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Ricky Cox is a historian, educator, folklorist, and musician in the United States. [1] He taught at Radford University [2] and is now retired. [2] He received the inaugural Appalachian studies teaching award from the Appalachian Studies Association. [3] He co-authored The Water Powered Mills of Floyd County, Virginia and co-edited A Handbook on Appalachia. [4]
Cox said his mother had 10 sisters who were all singers and that he thought "even their sewing machines were singers." [4] He studied at Radford University. [5]
Cox has lived in Floyd County, Virginia. [6] He performed at a Mary Draper Ingles remembrance event at the Wilderness Road Regional Museum in 2019. [7] He reviewed University of Tennessee librarian Richard Saunders' book on Harry Harrison Kroll. [8]
Cox was a contributing part of the 1987 Appalachian Studies Conference. [9] He has written articles for the Journal of Appalachian Studies [10]
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Submission declined on 10 January 2021 by
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I'm still interested in working on this draft. Thanks. FloridaArmy ( talk) 22:55, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
Ricky Cox is a historian, educator, folklorist, and musician in the United States. [1] He taught at Radford University [2] and is now retired. [2] He received the inaugural Appalachian studies teaching award from the Appalachian Studies Association. [3] He co-authored The Water Powered Mills of Floyd County, Virginia and co-edited A Handbook on Appalachia. [4]
Cox said his mother had 10 sisters who were all singers and that he thought "even their sewing machines were singers." [4] He studied at Radford University. [5]
Cox has lived in Floyd County, Virginia. [6] He performed at a Mary Draper Ingles remembrance event at the Wilderness Road Regional Museum in 2019. [7] He reviewed University of Tennessee librarian Richard Saunders' book on Harry Harrison Kroll. [8]
Cox was a contributing part of the 1987 Appalachian Studies Conference. [9] He has written articles for the Journal of Appalachian Studies [10]
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