Interviewer
Guy R. Sutphin
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Description
This interview is one of a series conducted concerning rural life in West Virginia and the surrounding region; particular attention is given to rural health and home remedies. Subjects included in this interview are centered around the Hillsville, Carroll County, Virginia, area. Mr. Sutphin speaks of his birth, home remedies, births in general, marriage, courting, a flu epidemic, funerals, baptism, and the importance of church. Also included is a discussion of automobiles, airplanes, entertainment, education, farming, discipline in the school, responsibilities of children and law enforcement.
Publication Date
1974
Identifier
OH64-146
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-146.
Rights
Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.
Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-146, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Sutphin, Robert H., 1913- -- Autobiography.
Rural health -- Virginia -- Oral histories.
Rural schools -- Virginia -- Oral histories.
Folk medicine -- Virginia -- Oral histories.
Community life -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.