Interviewer

Robert D. Sawrey

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Mr. Starling discusses working in the athletic department at Marshall University (including brief sections on the plane crash and women's athletics), discrimination he faced as an African American, as well as brief sections about his service in World War II and a brief autobiography. This interview is one of a series conducted concerning rural life in West Virginia.

Publication Date

1988

Identifier

OH64-630

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Text

Library of Congress Subjects

African-American -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Educational -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Starling, Edward M., 1924- -- Autobiography.
Marshall University -- Oral histories.
Ashland Coal, Inc. -- Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-630.

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Oral History Interview: Edward M. Starling

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