Record #:

1734

Author(s):

Hovis, George Rhyne

Abstract:

In the 20th-century North Carolina saw a meeting of agriculture and industry, which gave rise to a hybrid occupation called farmer/peddler. Industry created ways for farmers to peddle their products, thereby raising the farmers' standards of living.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1994, p24-34, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Farmers; Agriculture--Economic aspects; North Carolina--History--1865-1950; Farm produce--Marketing

Record #:

1735

Author(s):

Sky, Patric

Abstract:

Wilkes County native Otis \"Otto\" Wood is one of the more colorful and famous lawbreakers in the state. His exploits, one of which was the murder of a popular Greensboro store owner, inspired the ballad \"Otto Wood the Bandit.\"

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1994, p35-43, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk songs

Record #:

1736

Author(s):

Daniel, Melissa

Abstract:

Daniel examines the art of tattooing, using Garry's Tattoo Studio in Greenville, owned and operated by Garry Nobles, as a case study.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1994, p55-60, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Noble, Garry; Garry's Tattoo Studio (Greenville); Tattoo artists; Tattooing

Record #:

1763

Author(s):

Lau, Barbara

Abstract:

Lau traces the history of women potters in North Carolina, drawing on the lives of Dorothy Cole Auman and Nell Cole Graves. Graves, a Seagroves native, was the first woman potter in the eastern Piedmont pottery community.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1994, p1-13 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Women potters; Pottery--Folklore; Graves, Nell Cole, 1908-1997; Auman, Dorothy Cole, 1925-1991

Record #:

1764

Author(s):

Lloyd, Tess

Abstract:

As other small, locally owned businesses in the Stokes County town of Walnut Cove were being forced to close by the arrival of chain stores, Bob O'Deere bucked the odds and opened Town Fork Produce, which is thriving as a vital part of the community.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1994, p14-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

O'Deere, Bob; Town Fork Produce (Walnut Cove); Produce trade--Walnut Cove; Small business--Walnut Cove