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The Woman I'm Gonna Marry: The Lives of Connie and Nina Browning
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- cooper, Sara
- Browning, Nina H.
- Browning, Connie R.
The Woman I'm Gonna Marry: The Lives of Connie and Nina Browning
In this project Sara Cooper interviewed Connie and Sara Browning, of Floyd County Virginia. The couple spoke often of the value of family gatherings and the value of passing along that tradition to the younger generations. They also spoke of their years working at C&P Telephone, and how the telephone changed the way of life for many people, about growing up on a farm, the importance of cooking, and again, of the importance of family. 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
- cooper, Sara
- Browning, Nina H.
- Browning, Connie R.
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The Woman I'm Gonna Marry: The Lives of Connie and Nina Browning, Audio
- Creator
- cooper, Sara
- Browning, Nina H.
- Browning, Connie R.
The Woman I'm Gonna Marry: The Lives of Connie and Nina Browning, Audio
In this project Sara Cooper interviewed Connie and Sara Browning, of Floyd County Virginia. The couple spoke often of the value of family gatherings and the value of passing along that tradition to the younger generations. They also spoke of their years working at C&P Telephone, and how the telephone changed the way of life for many people, about growing up on a farm, the importance of cooking, and again, of the importance of family. 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
- cooper, Sara
- Browning, Nina H.
- Browning, Connie R.
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