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Bernice Shifflett interviewed by Amanda Moody, transcribed by Tiffany Cole

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Interviewee:

Shifflett, Bernice B.,

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Identifier:

SNP111

Format:

1 audio file (running time: 2:13:31) :

Interview Number:

SNP-111

Location/Date:

Recorded on August 29, 1978, at Mrs. Shifflett's home in Charlottesville, Va

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 Bernice Shifflett, (née Shifflett), who lived near Swift Run Gap, in Greene County, Virginia, within the future boundaries of Shenandoah National Park. Describes daily life in the mountains, touching on the work of growing and preserving food, raising livestock, holidays, funerals, chestnut harvests, bark peeling, and other local economic activities. Recalls some of the more definitive events occurring in the region, such as the devastating chestnut blight of the 1920s, the construction of Skyline Drive and a famous, local double murder. Mrs. Shifflett also describes the resettlement experiences of her family and her neighbors after the park took possession of their mountain properties"

Description:

Citation:

SdArch no. SNP-111, 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:

Shifflett, Bernice B., (Bernice Belle), 1916-1999, Interviews

Family Names:

Shifflett 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:

"Bark peeling -- Virginia"

Subject:

"American chestnut"

Subject:

"Chestnut blight"

Subject:

"Homicide -- Virginia -- History"

Subject:

"Food habits -- Appalachian Region, Southern"

Subject:

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

Subject:

"Funeral rites -- Appalachian Region, Southern"

Subject:

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

Place Names:

Greene County (Va.) -- History

Place Names:

"Rockingham County (Va.) -- History"

Place Names:

"Swift Run Gap (Va.) -- History"

Place Names:

"Skyline Drive (Va.) -- History"

Place Names:

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

Place Names:

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

Interviewer/Transcriber:

Moody, Amanda Interviewer.

Interviewer/Transcriber:

"Cole, Tiffany Transcriber."

Collection Title:

Shenandoah National Park oral history collection

Bib record:

b23160251

Collection:

Shenandoah National Park

Record created:

Nov. 17, 2011

Last modified:

Feb. 27, 2012

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