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- Identifier:
- 4224.DayJames.AudioInt.11.8.17
- Title:
- Oral history of James Day, 1 of 2
- Date:
- 2017-11-08
- Creator:
- Day, James L.
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Neon signs, Tube bending, and Saint Albans (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Saint Albans (W. Va.)
![["James L. Day (July 5, 1932-April 12, 2019) was the owner of JL Day Sign Company in St. Albans, WV. He made hand-bent neon signs for nearly 60 years and was one of the last hand tube benders in the Kanawha Valley.In 2018, the West Virginia Folklife Program worked with West Virginia Public Broadcasting to produce audio and video documentaries about Day. View them at https://wvfolklife.org/2018/09/04/st-albans-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decades-a-profile-of-james-l-day/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCe99a7ke50&feature=emb_titleAudio: https://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/wva-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decadesRead Days obituary here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/saint-albans-wv/james-day-8250954"]](/thumb/4224DayJamesIntTranscript11817 "Transcript of oral history of James L. Day, 1 of 2")
- Identifier:
- 4224.DayJamesIntTranscript11.8.17
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of James L. Day, 1 of 2
- Date:
- 2017-11-08
- Creator:
- Day, James L.
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Tube bending, Neon signs, and Saint Albans (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Saint Albans (W. Va.)
![["James L. Day (July 5, 1932-April 12, 2019) was the owner of JL Day Sign Company in St. Albans, WV. He made hand-bent neon signs for nearly 60 years and was one of the last hand tube benders in the Kanawha Valley.In 2018, the West Virginia Folklife Program worked with West Virginia Public Broadcasting to produce audio and video documentaries about Day. View them at https://wvfolklife.org/2018/09/04/st-albans-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decades-a-profile-of-james-l-day/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCe99a7ke50&feature=emb_titleAudio: https://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/wva-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decadesRead Days obituary here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/saint-albans-wv/james-day-8250954"]](/thumb/4224JamesDayVideo00111817 "James Day bends glass tube over an open flame to make a neon sign, 1 of 2")
- Identifier:
- 4224.JamesDay.Video.001.11.8.17
- Title:
- James Day bends glass tube over an open flame to make a neon sign, 1 of 2
- Date:
- 2017-11-08
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Saint Albans (W. Va.), Neon signs, and Tube bending
- Location:
- Saint Albans (W. Va.)
![["James L. Day (July 5, 1932-April 12, 2019) was the owner of JL Day Sign Company in St. Albans, WV. He made hand-bent neon signs for nearly 60 years and was one of the last hand tube benders in the Kanawha Valley.In 2018, the West Virginia Folklife Program worked with West Virginia Public Broadcasting to produce audio and video documentaries about Day. View them at https://wvfolklife.org/2018/09/04/st-albans-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decades-a-profile-of-james-l-day/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCe99a7ke50&feature=emb_titleAudio: https://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/wva-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decadesRead Days obituary here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/saint-albans-wv/james-day-8250954"]](/thumb/4224JamesDayVideo00211817 "James Day bends glass tube over an open flame to make a neon sign, 2 of 2")
- Identifier:
- 4224.JamesDay.Video.002.11.8.17
- Title:
- James Day bends glass tube over an open flame to make a neon sign, 2 of 2
- Date:
- 2017-11-08
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Saint Albans (W. Va.), Tube bending, and Neon signs
- Location:
- Saint Albans (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.JohnsonDelores.AudioInt.11.8.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Delores Johnson
- Date:
- 2017-11-08
- Creator:
- Johnson, Delores
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Quilting, African American quilts, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Quiltmakers, Art quilts, and Portraits on quilts
- Location:
- Huntington (W. Va.)
![["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]](/thumb/4224JohnsonDeloresIntTranscript11817 "Transcript of oral history of Delores Johnson")
- Identifier:
- 4224.JohnsonDelores.IntTranscript.11.8.17
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Delores Johnson
- Date:
- 2017-11-08
- Creator:
- Johnson, Delores
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Art quilts, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Portraits on quilts, Huntington (W. Va.), African American quilts, Quiltmakers, and Quilting
- Location:
- Huntington (W. Va.)
