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Preserving Food: A Way of Life
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- Blevins, Megan
- Smith, Robert L.
- Allen, Jo Ann
- Clark, William
- Blevins, Connie
- Cox, Ricky
Preserving Food: A Way of Life
In this project, Emily Wiley interviewed Robert L. Smith, Jo Ann, William Clark, and Connie Blevins about the subject of food preservation. The four interviews provide various information and ideas about canning and reminiscences about how canning food has 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
- Blevins, Megan
- Smith, Robert L.
- Allen, Jo Ann
- Clark, William
- Blevins, Connie
- Cox, Ricky
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Growing Up Like the Waltons
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- Graham, Angie
- Graham, Allen Leon
- Cox, Ricky
Growing Up Like the Waltons
In this project, Angie Graham interviewed her father, Allen Leon Graham, who was born March 16, 1951 in Montgomery County, Virginia. The interview was conducted in Christiansburg, Virginia and covered, among other topics, farm crafts, tools, shelter, clothing, and farming. 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
- Graham, Angie
- Graham, Allen Leon
- Cox, Ricky
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Farming the Ole Timey Way: The Robinson Way
- Creator
- Webb, Nathan
- Robinson, Sterling
- Cox, Ricky
Farming the Ole Timey Way: The Robinson Way
In this project, Nathan Webb interviewed his grandfather, Sterling Robinson. Mr. Robinson grew up and worked the farm that his father also grew up on and worked and had a very deep knowledge about how to farm in the Appalachian mountains. In addition to being a farmer, Mr. Robinson had also been an agriculture teacher during his lifetime. 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
- Webb, Nathan
- Robinson, Sterling
- Cox, Ricky
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From Garden to Can
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- Moore, Samantha
- Cockran, Jean
- Preston, K.
- Cox, Ricky
From Garden to Can
In this project, Samantha Moore interviewed Jean Cockran and K. Preston, both teachers at Bellview Elementary School in Radford, Virginia on the subject of canning. In the interviews, the two spoke of gardening for the purpose of canning, preparing the vegetables for canning, and the canning process itself. 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
- Moore, Samantha
- Cockran, Jean
- Preston, K.
- Cox, Ricky
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- Appalachia4
- Canning and preserving.
- Farms.
- Folklore--Appalachia
- Oral histories--Appalachia
- Gardening.1
- Gardens.1
Creator
- Cox, Ricky
- Allen, Jo Ann1
- Blevins, Connie1
- Blevins, Megan1
- Clark, William1
- Cockran, Jean1
- Graham, Allen Leon1
- Graham, Angie1
- Moore, Samantha1
- Preston, K.1
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