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- Identifier:
- 4224.HarlessMarionVaneckKara.AudioInt.8.28.18
- Title:
- Oral history of Marion Harless and Kara Vaneck
- Date:
- 2018-08-28
- Creator:
- Harless, Marion, Vaneck, Kara
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Food habits, Irish Americans, foodways, Herb gardening, Willow baskets, Herb products, Traditional medicine, Weirton (W. Va.), Canning and preserving, Dye plants, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Gardening, Herbs--Utilization, Basket making, Herbalists, Wine and wine making--United States, Apprenticeship programs
- Location:
- Randolph County (W. Va.)
![["Marion Harless of Kerens led a 2018 apprenticeship in green traditions with Kara Vaneck of Weston as part of the 2018 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Harless is a co-founder of the Mountain State Organic Growers and Buyers Association and the West Virginia Herb Association, and has taught widely on medicinal herbs, edible landscaping, and native plants. Vaneck is the owner of Smoke Camp Crafts and has served as vice president and treasurer of the West Virginia Herb Association.Read our feature on Harless apprenticeship with Vaneck here: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/12/20/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-marion-harless-kara-vaneck-green-traditions/Read Emily Hilliards article on Marion Harless here and in the Spring 2019 issue of Goldenseal Magazine: https://wvfolklife.org/2019/03/22/the-state-folklorists-notebook-people-need-to-know-about-plants-herbarist-marion-harless/"]%](/image/4224HarlessMarionVaneckKaraIntTranscript82818/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HarlessMarionVaneckKara.IntTranscript.8.28.18
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Marion Harless and Kara Vaneck
- Date:
- 2018-08-28
- Creator:
- Vaneck, Kara, Harless, Marion
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Weirton (W. Va.), Apprenticeship programs, Basket making, Herbs--Utilization, Traditional medicine, Wine and wine making--United States, Canning and preserving, Herb gardening, Irish Americans, Dye plants, Herbalists, Willow baskets, Herb products, Gardening, Food habits, Herbs--Therapeutic use, foodways
- Location:
- Randolph County (W. Va.)
