Interviewer
Jeremy Carney
Files
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Description
This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Mrs. Atha discusses: her childhood and adult years; religion (including Pentecostal beliefs, the Holy Spirit, and speaking in tongues); coal mining; her education (including her stay at a boarding school); jobs she held; social activities; the economy during World War II and the Great Depression; her interest in art and painting; some discussion about diseases; and other topics.
Publication Date
1998
Identifier
OH64-581
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-581.
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, OH64-581, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Atha, Martha Lilly, 1921- -- Autobiography.
Depression -- 1929 -- United States -- Oral histories.
Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Pentecostalism -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Baseball -- Oral histories.