Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Dale Belcher Photographs, Ms1997-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Dale Belcher Photographs were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1997.

Processing Information

The processing and description of the Dale Belcher Photographs commenced and was completed in November, 2023.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains 33 black & white photographs taken by Dale Belcher, of Floyd County  , Virginia. The photographs depict Appalachian people, buildings, and traditional culture in Floyd, Lee  , Montgomery, Patrick, and Scott counties  , Virginia; Kentucky; North Carolina; and West Virginia. On the reverse side of each photo is a descriptive note by Belcher. Included are the following photographs: cabin (Carroll County  ), cornfield (Floyd County  )(2), school near Terry's Fork (Floyd County  ), old wagon and wooden corn planter at Mabry Mill (Floyd County  ), John N. Hylton (Floyd County  ), John Newton Hylton grinding cornmeal (Floyd County  ), John Newton Hylton's mill (interior, [Floyd County  ]), preparing for hog-scalding (Floyd County  ), grist mill (Floyd County  ), "jolt" wagon (Floyd County  ), 1921 McCormick Deering tractor (Floyd County  ), Falling Waters Methodist Church (near Ironto), Willie Hooker (Meadows of Dan), Bob White Covered Bridge (Woolwine), Hubert Hensley and wife with milk cow ( Lee   County  ), Hubert Hensley and horse preparing to plow ( Lee   County  ), Stone Face Mountain ( Lee   County  ), log building in Elliot [i.e., Ellett] Valley (Montgomery County  ), Joe Carter of Hilton (Scott County  ), home of Sophia Stuart (Greenup County  , Kentucky), home of Jesse Stuart (W-Hollow, Kentucky), Willie Gibbons cabin and farm (Kentucky), Brush Mountain School (Kentucky), Appalachian landscape (Kentucky)(2), Loretta Lynn family home (Kentucky), Grandfather Mountain (North Carolina), Appalachian landscape (West Virginia), mining camp near North Fork (West Virginia), Indian Creek Covered Bridge (West Virginia), New River Gorge Bridge (West Virginia), Turner Chapel near Keystone (West Virginia), and old house on Pound Mountain.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Floyd County   (Va.)
• Lee   County   (Va.)
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Montgomery County   (Va.)
• Patrick County   (Va.)
• Photographs
• Scott County (Va.)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Dale Belcher Photographs by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).