Record #:

2261

Author(s):

Peterson, Sally

Abstract:

An exhibit entitled \"The Spirit of Community: Folklife in North Carolina\" has opened in a permanent gallery at the North Carolina Museum of History. Using multi-media displays, the exhibit documents and illustrates the themes of regional folklife.

Source:

Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society (NoCar GR 110 N8 N59x), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Apr 1995, p3-5, il, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina Museum of Natural History--Exhibitions

Record #:

2260

Author(s):

Hinson, Glenn

Abstract:

The North Carolina Folklore Society honored Dan Patterson at its annual meeting on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Patterson, a member of the university's Curriculum in Folklore, has made significant contributions to the study of Southern folklore.

Source:

Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society (NoCar GR 110 N8 N59x), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Apr 1995, p1-2, il, por

Subject(s):

Patterson, Daniel, 1928-; Folklore and education; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Curriculum in Folklore

Record #:

93

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

The late Anne Locher Warner, author and collector of North Carolina folksongs, was posthumously awarded the North Carolina Folklore Society's Brown-Hudson Folklore award.

Source:

Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society (NoCar GR 110 N8 N59x), Vol. 13 Issue 2, May 1991, p1

Subject(s):

Folk songs

Record #:

2342

Author(s):

McGowan, Thomas

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society (NoCar GR 110 N8 N59x), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Jan 1995, p5, il

Subject(s):

Watson, Willard, 1905-1994; Toy making; Toymakers--Deep Gap; Storytellers--Deep Gap