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Kelly's General Merchandise: A Small Town Store
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- Kelly, Jacquelyn
- Kelly, Jim
Kelly's General Merchandise: A Small Town Store
In this project, Jacqueline Kelly interviewed her father, Jim Kelly about his a general merchandise store that his parents ran in Ben Hur, Virginia. Mr. Kelly lived in the store while growing up and told stories about that, and about how a small store can create a feeling of community in a small town. 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
- Kelly, Jacquelyn
- Kelly, Jim
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Kelly's General Merchandise: A Small Town Store, Audio
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- Kelly, Jacquelyn
- Kelly, Jim
Kelly's General Merchandise: A Small Town Store, Audio
In this project, Jacqueline Kelly interviewed her father, Jim Kelly about his a general merchandise store that his parents ran in Ben Hur, Virginia. Mr. Kelly lived in the store while growing up and told stories about that, and about how a small store can create a feeling of community in a small town. 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
- Kelly, Jacquelyn
- Kelly, Jim
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