Dorothy H. Housh interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith and Dennis Carter, transcribed by Peggy C. Bradley

Creator:

Housh, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hansen), 1893-1997, Smith, Dorothy Noble, 1915-1999, Carter, Dennis, and Bradley, Peggy C., 1943-

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Records an interview with Dorothy Housh, whose late husband, Chester C. Housh, was a community manager in the Farm Security Administration that oversaw the forced relocation of hundreds of mountain families from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the 1930s. By the time the Houshes arrived in Elkton, Virginia, in 1936, most of the families had moved away or had relocated to one of the resettlement tracts provided for them in Flint Hill, Ida Valley, Little Washington or Wolftown. Describes the experiences of the mountain people as they adapted to their new lives and the administrative problems that occasionally arose in the resettlement tracts. Dennis Carter, a naturalist at Shenandoah National Park, contributes to the interview.

Names:

Housh, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hansen), 1893-1997
Smith, Dorothy Noble, 1915-1999
Carter, Dennis
Bradley, Peggy C., 1943-

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