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["James Jim Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2173. Transcript of oral history of James Shaffer

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.IntTranscript.4.4.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of James Shaffer
Date:
2016-04-04
Creator:
Shaffer, James
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry--Employees, Broom and brush industry
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2174. Broom sewing machine at Charleston Broom and Mop Company

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.Photo.001.10.17.16
Title:
Broom sewing machine at Charleston Broom and Mop Company
Date:
2016-10-17
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Broom and brush industry, Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry--Employees
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Jim Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2175. Jim Shaffer adds straw to a broom

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.Photo.001.4.4.16
Title:
Jim Shaffer adds straw to a broom
Date:
2016-04-04
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Broom and brush industry--Employees, Broom and brush industry, Charleston (W. Va.)
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2176. Jim Shaffer's lunch box

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.Photo.002.10.17.16
Title:
Jim Shaffer's lunch box
Date:
2016-10-17
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Broom and brush industry, Food habits, Broom and brush industry--Employees, foodways, Charleston (W. Va.)
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Jim Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2177. Broom maker James Shaffer adds straw to a broom

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.Photo.002.4.4.16
Title:
Broom maker James Shaffer adds straw to a broom
Date:
2016-04-04
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry, Broom and brush industry--Employees
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2178. Rolls of broom straw at Charleston Broom and Mop Company

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.Photo.003.10.17.16
Title:
Rolls of broom straw at Charleston Broom and Mop Company
Date:
2016-10-17
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Broom and brush industry--Employees, Broom and brush industry, Charleston (W. Va.)
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Jim Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2179. Old radios in Jim Shaffer's Charleston Broom shop

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.Photo.003.4.4.16
Title:
Old radios in Jim Shaffer's Charleston Broom shop
Date:
2016-04-04
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Broom and brush industry, Broom and brush industry--Employees, Charleston (W. Va.)
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2180. Tool peg board at Charleston Broom and Mop Company

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.Photo.004.10.17.16
Title:
Tool peg board at Charleston Broom and Mop Company
Date:
2016-10-17
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Broom and brush industry, Broom and brush industry--Employees, Charleston (W. Va.)
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Jim Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2181. Brooms stacked in a corner of Jim Shaffer's shop

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.Photo.004.4.4.16
Title:
Brooms stacked in a corner of Jim Shaffer's shop
Date:
2016-04-04
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry--Employees, Broom and brush industry
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2182. Toy brooms at Charleston Broom and Mop Company

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.Photo.005.10.17.16
Title:
Toy brooms at Charleston Broom and Mop Company
Date:
2016-10-17
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Broom and brush industry, Broom and brush industry--Employees, Charleston (W. Va.)
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Jim Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2183. Brooms and broom handles stacked in James Shaffer's shop

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.Photo.005.4.4.16
Title:
Brooms and broom handles stacked in James Shaffer's shop
Date:
2016-04-04
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry--Employees, Broom and brush industry
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]%

2184. Jim Shaffer stitches lacing into a broom

Identifier:
4224.ShafferJames.Photo.006.10.17.16
Title:
Jim Shaffer stitches lacing into a broom
Date:
2016-10-17
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Broom and brush industry--Employees, Broom and brush industry, Charleston (W. Va.)
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)