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[Kissing game]

Description: Photograph of a man in a hat hunched down as he kisses a young girl on the cheek. There is a semi circle of other young men and women standing as they play a kissing game at a sorghum molasses stir-off. There is a man in the background playing mandolin.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ruby Smith and her guitar]

Description: Photograph of a Ruby Smith seated in a dimly lit room playing guitar as she looks out the window. The walls of the room are plastered with newspaper and magazine clippings. From Junebug Clark: A young girl dreaming of the world around her with her guitar. A time of reflections, dreams and what was to be in the quiet of your room. Picture of a girl in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee reaching into her dreams.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Group singing]

Description: Photograph of a group of young men and woman standing in a semicircle singing together while four musicians are visible. Two men play guitar on the left of the photograph while a man plays mandolin and another plays fiddle on the right.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Family sings]

Description: Photograph of a family gathered around an organ. The group appears to be singing while one person sits and plays the organ. The envelope containing the negative is inscribed "Aunt Julia McCrary".
Date: 195X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Caught him]

Description: Photograph of a young woman with her hand on a young man's shoulder as he leans back. There is a crowd of young men and children watching this game while a man in the background plays mandolin.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Country dance]

Description: Photograph of a large group of young men and women dancing together while musicians are visible in the center of the group. The group dances on ground covered in spent sorghum cane used for the sorghum molasses stir-off.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Sitting by the fireplace]

Description: Photograph of a woman and a group of children surrounding a fireplace. While the children are gathered, an older girl plays guitar. The walls are plastered with newspaper pages and two guns rest on a rack high up the wall.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Girl playing guitar]

Description: Photograph of a girl playing guitar by a sunlit window in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Girl is Ruby Smith Earl, Cora Smith's younger sister. This Photo appears in Joe's book, "Back Home" Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS
Date: 19XX
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of Letter from Sallie Fentress and Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, May 17, 1859]

Description: Transcript of a letter from Sallie Fentress to her brother David discussing news from Bolivar and it includes:town health update; news that she and Kate are not going to school; a discussion about the locusts she catches every morning; a dialogue about the weather; a discussion about David's baby and how the family wishes that David, Clara, and baby would visit; and a dialogue about handmade bonnets and clothing made by Maud, Sallie, and Kate for Clara and the baby. Letter from Maud C. Fentres… more
Date: May 17, 1859
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Smith family]

Description: Photograph of the Smith family gathered in a room in their home. Many of the family members have musical instruments. Ruby Smith is in the center of the photograph with a guitar. Cora Smith is seated on the right, also with a guitar. From Junebug Clark: Family gatherings with singing and playing guitars was a form of family fun, gatherings, evening entertainment for all ages in the hills of Tennessee. Joe spent many a evening with his family as a boy gathering with friends and family. It wa… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Sallie Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, May 17, 1859]

Description: Letter from Sallie Fentress to her brother David discussing news from Bolivar and it includes:town health update; news that she and Kate are not going to school; a discussion about the locusts she catches every morning; a dialogue about the weather; a discussion about David's baby and how the family wishes that David, Clara, and baby would visit; and a dialogue about handmade bonnets and clothing made by Maud, Sallie, and Kate for Clara and the baby. Letter from Maud C. Fentress to her son Dav… more
Date: May 17, 1859
Creator: Fentress, Maud C. & Fentress, Sallie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Guitars and singing]

Description: Photograph of two young men playing guitar as a group sits and stands around them as they sing together. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wagon ride to the stir off]

Description: Photograph of a group of young men and women riding in a horse drawn wagon as it arrives at the sorghum molasses stir-off. There are two men seated at the end of the wagon playing guitars. There is a large group of people surrounding a burst of steam in the background of the photograph.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Family portrait]

Description: Photograph of a family posing with their instruments. In the image, the three males sit in chairs while the two girls stand in the back with a song book. The walls of the room are covered with newspapers and the room is lightly decorated.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dancing to the band]

Description: Photograph of a group of young adults dancing at a sorghum molasses stir-off. There is a group of musicians in the background of the photo playing guitars, mandolin, and an upright bass. Behind them a cloud of steam is visible.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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