Interviewer
Matthew Moore
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Description
This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. The subject of this interview is Camp Washington Carver in Clifftop, WV. At the time of the interview, Leahgreatta was business manager with Merck Human Health Division. She discusses: her experiences attending the camp; activities at the camp; people she remembers from the camp; racial integration at the camp; a story about a thunderstorm where lightning split a tree; an anecdote about sickness at the camp and singing a song about a bottle of Maalox; differences she sees in kids when she was growing up and modern kids; as well as music camp, the West Virginia State College science camp, and other topics.
Publication Date
1997
Identifier
OH64-569
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-569.
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Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-569, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Hairston, Leahgreatta Chiles, 1955- -- Autobiography.
Camp Washington Carver -- Oral histories.
4-H clubs -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Camps -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
African-Americans -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.