In this project, Carrie McKay Shelton interviewed her grandmother, Flora Kelly about her life in the 1930s. Though the interview centered around work, money, and jobs, they also covered the topics concerning the Great Depression. Ms. Shelton learned during the interview that her grandmother raised three girls, went to work, and accepted boarders into her home and after the interview had a different perspective of her grandmother’s life and a deeper appreciation for her. 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.