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1. Oral history of W.I. Bill Hairston

Identifier:
4224.HairsonBill.AudioInt.12.15.20
Title:
Oral history of W.I. Bill Hairston
Date:
2020-12-15
Creator:
Hairston, Bill
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
School integration, Folklore, Hairston, Bill, Racism, 4-H clubs, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Segregation in education, Storytelling
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)

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2. Oral history of Bill Hairston, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.HairstonBill.AudioInt.001.9.10.19
Title:
Oral history of Bill Hairston, 1 of 2
Date:
2019-09-10
Creator:
Hairston, Bill
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African Americans--Appalachian Region, School integration, Old-time music, Fiddle tunes, Saint Albans (W. Va.), Racism, Big Coal River Valley (W. Va.), Storytelling, Folklore, 4-H clubs, Folk music--West Virginia, Fiddling, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Banjo, Hairston, Bill
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)

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3. Oral history of Bill Hairston, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.HairstonBill.AudioInt.002.9.10.19
Title:
Oral history of Bill Hairston, 2 of 2
Date:
2019-09-10
Creator:
Hairston, Bill
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Saint Albans (W. Va.), 4-H clubs, Fiddling, Storytelling, Folk music--West Virginia, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Big Coal River Valley (W. Va.), Walker, John Homer, Banjo, Hairston, Bill, Folklore, Racism, Fiddle tunes, School integration, Old-time music, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["W.I. Bill Hairston, 71, is a storyteller, old-time musician, and pastor (Westminster Presbyterian Church) living in Charleston, West Virginia. He was born in Phenix City, Alabama, and his family moved to Saint Albans, West Virginia in 1960 when he was 11. Through his storytelling, Hairston, as he says in the interview, combines the Appalachian culture that he was exposed to on the Coal River, to the African-American culture that he is a part of. For 35 years, he served as music coordinator at the Stonewall Jackson Jubilee, and is currently the coordinator of the Vandalia Gatherings West Virginia Liars Contest. Hairston is an active member of the West Virginia Storytelling Guild, the Kentucky Storytelling Association, and the Ohio Storytelling Network, the National Association of Black Storytellers, and serves as the West Virginia liaison to the National Storytelling Network. He has performed in concerts, festivals, libraries, corporate meetings, conventions and schools throughout the region and the country. This interview is a follow-up to Emily Hilliards September 10, 2019 interview with Hairston. In this interview, Hairston discusses his participation in the last segregated Black 4-H Camp at Camp Washington-Carver, and the first integrated 4-H Camp at Jacksons Mill. He also speaks about his summer job with the Department of Natural Resources and his involvement in the United Methodist Youth Fellowship when he was young."]%

4. Transcript of oral history of W.I. Bill Hairston

Identifier:
4224.HairstonBill.AudioInt.12.15.20
Title:
Transcript of oral history of W.I. Bill Hairston
Date:
2020-12-15
Creator:
Hairston, Bill
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
4-H clubs, Racism, Storytelling, Segregation in education, School integration, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Folklore
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["W.I. Bill Hairston, 71, is a storyteller, old-time musician, and pastor (Westminster Presbyterian Church) living in Charleston, West Virginia. He was born in Phenix City, Alabama, and his family moved to Saint Albans, West Virginia in 1960 when he was 11. Through his storytelling, Hairston, as he says in the interview, combines the Appalachian culture that he was exposed to on the Coal River, to the African-American culture that he is a part of. For 35 years, he served as music coordinator at the Stonewall Jackson Jubilee, and is currently the coordinator of the Vandalia Gatherings West Virginia Liars Contest. Hairston is an active member of the West Virginia Storytelling Guild, the Kentucky Storytelling Association, and the Ohio Storytelling Network, the National Association of Black Storytellers, and serves as the West Virginia liaison to the National Storytelling Network. He has performed in concerts, festivals, libraries, corporate meetings, conventions and schools throughout the region and the country. In this interview, Hairston speaks about growing up in one of three Black families in the Lick Skillet area of Saint Albans along the Coal River, his interest in and work with rural West Virginia old-time musicians and 4-H camps, his friendship with Frank and Jane George, experiences with racism in West Virginia, and his work and mission as an Appalachian storyteller."]%

5. Transcript of oral history of W.I. Bill Hairston

Identifier:
4224.HairstonBillIntTranscript9.10.19
Title:
Transcript of oral history of W.I. Bill Hairston
Date:
2019-09-10
Creator:
Hairston, Bill
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Storytelling, African Americans--Appalachian Region, School integration, 4-H clubs, Old-time music, Folk music--West Virginia, Hairston, Bill, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Racism, Walker, John Homer, Folklore
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)

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6. Oral history of Leonard Harris, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.001.7.20.16
Title:
Oral history of Leonard Harris, 1 of 3
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), School integration, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--History, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Segregation in education
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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7. Oral history of Leonard Harris, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.002.7.20.16
Title:
Oral history of Leonard Harris, 2 of 3
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Community museums, Segregation in education, School integration, Martinsburg (W. Va.), African Americans--History, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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8. Oral history of Leonard Harris, 3 of 3

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.003.7.20.16
Title:
Oral history of Leonard Harris, 3 of 3
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Community museums, School integration, African Americans--History, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Segregation in education, Berkeley County (W. Va.)
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["With his wife, Leonard Harris (b. Martinsburg, WV, October 30, 1936) is the co-founder of Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is an alumnus of Sumner-Ramer, which was the Black school in Berkeley County during segregation. The school closed in 1965, one year after schools in the county were integrated and 10 years after the Brown v. Board ruling. The Sumner-Ramer Museum and Archive is located in a ground-floor room of the school building and contains materials from the school and its alumni, including ephemera, photos, artifacts, portraits, and more."]%

9. Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.IntTranscript.7.20.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--History, Segregation in education, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Community museums, School integration
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["With his wife, Leonard Harris (b. Martinsburg, WV, 1936) is the co-founder of Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is an alumnus of Sumner-Ramer, which was the Black school in Berkeley County during segregation. The school closed in 1965, one year after schools in the county were integrated and 10 years after the Brown v. Board ruling. The Sumner-Ramer Museum and Archive is located in a ground-floor room of the school building and contains materials from the school and its alumni, including ephemera, photos, artifacts, portraits, and more."]%

10. Leonard Harris at the Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.Photo.001.7.20.16
Title:
Leonard Harris at the Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Community museums, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, School integration, African Americans--History, Segregation in education
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)

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11. Oral history of Charlene Marshall, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.MarshallCharlene.AudioInt.001.3.23.19
Title:
Oral history of Charlene Marshall, 1 of 3
Date:
2019-03-23
Creator:
Marshall, Charlene
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African Americans--Appalachian Region, Scott's Run (W. Va.), School integration, African American women politicians, Civil rights movements, Morgantown (W. Va.), Racism, Knitters (Persons)
Location:
Morgantown (W. Va.), Scott's Run (W. Va.)

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12. Oral history of Charlene Marshall, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.MarshallCharlene.AudioInt.002.3.23.19
Title:
Oral history of Charlene Marshall, 2 of 3
Date:
2019-03-23
Creator:
Marshall, Charlene
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African Americans--Appalachian Region, Scott's Run (W. Va.), African American women politicians, Knitters (Persons), School integration, Civil rights movements, Morgantown (W. Va.), Racism
Location:
Morgantown (W. Va.), Scott's Run (W. Va.)