Growing Up Like the Waltons
- Creator
- Graham, Angie
- Graham, Allen Leon
- Cox, Ricky
Growing Up Like the Waltons
In this project, Angie Graham interviewed her father, Allen Leon Graham, who was born March 16, 1951 in Montgomery County, Virginia. The interview was conducted in Christiansburg, Virginia and covered, among other topics, farm crafts, tools, shelter, clothing, and farming. 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
- Graham, Angie
- Graham, Allen Leon
- Cox, Ricky