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2341
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Louise Anderson, a nationally known African-American storyteller and a1993 winner of the N.C. Folk Heritage Award, died August 25, 1994. Anderson was also selected for the N.C. Arts Council's Artist-in-the-Schools and Visiting Artist programs.
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Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N59x), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Jan 1995,
p5, por
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2342
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Willard Watson of Deep Gap in Watauga County, a world-renowned maker of wooden folk toys, died September 26, 1994. Watson, whose works are in the Smithsonian Institution, was also an accomplished storyteller and dancer.
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Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N59x), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Jan 1995,
p5, il
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1693
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The Guilford Native American Association, an organization that has strengthened the sense of cultural identity and opportunity among native peoples in the Piedmont, was given the Community Traditions Award by the North Carolina Folklore Society.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 40 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1993,
p89-90, il
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16255
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David Stick has written four major histories of the North Carolina coast. Through Stick's books and articles, the reader gains not only a factual chronicle of the history of the North Carolina coast, but also a lively appreciation of the details of regional traditional life--of the forms and functions of the folk-life of communities and occupational groups along the Outer Banks.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 36 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1989,
p70-72, bibl
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16295
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Once upon a time, the NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE JOURNAL was published by a coterie of editors at North Carolina State University. Leonidas Betts manned the editorship with a special touch developed through an intimate knowledge of North Carolina rural life learned as a boy and deepened by his folklore scholarship.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 35 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1988,
p101-102
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16302
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The traditional arts and crafts of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee people, originally functional or ritual in use, are attractive to modern peoples for their fine quality and decorativeness. They are valued not only for their beauty but because they embody the Cherokee traditions. A major force in the continuation and appreciation of the traditional crafts of the Eastern Band has been the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, a craftpersons' cooperative in the town of Cherokee under the management of Betty DuPree.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 34 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1987,
p71-72
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35804
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This bibliography surveys scholarly and popular materials about folk life in North and South Carolina published during the 1970s.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 27 Issue 3, Dec 1979,
p56-60, bibl
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35786
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An introduction for four stories about Jack Tales, which are a subgenre of folklore that always center on the character “Jack,” the hero.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 26 Issue 2, Sept 1978,
p51-84
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36465
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The author discusses how the folklorist goes about collecting history. He uses the making of bedspreads in Wautaga County, NC as an example of passing information down generations.
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