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["Leenie Hobbie of Rio in Hampshire County and Jon Falcone of Lost River in Hardy County were participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Hobbie led an apprenticeship in traditional Appalachian herbalism Falcone. Hobbie has been a family herbalist for over 30 years, originally learning the tradition from her grandmother, who used both garden-grown and wild harvested plants at her home in the mountains of Southwestern Virginia. She has studied with acclaimed herbalists across the country and has taught the tradition within her community in Hampshire County. Falcone is a novice herbalist who hopes to apply his skills to his future homestead in West Virginia.See our feature on Falcones apprenticeship with Hobbie here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/10/26/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-leenie-hobbie-jon-falcone-traditional-appalachian-herbalism/The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers up to a $3,000 stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions.The apprenticeship program grants are administered by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council in Charleston and are supported in part by an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. West Virginia Folklife is dedicated to the documentation, preservation, presentation, and support of West Virginias vibrant cultural heritage and living traditions."]%

37. Herbalist Leenie Hobbie teaches apprentice Jon Falcone about passionflower (Passiflora incarnate), which is native to West Virginia

Identifier:
4224.HobbieLeenieFalconeJon.Photo.021.9.19.20.tif
Title:
Herbalist Leenie Hobbie teaches apprentice Jon Falcone about passionflower (Passiflora incarnate), which is native to West Virginia
Date:
2020-09-19
Creator:
Elmaleh, Lisa
Subject:
Apprenticeship programs, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Herbalists, Gardening, Herb gardening, Herb products, Herbs--Utilization
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
["Leenie Hobbie of Rio in Hampshire County and Jon Falcone of Lost River in Hardy County were participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Hobbie led an apprenticeship in traditional Appalachian herbalism with Falcone. Hobbie has been a family herbalist for over 30 years, originally learning the tradition from her grandmother, who used both garden-grown and wild harvested plants at her home in the mountains of Southwestern Virginia. She has studied with acclaimed herbalists across the country and has taught the tradition within her community in Hampshire County. Falcone is a novice herbalist who hopes to apply his skills to his future homestead in West Virginia.In this video, Hobbie & Falcone discuss the topic and scope of their apprenticeship and adaptations they made in order to continue to teach and learn during the COVID-19 pandemic. See our feature on Falcones apprenticeship with Hobbie here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/10/26/202...The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers up to a $3,000 stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions.The apprenticeship program grants are administered by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council in Charleston and are supported in part by an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. West Virginia Folklife is dedicated to the documentation, preservation, presentation, and support of West Virginias vibrant cultural heritage and living traditions."]%

38. Herbalist Leenie Hobbie & apprentice Jon Falcone discuss their West Virginia Folklife traditional Appalachian herbalism apprenticeship, which took place during COVID-19

Identifier:
4224.HobbieLeenieFalconeJon.Video.001.2.19.21.mp4
Title:
Herbalist Leenie Hobbie & apprentice Jon Falcone discuss their West Virginia Folklife traditional Appalachian herbalism apprenticeship, which took place during COVID-19
Date:
2021-02-19
Creator:
Hobbie, Leenie, Falcone, Jon
Subject:
foodways, Apprenticeship programs, Herb products, COVID-19 (Disease), Herbs--Utilization, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Herb gardening, Herbalists, Gardening, Traditional medicine, Forage plants
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.), Hardy County (W. Va.)

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39. Oral history of Thomas Toliver, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.ToliverThomas.AudioInt.001.11.22.19
Title:
Oral history of Thomas Toliver, 1 of 2
Date:
2019-11-22
Creator:
Toliver, Thomas
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily, Henkin, Aaron
Subject:
foodways, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Gardening, Urban gardens, Drug addiction--Treatment, Social work with the homeless
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)

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40. Oral history of Thomas Toliver, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.ToliverThomas.AudioInt.002.11.22.19
Title:
Oral history of Thomas Toliver, 2 of 2
Date:
2019-11-22
Creator:
Toliver, Thomas
Contributor:
Henkin, Aaron, Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Drug addiction--Treatment, Urban gardens, Gardening, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Social work with the homeless, foodways
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["Thomas Toliver, 87, at the time of the interview, is an urban gardener of the West Side of Charleston. He works in prisons as a mentor, and has taken in children of incarcerated people through his organization Family Youth in Development Service, Men and Children of Prisoners. In his urban garden, he is particularly interested in working with unhoused people. Toliver grew up working on a plantation-like estate in the Charleston neighborhood of South Hills, where his father was a gardener and chauffeur and his mother was a maid. Toliver was interviewed by producer Aaron Henkin with Emily Hilliard as part of the Out of the Blocks podcasts two episodes on Charlestons West Side. Learn more: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/01/17/out-of-the-blocks-podcast-highlights-charlestons-west-side-west-virginia-folklife-hosts-listening-party-february-12/"]%

41. Transcript of oral history of Thomas Toliver

Identifier:
4224.ToliverThomas.IntTranscript.11.22.19
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Thomas Toliver
Date:
2018-11-22
Creator:
Toliver, Thomas
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily, Henkin, Aaron
Subject:
foodways, Social work with the homeless, Gardening, Urban gardens, Drug addiction--Treatment, African Americans--Appalachian Region
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["Thomas Toliver, 87, at the time of the interview, is an urban gardener of the West Side of Charleston. He works in prisons as a mentor, and has taken in children of incarcerated people through his organization Family Youth in Development Service, Men and Children of Prisoners. In his urban garden, he is particularly interested in working with unhoused people. Toliver grew up working on a plantation-like estate in the Charleston neighborhood of South Hills, where his father was a gardener and chauffeur and his mother was a maid. Toliver was interviewed by producer Aaron Henkin with Emily Hilliard as part of the Out of the Blocks podcasts two episodes on Charlestons West Side. Learn more: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/01/17/out-of-the-blocks-podcast-highlights-charlestons-west-side-west-virginia-folklife-hosts-listening-party-february-12/"]%

42. Portrait of Thomas Toliver

Identifier:
4224.ToliverThomas.Photo.11.22.19
Title:
Portrait of Thomas Toliver
Date:
2019-11-22
Creator:
Patrick, Wendel
Subject:
African Americans--Appalachian Region, Urban gardens, Gardening
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["Documentation of folklore, foodways, and material culture on display at the 2016 West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg."]%

43. Temporary garden set up by the owners of Twelve Oaks Farm outside of the horse stables at the 2016 West Virginia State Fair

Identifier:
4224.WVStateFair.Photo.014.8.17.16
Title:
Temporary garden set up by the owners of Twelve Oaks Farm outside of the horse stables at the 2016 West Virginia State Fair
Date:
2016-08-17
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
4-H clubs, Horses--Showing, Gardening, Agricultural exhibitions
Location:
Lewisburg (W. Va.)