Radford University in the 1960\'s From Linda Milburn\'s Eyes
Creator
Carmichael, Glen
Milburn, Linda
In this project Glen Carmichael interviewed his grandmother, Linda Milburn. Ms. Milburn had attended Radford College in the 1960s and Glen Carmichael was attending the same college, now called Radford University at the time of the interview. During the interview, Ms. Wilburn spoke of her experiences living in the dormitory, meeting her husband, food at the college including Petunia casserole (tuna and peas) and large Sunday meal each week, friends she made and kept from college, and about the clothes she made and wore while there. 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.