Michael Kline
Interviewee Sort descending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Charles and Arlene Brock | Tucker County, West Virginia Flood Audio Recordings |
Charles Brock, born in Lobelia, Pocahontas County, worked as a wildlife manager with the Department of Natural Resources, focusing on game management and habitat improvement. Arlene Brock, originally from Huttonsville, is part of a large family of nine girls and six boys. The couple raised a family of seven sons and seven daughters, and their lives have been marked by extensive travel and experiences in various locations, including New Mexico, Texas, and Florida. |
Michael Kline | Parsons, WV | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives | |
Charles J. "Chuck" Harney | Steamboat Era Museum Oral History Project |
Charles J. "Chuck" Harney (1922-2004). At the time of the interview he had been retired to Lancaster County fifteen years. He said he had videotaped over 150 interviews with local people on boats, in homes and shops, in fields and marshes throughout the region. |
Carrie Kline, Michael Kline | Unknown | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives | |
Charles R. Winstead | Steamboat Era Museum Oral History Project |
Charles R. Winstead, Age 88 (1915-2008). Captain Winstead spent most of his working life aboard a menhaden (type of fish) fishing boat. A powerful and articulate seaman, Winstead elucidates the inner workings of a steam-powered fishing vessel, including singing an example of the chanteys he led as a crew member to draw in the nets. Winstead, the first African-American in the region to acquire a pilot and captain’s license, rode passenger steamboats on several occasions during his younger days. |
Carrie Kline, Michael Kline | Unknown | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives | |
Chuck Crabtree | Grundy Virginia Flood Control Project |
Chuck Crabtree was born in 1952, in Buchanan County, where he was also raised. His family, originally from West Virginia, moved to Grundy in the late 1920s, following the coal mining industry. His grandfather was one of the first contractors for Harman Mining Corporation in Harman, Virginia, where he mined coal using ponies to pull the coal out of the mountains. Crabtree's family lived in a small camp, in houses owned by the Harman Mining Corporation, known as company houses. |
Michael Kline | Grundy, VA | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives | |
Clarence Benjamin "Buck" Rowe | Steamboat Era Museum Oral History Project |
Clarence Benjamin "Buck" Rowe (1921-2005). Interviewed by Carrie & Michael Kline with Dianne Jordan for the Steamboat Era Museum; 11/3/03. At the time of the interview Mr. Rowe was keeping a store at Bena in the Guinea community of lower Gloucester County. The store was established by his father in 1920, at the height of the steamboat era. His vivid memories brought to life details of nearby wharves where he went twice weekly as a young boy with a wagon and team to pick up deliveries for the store. |
Carrie Kline, Michael Kline, Dianne Jordan | Guinea, VA | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives | |
Cleta and Norman Long | Tucker County, West Virginia Flood Audio Recordings |
Michael Kline Interviewed Cleta and Norman Long in Hendricks, WV on 12-17-1985 |
Michael Kline | Hendricks, WV | Talking Across the Lines | |
Coy Miller & Gene Barr | Grundy Virginia Flood Control Project |
subject: Flood control--Virginia; Flood damage prevention—Virginia; Buchanan County (Va.)--History; Grundy (Va.)--Social life and customs; Levisa Fork Basin (Ky. and Va.); Big Sandy River Valley (Ky. and Va.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. |
Michael Kline | Grundy, VA | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives | |
Craig Wilfong | Tucker County, West Virginia Flood Audio Recordings |
Interview with Craig Wilfong |
Michael Kline | Tucker County, WV | Talking Across the Lines | |
Danny Hebb | Tucker County, West Virginia Flood Audio Recordings |
Danny Hebb 2-19-1986 interviewed by M. Kline |
Michael Kline | Tucker County, WV | ||
Darrell and Joan Heckler | Tucker County, West Virginia Flood Audio Recordings |
Darrell and Joan Heckler interview 4-14-1986 |
Michael Kline | Tucker County, WV | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives |