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Ms. Edminstin discusses her childhood including the topics of politics, school, and church. She also discusses the traditions in raising a family. ]]> Appalachian Oral History Project Interviews, 1965-1989]]> Andrew Jackson Greene Collection, 1906-1942]]> No Copyright – United States]]> Andrew Jackson Greene collection ]]> https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html]]> ]]> Andrew Jackson Greene Collection, 1906-1942]]> No Copyright – United States]]> Andrew Jackson Greene collection ]]> https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html]]> ]]> Andrew Jackson Greene Collection, 1906-1942]]> No Copyright – United States]]> Andrew Jackson Greene collection ]]> https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html]]> ]]> Andrew Jackson Greene Collection, 1906-1942]]> No Copyright – United States]]> Andrew Jackson Greene collection ]]> https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html]]> ]]> Andrew Jackson Greene Collection, 1906-1942]]> No Copyright – United States]]> Andrew Jackson Greene collection ]]> https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html]]> ]]> Andrew Jackson Greene Collection, 1906-1942]]> No Copyright – United States]]> Andrew Jackson Greene collection ]]> https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html]]> ]]> Andrew Jackson Greene Collection, 1906-1942]]> No Copyright – United States]]> Andrew Jackson Greene collection ]]> https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html]]> UA.5018. American Military History Course Records]]>
During the interview James O. Shell reflects on working his farm, local politics, and playing baseball as a youth. He discusses log rollings, corn shuckings, and the how neighbors helped each out. Some other topics he discusses are Tweetsie Railroad, homemade coffins, local cemeteries and playing baseball.
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During the interview he reflects on a happy childhood during the Depression partly because everyone was self­‐sufficient and raised their own food. He provides several anecdotal stories about his education, the family owned Brinkley Hardware Store in Elk Park, religion and local churches, the origin Elk Park, the railroad, the Cranberry mine, and tourism in Avery County. He also discusses collecting herbs and rationing during the Depression and relates stories about panthers and the Brown Mountain Lights.
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He started working for the Boy Scouts of America in 1917 until his retirement in 1947 at the national office in New York City. In 1926, he was the director of the Interracial Service where his responsibility was to build positive relationships with African American and Native American communities across the nation.

The Harris family lived in Boone while he worked in New York City, but would commute by train every few weeks. In 1942, Stanley Harris was awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities from the historically black university Tuskegee Institute; the first Caucasian to receive this honor. Upon retiring, he lived in Boone and was very active with local businesses and civic groups.

During the interview he focuses largely on his retired life and talks about his childhood, the Depression, and Boone history.]]> Appalachian Oral History Project Interviews, 1965-1989]]>