Ross, Charlotte Tanksley

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Charlotte Tanksley Ross is also known as the Legend Lady. Ross has collected about 4,000 folk tales. She is a noted storyteller, folklorist and Appalachian State University Communications adjunct professor. She has performed at the American Folklore Society, Smithsonian Institution Folklore Festival, Opryland, and the Ulster (Ireland) Folklife Festival. In 1969, Charlotte Ross was hired as the Appalachian Room's first Librarian. In 1976, Charlotte Ross published Bibliography of Southern Appalachia. Co-author of "From my grandmother's grandmother unto me" with her daughter Clarinda.

From the description of Charlotte Ross papers. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 232605746

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