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Fortune and Less Fortune: The Times of Alma and James Townsend
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- Coughlin, Cynthia
- Townsend, James
- Townsend, Alma
Fortune and Less Fortune: The Times of Alma and James Townsend
In this project Cynthia Coughlin interviewed James and Alma Townsend, of Martinsville Virginia. The two talked about growing up in the mountains of Tennessee in the 1940s. 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
- Coughlin, Cynthia
- Townsend, James
- Townsend, Alma
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Fortune and Less Fortune: The Times of Alma and James Townsend, Audio
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- Coughlin, Cynthia
- Townsend, James
- Townsend, Alma
Fortune and Less Fortune: The Times of Alma and James Townsend, Audio
In this project Cynthia Coughlin interviewed James and Alma Townsend, of Martinsville Virginia. The two talked about growing up in the mountains of Tennessee in the 1940s. 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
- Coughlin, Cynthia
- Townsend, James
- Townsend, Alma
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