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Interviewee
Hitt, M.M.
Identifier
SNP062
Format
1 audio file (running time: 0:52:10)
Interview Number
SNP-62
Date of Interview
2-25-1980
Description
Records an interview with M.M. Hitt, Jr., whose father owned a general store in Luray, Virginia, at the turn of the 20th century. Mr. Hitt ran his own confectionery store in Luray, from 1911 to about 1930. Discusses the retail business at that time and his impressions of the mountain people who would patronize his store. Includes references to local entrepreneur, George Freeman Pollock, owner of nearby Skyland resort, and local Episcopal missionary, Mary Deaconess Hutton.
Rights
The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
Personal Names
Hitt, M.M., Jr., (Marcellus Monroe), 1890-1987, Interviews; Hutton, Mary Sandys, Deaconess, 1904-1985 -- Anecdotes; Pollock, George Freeman, 1869-1949 -- Anecdotes.
Family Names
Hitt family
Subjects
M.M. Hitt & Sons (Firm) – History; Mountain people -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Social life and customs; Mountain people -- Virginia -- Shenandoah National Park -- Social life and customs; Merchants -- Virginia -- Luray – History.
Place Names
Blue Ridge Mountains -- Economic conditions; Luray (Va.) – History; Page County (Va.) – History; Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Manners and customs; Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History, Local.
Interviewer
Smith, Dorothy Noble, 1915-1999
Transcriber
Bradley, Peggy C.
Collection Title
Shenandoah National Park oral history collection
Collection Number
SdArch SNP
Recommended Citation
M.M. Hitt interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith, February 25, 1980, SdArch SNP-62, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, 1964-1999, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
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