The Poff Family and Their Cultural Connections to Waterways in Floyd County, Virginia

Creator: Coada, Lindsay

: Poff, Wade

: Poff, Mary

In this project, Lindsay Coada interviewed Wade and Mary Poff, of Floyd County, about their experiences living on the Little River. During the interview, Ms. Coada asked questions about how they utilized the river throughout their lives, how they used it as a social mechanism, their general thoughts about the river in their community, and learned a lot about the lives of Wade and Mary Poff as well. 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.