Afro-Louisiana History and Slave Genealogy
The Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy online search engine was designed to provide the general public free access to valuable historic records. Users can locate individual slaves who lived in Louisiana between the years of 1718 and 1820 through this easy-to-use, free, public database. Find valuable historical data from over 100,000 descriptions of slaves found in documents in Louisiana between 1718 and 1821 by searching identifiers such as gender, racial designation, or plantation location. Users can even search the origin of the slaves brought to Louisiana in the 18th and 19th centuries to work the New World.
Bawdy Ballads and Far-fetched Folklore
A class project that remains after the fact, this site is a collection of the ballads and folk tales of the N.C. mountains. "Bawdy Ballads and Far-fetched Folklore" takes its material from the Wilson Library collection, including RealAudio versions of such infamous songs as "Charlotte the Harlot" and RealVideo from the 1997 N.C. State Fair talent competition. This site also contains traditional 'Jack Tales' and an interactive section where you can contribute to a group tale or Mad Lib a southern yarn.
Brevard Music Center Archive
The summer
Brevard Music Center in western North Carolina has trained young musicians and inspired audiences since 1936. This
archive site provides text, images, audio, and video that document the Center's history and its contribution to the cause of music in the United States.
Discography Of Blue Grass Sound Recordings, 1942-
An extensive and growing discography of traditional bluegrass recordings.
Elvis Presley Home Page (unofficial)
All things Elvis: Elvis software, Elvis sightings, Elvis links, Elvis literature, Elvis conspiracies, Elvis penpals, and more! This site hasn't been updated in a few years, so it's also a monument to "retro" Web design (Voted Yahoo!'s #1 Elvis site on the Net back in the day!)
Excavating Occaneechi Town
Segments of the cd published by UNC Press: Excavating Occaneechi Town - Archaeology of an Eighteenth-Century Indian Village in North Carolina. Online access to: An Archaeology Primer, and Electronic Dig Tutorial, as well as related links and background information
Folktunes.org - The Folktunes Archive
Folktunes Archive for Teaching and Learning
As folk music is for the people and by the people anyone may contribute to this collection via wiki. There are a few types of recordings available for streaming and download: instructional, jam sessions, albums/demos, and vintage.
Wiki powered by MediaWiki.
Recordings hosted by Archive.org.
Fully Awake: The Black Mountain College Experience
"Fully Awake: The Black Mountain College Experience" is a documentary film project that explores Black Mountain College's history and cultural impact. The film will be made to be used in educational outreach programs in high schools throughout North Carolina and the South. The film is currently in production by UNC Alumni Cathryn Davis (Director/Producer), Kyle McCabe (Producer), and David Teague (D.P./Editor).
Gaston County Museum of Art and History
Located in a National Register of Historic Places District, the museum is housed in an elegantly simple Greek Revival building. Other museum buildings include the Old Jail (1848), Train Depot (1901) and a modern Carriage House.
At GCM, you will see period rooms and permanent exhibits, including the new Carolinas Textile Exhibit and NC's largest exhibit of horse-drawn vehicles. Changing exhibits illuminate regional history and visual arts.
Goldband Recording Archive
In the half century since the first recordings, Eddie Shuler and the Goldband Recording Company have helped document--and in many cases have created--some of the South's most important and distinctive musical styles and sounds, ranging from the thirteen-year-old Dolly Parton to Iry LeJune's sorrowful accordion, and others like Freddie Fender, Jimmy C. Newman, Rockin' Sidney, Boozoo Chavis, Al Ferrier, Gene Terry, Juke Boy Bonner, and Guitar Junior.
Hollerin Contest
The semi-official web site for the National Hollerin' Contest, an annual competition held in Spivey's Corner, NC, that celebrates North Carolina Folklife.
John Henry
This site is intended to provide a sweeping introduction to the legend of John Henry, the facts associated with the man, and the meaning of some of the many versions of the songs about him. It is also an objective of this site to provide a sampling of the music available within the John Henry genre.
Like A Family: Making of A Southern Cotton Mill World
This site, created by Dr. James Leloudis and Dr. Kathryn Walbert as a part of the American Historical Association's program Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, makes available some of the stories told in Like a Family, the oral histories of the people who made up the world of a southern cotton mill town and their historical contexts including strikes, unions, and life in a mill village.
Medicine Show
Join our virtual performance as we recreate the ballyhoo, the laughs and tears, and the old-time music that made the traveling medicine show a hit for more than a century.
Moonshine Throughout history
There have been many ways of making moonshine. Provides a background, recipe and lyrics to moonshine songs! (Stand-alone exhibit; not updated)
Norfolk Southern Railway Historical Society
This Historical Society website is for the original Norfolk & Southern Railway that ran from Norfolk, VA to Charlotte, NC with
various branches (Aberdeen, Asheboro, Beaufort, Belhaven, Carthage, Columbia, Durham, Ellerbe, Fayetteville, Goldsboro (A&EC), Jackson Springs, Lee Creek, Oriental, Snow Hill (A&EC), Suffolk and Virginia Beach, VA).
It merged into the Southern Railway system on Jan. 1st, 1974.
Orange County Arts Commission
The Arts Commission works to develop the arts in Orange County, North Carolina. This site features
a searchable database of over 1200 local
artists and organizations, a list of local arts
calendars, and a substantial
links page.
We also offer several programs
in support of local arts, including
grants, a
newsletter,
and others.
President Emeritus William Friday
This is the website for the office of President Emeritus of the University of North Carolina, William Friday. You will find contact information as well as links to President Friday's current work and abiding interests.
Storytelling of the North Carolina Native Indians
Real time audio and/or video of traditional tales told by Native Americans from the Cherokee, Occaneechi, and Lumbee tribes.
Textile Heritage Museum
The Textile Heritage Museum is located in the Company Store and Office Building in the Glencoe Mill Village. The building was purchased for the museum in February 2004 and is an ongoing restoration project as well as a museum highlighting the textile history of Alamance County. It features history and machinery of the textile industry from the cottage industry to the present, the family labor system, life in the mill villages, and a company store exhibit. The currently operating textile mills of Alamance County will be featured in a special room with their history and products on display.
The B. B. King Archive
B.B. King is widely known as King of the Blues, with a career spanning approximately fifty years and as many albums. Born Riley B. King in 1925, he moved from Mississippi to Memphis in 1947 to pursue a music career. Local radio and live success quickly followed. By the mid-1950s, King was performing nationally more than 300 days per year. His music draws from many genres, including swing, jazz and pop, and his guitar style has influenced some of the world's top musicians. In recognition of his achievements, King was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He has also received five honorary doctorates. King still tours internationally more than 250 days per year, including gigs at the four B.B. King's Blues Clubs located throughout the country. This archive is comprised of the recordings and images of Dr. William Ferris, professor of history and Senior Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The majority of the items date from the mid-1970s, when Dr. Ferris first met King at Yale University. The two have maintained a relationship for three decades. More of Dr. Ferris's materials, as well as possible additions from other collections, will be added. The archive was created in April, 2004, and is an ongoing project of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Ferris Collection is part of the Southern Folklife Collection at UNC Chapel Hill.
The Carter-Klan Documentary Project
Triangle NC IAF
Triangle NC IAF is a broad based, interfaith and ecumenical organization that uses the model of leadership development and community organizing of the IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation). Please visit the multimedia Durham CAN website - a member of Triangle NC AIF
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