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Audio Recording Gayle Martin interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2024-01-25

Gayle Martin interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2024-01-25
Audio recording of interview with Gayle Martin conducted by Nicole Musgrave.

About this Item

Title

  • Gayle Martin interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2024-01-25

Summary

  • Gayle Martin runs Hugs and Kisses Daycare out of her home in Lebanon, Virginia. She started Hugs and Kisses in 2005 after she was laid off from her job at a local factory. In her interview, Gayle discusses the process for becoming a licensed home daycare; almost having to close the daycare during the pandemic when enrollment dropped; having to turn down families when the daycare is at-capacity; COVID-related safety protocols; the challenges of helping school-aged kids with virtual learning; the financial impacts of the pandemic; resources the daycare receives; and her love of working in child care.

Names

  • Martin, Gayle (Darla Gayle), interviewee
  • Musgrave, Nicole, 1987- interviewer

Created / Published

  • 2024-01-25.

Headings

  • -  Martin, Gayle--(Darla Gayle)--Interviews
  • -  Child care services--Virginia
  • -  Child care workers--Appalachian Region--Interviews
  • -  Child care services--Appalachian Region
  • -  Home-based businesses
  • -  Unemployment
  • -  Job stress
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Economic aspects
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Influence

Genre

  • Digital photographs--Color--2020-2030
  • Sound recordings
  • Personal narratives
  • Oral histories
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Field notes: During the interview, Gayle's co-worker and next door neighbor, Leigh Ann Garland, was sitting on a couch across the room from myself and Gayle, holding a sleeping baby. At a few points during the interview, Gayle asked Leigh Ann to chime in about some of the questions I asked. Because Leigh Ann was sitting so far away, her voice is very soft on the recording. Toward the end of the interview, I got up from my seat next to Gayle to allow Leigh Ann the chance to offer her insights on mic.
  • -  Recorded at Gayle's in-home daycare, Hugs and Kisses, Lebanon, Virginia, January 25, 2024.
  • -  It Takes a Village: Rural Central Appalachian Childcare Providers' COVID-19 Experiences: COVID-19 American History Project (AFC 2023/017), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Medium

  • 1 sound recording (1:04:58, WAV) : digital
  • 5 photographs : digital, color, TIF
  • 1 manuscript (PDF) : digital

Source Collection

  • It Takes a Village: Rural Central Appalachian Childcare Providers' COVID-19 Experiences: COVID-19 American History Project AFC 2023/017

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024655285

Rights Advisory

  • Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

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Online Format

  • audio
  • image
  • pdf

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Credit line

It Takes a Village: Rural Central Appalachian Childcare Providers' COVID-19 Experiences: COVID-19 American History Project, 2023-2024 (AFC 2023/017), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Pandemic Stories from New Orleans-Area Service and Hospitality Workers: COVID-19 American History Project, 2023-2024 (AFC 2023/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic from Last Responders: COVID-19 American History Project, (AFC 2023/018), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Chicago citation style:

Martin, Gayle , Interviewee, and Nicole Musgrave. Gayle Martin interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, -01-25. -01-25, 2024. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655285/.

APA citation style:

Martin, G. & Musgrave, N. (2024) Gayle Martin interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, -01-25. -01-25. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655285/.

MLA citation style:

Martin, Gayle , Interviewee, and Nicole Musgrave. Gayle Martin interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, -01-25. -01-25, 2024. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655285/>.