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Interviewee
Taylor, Virginia H.
Identifier
SNP010
Format
1 transcript (18 leaves 28 cm.)
Interview Number
SNP-10
Location of Interview
Mrs. Taylor's home in Stanardsville, Virginia
Date of Interview
2-24-1994
Description
Records an interview with Virginia Taylor, (née Haney), who grew up the Blue Ridge Mountains, near Greene County, Va. Describes daily life in the mountains, where her family operated a general store. Gives her recollections of the mountain people and describes in detail her family's experience resettling in Wolftown, Virginia, after the opening of Shenandoah National Park. Mrs. Taylor's family soon relocated to Stanardsville, where she attended high school in the late 1930s. Describes the uneasy social interactions between the local population and the sudden influx of rural mountain people into their community.
There is no audio recording for this interview; interview consists of transcript only.
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Personal Names
Taylor, Virginia H., (Virginia Haney), 1920-2001 Interviews
Family Names
Taylor family; Haney 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; Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Food habits -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Land use -- Government policy -- United States.
Place Names
Stanardsville (Va.) -- History; Wolftown (Va.) -- History; Greene County (Va.) -- History; Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Manners and customs; Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History, Local.
Interviewer
Dalbey, Matthew
Collection Title
Shenandoah National Park oral history collection
Collection Number
SdArch SNP
Recommended Citation
Virginia H. Taylor interviewed by Matthew Dalbey, February 24, 1994, SdArch SNP-10, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, 1964-1999, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
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