Memories of a Family and a Community: The Centerville Rose

Creator: Rose, Jessica Frances

: Rose, Otis Bryce III

: Miller, Betty Anne

: Saunders, Evelyn Redd

: Rose, John Randall

In this project, Jessica Frances Rose interviewed several of her family members and a family friend about an establishment her great-grandparents had owned-The Centerville Rose. This establishment was a dairy bar and restaurant that was open from the 1950s until the 1970s. 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.