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Ada Addie Anderson interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith, transcribed by Peggy C. Bradley

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Interviewee:

Anderson, Ada,

Title:

Identifier:

SNP002

Format:

1 audio file (running time: 1:19:31) :

Interview Number:

SNP-2

Location/Date:

Recorded on September 29, 1978

Description:

The Shenandoah National Park oral history collection, SdArch SNP, (SC# 4030), consists of 135 interviews of people who were living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia prior to the creation of the Shenandoah National Park. Most of the interviewees resided on land that was claimed by eminent domain by the commonwealth of Virginia and subsequently turned over to the US government in the 1930s. For a description of the entire collection see the Finding Aid

Description:

"Records the reminiscences of Ada Addie Anderson, (née Smith), with contributions from Vallie Cave, Beulah Sirbaugh and Nell Woodward. Due to the conversational nature of the interview, only Mrs. Anderson's and the interviewer's remarks are identified in the transcript, with comments from the other participants dispersed throughout. Describes home and family life, daily chores, schooling, holidays and community events. Among the topics discussed are the growing, harvesting and preserving of food, soap making, raising livestock and wild game hunting. Includes numerous references to and anecdotes about family members, friends and neighbors known to all four women"

Description:

Records the reminiscences of Ada Addie Anderson, (née Smith), with contributions from Vallie Cave, Beulah Sirbaugh and Nell Woodward. Due to the conversational nature of the interview, only Mrs. Anderson's and the interviewer's remarks are identified in the transcript, with comments from the other participants dispersed throughout. Describes home and family life, daily chores, schooling, holidays and community events. Among the topics discussed are the growing, harvesting and preserving of food, soap making, raising livestock and wild game hunting. Includes numerous references to and anecdotes about family members, friends and neighbors known to all four women

Citation:

SdArch no. SNP-2, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, SdArch SNP, (SC# 4030), Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Rights:

Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of James Madison University's Libraries & Educational Technologies' Special Collections (540) 568-3612, library-special@jmu.edu

Personal Names:

Anderson, Ada, 1891-1979, Interviews

Personal Names:

"Cave, Vallie V., 1906-1990, Interviews"

Personal Names:

"Sirbaugh, Beulah, C., 1920-2010, Interviews"

Personal Names:

"Woodward, Nellie, 1920-2006, Interviews"

Family Names:

Anderson family

Family Names:

"Cave family"

Family Names:

"Jenkins family"

Family Names:

"Smith family"

Subject:

Mountain people -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Social life and customs

Subject:

"Mountain life -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History"

Subject:

"Mountain people -- Virginia -- Shenandoah National Park -- Social life and customs"

Subject:

"Rural poor -- Virginia"

Subject:

"Farm life -- Appalachian Region, Southern"

Subject:

"Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern"

Subject:

"Agriculture -- Appalachian Region, Southern"

Subject:

"Food habits -- Appalachian Region, Southern"

Subject:

"Canning and preserving -- History"

Subject:

"Cookery -- Virginia"

Subject:

"Folklore -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History"

Subject:

"Holidays -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History"

Subject:

"Traditional medicine -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)"

Subject:

"Folk music -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)"

Place Names:

Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History, Local

Place Names:

"Madison County (Va.) -- History"

Place Names:

"Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Manners and customs"

Interviewer/Transcriber:

Smith, Dorothy Noble, 1915-1999 Interviewer.

Interviewer/Transcriber:

"Bradley, Peggy C, Transcriber."

Interviewer/Transcriber:

"Cave, Vallie V., 1906-1990"

Interviewer/Transcriber:

"Sirbaugh, Beulah"

Interviewer/Transcriber:

"Woodward, Nell"

Collection Title:

Shenandoah National Park oral history collection

Bib record:

b21606110

Collection:

Shenandoah National Park

Record created:

Aug. 27, 2010

Last modified:

Feb. 27, 2012

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