A&M 2020Monroe County Reminiscences, 1933 A&M 2020Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 08:03:49 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Monroe County Reminiscences Hardy, Billy Meredith, Collector A&M 2020 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5784 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (10 pages in 1 folder) 1933 Typescripts of the reminiscences of several residents of Monroe County, including Isaac Wilson, which Billy Meredith Hardy recorded in 1933 in Indian Creek. The reminiscences are both humorous and serious. Subjects include a murder and hanging, the naming of Buzzard's Run, women's sad stories, and typhoid fever, among others. Also includes an essay which describes high school commencement week in Greenville in 1933, with particular attention to the first ever junior-senior banquet . West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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Monroe County (W. Va.) Folklore