Interviewer
Christine Fitzer
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Description
This interview is one of a series conducted concerning rural life in West Virginia. Mrs. Emma Reip Hanger was born in Calhoun County, West Virginia, moved to Washington County, Ohio, in 1922, and resided in Barlow, Ohio, at the time of the interview. Mrs. Hanger talks about courting, school, discipline, church, clothes, and the house she grew up in. She discusses food such as biscuits, kraut, taffy, apple butter and punkin' butter, drying beans, and churning butter. She reminisces about entertainment, winter recreation, and Christmas celebrations. She also mentions funerals and family cemeteries.
Publication Date
5-26-1905
Identifier
OH64-14
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-14.
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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, OH64-14, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Hanger, Emma Reip, 1897- -- Autobiography.
Community life -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Rural schools -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Cookery -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Rural churches -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.