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![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com/"]%](/image/4224CostaJimPhoto0066616/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.006.6.6.16
- Title:
- Pipe hatchet replica in Jim Costa's collection
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Subject:
- Axes, Antique collecting for men, Woodworking tools, Collectors and collecting
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Benjamin (Benny) D. SnyderBenny Snyder, 60, is a miniatures maker, woodcarver, and poultry farmer living at The Folly farm outside of Shepherdstown, WV. He makes miniatures on a 1/12th dollhouse scale of objects in his environment such as wheelbarrows, tools, scaffolding, tool sheds, park benches, watering cans, and more. He is a native of Weirton, WV and a U.S. Army veteran."]%](/image/4224SnyderBennyPhoto01532818/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.SnyderBenny.Photo.015.3.28.18
- Title:
- Miniature scene made by Benny Snyder
- Date:
- 2018-03-28
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Miniature craft, Veterans as artists, Miniature objects, Woodworking tools, woodworking
- Location:
- Jefferson County (W. Va.), Shepherdstown (W. Va.)
