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October 7, 2012 Podcast

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We open today’s show with Julia McHenry Howard’s observations of high society in Oakland, MD. Her great grandfather was Francis Scott Key.

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August 6, 2012 Family record keeping / North Carolina / Oral histories / Radio

Radio Show “Stories of Mountain Folk” Records the Vanishing Heritage of Western NC

Stories of Mountain Folk is an ongoing all-sound oral history program produced by Catch the Spirit of Appalachia.

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August 5, 2012 Podcast

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We open today’s show with a 1938 examination of the world of the blacksmith, by Kentucky professor Dr. Gordon Wilson.

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July 15, 2012 Podcast

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We open today’s show with a look at KY’s Pack Horse Library Project, aimed at providing reading materials to rural portions of Eastern KY.

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June 18, 2012 Folklore / Oral histories / West Virginia

‘Traveling 219’ project gathers WV oral histories along road of same name

The Traveling 219 Project has recorded over forty life and community histories from people who live near US 219 in WV and MD.

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