A Taste of History: Preserving the One-Room School Culture in Floyd County, Virginia
- Categories
- Appalachian Collections > Appalachian Folklife Archive
- Subject
- Appalachia
- Oral histories--Appalachia
- Folklore--Appalachia
- Floyd County (Va)
- Education.
- Schoolhouses
- Education, Rural.
- Teaching.
- Teachers.
- Creator
- Derrick, Ruth
- Brown, Effie King
- Whitenack, Mason L.
- Albert, Nola
- Shelor, Dwight
- Wimmer, Diana
- Baldwin, Amy
- Marshall, Courtney
- Type
- text and audio
- Coverage - Temporal
- 2008
- Date
- 2008-05-02
- 2020-07-14
- Identifier
- FA208.DirectedStudy.01Derrick.pdf
- Language
- english
- Publisher
- Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center. Radford University
- Archives & Special Collections. McConnell Library. Radford University
- Description
- This project was completed by Ruth Derrick in May of 2008 as part of a directed study under Dr. Grace Toney Edwards. The purpose of this project was to research and preserve information about one and two room schools in Floyd County. Ms. Derrick interviewed Effie King Brown, Mason L. Whitenack, Nola Albert, Dwight Shelor, Diana Wimmer, Amy Baldwin, and Courtney Marshall, all of whom attended or taught at one room schools. Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.
- Rights
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