Jones, Loyal, 1928-2023
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bascom Lamar Lunsford Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0031 SAA 029
Abstract
Bascom Lamar Lunsford was particularly noted for his memory collection of 300 ballads, tunes and tales and the establishment in 1927, of the Ashville, North Carolina based Mountain Dance and Folk Festival which has continued to the present time. During his long career, Lunsford practiced law, published a song collection, and made several documentary recordings, while continuing to perform (vocal, banjo, and fiddle) collect songs, and write a few of his own (including “That Good Old Mountain...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1874-1973
Council of Southern Mountains Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0002 SAA 001
Abstract
The Council of the Southern Mountains (CSM) 1912-1989, began as a gathering of various citizens and mountain missionaries working in relative isolation throughout Appalachia, which created a forum for the sharing of ideas, experiences and inspiration. The Council grew and changed over time into an organization that promoted cooperation among private, government, and religious organizations in southern Appalachia and served as a key factor in bringing the issues and experiences of Appalachia...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1912-1970; Other: Date acquired: 04/24/1970
Loyal Jones Faith and Meaning Interview Collection
Collection — 1
Identifier: BCA 0264
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of interviews, worship services, and radio programs recorded by Loyal Jones as part of the data he gathered in the process of writing Faith and Meaning in the Southern Uplands published in 1999.
Listen to Interview and / or Church Service Recordings
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1972-1995; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1901
Wilma Dykeman Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.16
Abstract
Wilma Dykeman (1920-2006) lived all her life near the French Broad River in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Born in Asheville, Dykeman traced her interest in writing to the stories her parents read aloud to her when she was a child. By the time she was in elementary school, she was making up her own stories, plays, and poems. After graduating from high school and Biltmore Junior College in Asheville, Dykeman attended Northwestern University and received a bachelor’s degree in...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1959-1998
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- Appalachian Region -- Church history. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Economic conditions. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Religion. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Religious life and customs. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Charities. 1
- Church music -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Economic assistance, Domestic -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1
- Education -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Federal aid to regional planning -- Appalachian Region, Southern 1
- Folk music -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Folk songs -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Medical care -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Mountain Life and Work 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Old Regular Baptists -- Appalachian Region -- History. 1
- Old Regular Baptists -- Hymns. 1
- Public health -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Recreation -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Rural-urban migration -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Social Action -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
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