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Subject: Marshall University One Room School Oral History Collection

Hello... my name is Keith Brown. I am a graduate student at Marshall University in Huntington, WV working with a collection of One Room School materials, including: oral histories, state records, a one room school museum and its records, school books and readers, and pictures. Roughly four hundred and fifty former one room school teachers and students were interviewed between 1989 and 1992, of which two hundred and fifty tapes survive. Unfortunately, none of these interviewers were ever transcribed; however, I am currently in the process of applying for grant money from the WV Humanities Council to have this accomplished. I

would like to find out if there are similar collections of a similar size or larger in other parts of the United States and Canada; particularly in Appalachia and the South. Also, if anyone else who has done a similar project, I would love to know how you went about obtaining funding. If anyone has any other information they think might be helpful please also feel free to contact me.

Thank you! Keith M. Brown Graduate Assistant Special Collections Department, Marshall University Huntington, WV 25755  brown358@marshall.edu