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["This is the 2nd interview with Jim (as most people call him) and was conducted via video with West Virginia Public Broadcasting for radio and TV pieces for their show Inside Appalachia.James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]

1. Transcript of oral history of James Shaffer 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.IntTranscript.10.17.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of James Shaffer 2 of 2
Date:
2016-10-17
Creator:
Shaffer, James
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry--Employees, and Broom and brush industry
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Jim Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]

2. Transcript of oral history of James Shaffer

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.IntTranscript.4.4.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of James Shaffer
Date:
2016-04-04
Creator:
Shaffer, James
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Broom and brush industry--Employees, Broom and brush industry, and Charleston (W. Va.)
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)