Authors

Amanda Anderson

Interviewer

Courtney L. Gale

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Description

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Amanda Anderson was a 4-H extension agent in West Virginia (involved with Camp Washington Carver?). She discusses: her personal history and education (including at Bluefield State College); her job and duties at the camp; information about the 4-H camp she worked at, including classes and activities at the camp; children who attended the camp; an anecdote about the Bluestone Dam; camps for older people; racial integration at the camp; and other topics.

Publication Date

1997

Identifier

OH64-571

Type

Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Anderson, Amanda, 1914- -- Autobiography.
Bluefield State College -- Oral histories.
Bluestone Dam -- Oral histories.
4-H clubs -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Health insurance -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-571.

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Oral History Interview: Amanda Anderson

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