I interviewed Lois Bays for my First Year Seminar class at Marshall University. Our FYS class has been focusing on critical thinking and how thoughtfully developed and artfully asked questions can lead to enriching and enlightening stories, particularly oral histories....

I interviewed Darren Fearing for my First Year Seminar class at Marshall University. During this interview, we focused on the corona virus pandemic and how it personally affected him.

Gina has been trying all year to write a children’s book. She left a piece of paper with mom while she went to McDonald’s to get breakfast. Mom had the story written by the time she came back.

I interviewed Randi Watson for my First Year Seminar class at Marshall University. Our FYS class has been focusing on critical thinking and how thoughtfully developed and artfully asked questions can lead to enriching and enlightening stories, particularly oral histories....

"There wasn't nothin' goin' on around there anyway:" A grandfather's stories from Rainelle, WV to Hopewell, VA. Maynard "Dick" Dixon tells stories from his childhood and brief career in coal mining in Rainelle, WV, a stint in Arlington, VA, and...

We reminisced about Mom’s childhood and the people who were most influential to her. We also discussed what she’s most grateful for and what she hopes for for her children.

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In this interview, I have the chance to talk to Nena, a nurse who shares her insight of how the COVID-19 pandemic in WV effects her place of work and herself.

The bully was walking to the outhouse. I throw a snowball at him and just happened to hit him on the first try!

We talked about wisdoms she would like to have passed down, her very few regrets, and her greatest accomplishments: her family. My grandma has come a long way from growing up in a little town in West Virginia by working...