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Memories of a Schoolgirl: Stories of a One Room Schoolhouse
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- Kennedy, Mary
- Simmons, Neva
Memories of a Schoolgirl: Stories of a One Room Schoolhouse
In this project, Mary Kennedy interviewed Neva Simmons about the education system in Appalachia and about one room schoolhouses. In the interview, Ms. Simmons described the look of the schoolhouse and how they would function, games the students would play, and many details about day-to-day life in a one room school. 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.- Creator
- Kennedy, Mary
- Simmons, Neva
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Two & A Half Miles: Perspectives From An Indian Valley Franklin School Teacher
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- Culp, Jennifer
- Hollandsworth, Muriel
Two & A Half Miles: Perspectives From An Indian Valley Franklin School Teacher
In this project Jennifer Culp interviewed Muriel Hollandsworth, a former teacher, with the hope of discovering aspects of folklore in education, and the responsibilities and role of teachers. During the interview, Ms. Hollansworth talked of how two of her students were actually her brothers, how she became a teacher partly because during World War II there was a need for them in her area and the job was a very stable one, having to walk the 2.5 miles from her home to her school each day to teach, having to carry water into the classroom because it did not have running water, and about what it took to become a teacher in that time. 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.- Creator
- Culp, Jennifer
- Hollandsworth, Muriel
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A Taste of History: Preserving the One-Room School Culture in Floyd County, Virginia
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- Derrick, Ruth
- Brown, Effie King
- Whitenack, Mason L.
- Albert, Nola
- Shelor, Dwight
- Wimmer, Diana
- Baldwin, Amy
- Marshall, Courtney
A Taste of History: Preserving the One-Room School Culture in Floyd County, Virginia
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.- Creator
- Derrick, Ruth
- Brown, Effie King
- Whitenack, Mason L.
- Albert, Nola
- Shelor, Dwight
- Wimmer, Diana
- Baldwin, Amy
- Marshall, Courtney
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- Appalachia
- Education, Rural.
- Education.3
- Folklore--Appalachia
- Oral histories--Appalachia3
- Schoolhouses3
- Teaching.
- Floyd County (Va)1
- Teachers.1
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- Albert, Nola1
- Baldwin, Amy1
- Brown, Effie King1
- Culp, Jennifer1
- Derrick, Ruth1
- Hollandsworth, Muriel1
- Kennedy, Mary1
- Marshall, Courtney1
- Shelor, Dwight1
- Simmons, Neva1
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