Memories of Draper Virginia: A Local History
- Categories
- Appalachian Collections > Appalachian Folklife Archive
- Subject
- Appalachia
- Oral histories--Appalachia
- Folklore--Appalachia
- Draper Mercantile Company (Pulaski County, Va.)
- General stores
- Creator
- Webb, Melissa
- Bryson, Terry Jo
- Chumbley, B.M.
- Type
- text and audio
- Coverage - Temporal
- 2006
- Date
- 2006-12-05
- 2020-06-30
- Identifier
- 206.446.9.pdf
- Language
- english
- Publisher
- Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center. Radford University
- Archives & Special Collections. McConnell Library. Radford University
- Description
- In this project Melissa Webb initially wanted to learn about her house, built in 1905 in Draper, Virginia. During the initial phases of the project and after talking to B.M. Chumbley, her 90 year old neighbor, and Terry Jo Bryson, a local store owner, she decided instead to do a project on the history of Draper, Virginia. This paper talks of change within the Draper community and mentions many business’ and business people that have come and gone over time. The Draper Mercantile is among the business’ discussed and that is one that is still in the town and still open. As mentioned in the introduction of this project, the only thing constant is change and this project explores change in the community of Draper, Virginia. This interview is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.
- Rights
- All rights are reserved by the original creators and their informants, excepting those expressly provided in a permission form on file in the Archives offices. Content is available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections, Radford University, Radford, VA). Any commercial use of the materials, without the written permission of Radford University, is strictly prohibited. Please refer to the McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections website for more information.