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Mrs. Effie King Brown - Radford's Centennial Sister. Looking Back at the Last One Hundred Years Living in Floyd County, Virginia
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- Rickert, Meghan
- Brown, Effie King
Mrs. Effie King Brown - Radford's Centennial Sister. Looking Back at the Last One Hundred Years Living in Floyd County, Virginia
In this project, Meghan Rickert interviewed Effie King Brown. Ms. Brown was born in Check, Virginia in 1910 and at the time was the oldest living graduate of Radford College. During the interview, Ms. Brown talked about growing up on a farm and all of the ways the family provided themselves with food, clothing, money, and shelter. 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
- Rickert, Meghan
- Brown, Effie King
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Mrs. Effie King Brown - Radford's Centennial Sister. Looking Back at the Last One Hundred Years Living in Floyd County, Virginia, Audio Part 1
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- Rickert, Meghan
- Brown, Effie King
Mrs. Effie King Brown - Radford's Centennial Sister. Looking Back at the Last One Hundred Years Living in Floyd County, Virginia, Audio Part 1
In this project, Meghan Rickert interviewed Effie King Brown. Ms. Brown was born in Check, Virginia in 1910 and at the time was the oldest living graduate of Radford College. During the interview, Ms. Brown talked about growing up on a farm and all of the ways the family provided themselves with food, clothing, money, and shelter. 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
- Rickert, Meghan
- Brown, Effie King
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Mrs. Effie King Brown - Radford's Centennial Sister. Looking Back at the Last One Hundred Years Living in Floyd County, Virginia, Audio Part 2
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- Rickert, Meghan
- Brown, Effie King
Mrs. Effie King Brown - Radford's Centennial Sister. Looking Back at the Last One Hundred Years Living in Floyd County, Virginia, Audio Part 2
In this project, Meghan Rickert interviewed Effie King Brown. Ms. Brown was born in Check, Virginia in 1910 and at the time was the oldest living graduate of Radford College. During the interview, Ms. Brown talked about growing up on a farm and all of the ways the family provided themselves with food, clothing, money, and shelter. 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
- Rickert, Meghan
- Brown, Effie King
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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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- Oral histories--Appalachia4
- Canning and preserving.3
- Farms.3
- Education, Rural.1
- Education.1
- Floyd County (Va)1
- Schoolhouses1
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- Brown, Effie King
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- Whitenack, Mason L.1
- Wimmer, Diana1