Family Life in the 20\'s, 30\'s and 40\'s: Growing Up In The Harris Household

Creator: Janney, Alan

: High, Leta

: High, James

: Hodges, Pauline

: Hodges, Kenneth

In this project, Alan Janney interviewed his grandmother, his great-aunt, and their husbands with no particular theme in mind for the interviews. It was not until after they were finished that Mr. Janney settled on the theme for this project- family life and growing up in the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. 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.