“Wish We Knew” Quilt
Arlie Harman Tobler was thirteen years old when she completed this bright and complex quilt.
Burks Fork
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Arlie Tobler Interview
A 1999 Burks Fork area interview with Arlie Harman Tobler on preserving, sewing, casket work, farming, and the country store she ran with her husband, Sherman.
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Arminta Catherine Alderman Keith Market Basket
Market basket passed down through the Alderman/Vaughn family.
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Arva Conner Coleman Interview
A lively 2016 interview with Arva Conner Coleman, age 95, on farm life, one-room schools, and enterprise. She believed, “you’ve got to work. Work’s the one thing that has to go on.”
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Blacksmith’s Traveler
When blacksmith Shep Alderman needed a tool to measure a wagon wheel for spokes, he carved his own.
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Crocheted Bedspread
Airy bedcovering crocheted by Minnie Belcher Harman who was also a noted quilter.
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Earl Moles Interview
Earl Moles provides a richly detailed (2000) Buffalo Mountain interview on area music, hunting, butchering, logging, games, preserving, country stores, and horse training.
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Grandmother’s Flower Garden Quilt
Nola Hylton outlined each of the thousands of bottlecap-sized hexagons in this quilt with hand-quilting.
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Harley Rush Alderman Interview
Mr. and Mrs. Alderman’s 2001 interview tells of farm, family, and work life in the Buffalo Mt. area with descriptions of music, recreation activities, and church.
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Harman Knot Maul
This knot maul with a handle from a separate piece of wood belonged to Fred Harman.
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Joe and Nadine Rutrough Interview
A 1999 interview at the Rutrough home. The couple relate stories of local history, early medical practice, rural, recreational, and home life, Buffalo Mt. area, Willis.
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Knot Maul
Bethel Martin Vaughn shaped a tree burl into this maul for use on his farm near Burks Fork.
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Marie Gallimore Interview
Marie Vaughn Gallimore’s 2001 interview holds details on WGFC Radio station history and family life in the Burks Fork area of Floyd County, Virginia.
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Soapstone Quarry Fragment with Initials
This soapstone piece appears to have broken after two smooth faces had been cut with a wood saw.
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