Festival Timeline

As well as the timeline, we also have an interactive to go with this as well. It can be found here.

References-

Picture and Text Slide 1: “Appalachian Folkdancers and Singers”, n.d., Box 6, Folder 3, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 2: Unnamed History, n.d., Box 6, Folder 7, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 3-: “Play for Dancers at Music Festival Here,” The Asheville Citizen Times, 3 August 1934, Box 6, Folder 22, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 4: J.B. Hicklin, “Swing Your Partners,” 31 July 1937, Box 6, Folder 23, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 5: Asheville Citizen Times, 1939, Box 6, Folder 24, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 6: “Asheville Folk Festival Preserves Old Tunes and Dances,” We the People of North Carolina, January 1945, Box 6, Folder 25, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 7: Larry W. Mull, “Everybody Square Dances! In the Southern Appalachians,” 1948, Box 6, Folder 4, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 8: Saturday Evening Post, 1948, Box 6, Folder 78, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 9: Scott Summers, “Russian, Mountain Feet Tap a Cold War Interlude,” Asheville Citizen Times, 1961, Box 6, Folder 31, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 10: Asheville Citizen Times, 1965, Box 6, Folder 35, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 11: Asheville Citizen Times, 1966, Box 6, Folder 36, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 12: Asheville Citizen Times, 1970, Box 6, Folder 40, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 13: Asheville Citizen Times, 1973, Box 6, Folder 43, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 14: Gary Fields, Asheville Citizen Times, 1974, Box 6, Folder 44, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 15: Fred Barbour, Asheville Citizen Times, 1977, Box 6, Folder 47, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 16: Asheville Citizen Times, 1988, Box 6, Folder 58, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 17: Asheville Citizen Times, 1998, Box 6, Folder 68, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 18: Asheville Citizen Times, 2008, Box 6, Folder 77, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Picture and Text 19: Asheville Citizen Times, 1967, Box 6, Folder 37, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Header Image: Asheville Citizen Times, 1970, Box 6, Folder 40, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.