Interview with Dorabelle Keleman, Andrew A. Keleman, June 24, 1986

Project: Appalachia: Immigrants in the Coal Fields Oral History Project

Interview Summary

The Kelemans discuss what it is like to be Hungarian immigrants in Harlan County, Kentucky. They do not feel as if they have been discriminated against because of their ethnic background. Children of immigrants attended the same school as the children of native Harlan Countians. Only African Americans attended a separate school. Other topics discussed include coal mining, moonshine, and coal camp life.

Interview Accession

1986oh197_app064

Interviewee Name

Dorabelle Keleman

Andrew A. Keleman

Interviewer Name

Doug Cantrell

Interview Date

1986-06-24

Interview Keyword

Appalachian Immigrant Community Appalachian Region Coal Mining Harlan County Kentucky Hungarian immigrants Immigrant Coal Miners Immigrants Lynch Kentucky moonshine native mountaineers

Interview LC Subject

Appalachian Region Appalachian Region--Social conditions Coal miners Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region Immigrants Keleman, Andrew A. Keleman, Andrew A.--Interviews Keleman, Dorabelle Keleman, Dorabelle--Interviews

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Keleman, Dorabelle Interview by Doug Cantrell. 24 Jun. 1986. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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