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A Guide to the Patrick County [Virginia] Oral History Project Records, 1980-1981 Patrick County [Virginia] Oral History Project Records Ms1983-007

Patrick County [Virginia] Oral History Project Records, 1980-1981

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Collection Number Ms1983-007


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Repository
Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Collection Number
Ms1983-007
Title
Patrick County [Virginia] Oral History Project Records, 1980
Physical Characteristics
20.9 cu. ft.; 25 boxes
Creator
Patrick County Project
Location
Please note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from Patrick County Oral History Project Records must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Patrick County Oral History Project Records, Ms1983-007, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

The Patrick County Oral History Project Records were donated to Special Collections in 1982.

Historical Note

Sponsored by the Blue Ridge Regional Library and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to explore the theme of "Continuity and Change in a Rural Community." It was conducted between September 1980 and August 1982. The project began by presenting a series of folklife programs on local traditions of music, dance, verbal art, history, and material culture; continued by collecting and transcribing taped oral histories of families and communities, building a collection of photographs of the county's past and present, and expanding the public branch library's and the University library's collections in regional literature, folk culture, and history; and then combining these activities as resources for producing a series of public programs which pursued the basic theme of "continuity and change" in this rural Southwest Virginia county.

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of taped interviews; transcripts; biographical information about the interviewees; a subject card index to the interviews; a film, "Up and Down These Roads: a Rural County in Transition"; slide/tape programs; and such project documents as the original proposal, the final report, photographs, publicity clippings, and program posters. For a published guide to the collection, available in Special Collections, see Patrick County Oral History Project: A Guide by Thomas D. Perry.

Arrangement

This collection is in its original order, although some boxes have been condensed. Boxes 1-12, which contain cassette tapes, are now in Boxes 1 and 2. Please note: There is no box number 21 or 26.

Related Material

There is also a published history and guide to the collection: Perry, Thomas David. 2009. Patrick County Oral History Project: A Guide. Ararat, Va: Laurel Hill Publishing. Spec Large F232 .P3 P4745 2009.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names

  • Patrick County Project.

    • Subjects

  • Folklore. Virginia. Patrick County.
  • Local/Regional History

    • Geographical Names

  • Patrick County (Va.) History.
  • Patrick County (Va.). Social life and customs.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Related Materials

There is also a published history and guide to the collection: Perry, Thomas David. 2009. Patrick County Oral History Project: A Guide. Ararat, Va: Laurel Hill Publishing. Spec Large F232 .P3 P4745 2009.

Contents List

Cassette Tapes.
Box: 1 (Carton 1)
  • Ayers, C. - Clark, J. Myron.
    Box: 1
  • Clark, J. – Culler, C.
    Box: 2
  • East, G. – Hall, D.
    Box: 3
  • Hopkins, B. – Houchins, M.
    Box: 5
  • Howell, R. – Mayo Mountain Singers.
    Box: 6
  • Mitchell, I. – Pendleton, B.
    Box: 7
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Cassette Tapes.
Box: 2 (Carton 2)
  • Hall, P. – Hooker, J.
    Box: 4
  • Penn, B. – Roberson, W.
    Box: 8
  • Shelor, B. – Slate, S.
    Box: 9
  • Spangler, C. – Terry, N.
    Box: 10
  • Thomas, J – Weaver, N.
    Box: 11
  • Williams, D. – Worley, L.
    Box: 12
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Reel to Reel Tapes, Ayers, C. - Clifton, E.
Box: 13
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Reel to Reel Tapes, Clifton, Fred - Harris, Oscar.
Box: 13a
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Reel to Reel Tapes, Hooker, J. - McAlexander, E.
Box: 13b
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Reel to Reel Tapes, Martin, Callie - Roberson, W.
Box: 14
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Reel to Reel Tapes, Shelor, Bertie - Thompson, M.
Box: 14a
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Reel to Reel Tapes, Trinity Church of God - Worley, Lucy T.
Box: 14b
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Informational sheets on interviewees and tape logs (102 folders).
Box: 15
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Patrick County Project Files.
Box: 18b
  • Reel to reel tapes: "Community Life in Patrick County" and "Making a Living in Patrick County."
  • Photographs of project interviewees and local events.
  • 4 cases of slides from the project and Patrick County events.
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Patrick County Project Files.
Box: 19
  • "Final Narrative Report Patrick County: Continuity and Change in a Rural Community," February 23, 1983.
  • "Patrick County: Continuity and Change in a Rural Community," project proposal, February 19, 1980.
  • Research materials.
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Patrick County Project (PCP) Interview files, including excerpts and biographical files.
Box: 20
  • Patrick County Project – General, 1982-1984
  • PCP Interview – Barbour, Jr., Andrew Lee.
  • PCP Interview – Boaz, James Clayton.
  • PCP Interview – Bolt, Ruth Jean.
  • PCP Interview – Cartner, W. Curtis.
  • PCP Interview – Clark, Lady Louise.
  • PCP Interview – Clark, Martin Filmore.
  • PCP Interview – Clark, Moir Ayers.
  • PCP Interview – Clifton, Elder Bennie.
  • PCP Interview – Clifton, Fred.
  • PCP Interview – Cruise, Crystal.
  • PCP Interview – Edwards, Maron Allen.
  • PCP Interview – Fain, Curtis Robert.
  • PCP Interview – Foddell, Marvin and Turner (brothers).
  • PCP Interview – Foddrell, Posey.
  • PCP Interview – Fulcher, Alice West.
  • PCP Interview – Fulcher, Mr. and Mrs. (Rush and Edith).
  • PCP Interview – Handy, John and Novella.
  • PCP Interview – Harbour, Kenneth Green.
  • PCP Interview – Harris, Lois.
  • PCP Interview – Harris, Oscar Allen.
  • PCP Interview – Helms, Abraham and Eula Florence.
  • PCP Interview – Hopkins, Early and Beulah.
  • PCP Interview – Hopkins, Rev. Luther Noel.
  • PCP Interview – Hopkins, Walter Thomas Dudley.
  • PCP Interview – Howell, Ruby Underwood.
  • PCP Interview – Hylton, Annie Hines.
  • PCP Interview – Layman, William Edgar, Jr.
  • PCP Interview – McKenzie, Chester Nolen.
  • PCP Interview – Mitchell, Ida Beasley.
  • PCP Interview – New Hope Church Quilters.
  • PCP Interview – Patrick County High School Pep Club.
  • PCP Interview – Penn, Burgie Bett Lawson.
  • PCP Interview – Pilson, Alpha Ella Morrison.
  • PCP Interview – Plaster, James Russell.
  • PCP Interview – Porter, Pam.
  • PCP Interview – Rakes, Orvilla Sue.
  • PCP Interview – Roberson, Winifred C.
  • PCP Interview – Shelor, Bertie.
  • PCP Interview – Shelor, Lesse and Clarice.
  • PCP Interview – Slate, Robert Samuel.
  • PCP Interview – Smith River Boys.
  • PCP Interview – Spangler, C. L.
  • PCP Interview – Spanger, Dorn Odell.
  • PCP Interview – Strock, Stella May Hodges.
  • PCP Interview – Thompson, Murray.
  • PCP Interview – Trinity Church of God.
  • PCP Interview – Walker, Mary Horner.
  • PCP Interview – Williams, Glen A.
  • PCP Interview – Worley, Lucy T.
  • PCP Interview – Wood, Addie.
  • PCP Interview – Wood, George and Claudia.
  • PCP Interview – Woodall, Ethel.
  • PCP Interview – Williams, Lena Lampe.
  • PCP Interview – Williams, Virgil Roosevelt and Lowell Ella.
  • Patrick County Project Log and Interview List.
  • Patrick County Project Interviewers.
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Patrick County Project Files
Box: 22
  • Administration.
  • Budget.
  • Costs.
  • Advisory Committee.
  • Bibliography.
  • Bibliography Orders.
  • Complimentary Copy of Bibliography.
  • Chairman Supplemental Grant.
  • Film (2 folders).
  • Correspondence.
  • Evaluation.
  • Financial Records.
  • Impact Posters.
  • Interim Narrative Report for Patrick County.
  • General.
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Patrick County Project Files
Box: 23
  • Correspondence – Returned photographs.
  • Correspondence – Summer Folklife Festival.
  • Correspondence – Egerton.
  • Adult Education Programs.
  • Mountain Mercantile.
  • Questionnaires – Resident.
  • Posters.
  • Evaluations.
  • Projected Expenses File.
  • Old Patrick and New.
  • Eden Preservation and Society Public Program.
  • Transcriber.
  • Mountain Passages.
  • Public Information – up to 10/15/1980.
  • Public Information – after 10/15/1980.
  • Media (2 folders).
  • Library Ideas.
  • Key Events in Patrick County History.
  • NEH Quarterly Reports.
  • Early Drafts – NEH (Free State of Patrick).
  • Early Drafts – NEH (W. Ann add-ins).
  • Early Drafts – NEH (Britt notes).
  • Minutes.
  • Early Drafts – NEH (Library background).
  • Early Drafts – NEH (Reviewer’s comments).
  • Early Drafts – NEH (Guidelines).
  • Staff Correspondence.
  • Staff Correspondence – Speer.
  • Staff Correspondence – Endorsement letter.
  • Staff Correspondence – McCombs.
  • Staff Correspondence – Fine.
  • Staff Correspondence – Eastman.
  • Correspondence – Local.
  • Staff Correspondence – Official.
  • NPR – Susan Reilly.
  • NEH Correspondence.
  • Educational Clearing House.
  • Chairman’s Grant.
  • Certificate of Recognition.
  • Harris, Bud.
  • Revised Budget.
  • Old Budgets – NEH.
  • Correspondence – Advisory committee.
  • Advisory Committee.
  • Officials’ Addresses.
  • Local Addresses.
  • Interviewers – Correspondence.
  • Interviews – Who’s interviewing whom.
  • Interviewer Information Forms.
  • Interview Subjects.
  • Interviewers – Workshops.
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Patrick County Project Files.
Box: 24
  • NEH Quarterly Reports (3 folders).
  • Recipes.
  • Questionnaires – 11/3/1980 Program.
  • Questionnaires – History Alive.
  • Questionnaires – Summer Folklife Program.
  • Questionnaires – Community Life.
  • Questionnaires – Impact Series.
  • Questionnaires – Making a Living.
  • Questionnaires –Impact Series.
  • Summer Folklife Series (2 folders).
  • Summer Folklife Series – Final Report.
  • Releases.
  • NEH Final Report (2 folders).
  • Public Programs – October 2, 1980.
  • Public Programs – Victorian Christmas.
  • Public Offerings – 1980-1981.
  • Public Programs – Winter-Spring 1980-1981.
  • Public Programs – Evaluation.
  • Public Programs – Patrick County Fair.
  • Public Programs – ETSU.
  • Public Programs – Miscellaneous.
  • Public Programs – Crafts.
  • Public Programs – Historical Society.
  • Public Programs – Appalshop.
  • Public Programs – Appalachian Book and Record Shop.
  • Public Programs – VLA.
  • NEH Quarterly Reports (2 folders).
  • NEH Final Narrative Report.
  • NEH Final Report.
  • Film – Correspondence.
  • Film Script.
  • Film Distributors.
  • Film Credit Debate.
  • Film Brochure – A He.
  • Filming – Meadows of Dan School Releases.
  • Enterprise Indexing.
  • Impact Series – Scripts.
  • Folklore – Films, Books.
  • Folklore – Conferences.
  • Folklore – Gooseberry Vine (VPI).
  • Film Evaluation – Stuart Courthouse.
  • Film Evaluation – Meadows of Dan.
  • Film Evaluation – Homestead.
  • Film – Correspondence.
  • Impact Series – Ideas for Future Programs.
  • Impact Series – Public Programs.
  • Impact Series – Programs.
  • Film – Edgerton Brochure.
  • Interview Subjects – Correspondence.
  • Interviews – Fair.
  • Impact Series – Scripts.
  • Impact Series –Conclusions, Correspondence.
  • Impact Series – Growing Up in Patrick County.
  • Impact Series – Hard Times.
  • Impact Series – Making a Living in Early Patrick.
  • Impact Series – Community Life.
  • Content Analysis.
  • Interviewers – Notes.
  • Tapes and Transcripts.
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Patrick County Project Files.
Box: 25
  • Patrick County Project: Clippings.
  • Public Information: Patrick County Project.
  • Patrick County Project: Releases.
  • Patrick County Project: Letterhead & Promotion Materials.
  • Patrick County Project: Public Program & Press Conference, October 2, 1980.
  • Patrick County Project: Publicity Correspondence.
  • Patrick County Project: Pictures.
  • Patrick County Project: Press Kit,
    October 2, 1980.
  • Patrick County Project: Memoranda.
  • Patrick County Project: Library Orders.
  • Patrick County Project: Library Materials.
  • Patrick County Project: Mailing List.
  • Patrick County Project: Materials.
  • Patrick County Project: Advisory Minutes.
  • Patrick County Project: Mountain Passages.
  • Patrick County Project: NEH Reports.
  • Patrick County Project: Personnel.
  • Patrick County Project: Memorandum of Understanding.
  • Patrick County Project: Posters.
  • Patrick County Project: Printouts.
  • Patrick County Project: Public Programs, General.
  • Patrick County Project: Reference Materials.
  • Patrick County Project: The Reynolds Homestead.
  • Patrick County Project: Summer 1980.
  • Patrick County Project: Summer Folklife Series.
  • Patrick County Project: Staff Meeting Minutes.
  • Patrick County Project: Staff Meeting, February 13, 1981.
  • Patrick County Project: Staff Meeting, October 2, 1981.
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Materials relating to the preservation of libraries.
Box: 27
  • Citizens Committee for Public Libraries.
  • National Citizens for Public Libraries.
  • National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Patrick County (Va.) History.
  • Patrick County (Va.). Social life and customs.
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