Remembering the great Mac Wiseman, who passed away yesterday at the age of 93. We send our deepest condolences to his family and friends. The performance shared here took place in Wise, VA at the First Annual Shriners Bluegrass Festival (ca.1976) vimeo.com/319564019

John Harrod's "Johnny Come Along" album (JA092D) is now available on Bandcamp. Here's "Owl Hoot" for your Halloween playlist. juneappalrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/owl-hoot

An interesting piece of eastern Kentucky history from the folks at Black in Appalachia: in 1860, a census taker recorded the names of slaves in Floyd County. #juneteenth #Census facebook.com/BlackInAppalac…

See women miners working jobs they fought long & hard for. 1981's COALMINING WOMEN by Liz Barret.#womenshistorymonth vimeo.com/122653001

Watch Frontier Nursing Service, our doc about nurse-midwives in rural eastern KY in the 1920s. #WomensHistoryMonth vimeo.com/123318383

Many thanks to GRAMMY Foundation for $10,000 grant to preserve Seedtime on the Cumberland Festival live recordings! tinyurl.com/prd9g8k

Check out Pt 2 of interview with Witness archivist Yvonne Ng on the "Activists Guide to Archiving Video" Yvonne Ng x.com/AMIAnet/status…

After Richard Nixon resigned on Aug 9 '74, his first public appearance was in Hyden, KY. Appalshop was there... vimeo.com/135608344

A favorite from our William "Pictureman" Mullins photo collection for #NationalDogDay

@raynagellert Thanks Rayna!

Happy Birthday Evelyn Williams! The social justice activist would have turned 100 tomorrow. #ArchivesMonth tinyurl.com/omqkdn9

Nov 20, 1968, 78 miners were killed in gas & dust explosion at #Farmington wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2241#… #coal

Watch the classic Appalshop film FAST FOOD WOMEN, free streaming through March. #IWD2016 #wmnhist tinyurl.com/zrqr272

We are greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Ralph Stanley. He will be missed. #RalphStanley vimeo.com/172118555

Happy #archivesmonth! We join KY archives in celebrating Industry w free stream of COAL MINER: FRANK JACKSON (1971). tinyurl.com/hvjxaqk

Celebrating birthdays of 2 June Appal artists. First up, James "Pigmeat" Jarrett with some Cincy barrelhouse blues. tinyurl.com/hndnawh

Happy b'day also to Jean Ritchie, performing here at our '91 Seedtime Festival. Preserved w/ support from GRAMMY Foundation tinyurl.com/gu2cnmu

Grateful to NEH Challenge Programs for generous #HumanitiesAccess award. Grant + match will support historic preservation & outreach. #Appalachia x.com/Appalshop/stat…

We are in the final stretch of our NEH Access Challenge campaign. Give before April 30 & your donation will be DOUBLED! You'll be helping us improve public access to collections & launch public programming events. Follow the link for details. tinyurl.com/y8mq6fca

Proud to receive an Nat'l Endow f/t Arts Art Works grant, alongside our Appalachian Media Institute colleagues. Our award will fund artist residencies and cultural events, with a focus on Appalachian foodways. Congrats to all grantees across the region and beyond! bit.ly/2wxufaW