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Interview With Kenton L. Winiger (Fa 779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Interview With Kenton L. Winiger (Fa 779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of an interview with Kenton L. Winiger by Sara E. Carrico about family farms and farming in south central Kentucky.


Interview With Steven R. Winiger (Fa 779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Interview With Steven R. Winiger (Fa 779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of an interview with Steven R. Winiger by Sara E. Carrico about family farms and farming in south central Kentucky.


Interview With Joseph H. Page (Fa 377 ), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 1993

Interview With Joseph H. Page (Fa 377 ), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Joseph H. Page conducted by Victoria Conaster on 3 April 1993. From folk studies student project concerning Page’s childhood memories of growing up on a tenant farm, tobacco harvests and sales, pest control, traditional farm lore, home remedies, and religious life.


Interview With Craig Allen Smith (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1989

Interview With Craig Allen Smith (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Craig Allen Smith conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 3 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.


Interview With William M. Cecil (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1989

Interview With William M. Cecil (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with William M. Cecil conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 1 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.


Interview With Kelcy Driskill (Fa 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 1986

Interview With Kelcy Driskill (Fa 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Kelcy Driskell conducted by Amy Kitchens on 26 September 1986. From folk studies student project with an interview with Kelcy Driskell concerning agriculture in Warren County, Kentucky.


Interview With Mittie Dame Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1986

Interview With Mittie Dame Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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 Aug 1986

Interview With Oda Shouse, Sr. And Clara Shouse Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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 Allyene Gregory Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1986

Interview With Allyene Gregory Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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 Jul 1986

Interview With Lattie Edds And Essie Thomason Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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 Otis & Essie Stevens Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 1986

Interview With Otis & Essie Stevens Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.


Interview With Charlie Earl Coy Regarding His Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 1986

Interview With Charlie Earl Coy Regarding His Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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 Marvel Welborn Mohon (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 1984

Interview With Marvel Welborn Mohon (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Marvel Welborn Mohon conducted by Luanne Carol Aylesworth Glynn on 14 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Marvel (Welborn) Mohon concerning Thanksgiving customs, Marvel's life, and family.


Interview With Earl Hamilton Berkley (Fa 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 1984

Interview With Earl Hamilton Berkley (Fa 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Earl Hamilton Berkley conducted by Dianne Winkler Watkins on 9 October 1984 in which he discusses the Berkley family reunions (1929-1984), the family farm, and the Berkley Service Station in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.


Interview With Virgil Anderson (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 1984

Interview With Virgil Anderson (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Barnett Abbott conducted by Michael David Boggs and Kathy Marie Kerr on 20 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.


Interview With Arlie Winchester (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 1984

Interview With Arlie Winchester (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Arlie Winchester conducted by Thomas James Blackburn on 20 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.


Interview With Lee (Guffey) Abbott (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 1984

Interview With Lee (Guffey) Abbott (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Lee (Guffey) Abbott conducted by Alice Annette Corbin and James Edward Spradlin on 20 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.


Interview With Guy Huffaker (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 1984

Interview With Guy Huffaker (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Guy Huffaker conducted by Thomas Cleveland Arnold, Tracy Leigh Brittain and David N. Heighway on 20 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.


Interview With Barnett Abbott (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 1984

Interview With Barnett Abbott (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Barnett Abbott conducted by Thomas Cleveland Arnold, Tracy Leigh Brittain and David N. Heighway on 19 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.


Interview With Clark "Doc" Stonewall (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 1984

Interview With Clark "Doc" Stonewall (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Clark "Doc" Stonewall conducted by Michael David Boggs and Kathy Marie Kerr on 19 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.


Interview With Bill Thompson (Fa 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1984

Interview With Bill Thompson (Fa 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Bill Thompson conducted by Scott Minor Belcher in 1984. From folk studies student project concerning Thompson reminiscences about his youth in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.


Interview With Grace (Meador) Galloway (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 1983

Interview With Grace (Meador) Galloway (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Grace (Meador) Galloway conducted by Alison Anne Geiger on 3 October 1983. From project with interviews of Grace Galloway about her quilting. Includes step-by-step instructions demonstrating the construction of a cathedral window block quilt. Grace also discusses her life and raising her family on a farm in Warren County, Kentucky.


Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 1983

Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.


Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 1983

Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 7 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.


Interview With Acie Carroll, D. 1989 (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 1983

Interview With Acie Carroll, D. 1989 (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 2 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.