Interviewer
Laddie Smith, II
Files
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Description
This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. This oral history centers mostly on life as Genevieve Owens remembers it near the present day sites of Ritter Park, Cabell- Huntington Hospital, and the area near the hospital during the 1920's and 30's in Huntington, West Virginia. Focal points of the interview were: everyday life, especially during the Depression and the time immediately before; the Hanging Tree, reported to be in what is now Ritter Park; streetcars, a Model T Ford; early radios; the 1937 flood; the Ku Klux Klan; the condition of the area now known as Fairfield Stadium in the 1920's and 30's; World War II; morals, mores, and expectations in the 1920's; reciprocity and neighborhood relationships in the 1920's; some comparisons between then and now; and other topics.
Publication Date
1998
Identifier
OH64-583
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-583.
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, OH64-583, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Owens, Genevieve, 1920- -- Autobiography.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- West Virginia -- Oral Histories.
Floods -- Huntington (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.
Depression -- 1929 -- United States -- Oral histories.
College teachers -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.