Interviewer
Betty Adkins Sinkovitz
Files
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Description
Born at Henderson, West Virginia, Mrs. Price was a teacher for Kanawha County, West Virginia for forty-four years. As of 1972, Mrs. Price was retired and residing in Hernshaw, West Virginia. Mrs. Price relates the story of her reasons for entering the teaching profession and her career while teaching at one-room schoolhouses. She also discusses some of the situations and problems involving transportation and employment confronting the people of Hernshaw, West Virginia.
Publication Date
1-3-1972
Type
Text
Keywords
West Virginia teaching, one-room schoolhouses
Disciplines
Appalachian Studies | Oral History | Social History
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-3.
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, OH64-3, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Price, Mattie Spencer, 1889- -- Autobiography., Rural schools -- West Virginia -- Oral histories., Teachers -- West Virginia -- Oral histories., Hernshaw (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.