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1. Oral history of Charles Steven Adams, 1 of 5

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.AudioInt.001.3.22.17
Title:
Oral history of Charles Steven Adams, 1 of 5
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Adams, Charles Steven
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Furniture making, woodworking, Woodworking tools
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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2. Oral history of Charles Steven Adams, 2 of 5

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.AudioInt.002.3.22.17
Title:
Oral history of Charles Steven Adams, 2 of 5
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Adams, Charles Steven
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Woodworking tools, Furniture making
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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3. Oral history of Charles Steven Adams, 3 of 5

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.AudioInt.003.3.22.17
Title:
Oral history of Charles Steven Adams, 3 of 5
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Adams, Charles Steven
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Furniture making, Woodworking tools
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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4. Oral history of Charles Steven Adams, 4 of 5

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.AudioInt.004.3.22.17
Title:
Oral history of Charles Steven Adams, 4 of 5
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Adams, Charles Steven
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Woodworking tools, woodworking, Furniture making
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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5. Oral history of Charles Steven Adams, 5 of 5

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.AudioInt.005.3.22.17
Title:
Oral history of Charles Steven Adams, 5 of 5
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Adams, Charles Steven
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Woodworking tools, woodworking, Furniture making
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

6. Transcript of oral history of Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.IntTranscript.3.22.17
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Adams, Charles Steven
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Woodworking tools, Furniture making, woodworking
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["With his wife, Leonard Harris (b. Martinsburg, WV, October 30, 1936) is the co-founder of Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is an alumnus of Sumner-Ramer, which was the Black school in Berkeley County during segregation. The school closed in 1965, one year after schools in the county were integrated and 10 years after the Brown v. Board ruling. The Sumner-Ramer Museum and Archive is located in a ground-floor room of the school building and contains materials from the school and its alumni, including ephemera, photos, artifacts, portraits, and more."]%

7. Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.IntTranscript.7.20.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--History, Segregation in education, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Community museums, School integration
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Sam Rizzetta is a dulcimer designer, builder, and musician who moved to West Virginia in the early 1970s. He was a member of the string band Trapezoid and founded the hammer dulcimer playing classes at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College. He has built dulcimers for musicians including John McCutcheon, Guy Carawan, and Sam Herrmann. Rizzetta now collaborates with the Dusty Strings Company who build hammer dulcimers based on his designs. He lives with his wife Carrie Rizzetta in Berkeley County, WV."]%

8. Transcript of oral history of Sam Rizzetta

Identifier:
4224.RizettaSam.IntTranscript.7.19.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Sam Rizzetta
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Rizzetta, Sam
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Rizzetta, Sam, Musical instruments, Dulcimer, Stringed instruments
Location:
Inwood (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)