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Audio Recording Katelyn Vandal and Mickie Watson interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2024-02-01

Katelyn Vandal and Mickie Watson interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2024-02-01
Audio recording of interview with Katelyn Vandal and Mickie Watson conducted by Nicole Musgrave.

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Title

  • Katelyn Vandal and Mickie Watson interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2024-02-01

Summary

  • Mickie Watson has worked for A Place to Grow in Oak Hill, West Virginia for 28 years and has worked in the office for 13 years. Katelyn Vandal is the daughter of the center's owner, Melissa Colagrosso. Katelyn taught in the pre-K program for 9 years, and recently transitioned into the director's role. A Place to Grow opened in 1995, and currently serves children 6-weeks-old to 13-years-old. They are licensed for 101 kids, and typically have 80-85 students each day. In their interview, Mickie and Katelyn discuss their trajectories in child care; the center and their offerings; how the center stayed open throughout the pandemic; how staff navigated working at the center during the pandemic while being fearful of compromising their families' safety; how their own jobs changed during the pandemic; Covid-related safety protocols; the impact of the pandemic on school-aged kids at the center and how center staff became responsible for virtual learning; the impact of the pandemic on kids' learning and development; and the impact of the pandemic on their community.

Names

  • Vandal, Katelyn, interviewee
  • Watson, Mickie, interviewee
  • Musgrave, Nicole, 1987- interviewer

Created / Published

  • 2024-02-01.

Headings

  • -  Vandal, Katelyn--Interviews
  • -  Watson, Mickie--Interviews
  • -  Child care services--West Virginia
  • -  Child care workers--Appalachian Region--Interviews
  • -  Child care services--Appalachian Region
  • -  Work and family
  • -  Hazardous occupations
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Social aspects
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Moral and ethical aspects
  • -  Children of working parents
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Influence

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  Recorded at A Place to Grow Children's Center, Oak Hill, West Virginia, February 1, 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 (1:06:48, WAV) : digital
  • 4 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

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024655290

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  • 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:

Vandal, Katelyn, Interviewee, Mickie Watson, and Nicole Musgrave. Katelyn Vandal and Mickie Watson interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, -02-01. -02-01, 2024. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655290/.

APA citation style:

Vandal, K., Watson, M. & Musgrave, N. (2024) Katelyn Vandal and Mickie Watson interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, -02-01. -02-01. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655290/.

MLA citation style:

Vandal, Katelyn, Interviewee, Mickie Watson, and Nicole Musgrave. Katelyn Vandal and Mickie Watson interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, -02-01. -02-01, 2024. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655290/>.