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["Jimmie Carder, 78, is the owner of Jims Spaghetti and Steak in Huntington, WV. Jims was founded in 1938 by Jimmies parents, who were both of Lebanese descent. 25 years ago, Jimmie moved back from Nashville, TN to operate the restaurant, which was awarded West Virginias first James Beard American Classics Award in 2019. http://www.jimsspaghetti.com/"]%

193. Plate of spaghetti at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House

Identifier:
4224.CarderJimmie.Photo.005.2.7.19
Title:
Plate of spaghetti at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House
Date:
2019-02-07
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Restaurateurs, Food habits, Diners (Restaurants), Cooking (Pasta), foodways, Huntington (W. Va.)
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Jimmie Carder, 78, is the owner of Jims Spaghetti and Steak in Huntington, WV. Jims was founded in 1938 by Jimmies parents, who were both of Lebanese descent. 25 years ago, Jimmie moved back from Nashville, TN to operate the restaurant, which was awarded West Virginias first James Beard American Classics Award in 2019. http://www.jimsspaghetti.com/"]%

194. Meal at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House

Identifier:
4224.CarderJimmie.Photo.006.2.7.19
Title:
Meal at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House
Date:
2019-02-07
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Food habits, Diners (Restaurants), Restaurateurs, foodways, Huntington (W. Va.), Cooking (Pasta)
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Jamina Lynn Jimmie Carder, 78, is the owner of Jims Spaghetti and Steak in Huntington, WV. Jims was founded in 1938 by Jimmies parents, who were both of Lebanese descent. 25 years ago, Jimmie moved back from Nashville, TN to operate the restaurant, which was awarded West Virginias first James Beard American Classics Award in 2019. http://www.jimsspaghetti.com/"]%

195. Counter at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House

Identifier:
4224.CarderJimmie.Photo.008.2.7.19
Title:
Counter at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House
Date:
2019-02-07
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Food habits, Restaurateurs, Diners (Restaurants), Cooking (Pasta), Huntington (W. Va.)
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Jamina Lynn Jimmie Carder, 78, is the owner of Jims Spaghetti and Steak in Huntington, WV. Jims was founded in 1938 by Jimmies parents, who were both of Lebanese descent. 25 years ago, Jimmie moved back from Nashville, TN to operate the restaurant, which was awarded West Virginias first James Beard American Classics Award in 2019. http://www.jimsspaghetti.com/"]%

196. Original diner section of Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House

Identifier:
4224.CarderJimmie.Photo.009.2.7.19
Title:
Original diner section of Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House
Date:
2019-02-07
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Huntington (W. Va.), foodways, Diners (Restaurants), Food habits
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Jimmie Carder, 78, is the owner of Jims Spaghetti and Steak in Huntington, WV. Jims was founded in 1938 by Jimmies parents, who were both of Lebanese descent. 25 years ago, Jimmie moved back from Nashville, TN to operate the restaurant, which was awarded West Virginias first James Beard American Classics Award in 2019. http://www.jimsspaghetti.com/"]%

197. Front of house at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti

Identifier:
4224.CarderJimmie.Photo.010.2.7.19
Title:
Front of house at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti
Date:
2019-02-07
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Huntington (W. Va.), foodways, Diners (Restaurants), Food habits, Restaurateurs
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Jimmie Carder, 78, is the owner of Jims Spaghetti and Steak in Huntington, WV. Jims was founded in 1938 by Jimmies parents, who were both of Lebanese descent. 25 years ago, Jimmie moved back from Nashville, TN to operate the restaurant, which was awarded West Virginias first James Beard American Classics Award in 2019. http://www.jimsspaghetti.com/"]%

198. Mary, the front of house manager at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House

Identifier:
4224.CarderJimmie.Photo.011.2.7.19
Title:
Mary, the front of house manager at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House
Date:
2019-02-07
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Restaurateurs, foodways, Food habits, Diners (Restaurants), Huntington (W. Va.)
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Jamina Lynn Jimmie Carder, 78, is the owner of Jims Spaghetti and Steak in Huntington, WV. Jims was founded in 1938 by Jimmies parents, who were both of Lebanese descent. 25 years ago, Jimmie moved back from Nashville, TN to operate the restaurant, which was awarded West Virginias first James Beard American Classics Award in 2019. http://www.jimsspaghetti.com/"]%

199. Transcript of oral history of Jimmie Carder

Identifier:
4224.CarderJimmieIntTranscript2.7.2019
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Jimmie Carder
Date:
2019-02-07
Creator:
Carder, Jimmie
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Restaurateurs, Carder, Jimmie, Food habits, Lebanese Americans, Diners (Restaurants), foodways, Brock, Sean, Nashville (Tenn.), Cooking (Pasta), Huntington (W. Va.)
Location:
Lebanon, Huntington (W. Va.), Nashville (Tenn.)
["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/"]%

200. 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:
Bakers, Food habits, Helvetia (W. Va.), Pickling, Swiss American women, Cooking (Sauerkraut), Wild leek, Canning and preserving, foodways
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.), Randolph County (W. Va.)

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201. Oral history of Cecelia Smith

Identifier:
4224.CeciliaSmith.AudioInt.4.30.16
Title:
Oral history of Cecelia Smith
Date:
2016-04-30
Creator:
Smith, Cecelia
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Helvetia (W. Va.), Cooking, Swiss, Swiss American women, Food habits, Wild leek, 4-H clubs, Bakers, Canning and preserving
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)
["Chums Hot Dogs (8315 McCorkle Ave.) in Marmet serves a classic West Virginia dog (chili, slaw, mustard, and onions) with a micro-regional variant of slaw with yellow mustard, rather than mayonnaise, as the primary ingredient. A 2018 review of Chums on the West Virginia Hot Dog blog credits Donald Goat Kinder as the originator of the yellow slaw.This is part of a collection of materials documenting West Virginia hot dogs and hot dog joints. For more, see the West Virginia hot dog blog: http://wvhotdogblog.blogspot.com/And Emily Hilliards piece on West Virginia hot dogs for the Fall 2016 issue of the Southern Foodways Alliances journal Gravy: https://www.southernfoodways.org/slaw-abiding-citizens-a-quest-for-the-west-virginia-hot-dog/"]%

202. Hot dogs and fries from Chum's in Marmet

Identifier:
4224.ChumsHotDogs.Photo.001.10.3.19
Title:
Hot dogs and fries from Chum's in Marmet
Date:
2019-10-03
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Restaurants--United States, Hot dog stands, Cooking (Frankfurters), foodways, Food habits
Location:
Marmet (W. Va.)
["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com/"]%

203. Chopping and mashing tools for making sauerkraut in Jim Costa's collection

Identifier:
4224.CostaJim.Photo.112.6.6.16
Title:
Chopping and mashing tools for making sauerkraut in Jim Costa's collection
Date:
2016-06-06
Creator:
van Buren, Zoe
Contributor:
Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
Subject:
foodways, Antique collecting for men, Cooking (Sauerkraut), Collectors and collecting
Location:
Summers County (W. Va.)
["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com/"]%

204. Six hog scrapers in Jim Costa's collection

Identifier:
4224.CostaJim.Photo.113.6.6.16
Title:
Six hog scrapers in Jim Costa's collection
Date:
2016-06-06
Creator:
van Buren, Zoe
Contributor:
Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
Subject:
Antique collecting for men, foodways, Collectors and collecting
Location:
Summers County (W. Va.)