Authors

America Jarrell

Interviewer

Harlan Miller

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Description

This interview is one of a series conducted concerning rural life in West Virginia. Mrs. America Jarrell was born in Twilight, West Virginia, in Boone County. At the time of the interview she was residing in Bandytown, West Virginia. Mrs. Jarrell discusses family discipline, school, church, and doctors. She also talks about the timber industry, winters and quilting. At one point, she discusses a local midwife, Jenny Green.

Publication Date

1973

Identifier

OH64-35

Type

Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Jarrell, America, 1878- -- Autobiography.
Rural churches -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Rural schools -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Medicine, Rural -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Glass factories -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-35.

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Oral History Interview: America Jarrell

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