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Interviewee Sort descending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Helen Sites | Tucker County, West Virginia Flood Audio Recordings |
On February 14, 1986, Michael Kline interviewed Helen Sites in Tucker County, West Virginia, for the Tucker County Flood Audio Recordings project. Sites recounts her upbringing in a large family of fourteen children on a farm in Brushy Run, Wingo, where her father, Guy Auville, also ran a store and post office. She describes her experiences during the November 4, 1985, flood, detailing the days of continuous rain leading up to the disaster and the harrowing moments when rising water forced her and her friend Helen Wooddale to seek shelter in a nearby barn. |
Michael Kline | Franklin, WV | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives | |
Roger Lee Morral, Sr. | Tucker County, West Virginia Flood Audio Recordings |
On February 14, 1986, Michael Kline interviewed Roger Lee Morral, Sr., for the Tucker County, West Virginia Flood Audio Recordings project. Roger Lee Morral, Sr. was born on November 11, 1950, in Reisterstown, Maryland. Raised primarily by his aunt and uncle in Tucker County, West Virginia, Morral spent much of his early life in the community. He married Deborah Lynn Steinberg in 1977, and they have two children, Roger Lee Morral, Jr. and Tabitha Jane Morral. The interview begins with Morral recounting the events of November 4, 1985, when severe flooding hit the area. |
Michael Kline | Franklin, WV | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives |