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Tape number: V12

Name: Charles J. Harney

Location: Merry Point, VA

Date of Birth: 8/26/22

Date of Recording: 11/14/03

Recorded By: Diana Jordon

Log Sheet by: Grayson Mattingly

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01 00/26 F Chuck came here fifteen years ago and became intrigued by the local people and their way of life. As a result he began videotaping individuals to record their way of life as well as their stories of the past. He go started doing his videotaping when asked to interview local folks that got a start from trapping. Dickey Bean made his first money trapping.

02 6/00 L After interviewing several people Chuck decided he wanted to videotape people at their job. The first person he videotaped was Roland Gaskins oystering operation. Pittmen oyster house WWR Pittman, Ed Pittman and Avalon Pittman ran the oyster house Roland took his oysters to. Points out how the oystering industry has changed - oysters from all over the US and oyster shuckers from Mexico.

03 9/00 L Russell Gaskins was another person he videotaped doing his pound netting operation.

04 12/00 L Videotaped Butsy Comrade who worked on a steamer.

05 13/00 L Talks about turtling - removing turtles from farmers ponds - another means of making money in the area.

06 14/30 L Documented Talmage Jett setting up his pound net.

07 17/11 W Chuck points out importance of having a "vocabulary" made from local terms.

08 19/00 W Mentioned some examples of steamboat terminology - Oiler, Wiper, Walking Beam,

09 21/41 L Reads from steamboat schedule - 1933 there were 40 stops on the Rappahannock River

10 26/00 L Talks about Crosby and his bootlegging adventures in Ditchley.

11 32/00 L Talks about the difficulty of oystering he learned about from interviewing and documenting process.

12 34/07 L Describes the painting contest he ran that produced a number of paintings done by people that remembered the steamboat.

13 36/38 H Recalls the steam tugs and boats on the Hudson River, ice boating on the Hudson

14 45/00 L Talks about interview with Tiffany Cockrell

15 48/00 L Relates some of the stories people told him about riding on the steamers. Sleeping in the bridal suite, doctors going with patients to Baltimore...

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Item	In Point	Category	Description
01	00/26	F	Chuck came here fifteen years ago and became intrigued by the local people and their way of life. As a result he began videotaping individuals to record their way of life as well as their stories of the past. He go started doing his videotaping when asked to interview local folks that got a start from trapping. Dickey Bean made his first money trapping.
02	6/00	L	After interviewing several people Chuck decided he wanted to videotape people at their job. The first person he videotaped was Roland Gaskins oystering operation. Pittmen oyster house WWR Pittman, Ed Pittman and Avalon Pittman ran the oyster house Roland took his oysters to. Points out how the oystering industry has changed - oysters from all over the US and oyster shuckers from Mexico.
03	9/00	L	Russell Gaskins was another person he videotaped doing his pound netting operation.
04	12/00	L	Videotaped Butsy Comrade who worked on a steamer.
05	13/00	L	Talks about turtling - removing turtles from farmers ponds - another means of making money in the area.
06	14/30	L	Documented Talmage Jett setting up his pound net.
07	17/11	W	Chuck points out importance of having a "vocabulary" made from local terms.
08	19/00	W	Mentioned some examples of steamboat terminology - Oiler, Wiper, Walking Beam,
09	21/41	L	Reads from steamboat schedule - 1933 there were 40 stops on the Rappahannock River
10	26/00	L	Talks about Crosby and his bootlegging adventures in Ditchley.
11	32/00	L	Talks about the difficulty of oystering he learned about from interviewing and documenting process.
12	34/07	L	Describes the painting contest he ran that produced a number of paintings done by people that remembered the steamboat.
13	36/38	H	Recalls the steam tugs and boats on the Hudson River, ice boating on the Hudson
14	45/00	L	Talks about interview with Tiffany Cockrell
15	48/00	L	Relates some of the stories people told him about riding on the steamers. Sleeping in the bridal suite, doctors going with patients to Baltimore...