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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.004.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 4 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Bright, Dee Cogar, Smith, Jenny
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Folk music--West Virginia, Clog dancing, Fiddling, Old-time music, Square dance music--United States, Apprenticeship programs, Fiddle tunes, Folk music festivals, Banjo, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Wine, Melvin
- Location:
- Weston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.005.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 5 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Bright, Dee Cogar, Smith, Jenny
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Fiddle tunes, Folk music festivals, Banjo, Square dance music--United States, Fiddling, Old-time music, Wine, Melvin, Clog dancing, Folk music--West Virginia, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Apprenticeship programs
- Location:
- Weston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.006.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 6 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Smith, Jenny, Bright, Dee Cogar
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Old-time music, Fiddling, Fiddle tunes, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Wine, Melvin, Clog dancing, Banjo, Square dance music--United States, Folk music--West Virginia, Folk music festivals, Apprenticeship programs
- Location:
- Weston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.007.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 7 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Bright, Dee Cogar, Smith, Jenny
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Fiddling, Clog dancing, Folk music--West Virginia, Square dance music--United States, Fiddle tunes, Folk music festivals, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Banjo, Old-time music, Wine, Melvin, Apprenticeship programs
- Location:
- Weston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.008.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 8 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Smith, Jenny, Bright, Dee Cogar
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Folk music--West Virginia, Old-time music, Square dance music--United States, Apprenticeship programs, Wine, Melvin, Folk music festivals, Banjo, Clog dancing, Fiddle tunes, Fiddling
- Location:
- Weston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.009.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 9 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Smith, Jenny, Bright, Dee Cogar
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Wine, Melvin, Folk music festivals, Clog dancing, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Fiddle tunes, Fiddling, Dulcimer, Banjo, Folk music--West Virginia, Square dance music--United States, Apprenticeship programs, Old-time music
- Location:
- Weston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.010.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 10 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Bright, Dee Cogar, Smith, Jenny
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Square dance music--United States, Folk music festivals, Fiddling, Fiddle tunes, Old-time music, Clog dancing, Banjo, Apprenticeship programs, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Folk music--West Virginia, Wine, Melvin
- Location:
- Weston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.011.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 11 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Bright, Dee Cogar, Smith, Jenny
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Banjo, Folk music--West Virginia, Square dance music--United States, Fiddle tunes, Old-time music, Apprenticeship programs, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Wine, Melvin, Clog dancing, Folk music festivals, Fiddling
- Location:
- Weston (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/"]%](/image/4224BurkyVernon001Photo91016/0.jpg)
- 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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- 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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- 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.)
![["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/"]%](/image/4224BurkyVernonIntTranscript111416/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BurkyVernon.IntTranscript.11.14.16
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Vernon Burky
- Date:
- 2016-11-14
- Creator:
- Morgan, Thrayon, Burky, Sandy, Burky, Vernon
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily, Whipp, David
- Subject:
- Fiddling, Square dance music--United States, Cooking (Sauerkraut), Eggs, Cooking (Sausages), Cheesemaking, Wine and wine making--United States, Fiddle tunes, Maple syrup, Helvetia (W. Va.), Cooking, Swiss, Waltz, Canning and preserving, Sawmills
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
