BIBFRAME Work

Title

Nora Begley and Veronica Boyd interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2024-02-20

Type

• Collection
• Non Music Audio

Contribution

• Boyd, Veronica (interviewee)
• Begley, Nora (interviewee)
• Musgrave, Nicole, 1987- (interviewer)

Subject

• Work and family (LCSH)
• Hazardous occupations (LCSH)
• Child care workers--Appalachian Region (LCSH)
• Job stress (LCSH)
• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Educational aspects (LCSH)
• Boyd, Veronica (LCNAF)
• Child care services--Tennessee (LCSH)
• Digital photographs--Color--2020-2030 (GMGPC)
• Begley, Nora (LCNAF)
• Child care services--Appalachian Region (LCSH)
• Children of working parents (LCSH)
• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Influence (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Interviews (LCGFT)
• Sound recordings (LCGFT)
• Personal narratives (LCGFT)
• Oral histories (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Content

• spoken word

Summary

Veronica Boyd has worked in child care for over 30 years. She is the lead teacher in the infant classroom at Wellmont Child Development Center in Bristol, Tennessee, and she is the infant coordinator/supervisor. Veronica lives in Lebanon, Virginia. Nora Begley has worked in child care for about 18 years. She is the lead teacher in the toddler classroom at Wellmont, and she's the mentor/supervisor over the other toddler teachers. Nora lives in Kingsport, Tennessee. Wellmont Child Development Center is a partnership between the YWCA and Ballad Health; they primarily care for the children of Ballad Health hospital employees. In their interview, Nora and Veronica discuss their backgrounds in child care; the partnership between Ballad Health and Wellmont, and what it's like working at a center that's affiliated with a hospital; the fear and stress of the pandemic and how they had to constantly adapt; the safety protocols and procedures they implemented; how they adjusted their teaching to accommodate safety procedures; the impact of the pandemic on parents, children, Wellmont staff, and their own families; and general reflections on the child care profession.

Authorized Access Point

Nora Begley and Veronica Boyd interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2024-02-20

Capture

Recorded at the Wellmont Child Development Center at Ballad Health, Bristol, Tennessee, February 20, 2024.

Geographic Coverage

• Tennessee

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:16:01.211361+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23916694

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc