Adair Bath Bell Boyd Breathitt Carter Casey
Clark Clay Clinton Cumberland Edmonson Elliott Estill Fleming Floyd Garrard Green Greenup Harlan Hart Johnson Knott Knox Laurel Lawrence Lee Leslie Letcher Lewis Madison Magoffin Martin Mason Menifee Montgomery Morgan Owsley Perry Pike Pulaski Rowan Russell Wolfe
Jackson Lincoln McCreary Monroe Powell Rockcastle Russell Wayne Whitley
Design & Development
By Gloria Stepp Design
Architecture
Artists
Historical Music Recordings
Oral Histories
Public Art
Floyd County StatisticsKentucky PostSecondary Education Profile (CPE) .PDF file
Fedstats
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Callihan, G. D., House Photos
105 W. Graham St.
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: Bungalow/Craftsman
Combs, B. F., House Photos
41 N. Arnold Ave.
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: Colonial Revival
Fitzpatrick--Harmon HousePhotos
102 E. Court St.
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: Late Victorian
Front Street Historic District Photos
Roughly Front St. between W. Court St. and Ford St.
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: Commercial
Harkins Law Office BuildingPhotos
1 S. Arnold Ave.
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: Classical Revival
Harkins, Joseph D., House Photos
204 N. Arnold Ave.
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: Mission/Spanish Revival
May, Samuel, Househttp://www.mayhouse.org/
Photos
1035 North Lake Drive
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
606-886-9608
Architecture: Federal
May--Fitzpatrick House Photos
39 S. Arnold Ave.
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: Queen Anne
May--Latta House Photos
33 N. Arnold Ave.
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: Bungalow/Craftsman
Methodist Episcopal Church, South Photos
S. Arnold Ave. between Ford St. and W. Graham St.
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: Late Gothic Revival
Middle Creek Battlefield Photos
3 mi. W of Prestonsburg at jct. of KY 114 and KY 404
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: NA
Mountain Homeplace Paintsville, KY 41240
606-297-3087
Co. Rd. 1334 over Levisa Fork
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: NA
US Post Office--Prestonsburg Photos
Central Ave. and E. Court St.
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: Classical Revival
West Prestonsburg Bridge Photos
Over Levisa Fork between Prestonsburg and West Prestonsburg
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: NA
Wheelwright Commercial District Photos
Main St.
Prestonsburg, KY
Architecture: Colonial Revival
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Larry Blackburn 195 Sycamore Hollow
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
606-874-2054
email: woodpicker50@yahoo.com
Metal, leather, and wood crafts; hand crafted knives from deer horn and wood Cecily Howell
Painting, drawings
Email: me@cecilyhowell.com
Deviantart Page
Twitter Helen Lawson
P.O. Box 353
Betsy Layne, KY 41605
606-478-3031
email: helenruth@excite.com
clay and wood crafts Randy Lawson
3175 South Lake Drive
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
606-866-1955
email: pburg_lawson@yahoo.com
painting Tony Lawson
Digital Reality
P.O. Box 353
Betsy Layne, KY 41605
606-478-3031
email: hrlaw@eastky.net
painting, sculpture, clay, glass, wood, natural/organic materials, photography, digital media Russell May (1921-1990)
Prints available at Prestonsburg Convention and Visitors Bureau, Country at Heart, and David Crafts
information at 606-886-1341
toll free: 1-800-844-4704
email: info@prestonsburgky.org Kenny Mitchell
Mitchell’s Outdoor Photography
P.O. Box 272
McDowell, KY 41647
606-377-2687 Lewis Newman
P.O. Box 431
McDowell, KY 41647
606-377-2729
Charcoal, pastel and acrylic, gourds Sister Judy Yunker
Three Point Studio
150 Mount Tabor Road
Martin, KY 41649
606-886-9624
email: mtabor150@hotmail.com
Wood carving
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Betsy Lane Elementary
Osborne Elementary Teresa Evans, Arts FacultyPrestonsburg Elementary Wendy Poe, Art Faculty South Floyd Middle SchoolSpecial project allows students to construct web sites through the Student Technology Leadership Program in Kentucky. Allen Central High School Art Program Web site
Kevin Slone, Arts Faculty
Special project allows students to construct web sites through the Student Technology Leadership Program in Kentucky.
Floyd County Area Technology Center Carpentry, WeldingArts Organizations back to top
David Appalachian CraftsRoute 404
David, KY 41616
606-886-2377
email: davidappalachiancrafts@yahoo.com
Display and Selling Venues back to top
Alys Fraley Photography and Art Gallery256 West Court StreetPrestonsburg, KY 41653
606-886-0310 Country at Heart & Old Town Fudge Co.128 South Front Avenue
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
606-886-8957 David Appalachian Crafts
Route 404
David, KY 41616
606-886-2377
email: davidappalachiancrafts@yahoo.com East Kentucky Fair
Thunder Ridge Racing and
Entertainment Complex
Rt. 3, Prestonsburg, KY
Contact: Terry Trimble
606-886-2374, 800-737-2723 Jenny Wiley Pioneer Festival Second weekend in October
75 Theatre Court
Prestonsburg, Ky 41653 Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
May Lodge Gift Shop features many
local artisans
75 Theatre Court
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
606-886-2711 or 800-325-0142 Kentucky Highlands Folk FestivalMountain Arts Center, Prestonsburg
third Saturday in September
Contact: 888-622-2787; 606-886-2623 Mountain Arts Center Gallery 50 Hal Rogers Drive
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
606-886-2623Prestonsburg Community College
Art Gallery Prestonsburg Community College
One Bert Combs Drive
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
606-886-3863 Prestonsburg Convention and Visitors Bureau 113 South Central Avenue
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
606-886-1341; toll free: 800-844-4704
Art Gallery and Shop
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Prestonsburg Tourism Commission 113 S. Central Avenue
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
800-844-4704 or 606-297-1850
email: pburgtourism@setel.com
Prestonsburg Convention and Visitors Bureau has art
Gallery/shop venue
Historical Music Recordings back to top
“Jonah in the Windstorm,” fiddle tune played by Casey Helton, recorded by Bruce Greene on 01-05-77, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Little Black Train,” fiddle tune played by Casey Helton, recorded by Bruce Greene on 01-05-77, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Matthew 24,” fiddle tune played by Casey Helton, recorded by Bruce Greene on 01-05-77, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Midnight is Past,” fiddle tune played by Casey Helton, recorded by Bruce Greene on 01-05-77, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
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University of Louisville's Digital Collections
Twenty historic photos are available through the University of Louisville's Digital Collections. The subjects of the photos include: John Hayden, Tex Vanderpool, Green Maggard, and Tom James with fiddle, guitar, dulcimer (Prestonsburg); Jean Thomas, the Traipsin' Woman; the Beaver Creek Boys; the Wheelright Boys; and a horse mill.
Images
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Rika Burchett, Quilter, Interview by Kim Gibson
Randy Lawson, Painter, Interview by Maggie Salisbury
Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk CultureKENTUCKY COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
Compiled by: Gregory Jenkins, Joseph C. Hickerson, and Ann C. Taft
Series Editor: Ann Hoog
Revised: December 2010
AFC 1948/023: Margot Mayo CollectionSeventy-six 12-inch and 3 10-inch discs of fiddle tunes, songs, and square dance tunes recorded in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee by Stuart Jamieson, Margot Mayo, and Freyda Simon, September 1946. [catalog record]
AFC 1955/007: Wyatt Insko / Folk Music from Eastern KentuckyFourteen 7-inch tapes of banjo, dulcimer, and fiddle tunes and songs by Kentucky musicians recorded in Berea and Lexington, Kentucky, and southern Ohio by Wyatt Insko, July 1954. Includes performances by Jesse Amburgey of Knott County, Jethro Amburgey of Hindman, Floyd Burchett of Brushy Fork, Mrs. Rosie Foley and Swan Ledford of Natural Bridge, Buell Kazee of Lexington, Pleaz Mobley of Manchester, Balus and Kitty Singleton Ritchie of Viper, and Clarence H. and Ann Wyatt originally of Laurel County. Collected and recorded by Wyatt Insko in charge of recordings for the Coordinated Archives of Indiana University. (14 hours; LWO 2249; additional tape copy on LWO 8011 reels 94-97) (Includes AFS 10,882-10,895)
AFC 1975/049: Margot Mayo CollectionOne hundred and ninety 10-inch and 12-inch discs, 1 5-inch tape, and 8 7-inch tapes of radio programs and home recordings from the 1930s and 1950s recorded in New York City by members of the American Square Dance Group; songs and instrumentals played on banjo and fiddle, recorded in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee by Margot Mayo and others, 1946-47. The collection includes 3/4 linear inch of a concordance, logs, notes, a magazine article, and photographs. (LWO 8920 reels 1-12 (preservation copy); LWO 8635 reels 1-9)
AFS 17,824; 17,826; 17,832-33; 17,968 Four discs and 1 tape containing banjo tunes and songs played and sung by Lulu Crisp and Rufus Crisp of Allen, Kentucky, and Stuart Jamieson, August 1946 and April 1947. (1 hour and 15 minutes; LWO 8920 reel 4; AFS 17,968 on LWO 8635)
AFS 17,828-31 Four discs containing banjo and fiddle tunes and songs played and sung by Palmer Crisp and Sam Leslie, of Allen, Kentucky, August 1946. (45 minutes; tape copy on LWO 8920 reel 4B)
AFS 8474-8505; 8512; 8520-8521; 8524-8531; 8545-8550 Forty-nine discs containing banjo, fiddle, and guitar tunes, and vocals. Performers include Lulu Crisp, Palmer Crisp, Rufus Crisp, F. M. Howell, and Sam Leslie, recorded in Allen, Kentucky; Andy and Hasroe Ward in Buckingham, Kentucky; Cora Hall in Drift, Kentucky; Forrest Burchett, Palmer Crisp, and Sam Leslie in Emma, Kentucky; Mr. and Mrs. Walker Mayo in Lancer, Kentucky; Charles Dingus, Mrs. Sarah Dingus, Aunt Liz Hill, and Mrs. Pearl Mayo in Martin, Kentucky; and Bob Bassie Clark, Mrs. Fannie Jarrell, Jay Salyers, Woodrow Salyers in Prestonburg, Kentucky (7 hours and 30 minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reels 115B-117A, 118A, 119, 120B-121A)
http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700402
AFS 13,992-14,021: National Federation of Music Clubs Archivists / Folk Music Materials Eighteen 7-inch, three 5-inch, and nine 3-inch tapes of folk music from Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Recorded by regional National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) archivists and contributors, 1931-63. Donated by Annabel M. Buchanan for the NFMC Folk Music Archive. The collection includes five linear inches of articles, correspondence, logs, and musical and textual transcriptions.
AFS 14,008 One tape containing songs sung by William Henry Young of Knott County, Kentucky. Recorded by Annabel Morris Buchanan, August 1963. (2 hours; LWO 5745 reel 17)
- AFS 14,011; 14,016-18: Four tapes containing songs sung and recorded by Edith Fitzpatrick James in Prestonburg, Kentucky, 1962. (1 hour; LWO 5745 reels 20, 25-27)
AFS 19,559-19,600: Ralph Rinzler Duplication Project Forty-two 10-inch tapes of Doc Watson and family, Clarence Ashley, Fred Price, Clint Howard, Gaither Carlton, Garley Foster, Bill Monroe, and others recorded from 1960-1965, at home concerts, festivals, and workshops by Ralph Rinzler and others. Includes vocal and instrumental music, interviews, and storytelling, recorded in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
AFS 19,581 One tape containing songs by Jean Ritchie of Viper, Kentucky, and others, recorded at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 1964. (2 hours; LWO 12,961 reel 23)
AFS 19,582-19,583 Two tapes containing performances by John Lair in Renfro Valley, Kentucky, and gourd fiddle tunes performed by Dewey Shepherd in David, Kentucky, April 1964. (4 hours; LWO 12,961 reels 24-25)
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/Kentucky.html
Public Art back to top
Battle of Ivy Mountain MonumentIvel, KentuckyUS Route 23
14 ft. high obelisk
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