Nancy Hamilton Collection on Molly Sequoia, 1967

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Nancy Hamilton Collection on Molly Sequoia, 1967

1967

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/20125/

The Nancy Hamilton Collection on Molly Sequoia contains an audio interview conducted by Nancy Hamilton with Molly Sequoia, a Native American craftsperson, cook, and healer of the Cherokee tribe. Subjects discussed in the oral history interview include family history and daily activities, as well as Cherokee language, songs, recipes, and her experiences with herbal medicine, particularly where to find the herbs and how to use them for specific ailments. Treatments for many ills, including colds, colic, rheumatism, and whooping cough are discussed. The collection also contains related tape logs created by former SFC staff. Tape logs include a list of subjects discussed in the interview. Little is known about Nancy Hamilton and her connection to the recordings found in the collection.

4 items

eng, Latn

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11619900

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.

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Sequoia, Molly

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p014fw (person)

Molly Sequoia was a Native American craftsperson, cook, and healer of the Cherokee tribe. She participated in an oral history interview conducted by Nancy Hamilton, discussing family history and daily activities, as well as Cherokee language, songs, recipes, and her experiences with herbal medicine, particularly where to find the herbs and how to use them for specific ailments....

Hamilton, Nancy (Oral historian)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d61b4x (person)

Nancy Hamilton is an oral historian who conducted an audio interview with Molly Sequoia, a Native American craftsperson, cook, and healer of the Cherokee tribe....