A family Bible propped open to a page of the book of Malachi, facing a page marked 'Family Record.' On the left-hand (Malachi) side is handwritten "Mrs. Kate L. Bell, our dearly beloved mother, passed away Dec. 31, 1925 at 8:30 p.m. Funeral...
A man and woman (possibly J.P. Fraley and his wife Annadeene, who also works as Thomas' assistant) play fiddle and guitar, and two little girls play mountain dulcimer, at the ceremonies celebrating the donation of the Jean Thomas collection to the...
A wooden jewelry or keepsake box is opened to reveal a lace-edged handkerchief; a pocket watch; a rosary; a ring; a lock of hair; newspaper clippings; and letters tied with string, along with other unidentified objects belonging to Jean Thomas....
A wooden jewelry or keepsake box is opened to reveal a lace-edged handkerchief; a pocket watch; a rosary; a ring; a lock of hair; newspaper clippings; and letters tied with string, along with other unidentified objects belonging to Jean Thomas....
Musicians; Log cabins; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Women; Men; Children; Spectators; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; Stringed instruments; Guitars; American Folk Song Festival
A young man performs with guitar at the thirty-eighth annual American Folk Song Festival, held at Carter Caves State Park in Olive Hill, Kentucky. A replica of Jean Thomas' "Traipsin' Woman Cabin" serves as the stage. Other performers,...
Musicians; Log cabins; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Women; Men; Children; Spectators; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; Stringed instruments; Guitars; American Folk Song Festival
A young man performs with guitar at the thirty-eighth annual American Folk Song Festival, held at Carter Caves State Park in Olive Hill, Kentucky. A replica of Jean Thomas' "Traipsin' Woman Cabin" serves as the stage. Other performers,...
An exterior view of Jean Thomas' two-story brick "Wee House in the Wood" at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky, showing the stairs and garage. Donald R. Anderson, a University of Louisville art professor and curator of photography who...
An exterior view of the chimney and upstairs window of Jean Thomas' two-story brick "Wee House in the Wood" at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky. Donald R. Anderson, a University of Louisville art professor and curator of photography...
An exterior view of the side door of Jean Thomas' two-story brick "Wee House in the Wood" at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky. Donald R. Anderson, a University of Louisville art professor and curator of photography who worked with...
An exterior view of two upstairs windows at the side of Jean Thomas' two-story brick "Wee House in the Wood" at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky. Donald R. Anderson, a University of Louisville art professor and curator of...
An exterior view, from outside the picket fence, of Jean Thomas' two-story brick "Wee House in the Wood" at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky. Donald R. Anderson, a University of Louisville art professor and curator of photography...
Close-up of a quilt displayed, partially folded, on the ground outside. Part of a series of photographs documenting personal belongings of Jean Thomas taken by University of Louisville Curator of Photography Donald R. Anderson in August 1968. Title...
Display of framed photographs on wallpapered wall of Jean Thomas' "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky. Part of a series of photographs documenting personal belongings of Jean Thomas taken by University of Louisville Curator of...
Musicians; Log cabins; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Women; Men; Children; Spectators; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; Stringed instruments; Violins; Guitars; Banjos; American Folk Song Festival
J.P. Fraley (on fiddle) and his wife, Annadeene (on guitar) perform on stage with another guitar player and a young man on banjo at the thirty-eighth annual American Folk Song Festival, held at Carter Caves State Park in Olive Hill, Kentucky. A...
Jean Thomas (woman in printed vest) is photographed inside her "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky, with University of Louisville's Director of Libraries, Dr. Wayne Yenawine, and Art Librarian, Margaret Bridwell (strips 1-2). The...
Women; Men; Spectators; Costumes--United States; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Musicians; Log cabins; Violins; Guitars; Mouth organs; Stringed instruments; Contact sheets; American Folk Song Festival
Jean Thomas wearing her "Narrator" costume (a long black dress with white collar and sleeves), is joined by various musicians, including fiddler J.P. Fraley and his wife Annadeene (who also works as Thomas' assistant) onstage at the...
Jean Thomas, an old woman wearing a print vest, sits, talking and listening, in a series of photos taken by University of Louisville Curator of Photography Donald R. Anderson at a visit to Thomas "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland,...
Jean Thomas, wearing a hat, sunglasses, and printed vest over a long-sleeve shirt, stands in the yard of her "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky, looking at a photo or scrap of paper in her hand. Part of a series of photographs...
Women; Men; Spectators; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Musicians; Log cabins; Contact sheets; American Folk Song Festival
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress with white collar and sleeves, is joined by various musicians, including some in Elizabethan costume, children doing play-party games, and an audience at the thirty-eighth annual American Folk Song Festival,...
Women; Costumes--United States; Rites & ceremonies; Public affairs television programs
Jean Thomas, wearing her long black "Narrator" costume, is interviewed by WAVE-TV on the occasion of the donation of her collection to the University of Louisville on May 28, 1968 (strips 1-3). Dr. Wayne S. Yenawine, Director of...
