Interview with Roby Buchanan, lapidary
Dublin Core
Title
Interview with Roby Buchanan, lapidary
Subject
Artisans
Gem cutting
Handicraft
Description
This is a transcript of an interview of lapidary Roby Buchanan conducted by Edward Dupuy and Clifford Hotchkiss in 1965. Buchanan was born and raised in Hawk, N.C. The son of a mica miner, Buchanan learned to find and cut stones on his own. His wife and son set the stones. Dupuy's 1967 book "Artisans of the Appalachians" contains an essay on Buchanan that is based on this interview.
Creator
DuPuy, Edward L.
Hotchkiss, Clifford
Source
Membership Records
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1965-01-13
Contributor
Buchanan, Roby
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
jpg;
transcripts
interviews
Language
eng
Type
Text
Identifier
13691
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/13691
Date Created
2007-02-02
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;
Spatial Coverage
Appalachian Region, Southern
Extent
11" x 8.5"(dimension)
Is Part Of
Craft Revival
Collection
Citation
DuPuy, Edward L. and Hotchkiss, Clifford, “Interview with Roby Buchanan, lapidary,” OAI, accessed May 7, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/13691.