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Locked Down: An Oral History of the Covid-19 Virus in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle

“Locked Down: An Oral History of the Covid-19 Virus in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle” collects stories about how the global pandemic shapes the lives of people in vulnerable Appalachian communities. During the summer of 2020 Shepherd University students conducted and transcribed 27 interviews. Interviewees included students, faculty, and administrators, local teachers and students from grades K-12, community members and business owners, and local government officials. Audio and video from the interviews will be housed in the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education and the Historic Shepherdstown Commission and will be available to the public online.