Records

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  "Haunting"Ton Tales
  

  Creator

  Willett, Corie B.

  Willett, Jo Ellen

  Willis, Jessica R.

  Butler, Kip A.

  "Haunting"Ton Tales

  In this project, Corie B. Willett chose to research and collect ghost stories local to the Huntington, West Virginia area. He explored values, beliefs, and attitudes towards religion with respect to ghost stories of Appalachians living in the Huntington region. 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

  Willett, Corie B.

  Willett, Jo Ellen

  Willis, Jessica R.

  Butler, Kip A.

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  A Brief History of The Vances: According to Dan Vance
  

  Creator

  Vance, Melanie

  Vance, Daniel

  A Brief History of The Vances: According to Dan Vance

  In this project, Melanie Vance interviewed her father, Daniel Vance about growing up in a Mennonite community while at his home in Manassas, Virginia. Topics covered in this interview include family life, food, quilting, and other topics. 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

  Vance, Melanie

  Vance, Daniel

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  A Father and Son Hobby
  

  Creator

  Murphy, Shannon

  Murphy, Archie R. Jr.

  A Father and Son Hobby

  In this project, Shannon Murphy interviewed her father, Archie R. Murphy Jr. about the woodworking hobby he shares with his own father. The two made furniture and items to be used around the house including front porch swings. 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

  Murphy, Shannon

  Murphy, Archie R. Jr.

• A Father and Son Hobby, Audio
  

  Creator

  Murphy, Shannon

  Murphy, Archie R. Jr.

  A Father and Son Hobby, Audio

  In this project, Shannon Murphy interviewed her father, Archie R. Murphy Jr. about the woodworking hobby he shares with his own father. The two made furniture and items to be used around the house including front porch swings. 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

  Murphy, Shannon

  Murphy, Archie R. Jr.

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  A German Baptist from Copper Hill: The Family Recollections of Mrs. Sharon Wood of Copper Hill, Floyd Co., Va.
  

  Creator

  Walden, J.M.

  Wood, Sharon

  A German Baptist from Copper Hill: The Family Recollections of Mrs. Sharon Wood of Copper Hill, Floyd Co., Va.

  In this project J.M. Walden interviewed Sharon Wood, of Copper Hill, Virginia about life as a German Baptist living in Appalachia. 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

  Walden, J.M.

  Wood, Sharon

• A German Baptist from Copper Hill: The Family Recollections of Mrs. Sharon Wood of Copper Hill, Floyd Co., Va., Audio
  

  Creator

  Walden, J.M.

  Wood, Sharon

  A German Baptist from Copper Hill: The Family Recollections of Mrs. Sharon Wood of Copper Hill, Floyd Co., Va., Audio

  In this project J.M. Walden interviewed Sharon Wood, of Copper Hill, Virginia about life as a German Baptist living in Appalachia. 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

  Walden, J.M.

  Wood, Sharon

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  A History of Her Own: The Personal Narrative of Mary Ingles Bullard
  

  Creator

  Sutton, Laurel

  Bullard, Mary Ingles

  A History of Her Own: The Personal Narrative of Mary Ingles Bullard

  In this project Laurel Sutton interviewed Mary Ingles Bullard, the sixth great granddaughter of Mary Draper Ingles. Ms. Ingles spoke of growing up on a farm in Pulaski, surviving the bombing at Pearl Harbor, and driving from California to Virginia in a 1939 Buick, living in France. Ms. Sutton initially planned on the interview covering stories of Mary Draper Ingles but after meeting Ms. Bullard, quickly decided that her story was just as interesting. 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

  Sutton, Laurel

  Bullard, Mary Ingles

• A History of Her Own: The Personal Narrative of Mary Ingles Bullard, Audio
  

  Creator

  Sutton, Laurel

  Bullard, Mary Ingles

  A History of Her Own: The Personal Narrative of Mary Ingles Bullard, Audio

  In this project Laurel Sutton interviewed Mary Ingles Bullard, the sixth great granddaughter of Mary Draper Ingles. Ms. Ingles spoke of growing up on a farm in Pulaski, surviving the bombing at Pearl Harbor, and driving from California to Virginia in a 1939 Buick, living in France. Ms. Sutton initially planned on the interview covering stories of Mary Draper Ingles but after meeting Ms. Bullard, quickly decided that her story was just as interesting. 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

  Sutton, Laurel

  Bullard, Mary Ingles

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  A Local Legend: The Sisters in Black
  

  Creator

  Hill, Jenny L.

  Middleton, Barbara

  Myers, Emily

  Porterfield, Cindy

  A Local Legend: The Sisters in Black

  In this project, Jenny L. Hill researched and interviewed people about the local legend of the Three Black Sisters, who at one time ran the Montgomery Female College in Christiansburg, Virginia. Stories about the three sisters include tales of murder, secret padlocked rooms, mysterious late night burials, strange visitors, charred bones, large insurance policies, and suspicious suicides. We may never know the truth about the sisters, but Ms. Hill researched and interviewed Christiansburg residents to find out what she could. 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

  Hill, Jenny L.

  Middleton, Barbara

  Myers, Emily

  Porterfield, Cindy

• A Local Legend: The Sisters in Black, Audio
  

  Creator

  Hill, Jenny L.

  Middleton, Barbara

  Myers, Emily

  Porterfield, Cindy

  A Local Legend: The Sisters in Black, Audio

  In this project, Jenny L. Hill researched and interviewed people about the local legend of the Three Black Sisters, who at one time ran the Montgomery Female College in Christiansburg, Virginia. Stories about the three sisters include tales of murder, secret padlocked rooms, mysterious late night burials, strange visitors, charred bones, large insurance policies, and suspicious suicides. We may never know the truth about the sisters, but Ms. Hill researched and interviewed Christiansburg residents to find out what she could. 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

  Hill, Jenny L.

  Middleton, Barbara

  Myers, Emily

  Porterfield, Cindy