Walter "Red" Medford
Dublin Core
Title
Walter "Red" Medford
Subject
Bicycles
Boys
Portraits
Description
This 1953 photograph shows Walter “Red” Medford with his bicycle in Canton, North Carolina. Founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree, Hubert H. Hayes (1901-1964) auditioned and directed youth to perform in folk dance, music, and folk and ballad singing. The jamboree was held in the Asheville City Auditorium (now known as Thomas Wolfe Auditorium) from 1948 to 1973, and Hayes’ wife, Leona Trantham Hayes (1913-1989) continued to direct the program after his death in 1964. Hubert Hayes was an author, playwright, and alumni of Duke University.
Source
Hubert Hayes Collection
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1953
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
jpg;
photographs
portraits
Type
StillImage
Identifier
39138
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/39138
Date Created
2019-01-11
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;
Spatial Coverage
Haywood County (N.C.)
Extent
8" x 10"(dimension)
Is Part Of
Picturing Appalachia
Collection
Citation
“Walter "Red" Medford,” OAI, accessed May 5, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/39138.