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![["Cecelia Coleman Smith was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia in 1949. Originally from Pickens, West Virginia, her family moved away from the Helvetia/Pickens community when she was seven so her father could take a coal mining job. She moved back to Pickens in 2005. Mrs. Smith served in the military and is a member of the local American Legion chapter. She is also part of the Pickens Improvement and Historical Society, the Farm Womens Club, and occasionally volunteers at the Hutte Restaurant.This audio slideshow 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/"]](/thumb/4224CeceliaSmithVideo00143016 "Audio slideshow of Cecelia Smith talking about foodways in Helvetia")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CeceliaSmith.Video.001.4.30.16
- Title:
- Audio slideshow of Cecelia Smith talking about foodways in Helvetia
- Date:
- 2016-04-30
- Creator:
- Smith, Cecelia
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Canning and preserving, Pickling, Swiss American women, Helvetia (W. Va.), Bakers, Food habits, Wild leek, Cooking (Sauerkraut), and foodways
- Location:
- Randolph County (W. Va.) and Helvetia (W. Va.)
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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.)
