Interviewer
Barbara Redman
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Description
Eva Ethel Barnes, who is referred to as Ethel Barnes during her interview, was born on February 25, 1900, in Ivydale, Clay County, West Virginia. She attended a one room school house as a child. In the audio clip provided, Mrs. Barnes discusses her education as a child in a one room school house. She focuses on the classroom schedule and her teachers at this school. During her interview she also discusses preserving and preparing food and soap with her mother.
Publication Date
Spring 4-29-1973
Type
Text
Keywords
Education, one room school houses, teaching, farming, food preservation and preparation, Sunday school and church
Disciplines
Appalachian Studies | Curriculum and Instruction | Education | Oral History | United States History
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-86. This interview was conducted by Barbara Redman. MDS exhibit prepared by Jennifer Gehringer, November, 2014.
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, OH64-86, Huntington, WV.
Included in
Appalachian Studies Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Oral History Commons, United States History Commons
Library of Congress Subjects
Barnes, Ethel, 1900- -- Autobiography. Farm life -- West Virginia -- Oral histories. Canning and preserving -- West Virginia -- Oral histories. Rural schools -- West Virginia -- Oral histories. Medicine -- Charleston (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.