Martin-Perdue, Nancy J(ean)

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MARTIN-PERDUE, Nancy J(ean)

MARTIN-PERDUE, Nancy J(ean). American, b. 1934. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology. Career: Homemaker and part-time employee, 1950-70; Blue Ridge Children's House, Woodville, VA, owner, administrator, and teacher, 1970-72; George Washington University, Washington, DC, assistant instructor, summers, 1974-75; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, assistant instructor, summers, 1976-78; Children's House of Arts and Science, Flint Hill, VA, teacher, 1977-78; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, interviewer for National Opinion Research Center, 1978-79; Virginia Center for the Humanities, fellow, 1988, 1991. University of Virginia, scholar in residence in anthropology, 1987-. Publications: (with C.L. Perdue) Come Day, Go Day, God Send Sunday (documentary film), 1973; (with C.L. Perdue) The Archive of Folk Song Virginia Folklore Index: A Complete Listing of Field-Recorded Virginia Folklore Material Housed in the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1932-1977, 1979; (with C.L. Perdue) Talk about Trouble: A New Deal Portrait of Virginians in the Great Depression, 1996. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals. Address: Department of Anthropology, 100 Brooks Hall, University of Virginia, PO Box 400120, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4120, U.S.A. Online address: np8h@virginia.edu

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