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

Oral History Register
for

Mary Chiltosky

No picture available

Title

Mary Chiltosky Oral History

Creator

Mary Ulmer Chiltosky
Alt. Creator Louis D. Silveri ; presentation to WNC Historical Association

Subject
LCSH:

Cherokee Indians -- Folklore

Subject
Keyword:

 Cherokee Indian legends ; Flood ; Chunky ; Ball game ; Storytelling ; Memory

Description

Mrs. Chiltosky tells two Cherokee legends for the Western North Carolina Historical Association in April, 1978.

She gives a brief introduction to Cherokee memories and legends, particularly the game of "Chunky" and the Cherokee legend of the "great flood".

Publisher

D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804

Contributor

Mary Chiltosky ; WNC Historical Association

Date

Electronic Record Issued: 2001-07-11

Type

Text

Format

TRANSCRIPT:14 double-spaced pages

Identifier

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SHRC/chiltosky.html

Source

Louis D. Silveri Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804

Language

English

Relation

Southern Highlands Research Center Oral History Collection
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SHRC/default_shrc.htm
Mary Ulmer Chiltosky in Southern Appalachian Writers Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804

Coverage

Cherokee, NC
Rights No restrictions ;  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 authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Acquisition

Donor number: 23 ;  Date of acquisition: 1978

Processed By

Southern Highlands Research Center staff , 1978 ; Special Collections staff, 2001

Interview Date

1978-04

Books written by
Mary Chiltosky:

Cherokee Cooklore: Preparing Cherokee Foods.  Cherokee, NC: Mary and Goingback  Chiltosky, 1951.
To Make My Bread.  Cherokee, NC: Mary and Goingback Chiltosky, 1951
Cherokee Words with Pictures.  Asheville, NC: Stephens Press, 1972.
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses: A 400 Year History.  Sylvia, NC: Herald Publishing Company, 1975.  (Written with Paul B. Hamel.)
Cherokee Fair & Festival: A History Thru 1978.  Cherokee, NC: The Assoc., 1979

Return to Top         Oral History Collections

[Home]  [Ramsey Library]  [UNCA]