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- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerEleanor.AudioInt.2.5.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Eleanor Betler
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Betler, Eleanor
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- foodways, Canning and preserving, Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Hill farming, Bakers, Bread, Cooking, Swiss, Helvetia (W. Va.), Cheesemaking, Wild leek, Orchards, 4-H clubs, Corn bread, Swine, Food habits, and Carnival
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Eleanor Betler was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia in 1940 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She spent her summers in Helvetia at the farm of her maternal grandparents, James and Anna Merkli McNeal. She married Howard Bud Betler in 1961. The couple moved to a hilltop farm in Helvetia and raised four children. All the good cooks, many of them relatives of Mr. Betler taught Mrs. Betler about canning, preserving, cooking and baking. She was especially interested to learn the skills of butchering and preserving meat, and making sausage. Mrs. Betler loves the Swiss traditional baking but also Appalachian ways of some neighbors. She grinds her own flour for baking bread. At Fasnacht time she invites neighbors and friends to make the hozablatz and rosettes just to keep the tradition alive. She also preserves this history by collecting stories, music, and photographs for The Helvetia Archives.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]](/thumb/4224BetlerEleanorIntTranscript2516 "Transcript of oral history of Eleanor Betler")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BetlerEleanor.IntTranscript.2.5.16
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Eleanor Betler
- Date:
- 2016-02-05
- Creator:
- Betler, Eleanor
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Cooking, Swiss, Sheep farming, Carnival, Wild leek, Helvetia (W. Va.), Canning and preserving, 4-H clubs, Food habits, Dairy cattle, Cheesemaking, Beef cattle, Bread, foodways, Hill farming, Orchards, Bakers, Swiss American women, Swine, and Corn bread
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.CeciliaSmith.AudioInt.4.30.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Cecelia Smith
- Date:
- 2016-04-30
- Creator:
- Smith, Cecelia
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Helvetia (W. Va.), Bakers, 4-H clubs, Cooking, Swiss, Canning and preserving, Wild leek, foodways, Swiss American women, and Food habits
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.ErnestHofer.AudioInt.001.4.30.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 1 of 4
- Date:
- 2016-04-30
- Creator:
- Hofer, Ernest
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Coal mines and mining, Food habits, Cooking, Swiss, Wild leek, Helvetia (W. Va.), Veterans, Wine and wine making--United States, 4-H clubs, and foodways
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.ErnestHofer.AudioInt.002.4.30.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 2 of 4
- Date:
- 2016-04-30
- Creator:
- Hofer, Ernest
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Veterans, Wine and wine making--United States, Wild leek, Food habits, Coal mines and mining, Cooking, Swiss, foodways, 4-H clubs, and Helvetia (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.ErnestHofer.AudioInt.003.4.30.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 3 of 4
- Date:
- 2016-04-30
- Creator:
- Hofer, Ernest
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Cooking, Swiss, Coal mines and mining, Wine and wine making--United States, Food habits, 4-H clubs, Veterans, Helvetia (W. Va.), Wild leek, and foodways
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.ErnestHofer.AudioInt.004.4.30.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 4 of 4
- Date:
- 2016-04-30
- Creator:
- Hofer, Ernest
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Wild leek, Cooking, Swiss, foodways, Helvetia (W. Va.), 4-H clubs, Wine and wine making--United States, Coal mines and mining, Veterans, and Food habits
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["Frank George (October 6, 1928 November 15, 2017), a Bluefield native, was a banjo player, fiddler, and piper, who also played piano, organ, hammer and lap dulcimer, and was a walking compendium of West Virginia traditional music history and jokes. He was the recipient of the 1994 Vandalia Award, West Virginias highest folklife honor. Jane George (November 11, 1922 February 19, 2018) helped launch the craft revival in the Mountain State through extensive fieldwork with traditional artists, educational programming, and by co-founding the Mountain State Art & Craft Fair at Cedar Lakes. She also hosted Mountain Heritage weekends and Kanawha County Parks Mountaineer Day Camps to teach young mountaineers about their cultural heritage, founded two Scottish dance troupes, and served as a 4-H agent in multiple counties. She was the 1993 Vandalia Award recipient. "]](/thumb/4224GeorgeFrankGeorgeJaneIntTranscript41916 "Transcript of oral history of Frank and Jane George")
- Identifier:
- 4224.GeorgeFrankGeorgeJane.IntTranscript.4.19.16
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Frank and Jane George
- Date:
- 2016-04-19
- Creator:
- George, Jane Taylor and George, Franklin
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Craft festivals, Fiddling, Fiddle tunes, 4-H clubs, Old-time music, Banjo, Folk music--West Virginia, and Walker, John Homer
- Location:
- Roane County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HairsonBill.AudioInt.12.15.20
- Title:
- Oral history of W.I. Bill Hairston
- Date:
- 2020-12-15
- Creator:
- Hairston, Bill
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Storytelling, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Segregation in education, School integration, 4-H clubs, Folklore, Hairston, Bill, and Racism
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HairstonBill.AudioInt.001.9.10.19
- Title:
- Oral history of Bill Hairston, 1 of 2
- Date:
- 2019-09-10
- Creator:
- Hairston, Bill
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Hairston, Bill, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Fiddling, Storytelling, Fiddle tunes, Folk music--West Virginia, Racism, Old-time music, Banjo, Saint Albans (W. Va.), Big Coal River Valley (W. Va.), 4-H clubs, School integration, and Folklore
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HairstonBill.AudioInt.002.9.10.19
- Title:
- Oral history of Bill Hairston, 2 of 2
- Date:
- 2019-09-10
- Creator:
- Hairston, Bill
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Folklore, Saint Albans (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Old-time music, Folk music--West Virginia, Walker, John Homer, School integration, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Fiddle tunes, Banjo, Racism, Fiddling, 4-H clubs, Big Coal River Valley (W. Va.), Hairston, Bill, and Storytelling
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["W.I. Bill Hairston, 71, is a storyteller, old-time musician, and pastor (Westminster Presbyterian Church) living in Charleston, West Virginia. He was born in Phenix City, Alabama, and his family moved to Saint Albans, West Virginia in 1960 when he was 11. Through his storytelling, Hairston, as he says in the interview, combines the Appalachian culture that he was exposed to on the Coal River, to the African-American culture that he is a part of. For 35 years, he served as music coordinator at the Stonewall Jackson Jubilee, and is currently the coordinator of the Vandalia Gatherings West Virginia Liars Contest. Hairston is an active member of the West Virginia Storytelling Guild, the Kentucky Storytelling Association, and the Ohio Storytelling Network, the National Association of Black Storytellers, and serves as the West Virginia liaison to the National Storytelling Network. He has performed in concerts, festivals, libraries, corporate meetings, conventions and schools throughout the region and the country. This interview is a follow-up to Emily Hilliards September 10, 2019 interview with Hairston. In this interview, Hairston discusses his participation in the last segregated Black 4-H Camp at Camp Washington-Carver, and the first integrated 4-H Camp at Jacksons Mill. He also speaks about his summer job with the Department of Natural Resources and his involvement in the United Methodist Youth Fellowship when he was young."]](/thumb/4224HairstonBillAudioInt121520 "Transcript of oral history of W.I. Bill Hairston")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HairstonBill.AudioInt.12.15.20
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of W.I. Bill Hairston
- Date:
- 2020-12-15
- Creator:
- Hairston, Bill
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Racism, Storytelling, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Segregation in education, Folklore, 4-H clubs, and School integration
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
