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["Nancy Bruns is a chef, former restaurant owner, and the co-owner of J.Q. Dickinson Salt-works. Her family, the Dickinsons, have operated salt mines in the Kanawha Valley for five generations, since 1817. This interview was conducted in conjunction with the Malden Salt Fest."]%

349. Ruins of old building infrastructure at JQ Dickinson Salt, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.BrunsNancy.Photo.014.3.1.16
Title:
Ruins of old building infrastructure at JQ Dickinson Salt, 1 of 2
Date:
2016-03-01
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Salt mines and mining, Malden (W. Va.), Salt workers
Location:
Malden (W. Va.)
["Nancy Bruns is a chef, former restaurant owner, and the co-owner of J.Q. Dickinson Salt-works. Her family, the Dickinsons, have operated salt mines in the Kanawha Valley for five generations, since 1817. This interview was conducted in conjunction with the Malden Salt Fest."]%

350. Ruins of old building infrastructure at JQ Dickinson Salt, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.BrunsNancy.Photo.015.3.1.16
Title:
Ruins of old building infrastructure at JQ Dickinson Salt, 2 of 2
Date:
2016-03-01
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Salt workers, Malden (W. Va.), Salt mines and mining
Location:
Malden (W. Va.)
["Nancy Bruns is a chef, former restaurant owner, and the co-owner of J.Q. Dickinson Salt-works. Her family, the Dickinsons, have operated salt mines in the Kanawha Valley for five generations, since 1817. This interview was conducted in conjunction with the Malden Salt Fest."]%

351. Greenhouse used for salt evaporation at JQ Dickinson Salt

Identifier:
4224.BrunsNancy.Photo.016.3.1.16
Title:
Greenhouse used for salt evaporation at JQ Dickinson Salt
Date:
2016-03-01
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Salt mines and mining, Malden (W. Va.), Food habits, foodways, Salt workers
Location:
Malden (W. Va.)
["Nancy Bruns is a chef, former restaurant owner, and the co-owner of J.Q. Dickinson Salt-works. Her family, the Dickinsons, have operated salt mines in the Kanawha Valley for five generations, since 1817. This interview was conducted in conjunction with the Malden Salt Fest."]%

352. Current salt products made by JQ Dickinson Salt

Identifier:
4224.BrunsNancy.Photo.017.3.1.16
Title:
Current salt products made by JQ Dickinson Salt
Date:
2016-03-01
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Food habits, Salt mines and mining, foodways, Salt workers, Malden (W. Va.)
Location:
Malden (W. Va.)

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353. Oral History of Roger Bryant

Identifier:
4224.BryantRoger.AudioInt.3.31.16
Title:
Oral History of Roger Bryant
Date:
2016-03-31
Creator:
Bryant, Roger
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wilson, Jenny, 1900-1992, Folk music--West Virginia, Old-time music, Bryant, Roger, Country music
Location:
Logan (W. Va.)
["Roger Bryant (b. 1948), is a native of Logan, West Virginia. He is a county musician and songwriter, and is the grandson of West Virginia banjo player Aunt Jennie Wilson. He is the executive director of the Logan Emergency Ambulance Service Authority (LEASA) and is director of the Logan County Office of Emergency Management."]%

354. Transcript of oral history of Roger Bryant

Identifier:
4224.BryantRoger.IntTranscript.3.31.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Roger Bryant
Date:
2016-03-31
Creator:
Bryant, Roger
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Old-time music, Country music, Folk music--West Virginia, Wilson, Jenny, 1900-1992
Location:
Logan (W. Va.), Logan County (W. Va.)

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355. Three Songs by Roger Bryant

Identifier:
4224.BryantRoger.Music.3.31.16
Title:
Three Songs by Roger Bryant
Date:
2016-03-31
Creator:
Bryant, Roger
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Folk music--West Virginia, Bryant, Roger, Country music
Location:
Logan (W. Va.), Tucker County (W. Va.)
["Roger Bryant (b. 1948), is a native of Logan, West Virginia. He is a county musician and songwriter, and is the grandson of West Virginia banjo player Aunt Jennie Wilson. He is the executive director of the Logan Emergency Ambulance Service Authority (LEASA) and is director of the Logan County Office of Emergency Management."]%

356. Portrait of Roger Bryant

Identifier:
4224.BryantRoger.Photo.001.3.31.16
Title:
Portrait of Roger Bryant
Date:
2016-03-31
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bryant, Roger, Country music
Location:
Logan (W. Va.)
["Roger Bryant (b. 1948), is a native of Logan, West Virginia. He is a county musician and songwriter, and is the grandson of West Virginia banjo player Aunt Jennie Wilson. He is the executive director of the Logan Emergency Ambulance Service Authority (LEASA) and is director of the Logan County Office of Emergency Management."]%

357. Musician Roger Bryant at his office in Logan, West Virginia

Identifier:
4224.BryantRoger.Photo.002.3.31.16
Title:
Musician Roger Bryant at his office in Logan, West Virginia
Date:
2016-03-31
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bryant, Roger, Country music, Old-time music
Location:
Logan (W. Va.)
["Vernon John Burky was born to a Swiss family in Helvetia, West Virginia in 1925. He grew up speaking Swiss on his family farm, where his parents raised animals and managed a sawmill, and his grandparents operated a cheese house. They made Helvetia cheese, a type of Swiss cheese, similar to Emental, that was made throughout the Helvetia community and a staple in the diet of residents. As a child, Burky raised chickens and tapped maple trees on his family farm. As an adult, he was an active winemaker, a common pursuit in the Helvetia community. During his working years, Burky worked as a truck driver for a saw mill and a coal company. He learned to play fiddle as a child and started playing in the Helvetia Star Band, the local dance band for generations and the namesake of one of the villages two dance halls. He still plays in the group, which performs regularly for Helvetia square dances and events. Yeah; just kept that smokehouse full of smoke all day and night. Theyd put a big hunk of wood on it; it wouldnt burn but it--they had fire under it and it would sit there and smoke that little room half as big as this. They just smoked up tight. They had the sausage on rods; nothing could come in or get up on there. There it would sit; it was just dried up real solid and my uncle was--I stayed with my uncle when I was in high school. And he said, hey Vernon; come over here. (Laughs) He had rheumatism and he couldnt move around. He was in bed all winter. Go up there to the smokehouse and get me a link of that sausage. (Laughs) And Id go up and clip one of them off and bring it down. Hed get a hold of one piece and put the rest under the pillow and hed start eating that. He wasnt supposed to have red meat because of rheumatism.This interview 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/"]%

358. Portrait of Vernon Burky at the Helvetia Community Fair

Identifier:
4224.BurkyVernon.001.Photo.9.10.16
Title:
Portrait of Vernon Burky at the Helvetia Community Fair
Date:
2016-09-10
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Helvetia (W. Va.), Square dance music--United States, Old-time music, Waltz, Fiddle tunes, Fiddling
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)

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359. Oral history of Vernon Burky, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.BurkyVernon.AudioInt.001.11.14.16
Title:
Oral history of Vernon Burky, 1 of 2
Date:
2016-11-14
Creator:
Morgan, Thrayon, Burky, Vernon, Burky, Sandy
Contributor:
Whipp, David, Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Sheep farming, Old-time music, Helvetia (W. Va.), Sawmills, Food habits, Fiddle tunes, Maple syrup, foodways, Canning and preserving, Square dance music--United States, Fiddling, Cooking (Sauerkraut), Cooking (Sausages), Eggs, Waltz, Pickling, Cooking, Swiss, Cheesemaking
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)

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360. Oral history of Vernon Burky, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.BurkyVernon.AudioInt.002.11.14.16
Title:
Oral history of Vernon Burky, 2 of 2
Date:
2016-11-14
Creator:
Morgan, Thrayon, Burky, Sandy, Burky, Vernon
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily, Whipp, David
Subject:
Food habits, Cooking (Sausages), Eggs, Sheep farming, Cooking (Sauerkraut), Cheesemaking, Cooking, Swiss, Fiddling, Square dance music--United States, Wine and wine making--United States, Maple syrup, foodways, Canning and preserving, Sawmills, Helvetia (W. Va.), Waltz, Old-time music, Fiddle tunes
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)