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No Power? No Problem! : Preserving food on farms
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- Brinkley, Diane
- Dickerson, Ray
No Power? No Problem! : Preserving food on farms
In this project, Diane Brinkley interviewed Ray Dickerson to learn more about how people preserved farm-raised foods during the Great Depression. Mr. Dickerson grew up on land that is now the Selu Conservancy in Radford, Virginia. Topics discussed include various types of canning, using salt, and carefully selecting where you stored preserved foods in the house.
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
- Brinkley, Diane
- Dickerson, Ray
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Appalachian Cooking: Past and Present
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- Quesenberry, Carmen J.
- Quesenberry, Stella Mae
- Quesenberry, Shelby
- Quesenberry, Blanche
- Lyons, Iva
- Quesenberry, Leroy
- Quenseberry, Mary
Appalachian Cooking: Past and Present
In this project, Carmen J. Quesenberry researched various cooking styles and then interviewed several family and friends to discuss them. Additionally, the interviews covered the topic of canning, which may be a skill that is not as popular or viewed as being as important as it once was. These interviews showed, among other things, how cooking and ideas about food have changed over the years. 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
- Quesenberry, Carmen J.
- Quesenberry, Stella Mae
- Quesenberry, Shelby
- Quesenberry, Blanche
- Lyons, Iva
- Quesenberry, Leroy
- Quenseberry, Mary
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Crazy, Creative, Clumsy County Cooking: The Cooking Traditions of The Sklany Family
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- Spaid, Heather Leigh
- Sklany, Vincent
- Graves, Elizabeth
- Dalton, Bernadette Sklany
- Spaid, Therese
Crazy, Creative, Clumsy County Cooking: The Cooking Traditions of The Sklany Family
In this project, Heather Leigh Spaid interviewed various members of her family to learn about their cooking traditions. She was interested in where and how her relatives learned to cook and through these interviews, realized how important her grandmother’s influence was in everybody’s life and cooking education. 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
- Spaid, Heather Leigh
- Sklany, Vincent
- Graves, Elizabeth
- Dalton, Bernadette Sklany
- Spaid, Therese
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Appalachian Cooking: Past and Present, Audio
- Creator
- Quesenberry, Carmen J.
- Quesenberry, Stella Mae
- Quesenberry, Shelby
- Quesenberry, Blanche
- Lyons, Iva
- Quesenberry, Leroy
- Quenseberry, Mary
Appalachian Cooking: Past and Present, Audio
In this project, Carmen J. Quesenberry researched various cooking styles and then interviewed several family and friends to discuss them. Additionally, the interviews covered the topic of canning, which may be a skill that is not as popular or viewed as being as important as it once was. These interviews showed, among other things, how cooking and ideas about food have changed over the years. 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
- Quesenberry, Carmen J.
- Quesenberry, Stella Mae
- Quesenberry, Shelby
- Quesenberry, Blanche
- Lyons, Iva
- Quesenberry, Leroy
- Quenseberry, Mary
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- Appalachia4
- Canning and preserving.
- Folklore--Appalachia4
- Oral histories--Appalachia4
- Cooking.3
- Farms.1
- Great Depression1
Creator
- Lyons, Iva2
- Quenseberry, Mary2
- Quesenberry, Blanche2
- Quesenberry, Carmen J.2
- Quesenberry, Leroy2
- Quesenberry, Shelby2
- Quesenberry, Stella Mae2
- Brinkley, Diane1
- Dalton, Bernadette Sklany1
- Dickerson, Ray1
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