Interview with Mary Frances Hoh

Summary: 
Warning: This interview contains material on mental illness, suicide, and alcoholism that may be disturbing to some listeners.
Cultural Narrative: 

Mary Francis Hoh, known as MF,  was born in 1941. She and her younger brother were raised by their parents in Louisa, near her mother’s family. She attended Louisa Elementary School and Louisa County High School. After her father’s death when she was fifteen, she worked at The Jefferson Shop and then at Methodist Publishing, after graduating from high school. She describes various aspects of domestic life during her childhood in Louisa, including shopping, recreation, education, and church, particularly the differences in her own experiences before and after her father’s death.

Protocol: 
Open Access
Community: 
Louisa County Historical Society
Category: 
Oral History
Collections: 
Many Voices, One Decade: 1950s Louisa County
Original Date Description: 
Recording date
Original Date: 
2019 February 20th
Creator: 
Louisa County Historical Society
Contributor: 
Louisa County Historical Society
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Publisher: 
Louisa County Historical Society