Profiles of Appalachia: Interviews With Residents of Wise County, Virginia
- Creator
- Moreman, Jennifer Y.
- Amburgey, Melvina
- Funk, Avia Amburgey
- Moore, Shirley Skeens
- Funk, Hoover
Profiles of Appalachia: Interviews With Residents of Wise County, Virginia
In this project, Jennifer Moreman interviewed four members of a family who live in Wise County, Virginia. Her intent with this project was to learn more about the rural lifestyle in Appalachia.
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
- Moreman, Jennifer Y.
- Amburgey, Melvina
- Funk, Avia Amburgey
- Moore, Shirley Skeens
- Funk, Hoover