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| Author: | Lehman, Heather A. |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Title: | Voices from the Past: A History of the Comunities of Rockingham County |
| University: | [Eastern Mennonite University] |
| City: | [Harrisonburg, Va.] |
| Pages: | 24, [3]p.: chart, map |
| Keywords: | 1. Rockingham County - History. 2. Oral history. 3. Rockingham County - Rural life. 4. Rural life - Rockingham County. |
| Abstract: | Typescript copy of a history seminar paper written at Eastern Mennonite University. The paper looks at rural Rockingham County and notes the coming of innovations and technology, e.g. the automobile and road improvements. The paper concludes with a look at the effects on the rural communities of "closure, consolidation, and migration." Oral history interviews are used in the research. |
| Location: | EMU- HL |