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Interviewee
Mooney, Magdalene
Identifier
SNP095
Format
1 audio file (running time: 00:58:57)
Interview Number
SNP-95
Date of Interview
2-17-1999
Description
Records an interview with Magdalene Mooney, (née Simonpietri), who lived and worked at Skyland resort from 1933 to 1935. Describes life at Skyland, the guests and the resort's flamboyant owner, George Freeman Pollock. Includes several anecdotes regarding Pollock's wife, Addie Nairn Pollock, as well as the grand opening of North district of Skyline Drive.
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Personal Names
Mooney, Magdalene, Interviews; Pollock, George Freeman, 1869-1949 -- Anecdotes; Pollock, Addie Nairn, 1875?-1944 -- Anecdotes.
Family Names
Mooney family
Place Names
Page County (Va.) – History; Madison County (Va.) – History; Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Manners and customs; Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History, Local; Skyland (Va.) – History; Skyline Drive (Va.) – History; Blue Ridge Mountains -- Economic conditions.
Interviewer
Updike, Gloria
Collection Title
Shenandoah National Park oral history collection
Collection Number
SdArch SNP
Recommended Citation
Magdalene Miller interviewed by Gloria Updike, February 17, 1999, SdArch SNP-95, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, 1964-1999, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
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