StoryTown Radio

Voices from the Archive: Irene Mitchell - Part 2

Episode Summary

In this month's Voices from the Archive, we hear from Irene Mitchell. Irene grew up in Cuba, and in Part 1 she told her experience of fleeing political conflict with her family. In Part 2, Irene tells about the things they left behind in Cuba, and the things they brought with them. Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it as a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From ghost stories to apple butter, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia. StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.

Episode Notes

In this month's Voices from the Archive, we hear from Irene Mitchell. Irene grew up in Cuba, and in Part 1 she told her experience of fleeing political conflict with her family. In Part 2, Irene tells about the things they left behind in Cuba, and the things they brought with them.

Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it as a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From ghost stories to apple butter, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia.

StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.

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Storytellers: Irene Mitchell

Story Collector: Kim Blaine

Editors: Isaac Wood, Anne G'Fellers-Mason, Bre Walker-Schadler, Theresa Hammons

Narrator: Isaac Wood

Music:

Sponsors:

Tennessee Arts Commission (https://tnartscommission.org/)

Trivia with Budds

The Silver Raven

Mountain Empire Cremation and Burial Service

The Wild Women of Jonesborough

McKinney Center (mckinneycenter.com)