Cultivation and Preservation of Food
- Creator
- Godsey, Sally
- Godsey, Edwin
- Godsey, Betty
- Mynes, Billie
Cultivation and Preservation of Food
In this project, Sally Godsey interviewed her grandparents Edwin and Betty Godsey, and Billie Mynes. During the interviews Ms. Gosdsey heard about the various kinds of vegetables they grow and how the seeds they use date back a few generations in the family. She heard about canning and freezing and preserving the foods, about how they learned to can and preserve from their parents. This 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
- Godsey, Sally
- Godsey, Edwin
- Godsey, Betty
- Mynes, Billie