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Photograph of Lou Crabtree taken in her "office" at her home on Valley St. in Abingdon, VA.

Book cover from early printing of book (date unspecified)

"The idea to invite Eleanor Roosevelt to the festival came from the event's founder and director, Annabel Morris Buchanan...
"In February 1933 she wrote to the soon-to-be first lady: 'I think you and President Roosevelt might find the mountain, with…

"Gathered as part of this year's Big Read project, local residents who lived through the 1930s shared their Depression-era memories and offered opinions on what should be done now."

Lee Smith is the author of 17 works of fiction including Fair and Tender Ladies, Oral History, and recent novel, Guests on Earth. She has received many awards including the North Carolina Award for Literature and an Academy Award in Fiction from…

Thursday morning. John Weaver... came in before I was up to have me determine some ore for him, and agreed to go with me to the Whitetop, an exceedingly high mountain, 3 miles north of the, say Northwestern most corner of N.Ca. of course in Virginia.…

"The Abingdon Branch crossed some of the highest and most scenic terrain of any standard gauge railroad in the United States. In the 55½ miles from Abingdon to West Jefferson, there were 108 bridges, most made with timber, and no…

Lewis and the editors knit together oral history interviews, excerpts from essays, speeches, reports and proposals, reflections from former students and colleagues, and poetry and recipes to create a tapestry of Lewis's extraordinary personal and…

Folklorist and musician Lamar Bascom Lunsford (1888-1973) was the creative force behind The Asheville Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. Started in 1927 as the the "Rhododendron Festival" it is thought to be the first "Folk Festival."

"A promotional booklet published by the Damascus Board of Trade in 1941 stated that there were 18 retail businesses in Damascus, with an investment of $80,000, and annual sales of $252,000. Material for the book was collected by J.H. Montgomery,…