Available Online, 2019/2022, Digital Photographs, Rural Free Delivery: Mail Carriers in Central Appalachia, 2021 to 2022, Library of Congress Online Catalog, Audio, Grim, Brian

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Wayne Henderson interview conducted by Emily Hilliard, 2022-02-20 Wayne Henderson (b. 1947, Rugby, Virginia) is a world-renowned luthier and old-time musician and a NEA National Heritage Fellow. He also delivered the mail in his home community, out of the Mouth of Wilson, Virginia Post Office for 32 years, beginning in 1969. Henderson remembers that when he was growing up, the local carrier held an esteemed position in the community, as a resource…
- Contributor: Henderson, Wayne - Volkaert, Redd - Hilliard, Emily - Grim, Brian - Occupational Folklife Project
- Date: 2022
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Brian Grim interview conducted by Emily Hilliard, 2022-02-20 Brian Grim (b. 1970, Konnarock, Virginia) is a rural mail carrier in Fries, Virginia, and lives in Elk Creek, Virginia. He has been carrying the mail since 1994 and was initially interested in the job, in part, because he knew other old-time musicians, like Wayne Henderson and Gerald Anderson, who carried the mail. Brian is an old-time fiddler and played in the band the…
- Contributor: Grim, Brian - Occupational Folklife Project - Hilliard, Emily
- Date: 2022
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