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- Identifier:
- 4224.HarlessMarionVaneckKara.AudioInt.8.28.18
- Title:
- Oral history of Marion Harless and Kara Vaneck
- Date:
- 2018-08-28
- Creator:
- Harless, Marion and Vaneck, Kara
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Herb gardening, Apprenticeship programs, Herbs--Utilization, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Gardening, Herb products, Basket making, Irish Americans, Food habits, Dye plants, foodways, Willow baskets, Wine and wine making--United States, Weirton (W. Va.), Herbalists, Canning and preserving, and Traditional medicine
- Location:
- Randolph County (W. Va.)
![["Marion Harless of Kerens led a 2018 apprenticeship in green traditions with Kara Vaneck of Weston as part of the 2018 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Harless is a co-founder of the Mountain State Organic Growers and Buyers Association and the West Virginia Herb Association, and has taught widely on medicinal herbs, edible landscaping, and native plants. Vaneck is the owner of Smoke Camp Crafts and has served as vice president and treasurer of the West Virginia Herb Association.Read our feature on Harless apprenticeship with Vaneck here: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/12/20/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-marion-harless-kara-vaneck-green-traditions/Read Emily Hilliards article on Marion Harless here and in the Spring 2019 issue of Goldenseal Magazine: https://wvfolklife.org/2019/03/22/the-state-folklorists-notebook-people-need-to-know-about-plants-herbarist-marion-harless/"]](/thumb/4224HarlessMarionVaneckKaraIntTranscript82818 "Transcript of oral history of Marion Harless and Kara Vaneck")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HarlessMarionVaneckKara.IntTranscript.8.28.18
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Marion Harless and Kara Vaneck
- Date:
- 2018-08-28
- Creator:
- Harless, Marion and Vaneck, Kara
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Herb gardening, Herbs--Utilization, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Wine and wine making--United States, Gardening, Basket making, Dye plants, Food habits, Willow baskets, Irish Americans, foodways, Herbalists, Canning and preserving, Herb products, Traditional medicine, Apprenticeship programs, and Weirton (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Randolph County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HobbieLeenie.AudioInt.3.27.18
- Title:
- Oral history of Leenie Hobbie
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hobbie, Leenie
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Herb gardening, Food habits, Forage plants, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Herbalists, foodways, Herbs--Utilization, and Herb products
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
![["Leenie Hobbie (b. December 28, 1960, Alexandria, VA) is an herbalist in Kirby (Rio post office box) in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Hobbie has been a family herbalist for over 30 years, originally learning the tradition from her grandmother, who used both garden-grown and wild harvested plants at her home in the mountains of Southwestern Virginia. She has studied with acclaimed herbalists across the country and has taught the tradition within her community in Hampshire County. Hobbie is a 2020-2021 participant in the West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, teaching traditional Appalachian herbalism to apprentice Jon Falcone.See the West Virginia Folklife Program's profile of Leenie Hobbie and Jon Falcone: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/10/26/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-leenie-hobbie-jon-falcone-traditional-appalachian-herbalism/"]](/thumb/4224HobbieLeenieIntTranscript32718 "Transcript of oral history of Leenie Hobbie")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HobbieLeenie.IntTranscript.3.27.18
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Leenie Hobbie
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hobbie, Leenie
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Herb products, Herbalists, Forage plants, Herbs--Therapeutic use, foodways, Herbs--Utilization, Food habits, and Herb gardening
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HobbieLeenieFalconeJon.AudioInt.10.20.20.wav
- Title:
- Oral history of Leenie Hobbie and Jon Falcone
- Date:
- 2020-10-20
- Creator:
- Hobbie, Leenie and Falcone, Jon
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Herbalists, Apprenticeship programs, Herb products, COVID-19 (Disease), Gardening, Herb gardening, Forage plants, Herbs--Therapeutic use, and Herbs--Utilization
- Location:
- Hardy County (W. Va.), Charleston (W. Va.), and Hampshire County (W. Va.)
![["Leenie Hobbie of Rio in Hampshire County and Jon Falcone of Lost River in Hardy County were participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Hobbie led an apprenticeship in traditional Appalachian herbalism Falcone. Hobbie has been a family herbalist for over 30 years, originally learning the tradition from her grandmother, who used both garden-grown and wild harvested plants at her home in the mountains of Southwestern Virginia. She has studied with acclaimed herbalists across the country and has taught the tradition within her community in Hampshire County. Falcone is a novice herbalist who hopes to apply his skills to his future homestead in West Virginia.See our feature on Falcones apprenticeship with Hobbie here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/10/26/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-leenie-hobbie-jon-falcone-traditional-appalachian-herbalism/The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers up to a $3,000 stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions.The apprenticeship program grants are administered by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council in Charleston and are supported in part by an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. West Virginia Folklife is dedicated to the documentation, preservation, presentation, and support of West Virginias vibrant cultural heritage and living traditions."]](/thumb/4224HobbieLeenieFalconeJonIntTranscript102020 "Transcript of oral history of Leenie Hobbie and Jon Falcone")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HobbieLeenieFalconeJon.IntTranscript.10.20.20
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Leenie Hobbie and Jon Falcone
- Date:
- 2020-10-20
- Creator:
- Hobbie, Leenie and Falcone, Jon
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Herb products, Forage plants, Gardening, COVID-19 (Disease), Herbs--Therapeutic use, Herbs--Utilization, Apprenticeship programs, Herbalists, and Herb gardening
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.), Hardy County (W. Va.), and Charleston (W. Va.)
