Times in the Mountains: The Stories of Maggie Lee Horn

Creator: Horn, Cameron R.

: Horn, Maggie

In this project, Cameron Horn interviewed her grandmother, Maggie Horn about her life growing up on Bradshaw Mountain in West Virginia. During the interview, Ms. Horn talked about various superstitions, gardening and the scheduling of planting things, practical jokes among family members, different methods of heating their house, gathering plants in the mountains to use around the house, and many other details related to life in McDowell County. 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.