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["George Sarris was born in Liberty, West Virginia in Scotts Run, March 15th 1940. His parents were Greek immigrants from Crete. His father worked in the coal mines and then quit to open a restaurant in Osage. In this interview, Sarris talks about growing up in the diverse coal community of Scotts Run, including his opinion of the Roosevelts and his memories of his fathers restaurant. He speaks about the importance of the Scotts Run Museum today and the friendships he maintains with others who grew up in the community.This interview is part of a collection of interviews conducted with Scotts Run natives/residents and/or members of the Scotts Run Museum."]%

13. Transcript of oral history of George Sarris

Identifier:
4224.SarrisGeorge.IntTranscript.4.5.19
Title:
Transcript of oral history of George Sarris
Date:
2019-04-05
Creator:
Sarris, George
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Greek American restaurateurs, Coal mines and mining, Cooking, Greek, Community museums, Scott's Run (W. Va.)
Location:
Scott's Run (W. Va.), Morgantown (W. Va.)
["George Sarris was born in Liberty, West Virginia in Scotts Run, March 15th 1940. His parents were Greek immigrants from Crete. His father worked in the coal mines and then quit to open a restaurant in Osage. In this interview, Sarris talks about growing up in the diverse coal community of Scotts Run, including his opinion of the Roosevelts and his memories of his fathers restaurant. He speaks about the importance of the Scotts Run Museum today and the friendships he maintains with others who grew up in the community.This interview is part of a collection of interviews conducted with Scotts Run natives/residents and/or members of the Scotts Run Museum."]%

14. George Sarris in his Morgantown home

Identifier:
4224.SarrisGeorge.Photo.001.4.5.19
Title:
George Sarris in his Morgantown home
Date:
2019-04-05
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Cooking, Greek, Scott's Run (W. Va.), Greek American restaurateurs, Community museums, Coal mines and mining
Location:
Morgantown (W. Va.)
["Doug Van Gundy of Elkins led an apprenticeship in old-time fiddle of the Greenbrier Valley with Annie Stroud of Charleston as part of the 2018 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Doug Van Gundy is an eighth-generation West Virginian who learned old-time fiddle from Greenbrier County fiddler Mose Coffman through the 1993 Augusta Heritage Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. Annie Stroud, of Charleston, is a Greenbrier County native who began playing violin at an early age, and through the apprenticeship, is now learning old-time fiddle tunes local to her home county. She plays fiddle with the Allegheny Hellbenders string band and is a member of the Morgantown Friends of Old-Time Music and Dance.See our feature on Van Gundys apprenticeship with Stroud here: https://wvfolklife.org/2019/01/23/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-doug-van-gundy-annie-stroud-old-time-fiddling-of-the-greenbrier-valley/"]%

15. Doug Van Gundy and Annie Stroud perform at a West Virginia Humanities Council fundraiser at West Virginia University's Blaney House in Morgantown

Identifier:
4224.VanGundyStroudAnnie.Photo.001.5.2.19
Title:
Doug Van Gundy and Annie Stroud perform at a West Virginia Humanities Council fundraiser at West Virginia University's Blaney House in Morgantown
Date:
2019-05-02
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Contributor:
Stroud, Annie, Van Gundy, Doug
Subject:
Fiddling, Folk music--West Virginia, Greenbrier River Valley (W. Va.), Apprenticeship programs, Fiddle tunes, Old-time music
Location:
Morgantown (W. Va.)