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Interviewee
Waterhouse, Wilfred
Identifier
SNP127
Format
1 audio file (running time: 01:32:31)
Interview Number
SNP-127
Date of Interview
6-20-1977
Description
Records an interview with Rev. Wilfred Waterhouse and his wife, Beatrice, who served as missionaries at the Episcopal mission near Pocosin Hollow, in the 1930s. The Waterhouses recall their impressions of the local mountain people, their lifestyles, manners and codes of conduct.
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
Waterhouse, Wilfred, Interviews; Waterhouse Beatrice, Interviews
Family Names
Waterhouse family
Subjects
Missionaries – Virginia; Distilling, Illicit -- Virginia – History; Mountain people -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Social life and customs; Mountain people -- Virginia -- Shenandoah National Park -- Social life and customs; Rural poor – Virginia; Food habits -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Agriculture -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Holidays -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) – History; Land use -- Government policy – Virginia; Blue Ridge Mountains -- Economic conditions.
Place Names
Pocosin Hollow (Va.) – History; Greene 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
Stiles, Joy K.
Collection Title
Shenandoah National Park oral history collection
Collection Number
SdArch SNP
Recommended Citation
Wilfred Waterhouse interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith, June 20, 1977, SdArch SNP-127, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, 1964-1999, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
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