Oral History Interview: Lessie Shively

This interview is one of a series conducted concerning rural life in West Virginia. Mrs. Lessie Shively was born in Richard Hollow, north of Charleston, West Virginia. In 1950, she and her husband moved to Charleston to take care of her mother. At the time of the interview, they were still living there. Subjects discussed in this interview include: the Depression, politics, coal mining, cooking on wood stoves, and coon hunting.https://mds.marshall.edu/oral_history/1071/thumbnail.jp