:;s.etsu.edu Library; Martha Hill ; Hindman School; The Historical Society of Mail us at: Washington, D. C.; Hoslcins Library; Unjversity of Tennessee, Knoxville; ETSU Box 70556 Carolyn Hunt; Richard Jackson; James H. Can.on Library/ Lees-McRae College; John C. Campbell Folk School; Karol Lynn Johnson; Alan LeClair; Jennifer LeCroy; Lees-McRae College; James Lloyd; Laurey-Faye Long; The Martha Berry Museum; Lily Moore Mast; Mary Moore Mast; Center for Appalachian Studies and Services Chri topher Miller; Barbara Miller; Betty Monkman; Mike Mullin ; Phone: 423-439-5348 ational Museum of American History: Olde Tyme Antiques; Judi Patton: Visit on the Web at: http://ca,,.etsu.edu Mail us at: ETSU Box 70556. Johnson City TN 37614 Sibyl & Francis Pre sly; Eleanor Sayre; Southern Highland Craft Guild; Dr. Fax: 423-439-6340 Allan Strand; Martha Sundquist; Melodie Sweeney; The Weaving Room of E-mail: [email protected] the Cros nore School; Shannon Wilson; and Woodrow Wilson Hou e. The Reece also would like to thank the Blue Ridge Quilter 'Guild for East Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents Institution and is fully in accord lending quilts for the Blue Ridge Challenge Quilts Exhibit and Karol Lynn with the belief that educational and employment opportunities should be available to all eligible Johnson and Betty Marshall for conducting tours. persons without regard to age, sex, color, race, religion , national origin, disability, or veteran status. Printed by ETSU University Press, Johnson City. Tenn. TBA: 220-008-99 1 .4M

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