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Oral history interview, part of an oral history project

The Resource Oral history interview, part of an oral history project
Label
Oral history interview, part of an oral history project
Title part
part of an oral history project
Statement of responsibility
Greg Michael; interviewed by Joanna Lee
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Contributor
Interviewee
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Records the experiences of Greg Michael, a West Virginia farmer who served fourteen years in prison for selling marijuana in the 1990s. Describes his early family life, his arrest and the events surrounding his trial and sentencing. Michael discusses the conditions in the federal prisons in West Virginia and Maryland in which he served his time. Relates the coping strategies he employed while incarcerated, such as teaching yoga to fellow inmates, working in the prison kitchens and writing poetry, some of which was published. Discusses on the effects of his incarceration on his family, wife and daughter, and his experiences following his release
  • The Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project consists of audio interviews, transcripts, and background material dating from 2005-2006 conducted by James Madison University students in Professor Daniel Kerr's course Selected Themes in U.S. History, HIST 339. Interviewees were primarily from Rockingham and Augusta Counties. Topics range from the poultry industry, labor and civil rights activism, Native Americans, Latino immigrants, ex-offenders, the homeless, and gays, lesbians and bisexuals
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Cataloging source
VMC
Date time place
Recorded at the Massanutten Regional Library, Harrisonburg, Virginia, April 23, 2006
Form of composition
unknown
Format of music
not applicable
Former title complexity
  • Forms part of the Shenandoah Valley oral history project, 2005-2006. For details of individual interviews see the following: Oral history interview [sound recording] / Greyson Daniels (SdArch no. 29-1). Oral history interview [sound recording] / John D. Farrish (SdArch no. 29-2). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Betty Kilby Fisher (SdArch no. 29-3). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Mabel Johnson (SdArch no. 29-4). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Allen F. Layman (SdArch no. 29-5). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Kris Maul (SdArch no. 29-6). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Pat Morrison (SdArch no. 29-8). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Julia Patterson (SdArch no. 29-9). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Tom Peachy (SdArch no. 29-10). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Monica Robinson (SdArch no. 29-11). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Garfield Shelton (SdArch no. 29-12). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Crysta Swarts (SdArch no. 29-13). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Alice Velazquez (SdArch no. 29-14). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Travis Wills (SdArch no. 29-15)
  • For summaries of interviews for which the interviewees have granted permission for online access, but have requested the use of pseudonyms, see bibliographic records for the following: Oral history interview [sound recording] / "Joe" [pseudonym] (SdArch no. 29-16). Oral history interview [sound recording] / "JMU Professor" [pseudonym] (SdArch no. 29-17)
  • For summaries of interviews for which permission for full online access was not expressly given, see bibliographic records for the following: Oral history interview [sound recording] / Mr. Armstrong (SdArch no. 29-18). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Miss Hughes (SdArch no. 29-19). Oral history interview [sound recording] / Mr. Scott (SdArch no. 29-20)
Literary text for sound recordings
interviews
Series statement
James Madison University sound archives
Series volume
no. 29-7.
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