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Interviewee
Grannis, Louis C.
Identifier
SNP055
Format
1 audio file (running time: 0:56:49)
Interview Number
SNP-55
Date of Interview
5-2-1977
Description
Records an interview with Louis Grannis, who operated a sawmill on Mt. Marshall, near Browntown, Virginia in the early 1920s. The mill produced railroad ties of various sizes, as well as telephone poles, until the commonwealth banned such activities in the proposed park area in 1924. Grannis discusses the economics and logistics of operating a mill in such an isolated location. A woman identified in the transcript as Mrs. Grannis also contributes to the interview.
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
Grannis, Louis C., 1900-, Interviews
Subjects
Sawmills -- Virginia -- Rappahannock County; Sawmills -- Economic aspects -- Virginia -- Rappahannock County; Mills and mill-work -- Virginia -- Rappahannock County – History; Lumber trade -- Virginia -- Rappahannock County – History; Land use -- Government policy – Virginia.
Place Names
Mt. Marshall (Va.) – History; Browntown (Va.) – History; Rappahannock 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
Bradley, Peggy C.
Collection Title
Shenandoah National Park oral history collection
Collection Number
SdArch SNP
Recommended Citation
Louis C. Grannis interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith, May 2, 1977, SdArch SNP-55, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, 1964-1999, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
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