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Richard Chase, a folklorist who brought a number of folk traditions to the WTFF, primarily dance and drama. His influence in festival programming waxed as the influence of Annabel Buchanan's began to wane in the latter half of the thirties.

Council Cruise was from nearby Damascus, Va. He and his family were fixtures at the WTFF. "Each year he performed and brought both his neighbors and other members of his large family to perform." His wife is next to him; the other two men are not…

Dancer Harve Sheets and local musicians, including guitarist Henry Whitter, were regulars at White Top.

"Holy folk" settin' there? Not a bit of it. The holy folk are standing outside the ropes while a handful of city folk sit... According to Dave Whisnant, Charles Seeger was not as impressed with the White Top Folk Festival, which he attended in 1936…

Broadsheet announcing details of the 1932 WTFF originally distributed as a tri-fold brocure(two sided)

Broadsheet announcing details of the 1932 WTFF originally distributed as a tri-fold brocure(two sided)

Image of a promotional flyer advertising the first WTFF in 1931

Photograph of the three individuals responsible for programming and promotion of the White Top Folk Festival, which took place in the 1930s in Grayson County, Virginia on property owned by John Blakemore. Annabel Morris Buchanan, who was credited as…

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.…

Holston River with a view of the Clinch Mountains in the distanc