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- Identifier:
- 4224.PurkeyElaine.AudioInt.002.10.27.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Elaine Purkey, 2 of 2
- Date:
- 2016-10-27
- Creator:
- Purkey, Elaine
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily and Wilson, Rick
- Subject:
- Coal mines and mining, Purkey, Elaine, Country music, Folk music--West Virginia, Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--West Virginia, and Working class--Songs and music
- Location:
- Harts (W. Va.) and Lincoln County (W. Va.)
![["Elaine (Moore) Purkey is an activist songwriter and musician from Harts Creek, West Virginia in Lincoln County. She was born on May 29, 1949, on the same piece of property where she still lives. She was raised in a family of musicians and flatfoot dancers and attributes her powerful voice to the acapella singing she learned as a member of the Church of Christ. As a teenager she played in bands with her brother, and in early adulthood she was the lead singer of a local country band. In the 1980s, she began performing regularly on the Wallace Horn Friendly Neighbors Show, a live radio program out of Logan County that has been on the air since 1967. She now hosts the show. Purkey wrote songs for the Pittston Coal Strike and Ravenswood Lockout and has performed at concerts and festivals across the continent. Her song \"One Day More\" written for the Ravenswood Lockout, is featured on the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings compilation Classic Labor Songs. Purkey is portrayed in the 2014 film Moving Mountains, based on a book by Penny Loeb. A proud mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Purkey teaches singing classes to children at the Big Ugly Community Center."]](/thumb/4224PurkeyElaineIntTranscript102716 "Oral history of transcript of Elaine Purkey")
- Identifier:
- 4224.PurkeyElaine.IntTranscript.10.27.16
- Title:
- Oral history of transcript of Elaine Purkey
- Date:
- 2016-10-27
- Creator:
- Purkey, Elaine
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Folk music--West Virginia, Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--West Virginia, Purkey, Elaine, Coal mines and mining, Country music, and Working class--Songs and music
- Location:
- Harts (W. Va.) and Lincoln County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.SarrisGeorge.AudioInt.4.5.19
- Title:
- Oral history of George Sarris
- Date:
- 2019-04-05
- Creator:
- Sarris, George
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Coal mines and mining, Community museums, Cooking, Greek, Greek American restaurateurs, and Scott's Run (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Scott's Run (W. Va.) and Morgantown (W. Va.)
![["George Sarris was born in Liberty, West Virginia in Scotts Run, March 15th 1940. His parents were Greek immigrants from Crete. His father worked in the coal mines and then quit to open a restaurant in Osage. In this interview, Sarris talks about growing up in the diverse coal community of Scotts Run, including his opinion of the Roosevelts and his memories of his fathers restaurant. He speaks about the importance of the Scotts Run Museum today and the friendships he maintains with others who grew up in the community.This interview is part of a collection of interviews conducted with Scotts Run natives/residents and/or members of the Scotts Run Museum."]](/thumb/4224SarrisGeorgeIntTranscript4519 "Transcript of oral history of George Sarris")
- Identifier:
- 4224.SarrisGeorge.IntTranscript.4.5.19
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of George Sarris
- Date:
- 2019-04-05
- Creator:
- Sarris, George
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Community museums, Coal mines and mining, Cooking, Greek, Scott's Run (W. Va.), and Greek American restaurateurs
- Location:
- Scott's Run (W. Va.) and Morgantown (W. Va.)
