"Folk Tales of the Kentucky Hills"
A manuscript of E. R. Gaskin's "Folk Tales of the Kentucky Hills" in which Gaskin recounts tales collected from the area of Kentucky where he grew up in order to preserve the stories and speech as used at that time. The document is divided into fifteen chapters: The People and the Land; Jeb and Kate; The Noisy Clock; The Judge's Toothpick; Jim Burton's Return; Politics and Oratory; Community Health; The Census Taker; The Time Machine; Strange Diseases; Entertainments; School Days; Backwoods Justice; The Battling Browns; and Jennie the Trader.
Dates
- circa 1968
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
A manuscript of E. R. Gaskin's "Folk Tales of the Kentucky Hills" in which Gaskin recounts tales collected from the area of Kentucky where he grew up in order to preserve the stories and speech as used at that time. The document is divided into fifteen chapters: The People and the Land; Jeb and Kate; The Noisy Clock; The Judge's Toothpick; Jim Burton's Return; Politics and Oratory; Community Health; The Census Taker; The Time Machine; Strange Diseases; Entertainments; School Days; Backwoods Justice; The Battling Browns; and Jennie the Trader.
Biographical/Historical Note
Everett Ray Gaskin was born to Julius Leon and Sarah Louise (Floyd) Gaskin in Russell County, Kentucky on December 26, 1900. He married Jessica McGahan and had at least one child, William Kenneth. E. Ray Gaskin died in Wartburg, Tennessee on January 21, 1980.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository