Authors

Maude Lowe

Interviewer

Amber Turrill

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Description

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. In this interview, Maude Lowe discusses: her personal history; a brief section on a general store in Woodlawn, Virginia (where she grew up); farm life; her family; detailed information about music (including Bluegrass music, guitar, fiddle playing, and a band she was part of, as well as playing for the Queen of England); meeting and marrying her husband; her "Aunt Martha" persona, which she did for commercials; a brief discussion of coal camps; and other topics.

Publication Date

2003

Identifier

OH64-669

Type

Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Lowe, Maude, -- Autobiography.
Bluegrass music -- Oral histories..
Farm life -- Oral histories.
Advertising -- Oral histories.
African-Americans -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-669.

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Oral History Interview: Maude Lowe

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