Floyd County, Virginia
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Flower Basket
Dainty basket woven to hold a glass with cut flowers.
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Flower Basket Quilt Top
Pieced and appliqued quilt top assembled around 1960.
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Floyd Speedway Poster
Curtis Turner was the track manager in the early years of the Floyd Speedway.
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Floydiana: Archive of the Serial Online Book, 2013-2017
Compilation about Floyd County, Virginia, including numerous local oral history interviews, which was produced by Randall A. Wells between 2013 and 2017.
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Found Object Bells
Pair of bells fabricated from repurposed metal objects.
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Four-Harness Loom
Asa Bishop built this loom for his wife Julia Dodd Bishop prior to the Civil War.
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Garden Crockery
Glass and ceramic fragments from a county garden that has been continuously tended for 160 years.
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General McAlexander Lampshade
White oak ribs, rims, and splits were used to make this lampshade.
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General McAlexander Rib Basket (large)
White oak basket featuring hand-carved ribs and a rim reinforced by an extra rod.
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General McAlexander Rib Basket (small)
Double-rimmed rib basket woven from white oak.
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George Akers Rib Basket
Egg basket with extra rods and weaving strengthening the handle and rim.
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George Shelor Interview
George Shelor provides a rich occupational and work themed interview (2000) with a detailed, place-based, family history of farm skills and enterprise.
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Graham Gourd Vase
Lillian Graham Reed donated this container which her grandfather Ransles “Rat” Graham used prior to World War II.
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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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Gum Wrapper Trinket Box
Lidded box created from folded chewing gum wrappers.
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Handwoven Carpet Runner
Beulah Harmon Shelor wove many yards of carpet on a loom previously used by her mother and grandmother.
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Handwoven Linen Samples
Samples of toweling, tablecloth, and bed ticking materials woven on home looms from linen grown and processed in the county.
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Harless and Blanche Wood Interview
In a 2000 interview focused on work themes, Harless and Blanche Wood speak of everyday rural life through the decades, from self-sufficiency on the land to later work with the National Park Service.
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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.
