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49. Oral history of Cora Hairston

Identifier:
4224.HairstonCora.AudioInt.5.3.16
Title:
Oral history of Cora Hairston
Date:
2016-05-03
Creator:
Hairston, Cora
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African Americans--Appalachian Region, Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991, West Virginia--Fiction, Rhythm and blues music, foodways, Soul music, Food habits, Coal mines and mining, Hairston, Cora, and Gospel music
Location:
Chief Logan State Park (W. Va.), Logan (W. Va.), and Logan County (W. Va.)
["Cora Lee (Phillips) Hairston (b. 1942, Sarah Anne, WV) is a musician and writer from Logan County, West Virginia. She and her husband Fred, also a musician, currently live in Omar, West Virginia. Cora Hairston is the author of two novels, Faces Behind the Dust and Hello World Here Comes Claraby Rose, both fictionalized accounts based on her childhood growing up in a Black coal camp. She spoke about her childhood, her music, and her writing practice."]

50. Transcript of oral history of Cora Hairston

Identifier:
4224.HairstonCora.IntTranscript.5.3.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Cora Hairston
Date:
2016-05-03
Creator:
Hairston, Cora
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
West Virginia--Fiction, Food habits, Hairston, Cora, Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991, Coal mines and mining, African Americans--Appalachian Region, and foodways
Location:
Chief Logan State Park (W. Va.) and Logan County (W. Va.)
["Cora Lee (Phillips) Hairston (b. 1942, Sarah Anne, WV) is a musician and writer from Logan County, West Virginia. She and her husband Fred, also a musician, currently live in Omar, West Virginia. Cora Hairston is the author of two novels, Faces Behind the Dust and Hello World Here Comes Claraby Rose, both fictionalized accounts based on her childhood growing up in a Black coal camp. She spoke about her childhood, her music, and her writing practice."]

51. Portrait of Cora Hairston

Identifier:
4224.HairstonCora.Photo.001.5.3.16
Title:
Portrait of Cora Hairston
Date:
2016-05-03
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African Americans--Appalachian Region and Hairston, Cora
Location:
Chief Logan State Park (W. Va.)

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52. 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:
African Americans--History, Segregation in education, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), and School integration
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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53. 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:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), School integration, African Americans--Appalachian Region, African Americans--History, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), and Segregation in education
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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54. 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:
School integration, African Americans--History, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Berkeley County (W. Va.), and Segregation in education
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."]

55. 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.)
["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."]

56. 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:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.), Community museums, African Americans--History, Segregation in education, School integration, and African Americans--Appalachian Region
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.) and Berkeley County (W. Va.)

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57. Oral history of Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.AudioInt.11.8.17
Title:
Oral history of Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Johnson, Delores
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Quilting, African American quilts, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Quiltmakers, Art quilts, and Portraits on quilts
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]

58. Transcript of oral history of Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.IntTranscript.11.8.17
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Johnson, Delores
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Art quilts, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Portraits on quilts, Huntington (W. Va.), African American quilts, Quiltmakers, and Quilting
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]

59. Peace Christmas card made by Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.Photo.002.11.8.17
Title:
Peace Christmas card made by Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African American quilts, Quiltmakers, African Americans--Appalachian Region, and Quilting
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]

60. Portrait quilt made by Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.Photo.003.11.8.17
Title:
Portrait quilt made by Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Quiltmakers, Art quilts, African American quilts, Quilting, African Americans--Appalachian Region, and Portraits on quilts
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)