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- Identifier:
- 4224.HairstonBill.AudioInt.002.9.10.19
- Title:
- Oral history of Bill Hairston, 2 of 2
- Date:
- 2019-09-10
- Creator:
- Hairston, Bill
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Folklore, Saint Albans (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Old-time music, Folk music--West Virginia, Walker, John Homer, School integration, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Fiddle tunes, Banjo, Racism, Fiddling, 4-H clubs, Big Coal River Valley (W. Va.), Hairston, Bill, and Storytelling
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["W.I. Bill Hairston, 71, is a storyteller, old-time musician, and pastor (Westminster Presbyterian Church) living in Charleston, West Virginia. He was born in Phenix City, Alabama, and his family moved to Saint Albans, West Virginia in 1960 when he was 11. Through his storytelling, Hairston, as he says in the interview, combines the Appalachian culture that he was exposed to on the Coal River, to the African-American culture that he is a part of. For 35 years, he served as music coordinator at the Stonewall Jackson Jubilee, and is currently the coordinator of the Vandalia Gatherings West Virginia Liars Contest. Hairston is an active member of the West Virginia Storytelling Guild, the Kentucky Storytelling Association, and the Ohio Storytelling Network, the National Association of Black Storytellers, and serves as the West Virginia liaison to the National Storytelling Network. He has performed in concerts, festivals, libraries, corporate meetings, conventions and schools throughout the region and the country. In this interview, Hairston speaks about growing up in one of three Black families in the Lick Skillet area of Saint Albans along the Coal River, his interest in and work with rural West Virginia old-time musicians and 4-H camps, his friendship with Frank and Jane George, experiences with racism in West Virginia, and his work and mission as an Appalachian storyteller."]](/thumb/4224HairstonBillIntTranscript91019 "Transcript of oral history of W.I. Bill Hairston")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HairstonBillIntTranscript9.10.19
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of W.I. Bill Hairston
- Date:
- 2019-09-10
- Creator:
- Hairston, Bill
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Racism, Old-time music, School integration, Hairston, Bill, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Folk music--West Virginia, 4-H clubs, Storytelling, Folklore, African Americans--Appalachian Region, and Walker, John Homer
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["Sam & Joe HerrmannJoe Herrmann (b.1949) and Sam Herrmann (b. 1949), both Maryland natives, are traditional musicians who play together as part of Critton Hollow String Band. They have been a couple since the mid-1970s when they moved to Hampshire County, West Virginia. Joe is a fiddle and banjo player, and Sam is a guitar and hammer dulcimer player. Sam is also a knitter, hand yarn spinner, and owns the knitting kit company Samspun. They live on a piece of land in Paw Paw, WV where they keep sheep.Interviewers note:Interview with Sam and Joe Herrmann of Critton Hollow String Band on the back porch of their home in Critton Hollow, Paw Paw, West Virginia. Sam was knitting a childs sweater during the interview."]](/thumb/4224HerrmannJoeHerrmannIntTranscript71916 "Transcript of oral history of Joe and Sam Herrmann")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeHerrmann.IntTranscript.7.19.16
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Joe and Sam Herrmann
- Date:
- 2016-07-19
- Creator:
- Herrmann, Sam and Herrmann, Joe
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Dulcimer, Old-time music, Rizzetta, Sam, Folk music--West Virginia, Critton Hollow Stringband, Sheep farming, Knitters (Persons), Banjo, Fiddle tunes, Fiddling, and Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeHerrmannSam.AudioInt.7.19.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Joe and Sam Herrmann
- Date:
- 2016-07-19
- Creator:
- Herrmann, Joe and Herrmann, Sam
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Critton Hollow Stringband, Fiddle tunes, Folk music--West Virginia, Knitters (Persons), Dulcimer, Banjo, Fiddling, Rizzetta, Sam, Old-time music, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, and Sheep farming
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
