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["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/"]%

229. Wooden bowls in Jim Costa's collection

Identifier:
4224.CostaJim.Photo.138.6.6.16
Title:
Wooden bowls in Jim Costa's collection
Date:
2016-06-06
Creator:
van Buren, Zoe
Contributor:
Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
Subject:
Treenware, Collectors and collecting, Antique collecting for men, foodways
Location:
Summers County (W. Va.)
["Genevieve (Jenny) Bardwell and Susan Ray Brown of Mount Morris, Pennsylvania led an apprenticeship in salt rising bread with Amy Dawson of Lost Creek, West Virginia as part of the 2018 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Amy Dawson is a native of Lost Creek, West Virginia. She holds a B.S. in geology from West Virginia University and a J.D. from the College of Law at West Virginia University. She manages and co-owns Lost Creek Farm with her partner Mike Costello, hosting travelling kitchen/pop-up dinner events around the greater Appalachian region. In 2018, Lost Creek Farm was featured on CNNs Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain.See our feature on Bardwell and Browns apprenticeship with Dawson here: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/11/12/2018-master-artists-apprentice-feature-genevieve-bardwell-susan-ray-brown-amy-dawson-salt-rising-bread/"]%

230. Artist profile of Amy Dawson

Identifier:
4224.DawsonAmy.ArtistBio.6.13.18
Title:
Artist profile of Amy Dawson
Date:
2018-06-13
Creator:
Dawson, Amy
Subject:
Apprenticeship programs, Bread--history, Bread, Bakers, foodways
Location:
Harrison County (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"]%

231. Bammy's Chili Dog neon sign made by James Day

Identifier:
4224.DayJames.Photo.009.11.8.17
Title:
Bammy's Chili Dog neon sign made by James Day
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Neon signs, Tube bending, 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"]%

232. Sam's Hot Dog Stand neon sign made by James Day

Identifier:
4224.DayJames.Photo.010.11.8.17
Title:
Sam's Hot Dog Stand neon sign made by James Day
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Neon signs, Tube bending
Location:
Saint Albans (W. Va.)

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233. Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 1 of 4

Identifier:
4224.ErnestHofer.AudioInt.001.4.30.16
Title:
Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 1 of 4
Date:
2016-04-30
Creator:
Hofer, Ernest
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Cooking, Swiss, Wine and wine making--United States, 4-H clubs, Veterans, Food habits, Helvetia (W. Va.), foodways, Coal mines and mining, Wild leek
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)

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234. Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 2 of 4

Identifier:
4224.ErnestHofer.AudioInt.002.4.30.16
Title:
Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 2 of 4
Date:
2016-04-30
Creator:
Hofer, Ernest
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Food habits, Wine and wine making--United States, Veterans, 4-H clubs, Cooking, Swiss, Wild leek, foodways, Helvetia (W. Va.), Coal mines and mining
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)

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235. Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 3 of 4

Identifier:
4224.ErnestHofer.AudioInt.003.4.30.16
Title:
Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 3 of 4
Date:
2016-04-30
Creator:
Hofer, Ernest
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Food habits, Helvetia (W. Va.), Wild leek, Coal mines and mining, 4-H clubs, Veterans, Wine and wine making--United States, Cooking, Swiss
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)

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236. Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 4 of 4

Identifier:
4224.ErnestHofer.AudioInt.004.4.30.16
Title:
Oral history of Ernest Hofer, 4 of 4
Date:
2016-04-30
Creator:
Hofer, Ernest
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, 4-H clubs, Wild leek, Coal mines and mining, Wine and wine making--United States, Helvetia (W. Va.), Cooking, Swiss, Food habits, Veterans
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)

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237. Oral history of Roxane Garland

Identifier:
4224.GarlandRoxane.AudioInt.12.15.20
Title:
Oral history of Roxane Garland
Date:
2020-12-15
Creator:
Garland, Roxane
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Morgantown (W. Va.), Women service industries workers, Labor union locals, Labor union members, Supermarkets, COVID-19 (Disease), foodways, Labor disputes--West Virginia, Food industry and trade--Employees, Collective bargaining--Service industries, Food habits
Location:
Morgantown (W. Va.), Charleston (W. Va.)
["Roxane Garland (b. July 20, 1960, Point Marion, PA) has been a Kroger worker for 42 years and is currently the drug general merchandise department leader at store 813 in Morgantown, WV. She also serves as a United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 shop steward. In this interview she speaks about recent contract negotiations with Kroger, union actions shes been involved in in the past, her experience as a grocery store essential worker during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her concerns for the future of Kroger workers.This interview is part of a collection of interviews with UFCW member Kroger workers conducted remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic."]%

238. Transcript of oral history of Roxane Garland

Identifier:
4224.GarlandRoxane.IntTranscript.12.15.20
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Roxane Garland
Date:
2020-12-15
Creator:
Garland, Roxane
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Supermarkets, Labor union members, foodways, Labor union locals, Women service industries workers, Morgantown (W. Va.), Collective bargaining--Service industries, Labor disputes--West Virginia, COVID-19 (Disease), Food habits
Location:
Morgantown (W. Va.), Charleston (W. Va.)
["The H.E. White Elementary PTO has been hosting a Ramp Dinner fundraiser for 55 years. Dinner fare includes ham, ramps, fried potatoes, pinto beans or white beans, green beans, corn bread or rolls, sassafras tea, and dessert. The meal cost $10."]%

239. Ramp Dinner sign outside H.E. White Elementary in Clay County

Identifier:
4224.HEWhiteRampDinner.Photo.001.5.5.19
Title:
Ramp Dinner sign outside H.E. White Elementary in Clay County
Date:
2019-05-05
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Parents' and teachers' associations, Corn bread, Food habits, Wild leek, foodways
Location:
Clay County (W. Va.)
["The H.E. White Elementary PTO has been hosting a Ramp Dinner fundraiser for 55 years. Dinner fare includes ham, ramps, fried potatoes, pinto beans or white beans, green beans, corn bread or rolls, sassafras tea, and dessert. The meal cost $10."]%

240. "Welcome Rampers" sign on the door of H.E. White Elementary School

Identifier:
4224.HEWhiteRampDinner.Photo.002.5.5.19
Title:
"Welcome Rampers" sign on the door of H.E. White Elementary School
Date:
2019-05-05
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Wild leek, Corn bread, Food habits, Parents' and teachers' associations
Location:
Clay County (W. Va.)