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49. Oral history of Cora Hairston

Identifier:
4224.HairstonCora.AudioInt.5.3.16
Title:
Oral history of Cora Hairston
Date:
2016-05-03
Creator:
Hairston, Cora
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Gospel music, Hairston, Cora, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Rhythm and blues music, foodways, Coal mines and mining, Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991, Soul music, Food habits, West Virginia--Fiction
Location:
Logan (W. Va.), Chief Logan State Park (W. Va.), Logan County (W. Va.)
["Cora Lee (Phillips) Hairston (b. 1942, Sarah Anne, WV) is a musician and writer from Logan County, West Virginia. She and her husband Fred, also a musician, currently live in Omar, West Virginia. Cora Hairston is the author of two novels, Faces Behind the Dust and Hello World Here Comes Claraby Rose, both fictionalized accounts based on her childhood growing up in a Black coal camp. She spoke about her childhood, her music, and her writing practice."]%

50. Transcript of oral history of Cora Hairston

Identifier:
4224.HairstonCora.IntTranscript.5.3.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Cora Hairston
Date:
2016-05-03
Creator:
Hairston, Cora
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Food habits, Hairston, Cora, West Virginia--Fiction, Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991, Coal mines and mining, African Americans--Appalachian Region
Location:
Chief Logan State Park (W. Va.), Logan County (W. Va.)
["Cora Lee (Phillips) Hairston (b. 1942, Sarah Anne, WV) is a musician and writer from Logan County, West Virginia. She and her husband Fred, also a musician, currently live in Omar, West Virginia. Cora Hairston is the author of two novels, Faces Behind the Dust and Hello World Here Comes Claraby Rose, both fictionalized accounts based on her childhood growing up in a Black coal camp. She spoke about her childhood, her music, and her writing practice."]%

51. Portrait of Cora Hairston

Identifier:
4224.HairstonCora.Photo.001.5.3.16
Title:
Portrait of Cora Hairston
Date:
2016-05-03
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African Americans--Appalachian Region, Hairston, Cora
Location:
Chief Logan State Park (W. Va.)

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52. Oral history of Leonard Harris, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.001.7.20.16
Title:
Oral history of Leonard Harris, 1 of 3
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), School integration, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--History, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Segregation in education
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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53. Oral history of Leonard Harris, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.002.7.20.16
Title:
Oral history of Leonard Harris, 2 of 3
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Community museums, Segregation in education, School integration, Martinsburg (W. Va.), African Americans--History, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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54. Oral history of Leonard Harris, 3 of 3

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.003.7.20.16
Title:
Oral history of Leonard Harris, 3 of 3
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Community museums, School integration, African Americans--History, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Segregation in education, Berkeley County (W. Va.)
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["With his wife, Leonard Harris (b. Martinsburg, WV, October 30, 1936) is the co-founder of Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is an alumnus of Sumner-Ramer, which was the Black school in Berkeley County during segregation. The school closed in 1965, one year after schools in the county were integrated and 10 years after the Brown v. Board ruling. The Sumner-Ramer Museum and Archive is located in a ground-floor room of the school building and contains materials from the school and its alumni, including ephemera, photos, artifacts, portraits, and more."]%

55. Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.IntTranscript.7.20.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--History, Segregation in education, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Community museums, School integration
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["With his wife, Leonard Harris (b. Martinsburg, WV, 1936) is the co-founder of Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is an alumnus of Sumner-Ramer, which was the Black school in Berkeley County during segregation. The school closed in 1965, one year after schools in the county were integrated and 10 years after the Brown v. Board ruling. The Sumner-Ramer Museum and Archive is located in a ground-floor room of the school building and contains materials from the school and its alumni, including ephemera, photos, artifacts, portraits, and more."]%

56. Leonard Harris at the Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.Photo.001.7.20.16
Title:
Leonard Harris at the Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Community museums, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, School integration, African Americans--History, Segregation in education
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)

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57. Oral history of Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.AudioInt.11.8.17
Title:
Oral history of Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Johnson, Delores
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Quiltmakers, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Art quilts, African American quilts, Quilting, Portraits on quilts
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]%

58. Transcript of oral history of Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.IntTranscript.11.8.17
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Johnson, Delores
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African American quilts, Huntington (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Portraits on quilts, Art quilts, Quiltmakers, Quilting
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]%

59. Peace Christmas card made by Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.Photo.002.11.8.17
Title:
Peace Christmas card made by Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African Americans--Appalachian Region, Quilting, African American quilts, Quiltmakers
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]%

60. Portrait quilt made by Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.Photo.003.11.8.17
Title:
Portrait quilt made by Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Art quilts, Quiltmakers, Quilting, African American quilts, Portraits on quilts, African Americans--Appalachian Region
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)