(SNP113) Ella Shifflett interviewed by Bob and Pat Momich

Authors

Ella Shifflett

Files

Interviewee

Shifflett, Ella

Identifier

SNP113

Format

1 audio file (running time: 1:50:24)

Interview Number

SNP-113

Location of Interview

At Mrs. Shifflett's home in Stanardsville, Virginia, and on location in Shenandoah National Park in the vicinity of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club's (PATC) Pocosin Cabin.

Date of Interview

11-13-1974

Description

Records an interview with Ella Shifflett, (née Breeden), who lived near Pocosin Hollow, in Greene County, Virginia, within the future boundaries of Shenandoah National Park. Describes daily life in the mountains, touching on the work of growing and preserving food, raising livestock, holidays, funerals, chestnut harvests, bark peeling, and other local economic activities. Mrs. Shifflett also guides the interviewers on a walking tour of the area surrounding Pocosin Cabin, which is located near the Shiflett homestead, where she identifies and describes many of the structures that once existed there.

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

Shifflett, Ella, 1900-1991, Interviews

Family Names

Shifflett family

Subjects

Potomac Appalachian Trail Club; 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; Bark peeling – Virginia; American chestnut; Chestnut blight; Food habits -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Holidays -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) – History; Funeral rites -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Land use -- Government policy -- United States.

Place Names

Greene County (Va.) – History; Pocosin Hollow (Va.) – History; Skyline Drive (Va.) – History; Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Manners and customs; Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History, Local.

Interviewer

Momich, Bob; Momich, Pat

Collection Title

Shenandoah National Park oral history collection

Collection Number

SdArch SNP

Recommended Citation

Ella Shifflett interviewed by Bob Momich and Pat Momich, November 13, 1974, SdArch SNP-113, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, 1964-1999, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University

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