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13. Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 9 of 11

Identifier:
4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.009.12.19.17
Title:
Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 9 of 11
Date:
2017-12-19
Creator:
Smith, Jenny and Bright, Dee Cogar
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Clog dancing, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Folk music--West Virginia, Wine, Melvin, Banjo, Folk music festivals, Square dance music--United States, Old-time music, Apprenticeship programs, Fiddle tunes, Dulcimer, and Fiddling
Location:
Weston (W. Va.)

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14. Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 10 of 11

Identifier:
4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.010.12.19.17
Title:
Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 10 of 11
Date:
2017-12-19
Creator:
Bright, Dee Cogar and Smith, Jenny
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wine, Melvin, Apprenticeship programs, Clog dancing, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Square dance music--United States, Folk music--West Virginia, Folk music festivals, Banjo, Old-time music, Fiddling, and Fiddle tunes
Location:
Weston (W. Va.)

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15. Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 11 of 11

Identifier:
4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.011.12.19.17
Title:
Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 11 of 11
Date:
2017-12-19
Creator:
Smith, Jenny and Bright, Dee Cogar
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Apprenticeship programs, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Fiddling, Wine, Melvin, Clog dancing, Square dance music--United States, Banjo, Old-time music, Folk music--West Virginia, Folk music festivals, and Fiddle tunes
Location:
Weston (W. Va.)

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16. Oral history of Vernon Burky, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.BurkyVernon.AudioInt.001.11.14.16
Title:
Oral history of Vernon Burky, 1 of 2
Date:
2016-11-14
Creator:
Burky, Sandy, Burky, Vernon, and Morgan, Thrayon
Contributor:
Whipp, David and Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Sheep farming, Eggs, Canning and preserving, Old-time music, Fiddling, Maple syrup, Waltz, Helvetia (W. Va.), Food habits, Square dance music--United States, Cooking, Swiss, Pickling, Cheesemaking, Cooking (Sauerkraut), Cooking (Sausages), Fiddle tunes, Sawmills, and foodways
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)

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17. Oral history of Vernon Burky, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.BurkyVernon.AudioInt.002.11.14.16
Title:
Oral history of Vernon Burky, 2 of 2
Date:
2016-11-14
Creator:
Burky, Sandy, Burky, Vernon, and Morgan, Thrayon
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily and Whipp, David
Subject:
Square dance music--United States, Fiddling, Wine and wine making--United States, Cooking, Swiss, Food habits, foodways, Eggs, Sheep farming, Cooking (Sausages), Waltz, Maple syrup, Sawmills, Old-time music, Fiddle tunes, Cheesemaking, Cooking (Sauerkraut), Helvetia (W. Va.), and Canning and preserving
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)
["Vernon John Burky was born to a Swiss family in Helvetia, West Virginia in 1925. He grew up speaking Swiss on his family farm, where his parents raised animals and managed a sawmill, and his grandparents operated a cheese house. They made Helvetia cheese, a type of Swiss cheese, similar to Emental, that was made throughout the Helvetia community and a staple in the diet of residents. As a child, Burky raised chickens and tapped maple trees on his family farm. As an adult, he was an active winemaker, a common pursuit in the Helvetia community. During his working years, Burky worked as a truck driver for a saw mill and a coal company. He learned to play fiddle as a child and started playing in the Helvetia Star Band, the local dance band for generations and the namesake of one of the villages two dance halls. He still plays in the group, which performs regularly for Helvetia square dances and events. Yeah; just kept that smokehouse full of smoke all day and night. Theyd put a big hunk of wood on it; it wouldnt burn but it--they had fire under it and it would sit there and smoke that little room half as big as this. They just smoked up tight. They had the sausage on rods; nothing could come in or get up on there. There it would sit; it was just dried up real solid and my uncle was--I stayed with my uncle when I was in high school. And he said, hey Vernon; come over here. (Laughs) He had rheumatism and he couldnt move around. He was in bed all winter. Go up there to the smokehouse and get me a link of that sausage. (Laughs) And Id go up and clip one of them off and bring it down. Hed get a hold of one piece and put the rest under the pillow and hed start eating that. He wasnt supposed to have red meat because of rheumatism.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/"]

18. Transcript of oral history of Vernon Burky

Identifier:
4224.BurkyVernon.IntTranscript.11.14.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Vernon Burky
Date:
2016-11-14
Creator:
Burky, Sandy, Burky, Vernon, and Morgan, Thrayon
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily and Whipp, David
Subject:
Helvetia (W. Va.), Eggs, Cooking (Sauerkraut), Cheesemaking, Waltz, Cooking (Sausages), Fiddling, Sawmills, Wine and wine making--United States, Maple syrup, Fiddle tunes, Cooking, Swiss, Square dance music--United States, and Canning and preserving
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)

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19. Jim Costa plays the fiddle tune "Washington's March" on the West Virginia Humanities Council voicemail

Identifier:
4224.CostaJim.Music.9.25.17
Title:
Jim Costa plays the fiddle tune "Washington's March" on the West Virginia Humanities Council voicemail
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddling, Fiddle tunes, and Hammons (Family : W. Va.)
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.) and Summers County (W. Va.)
["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]

20. Dave Bing plays the fiddle tune "Golden Star Hornpipe"

Identifier:
4224.DaveBing.Video.002.6.21.17
Title:
Dave Bing plays the fiddle tune "Golden Star Hornpipe"
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Bing, Dave, 1955-
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddling, Fiddle tunes, Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Folk music--West Virginia, Bing, Dave, 1955-, and Old-time music
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)

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21. Oral history of Ray Fought

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.AudioInt.9.25.17
Title:
Oral history of Ray Fought
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Fought, Ray
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Fiddling, Old-time music, Parkersburg (W. Va.), Fiddle tunes, and Byrd, Robert C.
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]

22. Transcript of oral history of Ray Fought

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.IntTranscript.9.25.17
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Ray Fought
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Fought, Ray
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddling, Bowed stringed instruments, Byrd, Robert C., Fiddle tunes, Old-time music, and woodworking
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]

23. Ray Fought's deer antler fiddle hanger

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.003.9.25.17
Title:
Ray Fought's deer antler fiddle hanger
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Fought, Ray
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddling, woodworking, Parkersburg (W. Va.), and Bowed stringed instruments
Location:
Parkersburg (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. "]

24. 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.)