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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Patrick County Oral History Project Records, Ms1983-007, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

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 Contents

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 Addison catalog record.

Arrangement

This collection is in its original order, although some boxes have been condensed. Audio boxes 1-8, which contain cassette tapes, are now in Cartons 1 and 2, with a 9th audio box housed separately. Please note: Because materials were consolidated, there are no boxes 16, 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.

Separated Material

Two copies of the film "Up and Down These Roads" were found in this collection were removed and cataloged for the Newman Library Film Collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Folklore -- Virginia -- Patrick County
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Patrick County (Va.) -- History
• Patrick County (Va.) -- Social Life and Customs
• Patrick County Project

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Patrick County Oral History Project Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).