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Start Over Collection Motion Picture Collection, 1905/1997

Foxfire, 1974 Box 3-B, Reel 588

In 1967, Eliot Wigginton and his Rabun Gap, Georgia high school class set out to record the lore, legends, and crafts of their Appalachian folk heritage. Beginning as an effort to help young people learn, it grew into the magazine Foxfire and two major best-sellers and became one of the most successful educational experiments in America.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Motion Picture Collection, 1905/1997

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