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James Madison University

Barbara Wright oral histories of Virginia and West Virginia folkways

0.2 cubic feet 9 folders, 14 audiocassettes 1.04 Gigabytes 1.04 gigabytes (13 mp3 files)
Barbara Wright Oral Histories of Virginia and West Virginia Folkways, 1994-1996, is comprised of 13 interviews with individuals who recall life in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and West Virginia prior to the establishment of the Shenandoah National Park, as well as Wright's research materials regarding the CCC in Augusta County, photographs, and research notes on the town of Stokesville, Virginia.
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Barbara Wright oral histories of Virginia and West Virginia folkways 0.2 cubic feet 9 folders, 14 audiocassettes 1.04 Gigabytes 1.04 gigabytes (13 mp3 files)

Wright, Barbara
Barbara Wright Oral Histories of Virginia and West Virginia Folkways, 1994-1996, is comprised of 13 interviews with individuals who recall life in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and West Virginia prior to the establishment of the Shenandoah National Park, as well as Wright's research materials regarding the CCC in Augusta County, photographs, and research notes on the town of Stokesville, Virginia.
James Madison University

Christine Hoepfner Collection on the Shenandoah National Park

0.6 cubic feet 2 boxes
Contains photocopies of letters, reports, and news stories, mostly from the National Archives and the Shenandoah National Park Archives, which deal with the formation and early administration of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.
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Christine Hoepfner Collection on the Shenandoah National Park 0.6 cubic feet 2 boxes

Hoepfner, Christine, -2018
Contains photocopies of letters, reports, and news stories, mostly from the National Archives and the Shenandoah National Park Archives, which deal with the formation and early administration of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.
James Madison University

Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar Records

1.65 cubic feet 5 boxes
This collection consists of administrative records and papers by scholars from colleges, libraries and other institutions for the monthly presentations of the Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar (SVRSS). The collection contains financial records, announcements, correspondence, information about presenters, and academic papers.
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Christine Hoepfner, The Shenandoah National Park Displacements: Stories from Swift Run Gap Box 2, Folder 3

Socio-economic research on the Swift Run Gap (Va.) community during the 1920s-1930s, whose boundaries bordered those of the Shenandoah National Park. Includes study of the economic conditions in the area that later became park land and the reactions of local people to the prospect of the park, the selling of their land, and concerns once the park was established. This paper appears to be part of on-going research on the topic, and provides preliminary data supporting the theory that the people, their prosperity, and farming techniques were more diverse and of a higher standard than previously indicated.

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