Authors

Ruby S. Hartz

Interviewer

Mary S. Hartz

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Following the introduction, Mrs. Hartz relates information of an autobiographical nature. Her father's farming and timber work, the family's log house, her schooling and teachers are discussed. Mrs. Hartz speaks of her grandfather, who was a circuit rider, and then goes on to talk about her family's move from Garretts Creek (Wayne County) to Kenova. She attended Ceredo-Kenova High School and Marshall College, graduating from each in 1927 and 1931, respectively. She taught at Ceredo- Kenova, Buffalo, and Vinson High Schools. She talks about her husband and then goes into a discussion of her life on the farm and finishes with the story about her father guarding the railroad bridge in Kenova during World War I.

Publication Date

1974

Identifier

OH64-165

Type

Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Hartz, Ruby S., 1909- -- Autobiography.
Circuit riders -- West Virginia -- Oral Histories.
Farm life -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Rural schools -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-165.

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Oral History Interview: Ruby S. Hartz

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