Appalachian Cryptids: The Flatwoods Monster
Cover Photo: Fig. 1 The front of the Flatwoods Monster Museum in Braxton County D&E Student Blog: This blog post was […]
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From the Pacific Northwest to Appalachia
Cover photo: An early August afternoon in Blackwater Falls, West Virginia. D&E Student Blog: This blog post was written by
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Archive Highlight: J.J. Reneaux’s Cajun Storytelling, July 9th, 1990
Cover Photo: Image of J.J. Reneaux from the 1990 Augusta Catalogue. As I sift through Augusta’s thousands of recordings, there
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Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Cover Photo: A breathtaking winter landscape from the top of Cascade, a blue slope located at Snowshoe Mountain Resort. D&E
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Ghost Tales from Appalachia: Hallie’s Ghost in Elkins, WV
Cover Photo: Cover of Forward magazine published by Davis & Elkins College courtesy of the Booth Library Special Collections &
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Snowed In in Elkins
Cover Photo: Snowy View from the Wilt Building As snow flurries across Third Street in front of the Augusta office,
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There are a Wild Boar in These Woods
Cover Photo: “A particularly savage wild boar (Sus scrofa) fighting with another over the females behind. Engraving” (Wikimedia Commons 2024)
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Join our Jolly Wassail! – December 7th, 6pm at The Kump House
Cover Photo: “Hedingham Fair’s first Wassail design; ‘Joy come to our Jolly Wassail’, 1997 (Cater 2013:4). As we begin planning
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Tunes on the Tracks: My Time at the October Old-Time Retreat
Last weekend my senses were flooded by the sound of fiddles, the sight of flatfooting, and the exhilaration of square
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The Rise of the Banjo: Part Two of the West Virginia Instrument Anthology
Cover Photo: Horace Weston standing with banjo from 1884 or earlier (Horace Weston 2024). Welcome back to the West Virginia
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