Vets: Mid 20th Century Appalachian Veterans\' Experiences in War and Peacetime

Creator: Martin, Donnie Martin 2nd

: Trent, Robert Frank Sr.

: Martin, Maldeen S.

: Snidow, William E.

: Buchanan, Wiley B.

In this project, Donnie Martin interviewed local veterans about their experiences before, during, and after their respective services in war and how it changed their worldview and themselves as Appalachians. He interviewed World War II veterans Robert Frank Trent Sr, and William E. Snidow; Korean war veteran Wiley B. Buchanan about their experiences. He also interviewed his grandmother Maldeen S. Martin about life at home during the war. 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.