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Kenney, Melissa Ruth (Fa 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 1989

Kenney, Melissa Ruth (Fa 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 110. [Lucille Rascoe]. Family history of Lucille Elizabeth (Gray) Rascoe and Andrew Jackson Rascoe of Trigg 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

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

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 Jul 1986

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.


Gregory, Corinne Taylor, B. 1904 (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 1986

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 Jul 1986

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

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

FA Oral Histories

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

FA Oral Histories

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 Carolyn Kay Williams Alexander (Fa 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 1984

Interview With Carolyn Kay Williams Alexander (Fa 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Carolyn Kay Williams Alexander conducted by Gina Lloyce Kinchlow on 4 October 1984. From project about the experiences of Carolyn Kay (Williams) Alexander discussing education, family, social life, segregation, and "Juneteenth" and Emancipation Day celebrations in Texas. 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

FA Oral Histories

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

FA Oral Histories

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

FA Oral Histories

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

FA Oral Histories

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

FA Oral Histories

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

FA Oral Histories

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 Dwight, Bill And Geneva Spradlin (Fa 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 1984

Interview With Dwight, Bill And Geneva Spradlin (Fa 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Dwight Spradlin, Bill Spradlin, and Gene Spradlin conducted by James Edward Spradlin on 5 March 1984. From folk studies student project concerning experiences of Dwight, Bill and Virginia Spradlin with recreation and entertainment in Floyd County, Kentucky during the 1930s and 1940s.


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

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

FA Oral Histories

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.