Records the reminiscences of sisters Sallie Atkins and Lela Dodson, who were raised in in a one room log cabin near Hazel Mountain, Virginia, prior to the establishment of Shenandoah National Park in 1934. They are joined by childhood friend, Beulah Atkins, who lived nearby. Describes home and family life, daily chores, schooling, holidays and community events. Among the topics discussed are the growing, harvesting and preserving of food, soap making, raising livestock and wild game hunting. Includes references to the tan bark industry, wakes and funerals, and local shoemakers and merchantshttps://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/1004/thumbnail.jp
Records an interview with Lena Meadows, (née Taylor), who lived near Jollet Hollow, in Page County, ...
Records the reminiscences of Harold Baugher who grew up in Swift Run, Virginia, in the 1930s, on a f...
Records an interview with Virginia and Robert Kenney, who moved to Dickey Ridge in 1942, within the ...
Records the reminiscences of Beulah Atkins, who grew up in Beech Spring, Virginia prior to the estab...
Records an interview with Mae Long, (née Atkins), who grew up in Page County, Virginia. Describes da...
Records the reminiscences of Elmer Atkins, who was born and raised near Beech Spring, Virginia prior...
Records an interview with Hazel Meadows, (née Colvin), and her friend Alice Long Brien, who lived ne...
Records the reminiscences of Lucille V. Coffman, (née Blose), and her husband, who is not named in t...
Records the reminiscences of Arlene Carr Abel who grew up in Sugar Hollow, Virginia, prior to the es...
Records an interview with Zada Lam, who grew up on the Rockingham County side of Swift Run Gap. Desc...
Records the reminiscences of John Bradley, who grew up near the Jewell Hollow area of what would bec...
Records the reminiscences of Lola Deane, who moved to the Pine Grove area, bordering Shenandoah Nati...
Records an interview with Nelson Nicholson and his wife, Claudia, who lived in Nicholson Hollow, wit...
Records an interview with Nettie Lang, (née Breeden), who grew up in Dark Hollow, in Madison County,...
Records the reminiscences of Mamie Dearing, who grew up near Dark Hollow, Virginia, prior to the est...
Records an interview with Lena Meadows, (née Taylor), who lived near Jollet Hollow, in Page County, ...
Records the reminiscences of Harold Baugher who grew up in Swift Run, Virginia, in the 1930s, on a f...
Records an interview with Virginia and Robert Kenney, who moved to Dickey Ridge in 1942, within the ...
Records the reminiscences of Beulah Atkins, who grew up in Beech Spring, Virginia prior to the estab...
Records an interview with Mae Long, (née Atkins), who grew up in Page County, Virginia. Describes da...
Records the reminiscences of Elmer Atkins, who was born and raised near Beech Spring, Virginia prior...
Records an interview with Hazel Meadows, (née Colvin), and her friend Alice Long Brien, who lived ne...
Records the reminiscences of Lucille V. Coffman, (née Blose), and her husband, who is not named in t...
Records the reminiscences of Arlene Carr Abel who grew up in Sugar Hollow, Virginia, prior to the es...
Records an interview with Zada Lam, who grew up on the Rockingham County side of Swift Run Gap. Desc...
Records the reminiscences of John Bradley, who grew up near the Jewell Hollow area of what would bec...
Records the reminiscences of Lola Deane, who moved to the Pine Grove area, bordering Shenandoah Nati...
Records an interview with Nelson Nicholson and his wife, Claudia, who lived in Nicholson Hollow, wit...
Records an interview with Nettie Lang, (née Breeden), who grew up in Dark Hollow, in Madison County,...
Records the reminiscences of Mamie Dearing, who grew up near Dark Hollow, Virginia, prior to the est...
Records an interview with Lena Meadows, (née Taylor), who lived near Jollet Hollow, in Page County, ...
Records the reminiscences of Harold Baugher who grew up in Swift Run, Virginia, in the 1930s, on a f...
Records an interview with Virginia and Robert Kenney, who moved to Dickey Ridge in 1942, within the ...