Floyd Story Center flyer
Become part of the at the Old Church Gallery & help collect oral histories from Floyd County, Virginia.
The first-hand accounts reflect the spirit of the times, connect generations, and bring to life the rich history of a Blue Ridge community through audio, film, stories, and mementos. www.floydstorycenter.blogspot.com
Kathleen Ingoldsby, Co-Director, Media
Specialist, Film Editor B.F.A. M.A.L.S.
Kathleen completed the Modern Archives
Workshop at the National Archives. Her film,
“Ma Sue Hall: Living the Legend,” won the
Mimi Babe Harris Award, Hollins University.
T HE S TORY C ENTER CREATES CONNECTIONS .
What’s your story?
Catherine Pauley, Co-Director, Exhibit
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Coordinator, Resource Manager
An accomplished artist, Catherine holds an M.S. in Art Education and has taught art to generations at Floyd Co. High School. She is Executive Vice
President of the Old Church Gallery, Ltd.
Melinda Wagner, Internship Coordinator
Ph.D. Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Appalachian Studies. Melinda teaches interviewing and intercultural communication skills. She has received awards for teaching and fostering community-university partnerships.
Angela Via Myers, Technology Education
Teacher, Floyd Co. High School Student &
Community Liaison B.S. Angela teaches digital video, media, and imaging technologies, as well as technical, architectural, and engineering drawing.
Our oral history project captures longheld community memories, provides public access, holds a study library and archives for interviews, and assists others in documenting personal, community, or family stories in film and audio.
College mentors, high school staff, and a dedicated community non-profit partner meet weekly during the school year to teach the art of oral history collection and digital recording to high school students.
Since 1998 - we are a community oral history collection partnership of the Old Church Gallery, Ltd., Radford University’s Center for
Social and Cultural Research and Scholar-Citizen Initiative, and the Digital
Media & Technology Education classes at Floyd County High School. Our transcript, film, image, and audio archives now hold one hundred interviews.
CONTACTS: mwagner@radford.edu floydstorycenter@gmail.com
