Interviewer
Megan E. Farrell
Files
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Description
This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Mary Ellen Scrivner discusses: her personal history and childhood; detailed information about her family; her education; childhood punishments; farm life and farming; clothes and shoes; church; a brief mention of an alcohol still; some memories of Huntington (WV); World War II and the GI Bill; medicine; the Huntington flood of 1937; memories of playing board games; stories about her family and about relationship courting (and an eloping); as well as other topics.
Publication Date
1999
Identifier
OH64-685
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-685.
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, OH64-685, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Scrivner, Mary Ellen, 1923- -- Autobiography.
Farm life -- Oral histories.
Floods -- Huntington (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.
Clothing and dress -- Oral histories.
Trade-unions -- Glass-workers -- Huntington (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.