Cobbler’s Tools
Purchased and handmade tools for shoemaking including a repurposed Civil War Schenkel shell anvil.
Floyd County, Virginia
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Cockscomb Quilt
Appliqued quilt with a bold palette of pink, oxblood, gold, and teal.
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Concentric Hexagons Quilt
An original pattern utilizing feed sack prints with blocks joined in a mosaic style.
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Conner Brothers – Bluegrass Favorites
Rare album features Tommy and Mickey Conner of Check, Va,, with friends W.J. Wood, Herbert Lynch, and Ebo Clifton. HR008 1974, 12″ LP
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Crazy Quilt Blocks
Set of two pieced and embroidered quilt blocks made by Sarah Clower Whitenack.
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Crewel Embroidery Chair Pad
Alice Kingrea’s choice of bright colors and embroidered botanicals makes a simple chair pad pop.
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Crocheted Bedspread
Airy bedcovering crocheted by Minnie Belcher Harman who was also a noted quilter.
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Crocheted Doilies
Crocheting was one of many creative expressions for Rheba Mabery Vaughn.
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Curved Wooden Barrel Template Set
Set of wooden templates made by William T. Sowers for early twentieth-century house carpentry.
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Dale Belcher Interview
2017 oral history interview with Dale Belcher, Floyd preacher and former assistant to photographer Earl Palmer, part of the Community and Neighborhood interview series.
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Dancing Dolls (Hylton Set)
Early set of R.O.’s Dancing Dolls made for his cousin Andy Hylton.
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Dancing Dolls (Lorton Set)
Limber jack dolls that dance in time to a musician’s strumming.
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Dancing Dolls (Mystery Set)
Dolls designed by R.O. Slusher, Jr., to dance as a couple.
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Dodd Creek Mill Cornmeal Sack
Dodd Creek Mill was the final name in a series of milling operations going back to 1777 outside the Town of Floyd.
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Dogwood Gluts
Basketmaker Clovis Boyd made his own wooden wedges for splitting young white oak billets.
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Doll’s Dresser
Miniature dresser created by Dock Hylton to delight his daughter Virginia.
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Dorsey and Louise Thompson Interview
The Thompsons’ 2002 interview reflects a love of place and family, and a lifetime of beef cattle farming along the Little River.
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Double Burl Sculpture
Abstract sculpture formed from a burled branch.
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Double Wedding Ring Quilt
Virginia Alderman used a “spider web” design in quilting this quilt.
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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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Effie King Brown Interview
2006 interview with long-time Locust Grove resident, Effie King Brown, on known migrations in and out of Floyd County, Virginia.
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Embroidered Dresser Scarf
Dark wooden furniture was protected and brightened by the use of dresser scarves.
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English Thistle Quilt
Final quilt completed by award-winning quilter and community leader Effie K. Brown.
