University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections

Billy Ed Wheeler
(1937 -  )

Southern Appalachian Writers Collection

M2005.05.01-08


 
Title Billy Ed Wheeler
Creator Southern Highlands Research Center
Alt. Creator D. H. Ramsey Library
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/
Subject Keyword Billy Ed Wheeler; Southern Appalachian Writers ; Patricia Duane Beaver
 
Subject LCSH Wheeler, Billy Ed,
American literature -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History and criticism
American literature -- Appalachian Mountains -- History and criticism
Appalachians (People) in literature
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Description and travel
Description Collection contains letters of correspondence, ephemera, photographs, book covers, and anecdotal information on the writer. In some instances, tapes of the author reading from their work is included.

The collection was gathered as part of an exhibition of Southern Appalachian Writers held at UNCA in the early 1980's and sponsored by D. H. Ramsey Library and the Southern Highlands Research Center.

Publisher D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor Annette Hatley
Date 2005-08-23
Type Collection ; text ; photographs ; audio
Format 1 folder ; audio ; text ; image   
Source M2005.05.1-8
Language English
Relation  Charlotte Young Collection, Women in Western North Carolina, Southern Appalachian Writers in "A Sense of Place, "The Heritage of Western North Caorlina, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 
Coverage 1900's - present   ; Asheville, NC ; Atlanta, GA
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.  Some materials in collections are electronic rights only. Please ask for assistance from Special Collections staff.
Donor Donor number 
Acquisition  2004-03-
Citation Harry Caudill in Southern Appalachian Writers Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff,  2005
Last update 2007-12-28
Context  
Biography http://www.billyeddwheeler.com/home.htm

 

Bibliography BOOKS

Star of Appalachia. 2003
Kudzu Covers Manhattan.
2005
Travis and Other Poems of the Swannanoa Valley.
1977
Song of a Woods Colt.
1969
Laughter in Appalachia--A Festival of Southern Mountain Humor. 
1987
Hometown Humor, USA.
Co-authored with Loyal Jones. 1991
Curing the Cross-Eyed Mule.
Co-authored with Loyal Jones. 1989
Outhouse Humor. 1988
More Laughter In Appalachia.
1995
Real Country Humor--Jokes From Country Music Personalities.
2002

PLAYS

Young Abe Lincoln
Hatfields & McCoys
Barbry & Willie
A Song of the Cumberland Gap
The Glass Christmas Tree
Bird On The Wing
Voices in the Wind
Mossie and the Strippers
Wings Over Appalachia
What A Way To Go
Johnny Appleseed

RECORDINGS

 

Links http://www.billyeddwheeler.com/home.htm
Documents  
Oral History  
Photographs