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Dora Simpkins: the Life, Times, and Family of a Mountain Woman, Audio Part 1
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- Simpkins, Ian
- Simpkins, Tommie Jean
- Simpkins, Allen Wayne
Dora Simpkins: the Life, Times, and Family of a Mountain Woman, Audio Part 1
In this project, Ian Simpkins interviewed Tommie Jean Simpkins and Allen Wayne Simpkins about her great grandmother, Dora Simpkins. Topics covered include clothing, healing, food, superstitions, and belief in the supernatural. 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
- Simpkins, Ian
- Simpkins, Tommie Jean
- Simpkins, Allen Wayne
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Dora Simpkins: the Life, Times, and Family of a Mountain Woman
- Creator
- Simpkins, Ian
- Simpkins, Tommie Jean
- Simpkins, Allen Wayne
Dora Simpkins: the Life, Times, and Family of a Mountain Woman
In this project, Ian Simpkins interviewed Tommie Jean Simpkins and Allen Wayne Simpkins about her great grandmother, Dora Simpkins. Topics covered include clothing, healing, food, superstitions, and belief in the supernatural. 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
- Simpkins, Ian
- Simpkins, Tommie Jean
- Simpkins, Allen Wayne
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Dora Simpkins: the Life, Times, and Family of a Mountain Woman, Audio Part 2
- Creator
- Simpkins, Ian
- Simpkins, Tommie Jean
- Simpkins, Allen Wayne
Dora Simpkins: the Life, Times, and Family of a Mountain Woman, Audio Part 2
In this project, Ian Simpkins interviewed Tommie Jean Simpkins and Allen Wayne Simpkins about her great grandmother, Dora Simpkins. Topics covered include clothing, healing, food, superstitions, and belief in the supernatural. 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
- Simpkins, Ian
- Simpkins, Tommie Jean
- Simpkins, Allen Wayne
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