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Allen Patterson: interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith

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Interviewee:
Patterson, Allen,
Title:
Allen Patterson: interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith
Identifier:
SNP103
Format:
1 audio file ( running time: 00:57:37) :
Interview Number:
SNP-103
Location/Date:
Recorded on April 13, 1979
Description:
The Shenandoah National Park oral history collection, SC# 4030, (SdArch SNP), 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. The people interviewed resided on what became federal property by eminent domain and who were subsequently evicted from their homes by the US government when the park was dedicated in 1934. For a description of the entire collection see the Finding Aid
Description:
"Records an interview with Allen Patterson, who owned extensive cattle grazing pastures on Dean Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia. Describes his impressions of the mountain families who tended his cattle, daily life in the mountains, touching on the work of growing and preserving food, herbal remedies, courtship and holidays. Mr. Patterson's granddaughter, who is not identified in the recording, joins the discussion near the end of the interview"
Description:
The Shenandoah National Park oral history collection, SC# 4030, (SdArch SNP), 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. The people interviewed resided on what became federal property by eminent domain and who were subsequently evicted from their homes by the US government when the park was dedicated in 1934. For a description of the entire collection see the Finding Aid
Citation:
SdArch no. SNP-103, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, 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:
Patterson, Allen, Interviews
Family Names:
Patterson 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:
"Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern"
Subject:
"Traditional medicine -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)"
Subject:
"Old-time music -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)"
Subject:
"Food habits -- Appalachian Region, Southern"
Subject:
"Holidays -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History"
Subject:
"Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Appalachian Region, Southern"
Subject:
"Courtship -- Virginia -- History"
Place Names:
Blue Ridge Mountains -- Economic conditions
Place Names:
"Dean Mountain (Va.) -- History"
Place Names:
"Rockingham 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:
Smith, Dorothy Noble 1915-1999 Interviewer.
Collection Title:
Shenandoah National Park oral history collection
Bib record:
b25445273
Collection:
Shenandoah National Park
Record created:
Nov. 17, 2011
Last modified:
Feb. 27, 2012


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