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Interview With Yvonne Dodge Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Yvonne Dodge Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Yvonne Dodge, Princeton, Kentucky, conducted by Michael Ann Williams regarding the life of Sarah Gertrude Knott and her sister Gladys Knott. Dodge discusses the Knott family, but the majority of the interview focuses on Sarah's personal and professional life, including her work with the National Folk Festival.
Interview With Don And Priscilla Urner Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Don And Priscilla Urner Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Don and Priscilla Urner conducted by Michael Ann Williams in 1995 about Sarah Gertrude Knott. Williams was a Folk Studies professor at Western Kentucky University. She used these interviews when writing her book: Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott (Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2006).
Interview With Alan Jabbour Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Alan Jabbour Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Alan Jabbour conducted by Michael Ann Williams in 1995 about Sarah Gertrude Knott. Williams was a Folk Studies professor at Western Kentucky University. She used these interviews when writing her book: Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott (Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2006).
Interview With Charles And Nancy (Martin) Perdue Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Charles And Nancy (Martin) Perdue Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Charles and Nancy (Martin) Perdue conducted by Michael Ann Williams in 1995 about Sarah Gertrude Knott. Williams was a Folk Studies professor at Western Kentucky University. She used these interviews when writing her book: Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott (Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2006).
Interview With John Ramsey Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With John Ramsey Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with John Ramsey conducted by Michael Ann Williams in 1995 about Sarah Gertrude Knott. Williams was a Folk Studies professor at Western Kentucky University. She used these interviews when writing her book: Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott (Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2006).
Interview With Pete Seeger Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Pete Seeger Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Pete Seeger conducted by Michael Ann Williams in 1995 about Sarah Gertrude Knott. Williams was a Folk Studies professor at Western Kentucky University. She used these interviews when writing her book: Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott (Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2006).
Interview With Andy Wallace Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Andy Wallace Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Andy Wallace conducted by Michael Ann Williams in 1995 about Sarah Gertrude Knott. Williams was a Folk Studies professor at Western Kentucky University. She used these interviews when writing her book: Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott (Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2006).
Interview With Joe Wilson Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joe Wilson Regarding Sarah Gertrude Knott (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Joe Wilson conducted by Michael Ann Williams in 1995 about Sarah Gertrude Knott. Williams was a Folk Studies professor at Western Kentucky University. She used these interviews when writing her book: Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott (Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2006).
Interview With Dan Ray Stone, 1921-2007 (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Dan Ray Stone, 1921-2007 (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Dan Ray Stone conducted by Sheryl Diane Reed on 7 November 1990. From folk studies student project titled “The War at Home: World War II and Its Effects on Bowling Green, KY,” concerning the effects of World War II on local people in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the home front.
Interview With Doris Augusta Daniels, 1912-1998 (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Doris Augusta Daniels, 1912-1998 (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Doris Augusta Daniels conducted by Sheryl Diane Reed on 30 October 1990. From folk studies student project titled “The War at Home: World War II and Its Effects on Bowling Green, KY,” concerning the effects of World War II on local people in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the home front.
Interview With Virginia Earl (Venable) Pearson, 1919-1990 (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Virginia Earl (Venable) Pearson, 1919-1990 (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Virginia Earl (Venable) Pearson conducted by Sheryl Diane Reed on 28 March 1990. From folk studies student project titled “The War at Home: World War II and Its Effects on Bowling Green, KY,” concerning the effects of World War II on local people in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the home front.
Interview With Edmund Douglas Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Edmund Douglas Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Edmund Douglas Duff conducted by Carrie Helm on 19 November 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.
Interview With Evans Guest Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Evans Guest Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Evans Guest Duff conducted by Carrie Helm on 2 November 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.
Interview With Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards conducted by Carrie Helm on 13 October 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.
Interview With Timothy Wade Harris (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Timothy Wade Harris (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Timothy Wade Harris conducted by Carrie Helm on 28 September 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.
Interview With Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland conducted by Carrie Helm on 19 September 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.
Interview With Kathryn Kadel Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Kathryn Kadel Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an oral history interview done with Kathryn Kadel in 1987 related to her husband's work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s. Her husband, Richard Kadel, was commander of Camp 516.
Interview With Irene Taylor Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Irene Taylor Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Irene Taylor conducted by Christopher Carey for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." In this brief interview Taylor discusses a general store in Hancock County, Kentucky called the Duncan store as well as one-room schools and the consolidation of schools. She also mentions the Chestnut Grove school in Hancock County.
Interview With Mittie Dame Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Mittie Dame Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Mittie Dame conducted by Judi Hetrick for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Dame discusses her life and times including information about growing up in Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, her early marriage, entertainment, rural electrification, radios, refrigerators, social life and customs, Halloween pranks, moonshining, and farming.
Interview With Oda Shouse, Sr. And Clara Shouse Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Oda Shouse, Sr. And Clara Shouse Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Oda Shouse, Sr. and Clara Shouse conducted by Keith Smith for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Mr. Shouse does most of the speaking. He discusses his life and times including information about floods, the Great Depression, tobacco farming, rural medicine, rural electrification, automobiles and telephones.
Interview With Mary Bryant (Benton) Fitts Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Mary Bryant (Benton) Fitts Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Mary Brant (Benton) Fitts conducted by Karen Owen for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Fitts discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Utica and Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, her children, social life and customs, race relations, World War II, and sundry other topics. Mrs. Fitts was a housewife and mother of two.
Interview With Gwendolyn Johnston Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Gwendolyn Johnston Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Gwendolyn Johnston conducted by Keith Smith for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Johnston discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in West Louisville, Kentucky, education, games, a tornado that struck Louisville in the 1890s, automobiles, the Ku Klux Klan, Ronald Wilson Reagan, and parochial schools.
Interview With Allyene Gregory Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Allyene Gregory Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Allyene Gregory conducted by Steve Vied for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Gregory discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Sorgho, Daviess County, Kentucky, education, childhood games, her father's farm, African Americans, social customs and historic events in the community, as well as her teaching career.
Interview With Lattie Edds And Essie Thomason Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Lattie Edds And Essie Thomason Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Lattie Edds and Essie Thomason conducted by Judi Hetrick for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." They discuss their life and times, including information about growing up in McLean County and Hancock County, Kentucky, social life and customs, weaving, childhood chores and games, teachers and teaching, one-room schools, farms and farming, courtship, televisions, radios, the Great Depression, floods, and influenza.
Interview With Lena Stolsworth Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Lena Stolsworth Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Lena Stolsworth conducted by Kim Parson for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Stolsworth discusses her life and times, including information about growing up on a farm in Ohio County, Kentucky, education, social life and customs, floods, the Great Depression and World War II.
Interview With Otis & Essie Stevens Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Otis & Essie Stevens Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Essie (Crawford) Stevens and Otis Stevens conducted by Charlotte Postlewaite for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." The Stevens discuss their life and times, including information about growing up in Ohio County, Kentucky, education, one-room schools, farms and farming, teaching in a one-room school, food preservation and preparation, laundering, death, telephones and radios.
Gregory, Corinne Taylor, B. 1904 (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gregory, Corinne Taylor, B. 1904 (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Corinne Taylor Gregory conducted by Charlotte Postlewaite for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Gregory discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Ohio County, Kentucky, the Great Depression, horse racing, company stores, coal towns, courtship, and social life and customs.
Interview With Charlie Earl Coy Regarding His Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Charlie Earl Coy Regarding His Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Charlie Earl Coy conducted by Keith Smith for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Coy discusses his life and times, including information about his childhood in Daviess County, Kentucky, farms and farming, the Great Depression, tobacco, social life and customs, airplanes, radios, television, tractors and other farm equipment, women's suffrage and influenza.
Interview With Gayle Carver Regarding His Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Gayle Carver Regarding His Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Gayle Carver conducted by Joe Adams for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Carver discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, education, businesses, childhood chores, his phonograph record collection, World War II, the 1937 flood, the Great Depression, the first automobile and airplane he remembered and information about popular music of the era.
Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 16 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.