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Audio RecordingHammer Song
Hammer Ring- Contributor: Unidentified Performers - Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill) - Lomax, John A. (John Avery)
- Date: 1939-04-16
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Audio RecordingHammering in My Soul
- Contributor: Stripling, Sidney - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
- Date: 1941
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BlogArthur Miller: A View From the Field This guest blog post by Matthew Barton about the playwright Arthur Miller is part of a series called “Hidden Folklorists,” which examines the folklore work of surprising people, including people better known for other pursuits. It was written soon after Miller’s death in 2005 for the publication Folklife Center News. Matthew Barton worked at the […]- Contributor: Winick, Stephen
- Date: 2019-07-11
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Audio RecordingJonathan Walden interview conducted by Anna-Lisa Cox, 2019-07-25. Jonathan Walden discusses farming family land in Gibson County, Indiana. He has a small, diversified farming operation with a focus on cattle breeding.- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Taylor, Lishawna - Cox, Anna-Lisa - Walden, Jonathan
- Date: 2019
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Audio RecordingJipp and Rick Ortiz interview conducted by Edward Y. Millar, 2021-07-13 and 2021-07-27 Jipp and Rick Ortiz are two members of the local Ortiz family, a family who have had a historic connection to the Ransomville Speedway since its origin. Jipp's father -- and Rick's brother -- was Ed Ortiz (1931-2020), one of the founding members of the Ransomville Slowpokes local racing club who established the first Ransomville Speedway in a field behind a garage owned by...- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Ortiz, Rick - Ortiz, Jipp - Millar, Edward Y.
- Date: 2021
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Audio RecordingStephen Cash interview conducted by Katy Clune and Julia Gartrell, 2020-11-16 Stephen Cash owns Man Mur Shoe Shop in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is a second-generation cobbler and took up the trade by working alongside his parents in their shoe repair shops. Stephen describes customer interactions, the challenges of training and staffing, and the changes in shoe technology and material over the years. He talks about the satisfaction of completing a repair, and also the...- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Cash, Stephen M. - Clune, Katy A. (Kathryn Anne) - Gartrell, Julia C.
- Date: 2020
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Audio RecordingKenny Styron, Neil Styron and Barbara Styron interview conducted by Katy Clune and Julia Gartrell, 2021-06-04 Kenneth "Kenny" Styron Sr. and his son, Kenneth "Neil" Styron Jr., discuss diesel engine repair and the commercial fishing industry in and around Davis, North Carolina. While Kenny was primarily self-taught, Neil went to Nashville Auto-Diesel College. Kenny and Neil discuss the menhaden fishing industry in Beaufort, travelling to repair diesel engines, changes in community life since Kenny was young, and the skills required...- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Clune, Katy A. (Kathryn Anne) - Styron, Kenny - Gartrell, Julia C. - Styron, Neil - Styron, Barbara
- Date: 2021
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Audio RecordingThibault & Nunn Saddlery, Miles City Montana, interview and sounds of saddle-making, part 1
- Contributor: Toelken, Barre - Thibault, Dale - Nunn, Lawton - Johnson, Paula J.
- Date: 1979-08-11
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Audio RecordingDale Thibault and Harvey Howes, wheelwrights and cartwrights, Miles City, Montana, interview and sounds in the shop
- Contributor: Howes, Harvey - Thibault, Dale - Johnson, Paula J.
- Date: 1979-08-10
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personal narrativeHoward F. Schapiro Collection Technical Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; Europe.- Contributor: Va Healthcare System, New Jersey - Schapiro, Howard F. - Battle, Lillie - National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) - Trebus, Robert - Vicki Horner
- Date: 1942