Add to ORKGRecords the reminiscences of Elmer Atkins, who was born and raised near Beech Spring, Virginia prior to the establishment of Shenandoah National Park in 1934. Describes his home and family life, schooling, holidays and community events. Among the topics discussed are farming, raising of livestock, log homes and the local bark peeling industry. Includes references to revival meetings, wakes and funerals, herbal remedies, moonshining, the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919 and the chestnut tree blight that decimated the species in the early decades of the 20th century. Mr. Atkins also comments on the forced eviction of his family and neighbors to make way for the construction of the national park.https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/1003/thumbnail.jp
Records the reminiscences of Charles Estes, who owned a sawmill and several other businesses near Pi...
Records an interview with Hazel Meadows, (née Colvin), and her friend Alice Long Brien, who lived ne...
Records an interview with Zada Lam, who grew up on the Rockingham County side of Swift Run Gap. Desc...
Records the reminiscences of sisters Sallie Atkins and Lela Dodson, who were raised in in a one room...
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 Harold Baugher who grew up in Swift Run, Virginia, in the 1930s, on a f...
Records the reminiscences of Lucille V. Coffman, (née Blose), and her husband, who is not named in t...
Records the reminiscences of Everett Breeden, who grew up on Tanners Ridge, in Page County, Virginia...
Records an interview with LeRoy Nicholson, who lived in Weakely Hollow, near Old Rag Mountain, in Ma...
Records an interview with James Hickerson, who grew up in Hickerson Hollow, near Front Royal, Virgin...
Records the reminiscences of Arlene Carr Abel who grew up in Sugar Hollow, Virginia, prior to the es...
Records an interview with Eli Dudley Jones, who lived near Rileyville, in Page County, Virginia in t...
Records the reminiscences of Evidell Cave, who was born and raised in Dark Hollow, Virginia, prior t...
Records an interview with E.L. Huffman, who grew up near Big Foltz Run, outside of Shenandoah, Virgi...
Records the reminiscences of Charles Estes, who owned a sawmill and several other businesses near Pi...
Records an interview with Hazel Meadows, (née Colvin), and her friend Alice Long Brien, who lived ne...
Records an interview with Zada Lam, who grew up on the Rockingham County side of Swift Run Gap. Desc...
Records the reminiscences of sisters Sallie Atkins and Lela Dodson, who were raised in in a one room...
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 Harold Baugher who grew up in Swift Run, Virginia, in the 1930s, on a f...
Records the reminiscences of Lucille V. Coffman, (née Blose), and her husband, who is not named in t...
Records the reminiscences of Everett Breeden, who grew up on Tanners Ridge, in Page County, Virginia...
Records an interview with LeRoy Nicholson, who lived in Weakely Hollow, near Old Rag Mountain, in Ma...
Records an interview with James Hickerson, who grew up in Hickerson Hollow, near Front Royal, Virgin...
Records the reminiscences of Arlene Carr Abel who grew up in Sugar Hollow, Virginia, prior to the es...
Records an interview with Eli Dudley Jones, who lived near Rileyville, in Page County, Virginia in t...
Records the reminiscences of Evidell Cave, who was born and raised in Dark Hollow, Virginia, prior t...
Records an interview with E.L. Huffman, who grew up near Big Foltz Run, outside of Shenandoah, Virgi...
Records the reminiscences of Charles Estes, who owned a sawmill and several other businesses near Pi...
Records an interview with Hazel Meadows, (née Colvin), and her friend Alice Long Brien, who lived ne...
Records an interview with Zada Lam, who grew up on the Rockingham County side of Swift Run Gap. Desc...