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Archival processing of The Nancy Hamilton Collection on Mollie Sequoyah was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Size | 4 items |
Abstract | The Nancy Hamilton Collection on Mollie Sequoyah contains an audio interview conducted by Nancy Hamilton with Mollie Sequoyah, a craftsperson, cook, and healer of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Subjects discussed in the oral history interview include family history and daily activities, as well as Cherokee language, songs, recipes, and her experiences with herbal medicine, particularly where to find the herbs and how to use them for specific ailments. Treatments for many ills, including colds, colic, rheumatism, and whooping cough are discussed. The collection also contains supporting documentation consisting of tape logs created by former SFC staff. Little is known about Nancy Hamilton and her connection to the recordings found in the collection. |
Creator | Hamilton, Nancy (Oral historian) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Little is known about Nancy Hamilton and her connection to the recordings found in the collection. The interview recordings may be related to the This is Carolina radio program (found in Department of Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40086) or loosely related to Unto These Hills, an outdoor historical drama which was presented each year in Cherokee, N.C. Materials related to Unto These Hills reside in the North Carolina Collection and are accessible through the university libraries catalog.
Processed by: Anne Wells, September 2018
Encoded by: Anne Wells, September 2018
Archival processing of The Nancy Hamilton Collection on Mollie Sequoyah was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Mollie Davis Sequoyah (1882-1978) was a craftsperson, cook, and healer of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Her husband, Runningwolf Sequoyah (1878-1947), was a farmer, who owned his own farm in Swain County, N.C. Mollie Sequoyah spoke the Cherokee language and was very knowledgeable in plant life and Cherokee lore. Living in a log house in the Big Cove Community of Cherokee, N.C., Mollie Sequoyah cared for her family and was a guiding influence on her son, Amoneeta Sequoyah (1902-1981), a Cherokee medicine man.
Back to TopThe Nancy Hamilton Collection on Mollie Sequoyah contains an audio interview conducted by Nancy Hamilton with Mollie Sequoyah, a craftsperson, cook, and healer of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Subjects discussed in the oral history interview include family history and daily activities, as well as Cherokee language, songs, recipes, and her experiences with herbal medicine, particularly where to find the herbs and how to use them for specific ailments. Treatments for many ills, including colds, colic, rheumatism, and whooping cough are discussed. The collection contains a dub of the interview on 1/4" open reel audio that was made from original tapes loaned by Earl Wynn, professor and former chair of the Department of Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection also contains supporting documentation consisting of tape logs created by former SFC staff. Tape logs include a list of subjects discussed in the interview.
Back to TopProcessing information: Titles and description compiled from SFC database.
Folder 1 |
Tape logs: FT-203-204Formerly folder 402 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025) |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20125/203 |
Molly Sequoia interview, 1967: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20125/204 |
Molly Sequoia interview, 1967: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |