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217. 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."]%

218. 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.)

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219. Oral history of Diana Hamilton

Identifier:
4224.HamiltonDiana.AudioInt.7.9.19
Title:
Oral history of Diana Hamilton
Date:
2019-07-09
Creator:
Hamilton, Diana
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Food habits, Women service industries workers, Beckley (W. Va.), Drive-in restaurants, foodways, Working class families, Diners (Restaurants)
Location:
Beckley (W. Va.)
["Diana Hamilton (b. October 1955), is a native of Cool Ridge, West Virginia. She has worked at King Tut Drive-In restaurant in Beckley for 40 years and has been the manager for 20 years."]%

220. Transcript of oral history of Diana Hamilton

Identifier:
4224.HamiltonDiana.IntTranscript.7.9.19
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Diana Hamilton
Date:
2019-07-09
Creator:
Hamilton, Diana
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Drive-in restaurants, foodways, Beckley (W. Va.), Food habits, Diners (Restaurants), Women service industries workers, Working class families
Location:
Beckley (W. Va.)

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221. Oral history of Marion Harless and Kara Vaneck

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, Herb products, Willow baskets, Traditional medicine, Weirton (W. Va.), Canning and preserving, Dye plants, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Gardening, Basket making, Herbs--Utilization, 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/"]%

222. Transcript of oral history of Marion Harless and Kara Vaneck

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.)
["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/"]%

223. Marion Harless prepares lunch during an apprenticeship meeting with Kara Vaneck

Identifier:
4224.HarlessMarionVaneckKara.Photo.007.8.28.18
Title:
Marion Harless prepares lunch during an apprenticeship meeting with Kara Vaneck
Date:
2018-08-28
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Herb gardening, Herbs--Utilization, Traditional medicine, Apprenticeship programs, Gardening, Food habits, Herbalists
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/"]%

224. Marion Harless and Kara Vaneck in Harless' kitchen in Kerens, West Virginia

Identifier:
4224.HarlessMarionVaneckKara.Photo.008.8.28.18
Title:
Marion Harless and Kara Vaneck in Harless' kitchen in Kerens, West Virginia
Date:
2018-08-28
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Food habits, Apprenticeship programs, Gardening, foodways, Herbalists, Herb gardening
Location:
Randolph County (W. Va.)
["The town of Helvetia, West Virginia, population 59, was founded by Swiss-German immigrants in 1869. In the late 60s, around Helvetias centennial, town matriarch Eleanor Mailloux worked to revive many of Helvetias Swiss traditions, co-founding the Hutte Swiss restaurant, collecting a cookbook of community recipes, and restoring the Fasnacht celebration as a public event. Helvetia also has a long-standing cheese making tradition, practiced in private homes, and in the semi-public Cheese Haus, which now is located in an old renovated mechanics garage. Documentation of foodways traditions in the community is 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/Also see Emily Hilliards piece on Helvetias seasonal celebrations via The Bitter Southerner: https://bittersoutherner.com/my-year-in-helvetia-west-virginia Read her piece on the Hutte Restaurant, Something Good from Helvetia, for the Southern Foodways Alliance: https://www.southernfoodways.org/something-good-from-helvetia/ and NPR piece on Fasnachts foodways traditions: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/02/17/386970143/swiss-village-west-virginia-mardi-gras-feast-fasnachtLearn more about Helvetia via the website maintained by Helvetia resident Dave Whipp: http://www.helvetiawv.com/"]%

225. Exterior of the Hutte Swiss Restaurant in Helvetia

Identifier:
4224.Helvetia.Photo.001.3.1.14
Title:
Exterior of the Hutte Swiss Restaurant in Helvetia
Date:
2014-03-01
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Cooking, Swiss, foodways, Restaurants--Design and construction, Swiss Americans, Helvetia (W. Va.), Food habits, Restaurants--United States
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)
["The town of Helvetia, West Virginia, population 59, was founded by Swiss-German immigrants in 1869. In the late 60s, around Helvetias centennial, town matriarch Eleanor Mailloux worked to revive many of Helvetias Swiss traditions, co-founding the Hutte Swiss restaurant, collecting a cookbook of community recipes, and restoring the Fasnacht celebration as a public event. Helvetia also has a long-standing cheese making tradition, practiced in private homes, and in the semi-public Cheese Haus, which now is located in an old renovated mechanics garage. Documentation of foodways traditions in the community is 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/Also see Emily Hilliards piece on Helvetias seasonal celebrations via The Bitter Southerner: https://bittersoutherner.com/my-year-in-helvetia-west-virginia Read her piece on the Hutte Restaurant, Something Good from Helvetia, for the Southern Foodways Alliance: https://www.southernfoodways.org/something-good-from-helvetia/ and NPR piece on Fasnachts foodways traditions: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/02/17/386970143/swiss-village-west-virginia-mardi-gras-feast-fasnachtLearn more about Helvetia via the website maintained by Helvetia resident Dave Whipp: http://www.helvetiawv.com/"]%

226. Exterior of the Helvetia Cheese Haus

Identifier:
4224.Helvetia.Photo.001.3.18.17
Title:
Exterior of the Helvetia Cheese Haus
Date:
2017-03-18
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Food habits, Helvetia (W. Va.), Cheesemaking, Painted signs and signboards
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)
["The town of Helvetia, West Virginia, population 59, was founded by Swiss-German immigrants in 1869. In the late 60s, around Helvetias centennial, town matriarch Eleanor Mailloux worked to revive many of Helvetias Swiss traditions, co-founding the Hutte Swiss restaurant, collecting a cookbook of community recipes, and restoring the Fasnacht celebration as a public event. Helvetia also has a long-standing cheese making tradition, practiced in private homes, and in the semi-public Cheese Haus, which now is located in an old renovated mechanics garage. Documentation of foodways traditions in the community is 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/Also see Emily Hilliards piece on Helvetias seasonal celebrations via The Bitter Southerner: https://bittersoutherner.com/my-year-in-helvetia-west-virginia Read her piece on the Hutte Restaurant, Something Good from Helvetia, for the Southern Foodways Alliance: https://www.southernfoodways.org/something-good-from-helvetia/ and NPR piece on Fasnachts foodways traditions: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/02/17/386970143/swiss-village-west-virginia-mardi-gras-feast-fasnachtLearn more about Helvetia via the website maintained by Helvetia resident Dave Whipp: http://www.helvetiawv.com/"]%

227. Sampler plate menu for Fasnacht, posted on the porch of the Hutte Swiss Restaurant in Helvetia

Identifier:
4224.Helvetia.Photo.002.3.1.14
Title:
Sampler plate menu for Fasnacht, posted on the porch of the Hutte Swiss Restaurant in Helvetia
Date:
2014-03-01
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Cooking, Swiss, Helvetia (W. Va.), Swiss Americans, Food habits, foodways, Restaurants--United States
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)
["The town of Helvetia, West Virginia, population 59, was founded by Swiss-German immigrants in 1869. In the late 60s, around Helvetias centennial, town matriarch Eleanor Mailloux worked to revive many of Helvetias Swiss traditions, co-founding the Hutte Swiss restaurant, collecting a cookbook of community recipes, and restoring the Fasnacht celebration as a public event. Helvetia also has a long-standing cheese making tradition, practiced in private homes, and in the semi-public Cheese Haus, which now is located in an old renovated mechanics garage. Documentation of foodways traditions in the community is 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/Also see Emily Hilliards piece on Helvetias seasonal celebrations via The Bitter Southerner: https://bittersoutherner.com/my-year-in-helvetia-west-virginia Read her piece on the Hutte Restaurant, Something Good from Helvetia, for the Southern Foodways Alliance: https://www.southernfoodways.org/something-good-from-helvetia/ and NPR piece on Fasnachts foodways traditions: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/02/17/386970143/swiss-village-west-virginia-mardi-gras-feast-fasnachtLearn more about Helvetia via the website maintained by Helvetia resident Dave Whipp: http://www.helvetiawv.com/"]%

228. Hand painted floral panel on the Helvetia Cheese Haus

Identifier:
4224.Helvetia.Photo.002.3.18.17
Title:
Hand painted floral panel on the Helvetia Cheese Haus
Date:
2017-03-18
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Cheesemaking, Helvetia (W. Va.), Food habits, Painted signs and signboards, foodways
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)