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Gardening with Foxfire: There is a Season

Gardening with Foxfire: There is a Season

April 16, 2020

Spring is here and, for some of us, so too is that deep urge to play in the dirt! It seems that now, more than in recent memory, folks are feeling the call to prep garden plots and grow food! Even...
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How to Do Oral History

How to Do Oral History

April 8, 2020

Many of you have asked about what oral history is and how to do it. Here is a quick video on the basics of conducting an oral history. These are great projects for kids, and can be done over the...
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COVID-19 Oral History Project

COVID-19 Oral History Project

March 16, 2020

Foxfire COVID-19 Oral History Project As public historians and folklorists, we have a responsibility (and interest!) to capture history as it happens around us, and to engage the community in that...
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