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Cecil C. Graves interviewed by Diane Zior Wilhelm

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Interviewee:

Graves, Cecil C.,

Title:

Identifier:

SNP056

Format:

1 audio file (running time: 0:61:37) :

Interview Number:

SNP-56

Location/Date:

Recorded on May 10, 1966

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 an interview with Cecil Graves, who taught in the Page County school system in the mid-1930s prior to becoming School Superintendent in 1944. Describes his impressions of the mountain people who had been relocated to Page County to make way for Shenandoah National Park. Discusses the difficulties many encountered in adjusting to their new lives in the Valley"

Description:

Records an interview with Cecil Graves, who taught in the Page County school system in the mid-1930s prior to becoming School Superintendent in 1944. Describes his impressions of the mountain people who had been relocated to Page County to make way for Shenandoah National Park. Discusses the difficulties many encountered in adjusting to their new lives in the Valley

Citation:

SdArch no. SNP-56, 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:

Graves, Cecil C., (Cecil Conard), 1892-1969, Interviews

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:

"Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern"

Subject:

"Schools -- Virginia -- Page County -- History"

Subject:

"School superintendents -- Virginia -- Page County"

Subject:

"Land use -- Government policy -- United States"

Place Names:

Page County (Va.) -- History

Place Names:

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

Place Names:

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

Interviewer/Transcriber:

Wilhelm, Diane Zior Interviewer.

Collection Title:

Shenandoah National Park oral history collection

Bib record:

b22078915

Collection:

Shenandoah National Park

Record created:

Aug. 27, 2010

Last modified:

Feb. 27, 2012

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