Folk medicine
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas G. Burton Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-160
Scope and Contents
The Thomas G. Burton Collection includes manuscripts, photographic prints and negatives, audio and video tapes. The manuscripts include dub sheets and tape transcripts, one copy of a songbook, documentation related to the Tennessee Traditions in Perspective Colloquium, and one booklet on Tennessee snake-handlers. The photographic prints and negatives focus on serpent-handling church services in West Virginia and Tennessee. The audio and video tapes cover serpent-handling church services in...
Dates:
1967 - 2001
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Thomas G. Burton Collection
Anthony P. Cavender Folk Medicine Collection
Collection — Other Series 1, Box 1-10
Identifier: AppMs-650
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of oral interviews and research papers relating to folk medicine. This material was collected by ETSU students of Anthony P. Cavender for his Appalachian Folk Medicine course. The interviews on food as medicine were done by students enrolled in his Nutritional Anthropology course. The other items in the collection (home remedy lists, booklets, brochures, etc.) were either collected by Cavender or given to him by individuals who knew of his long-standing...
Dates:
1870-2007
Charles Gunter Oral History Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-69
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of recordings of interviews conducted by Gunter's students in connection with his courses on social geography. The interview subjects are primarily from East Tennessee and often discuss topics of regional interest such as music, farm life, coal mining, and foodways. The collection also includes dub sheets for the first eight tapes, partial transcripts of tapes 2, 5 and 6, and summaries of interviews.
Dates:
1974-1996
Hiltons Folk Medicine Survey Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-544
Arrangement
The collection is divided into two series: Series 1 contains 122 surveys of methods of self-treatment and home remedies and Series 2 contains 87 audio-taped interviews of individuals from Hiltons, Virginia. Each audio tape has been given an FMSR (Folk Medicine Survey Record) number.
Dates:
1992-1992
- Archives of Appalachia
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- Johnson City, TN 37614
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