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  Oral History Interview: Juanita Winnie Fox

  Juanita Winnie Fox

  This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. The subject of this interview is listed as fatalism in West Virginia. Winnie Fox discusses: her personal history; a brief section on her views on the situation of West Virginia and Kentucky (she compares them to third world countries); her disgust of segregation and discrimination in America; America's history of exploiting other cultures; U.S. presidents such as Roosevelt and Eisenhower; activism and her participation in it; the Church; a brief discussion of the Great Depression; nuclear weapons; corporations; illicit drugs; education; and other topics.

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  Oral History Interview: Egbert Frye

  Egbert Frye

  This interview is one of a series conducted with West Virginia religious leaders. Reverend Frye discusses: his educational background, the methods of performing weddings, and the contrast between past and present funeral and baptismal services. Reverend Frye relates the founding of the Rock of Ages United Baptist Church in Huntington, how his family has helped in his ministry, revival practices, graveyard services and "dinner on the grounds" meetings.

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  Oral History Interview: Ivory Fulks

  Ivory Fulks

  These are a part of a series of interviews which Diana Parnicza conducted in the course of her project concerning Appalachian caregivers. Ivory Fulks (referred to in the interview as Caregiver #16) discusses: her family, including a series of true/false questions about her family; her own health; detailed information about taking care of her husband; and other topics.

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  Oral History Interview: W. Hartley Fulks

  W. Hartley Fulks

  This interview is one of a series concerning workers in various West Virginia industries and businesses. Mr. Fulks is a retired butcher and grocery man from Huntington, West Virginia. At the time of the interview he was living on Greasey Ridge in Ohio. Mr. Fulks talks about farming and his business.

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  Oral History Interview: Norma Jean Polley Fullen

  Norma Jean Fullen

  This interview is one of series conducted concerning Oral Histories of African-American women who taught in West Virginia public schools. Norma Jean Fullen began teaching in at Enslow Junior High School. She gives us detailed information about her family throughout the interview, including her parents, her children, and her husband. Her childhood is another topic, including high school social events and dating during high school, and also her growing awareness of segregation. Her education is also a large topic, and she attended Douglass High School and West Virginia State College. She tells us of her time at both schools, including teachers she has known and a brief section about playing on the high school basketball team. Getting her first job and her teaching career is discussed in detail, and this includes race relations at Enslow Junior High and white and black interactions in West Virginia education, her teaching philosophy and methods, and problems she saw in education, such as grade inflation. There is also more discussion on race relations, such as interracial marriage, discrimination in the modern world, black-white relationships, discrimination in pay, and she recalls the desegregation of schools and businesses, including violence her daughter faced. The issue of women's rights is also discussed. There are numerous other topics in the interview, such as church and religion in her life, a brief section on movie theaters, her retirement, her current life, regrets she has, problems she sees in her current community, life-changing decisions, her self-perceptions, working at Barnett Child Care Center, her current activities and organizations she participates in, and many other subjects. She ends with more thoughts about her family.

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  Oral History Interview: Mildred Brown Gallion

  Mildred Brown Gallion

  Mildred Brown Gallion was born in Charleston, WV, in the early 1900s. During the 1930s and 1940s, Mrs. Gallion served as a nurse for the African-American schools in Kanawha County. Much of her work with children at this time occurred outside of the schools. She investigated and reported overlooked medical issues of school-aged children throughout rural Kanawha County. Mrs. Gallion advocated for equal medical treatment, equipment, and facilities for African-Americans. In the audio clip provided, Mrs. Gallion explains how she vocalized her dissent of inadequate medical equipment to serve all of the children of Kanawha County. Mrs. Gallion continued to serve the Kanawha County African-American community as a public health nurse for St. Francis and Charleston General Hospital.

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  Oral History Interview: Walter Galloway

  Walter Galloway

  This interview is one of a series conducted concerning the history of Marshall University. Walter Galloway discusses: his education, activities, and experiences at Marshall University; sports; entertainment; his experiences serving in the military during World War II; returning to Marshall after the war; and other topics.

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  Oral History Interview: Hercil H. Gartin

  Hercil H. Gartin

  This interview is one of a series conducted concerning West Virginia police history. At the time of the interview, Hercil H. Gartin was Cabell County Clerk. He discusses: his personal history; police retirement policies; moonshine and illegal stills; an unsolved murder case and other murder cases; police procedures and department procedures; being promoted and moving up in the police department; Walter Payne (a mayor); how law enforcement has changed over the years; incidents he remembers; servicemen returning from war and the situation in Huntington during wartime; other jobs he has had; crime during Prohibition; reasons why people become police officers; campaigning for offices; and his activities (recreational and business) during retirement.

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  Oral History Interview: Calvin R. Gearhart

  Calvin R. Gearhart

  This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. At the time of the interview, Mr. Gearhart was a County Attorney for Boyd County, Kentucky. The interview begins with an autobiographical discussion, including life in Floyd County during the Great Depression and early school. Mr. Gearhart also discusses: Lee's Junior college; Marshall University (then College) and some of his professors there; Duke University law school; opening a law practice; election to County Attorney in 1953; his most important series of cases; work with other lawyers, and relations and acquaintances with the Republican and Democratic parties.

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  Oral History Interview: Virginia Ellen Perkins Giacomo

  Virginia Ellen Giacomo

  This interview is one of a series conducted concerning rural life in West Virginia. Born near Boomer, West Virginia, in Fayette County, Mrs. Giacomo was residing in Boomer at the time of the interview. Mrs. Giacomo talks about her family, Boomer when she was a child, school, and recreation. She also discusses the Depression, the Ku Klux Klan, and funerals.

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  Oral History Interview: Eula Gibson

  Eula Gibson

  This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Eula Gibson was a nurse and, in the interview, she describes her working experiences as well as her family.

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  Oral History Interview: Larry Gibson

  Larry Gibson

  This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. The subject of this interview is mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia. Mr. Gibson discusses: his history of activism and how he became interested in mountaintop removal; protests he has participated in (including being arrested); a brief mention of coal company public relations; resistance he's faced for speaking out against coal mining; West Virginia politics; and other topics.

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  Oral History Interview: Luther Vernon Gillette

  Luther Vernon Gillette

  This interview is one of a series conducted concerning the experiences of West Virginian war veterans. Mr. Gillette of Huntington, West Virginia, is a World War II veteran. This interview concerns his experiences in World War II. It includes discussions of the convoy system, various battles, and munitions. Mr. Gillette also reflects on the various nationalities he came in contact with in the European Theatre.

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  Oral History Interview: Bill Gillum

  Bill Gillum

  This interview is one of a series conducted concerning West Virginia business history. Mr. Gillum owned a service station in Logan County. He discusses coming to own the business, how it has changed over the years, gas prices, and a few other things.

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  Oral History Interview: Martha Goodall and Charles McQueen

  Martha Goodall

  This interview is one of a series conducted concerning rural life in West Virginia. Mrs. Martha Goodall was born in Mason County, West Virginia. She talks about her family, schooling, and preserving food. Mr. McQueen was born in Fayette County, West Virginia. He discusses his father and his childhood experiences. Both persons were residing in Charleston, West Virginia, at the time of the interview.

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  Oral History Interview: Josephine R. Gorby

  Josephine R. Gorby

  Josephine Gorby was born on February 24, 1908. She began her teaching career in a one-room school in Wimmer, McDowell County, WV. In 1931 she began teaching in Lawrence County, OH. Mrs. Gorby’s interview focuses on growing up on a farm near Proctorville, OH, her experiences as an educator, her family’s experience during World War I, and the 1937 flood of the Ohio River and its tributaries. In the audio clip provided, Mrs. Gorby discusses the impact of the 1937 flood on the school house in Athalia, OH. During her interview, she also focuses on the construction and use of the balcony of the Rome Methodist Church. According to Mrs. Gorby, the balcony served to segregate the African-American community from the white community of the church.

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  Oral History Interview: Dr. Alan Gould

  Alan Gould

  This interview is one of a series conducted concerning the Marshall University Society of Yeager Scholars. At the time of the interview, Dr. Gould was Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Marshall University. He discusses: his family and education; his involvement in the early establishment of the Yeager program, faculty input and the development of the faculty mentor program; his views on education as a whole; the impact the Yeager program will have on Marshall University; individuals such as Joe Hunnicutt, Terron Hunter, Dale Nitzschke, & Chuck Yeager; differences between Yeager Scholars and other students; recruiting faculty; his definition of leadership; where he envisions Yeager Scholars after graduation; West Virginia's economic problems; and other topics.

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  Oral History Interview: Marion T. "Bunche" Gray

  Marion T. Gray

  This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. The topic of this interview is the Civil Rights Movement. Bunche Gray discusses: her experiences during the movement; restaurants; organizations such as the NAACP and the League of Women Voters; white/black relations; black children's experiences in schools; politics and Senator Robert C. Byrd; and other topics.

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  Oral History Interview: Ara Linette Green

  Ara Linette Green

  This interview is one of a series conducted concerning rural life in West Virginia. Mr. Ara Linette Greene was residing in Ronceverte, West Virginia, at the time of the interview. Subjects discussed in the interview include school, church, farming, World War I, and hunting.

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  Oral History Interview: Todie B. Greene

  Todie B. Greene

  This interview is one of a series conducted concerning the lives of men who worked on the railroad in West Virginia. During this interview, Mr. Greene discusses a variety of subjects including: food, school, working for the C&O Railroad, and his life as a pensioner. Mr. Greene resided in Fairlea, West Virginia in 1974.

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  Oral History Interview: John Taylor and David Green

  John Taylor Green

  This interview is one of a series conducted concerning West Virginia coal mining. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Green discuss numerous anti-injunction strikes in the 1970s in West Virginia, including the history of Buffalo Creek (the flood and the strike) as well as mining officials and judges. Transcripts are available in the Special Collections Department of the James E. Morrow Library.

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  Oral History Interview: W.S. "Dick" Griffith

  W S. Griffith

  This interview is one of a series conducted concerning West Virginia communities, focusing on Ceredo. Mr. Dick Griffith was a business man and supporter of Ceredo- Kenova athletics. He discusses: Coach Carl Ward and Coach Craycraft; individuals such as Floyd Stark (president of the Ceredo Bank); as well as the community of Ceredo and their support of athletics.

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  Oral History Interview: Leo ("Windy") Grose

  Leo Grose

  This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. In this interview, Leo Grose discusses: the town of Richwood (WV); automobiles; individuals such as Alex Traux & Blain Pierson; farmers; his family (including his father who worked for a lumber mill); detailed information about lumber camps and the lumber industry; coal; problems he sees with American society; finding missing persons; and other topics.

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  Oral History Interview: Mr. Roy Gunnoe

  Roy L. Gunnoe

  This interview is one of a series titled the Veterans History Project. Mr. Roy Gunnoe was a World War II veteran. He discusses: his family; his history before the war (including serving in the Army); enlisting in the Navy and the Marines; very detailed information about his experiences during World War II in the Pacific; fighting alongside African Americans; moving back to Charleston (WV) after the war as well as moving to several other areas for work; managing restaurants and working as a cook; a brief mention of the Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom?); working in the National Youth Administration before the war; boot camp; working as a cook in the military; his experiences after the war; and other topics as well.

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  Oral History Interview: Susie H. Guyton

  Susie H. Guyton

  This interview is one of series conducted concerning Oral Histories of African-American women who taught in West Virginia public schools. Susie H. Guyton began teaching in at Bramwell School in West Virginia. She gives us detailed information about her family throughout the interview, including family life during her childhood, her husband and her children, and her family history (which includes family members of different ethnicities). She grew up in Pocahontas County (WV), and tells us about community and social activities in the area. She also gives us detailed information about her education, which includes Bluefield State College, and she tells the interviewers about a bombing at Bluefield State. Her career is a major focus, and this includes problems she faced at school--partially because she was working in the same school as her husband--race relations at the school, and changes she sees in modern students. Race relations in her life is discussed, and she recalls the desegregation of schools and discusses interracial dating. She discusses women's rights and the Women's Movement as well. There are also numerous other topics, such as: church; her self-perceptions; her beliefs on what is proper for women; class divisions among African-Americans; the achievements of her and her family; her thoughts on her life is general and how she has changed over her life; her belief that African- Americans need to be proud of their heritage and work to better their race; as well as many other subjects.