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Louise Jenkins

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This interview is one of a series conducted concerning West Virginia town histories. This interview focuses on Huntington, West Virginia. Mrs. Davidson was born in Booten, West Virginia. When she was sixteen, her family moved to Huntington, West Virginia, where in 1977 she continued to reside. Topics discussed in this interview include: growing up on her father's farm, holidays as a child, automobiles, the Depression, and the 1937 flood. Additionally, Mrs. Davidson recalls Huntington department stores around 1920 and recreation during the 1930's.

Publication Date

1977

Identifier

OH64-197

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Library of Congress Subjects

Davidson, Reba Booton, 1904- -- Autobiography.
Farm life -- Huntington (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.
Floods -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Floods -- West Virginia -- Huntington -- Oral histories.
Oral histories.

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Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-197.

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Oral History Interview: Reba Booton Davidson

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