Title
(SNP 083) Louise Long interviewed by Darwin and Eileen Lambert, transcribed by Peggy C. Bradley - RESTRICTED
Files
Interviewee
Long, Louise V.,
Identifier
SNP083
Format
1 audio file (running time: 0:59:27) :
Location of Interview
SNP-83
Date of Interview
4-16-1986
Description
Records an interview with Louise Long, (née Varner), whose family owned several tracts of grazing land in Rappahannock County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, prior to the founding of Shenandoah National Park. Describes the extensive cattle industry existing in the Shenandoah Valley from colonial times until the late 1930s. Mrs. Long and her husband, Arthur Long, Jr., oversaw the annual movement of hundreds of head of cattle from surrounding Valley communities to their fertile summer pastures in the mountains.
For access to this interview, please contact JMU Special Collections (library-special@jmu.edu, or (540) 568-3612). Please reference the interview number SNP 083 when submitting your request.
Rights
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of James Madison University's Libraries & Educational Technologies' Special Collections (540) 568-3612, library-special@jmu.edu.
Personal Names
Long, Louise V., 1918-2002, Interviews; Long, Arthur W., Jr., 1911-1977.
Family Names
Long family; Varner family.
Subjects
Mountain people -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Social life and customs; Mountain life -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) – History; Mountain people -- Virginia -- Shenandoah National Park -- Social life and customs; Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cattle -- Virginia – History; Beef cattle -- Virginia – History; Food habits -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Land use -- Government policy -- United States.
Place Names
Rappahannock County (Va.) -- History; Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History, Local.
Interviewer
Lambert, Darwin, 1916-2007; Lambert, Eileen
Transcriber
Bradley, Peggy C.
Collection Title
Shenandoah National Park oral history collection
Collection Number
SC# 4030
Recommended Citation
SdArch no. SNP-83, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, SdArch SNP, (SC# 4030), Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
