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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with James Oliver (J.O. Shell), July 23, 1974]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Shell, James (1891-)--Interviews]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Farm life--North Carolina--Avery County--History--20th century]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Avery County (N.C.)--History--20th century]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Avery County (N.C)--Social life and customs--20th century]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[James Oliver Shell was born on January 26, 1891 in Shell Creek, Tennessee where his grandfather owned a farm and worked as a carpenter. His father died when he was two months old, so his mother reared the children living with her father. Mr. Shell had one sister, a half-­‐sister, and four half-­‐brothers. As a young man James O. Shell moved to the Heaton community of Avery County North Carolina and was a farmer and served as the postmaster in Heaton from 1914 to about 1953. He died on July 4, 1980 at the age of 88.<br />
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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.<br />
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    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Shell, James Oliver]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[<a title="Appalachian Oral History Project Interviews, 1965-1989" href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/195" target="_blank">Appalachian Oral History Project Interviews, 1965-1989</a>]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[23-Jul-74]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Copyright for the interviews on the Appalachian State University Oral History Collection site is held by Appalachian State University. The interviews are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. Appalachian State Collection 111. Appalachian Oral History Project Records, 1965-1989, W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC). Any commercial use of the materials, without the written permission of the Appalachian State University, is strictly prohibited.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[MP3]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[17 pages]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Shell Creek (T.N.)
Avery County (N.C.)]]></dcterms:coverage>
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