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![["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."]](/thumb/4224HarrisLeonardIntTranscript72016 "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.), Segregation in education, Community museums, African Americans--History, School integration, Berkeley County (W. Va.), and African Americans--Appalachian Region
- Location:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) and Berkeley County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HeiskellCharliSheaFortney.AudioInt.3.23.19
- Title:
- Oral history of Charli Shea Fortney Heiskell
- Date:
- 2019-03-23
- Creator:
- Heiskell, Charli Shea Fortney
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Coal mines and mining, Community museums, and Scott's Run (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Scott's Run (W. Va.)
![["Charli Shea Fortney-Heiskell of Morgantown, WV is 11 years old and the granddaughter of Mary Jane Coulter, the Executive Director of the Scotts Run Museum. Charli Shea is often at the Museum during the Saturday coffee shop.This interview is part of a collection of interviews conducted with Scotts Run natives/residents and/or members of the Scotts Run Museum."]](/thumb/4224HeiskellCharliSheaFortneyIntTranscript32319 "Transcript of oral history of Charli Shea Fortney Heiskell")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HeiskellCharliSheaFortney.IntTranscript.3.23.19
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Charli Shea Fortney Heiskell
- Date:
- 2019-03-23
- Creator:
- Heiskell, Charli Shea Fortney
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Scott's Run (W. Va.), Coal mines and mining, and Community museums
- Location:
- Scott's Run (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.LittleSarahBoyd.AudioInt.3.16.18
- Title:
- Oral history of Sarah Boyd Little
- Date:
- 2018-03-16
- Creator:
- Little, Sarah Boyd
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily and Faulkes, Eve
- Subject:
- Racism, Interracial friendship, Scott's Run (W. Va.), Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Evans, Walker, 1903-1975, Gospel music, Coal mines and mining, Community museums, and Working class families
- Location:
- Scott's Run (W. Va.)
![["Sarah Boyd Little, 94, is an African American gospel singer who grew up in Scots Run, West Virginia. When she was in high school, Littles choir sang for President Roosevelt at the White House. Little still performs in the group Al Anderson and Friends, and is active in the Scots Run community. I spoke with her and West Virginia University art professor Eve Faulkes at Faulkes home in Morgantown. This interview is part of a collection of interviews conducted with Scotts Run natives/residents and/or members of the Scotts Run Museum."]](/thumb/4224LittleSarahBoydIntTranscript31618 "Transcript of oral history of Sarah Boyd Little")
- Identifier:
- 4224.LittleSarahBoyd.IntTranscript.3.16.18
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Sarah Boyd Little
- Date:
- 2018-03-16
- Creator:
- Little, Sarah Boyd
- Contributor:
- Faulkes, Eve and Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Working class families, Community museums, Interracial friendship, Coal mines and mining, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Racism, Scott's Run (W. Va.), Gospel music, and Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
- Location:
- Morgantown (W. Va.) and Scott's Run (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.)
