In Search of the Elusive Basketmaster

Posted by Jeanette Lasansky on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on In Search of the Elusive Basketmaster Four years ago, when our project of tape record­ing oral traditions in the Union County area began, we became aware that several area families had been making baskets for generations. Particularly in the “tight end” of our county, where the Shivelys were, and the Forest Hill area, where the Diehls had lived, these skills and attitudes were passed down and practiced much longer than...
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Social Customs in Early Rural Days

Posted by Carroll Hopf on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on Social Customs in Early Rural Days It is difficult to find one reference work devoted solely to this topic. However, it is possible to locate ample references to social activities and customs in various published and unpublished materials. Regional and local histories, personal diaries, newspapers and literary journals are some of the more common references in which accounts of social activities can be found. Social customs...
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Voices of Migrant Workers

Posted by John Bloom on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Voices of Migrant Workers The Tuesday, October 3, 2000, edition of The New York Times carried a page one story by Anthony DePalma about undocumented workers, many from Mexico, in migrant farm labor. The article cites statistics illustrating American farmers’ dependence on an increasingly high percentage of workers who illegally enter and reside in the United States. DePalma interviewed Mark Rice, an employer of...
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