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Interviewee
Sours Williams, Effie G.
Identifier
SNP131
Format
1 transcript (3 p. 28 cm.)
Interview Number
SNP-131
Date of Interview
4-13-1977
Description
Records an interview with Effie Williams, (née Sours), who explains that the Shenandoah National Park headquarters building in Luray, Virginia, is located on the site of her childhood home. Mrs. Williams' father and grandfather ran a small farm and tannery on the site, not far from Pass Run.
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
Sours Williams, Effie G., (Effie Gladys), 1907-1992, Interviews
Family Names
Sours family; Williams family
Subjects
Tanners -- Virginia -- Page County; Mountain people -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Social life and customs; Mountain people -- Virginia -- Shenandoah National Park -- Social life and customs; Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Land use -- Government policy – Virginia.
Place Names
Blue Ridge Mountains -- Economic conditions; Page 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
Collection Title
Shenandoah National Park oral history collection
Collection Number
SdArch SNP
Recommended Citation
Effie G. Sours Williams interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith, April 13, 1977, SdArch SNP-131, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, 1964-1999, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
