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1. 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:: African Americans--Appalachian Region, Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991, West Virginia--Fiction, Rhythm and blues music, foodways, Soul music, Food habits, Coal mines and mining, Hairston, Cora, and Gospel music
Location:: Chief Logan State Park (W. Va.), Logan (W. Va.), and 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."]

2. 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:: West Virginia--Fiction, Food habits, Hairston, Cora, Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991, Coal mines and mining, African Americans--Appalachian Region, and foodways
Location:: Chief Logan State Park (W. Va.) and Logan County (W. Va.)