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Interviewee
Baldwin, Joseph J.
Identifier
SNP008
Format
1 audio file (running time: 1:00:39)
Interview Number
SNP-8
Location of Interview
Near Rileyville, Virginia
Date of Interview
12-13-1979
Description
Records the reminiscences of Joseph J. Baldwin, who grew up near the Big Meadows area of what would become Shenandoah National Park. Describes home and family life, daily chores, schooling, holidays and community events. Among the topics discussed are the growing, harvesting and preserving of food, dairy cows, traditional herbal medicines and fur trapping. Includes references to weddings, wakes and funerals, moonshiners, the chestnut tree blight and severe local droughts in the1930s.
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
Baldwin, Joseph J., Interviews
Family Names
Baldwin family; Pullen 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; Rural poor -- Virginia; Farm life -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Agriculture -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Food habits -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Folklore -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History; Holidays -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History; Traditional medicine -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.); Folk music -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.); Distilling, Illicit -- Virginia; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Marriage customs and rites -- Virginia; Trapping -- Virginia -- History; Dairy farming -- Virginia -- History; Droughts -- Virginia -- History; Chestnut blight.
Place Names
Big Meadows (Va.) – History; Page County (Va.) -- History; Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Manners and customs; Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History, Local; Skyline Drive (Va.) – History.
Interviewer
Smith, Dorothy Noble, 1915-1999
Transcriber
Marston, Sharon G.
Collection Title
Shenandoah National Park oral history collection
Collection Number
SdArch SNP
Recommended Citation
Joseph J. Baldwin interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smit, December 13, 1979, SdArch SNP-8, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, 1964-1999, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
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