Interview with Florene Smith, May 30, 1991
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Florene Smith was born and raised in Kingdom Come, Kentucky, a small community in Letcher County. Her parents farmed, and she talks about the different things that they raised and how they preserved food. She talks about making lye soap and washing clothes and dishes with it. She describes her childhood home and the grade school she went to.Interview Accession
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Canning and preserving Families Heritage farms Livestock Lye soap Smith family historyInterview LC Subject
Agriculture--Kentucky Family farms Gender issues Manners and customs Social classes AgricultureInterview Rights
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Smith, Florene Interview by Elizabeth Albert. 30 May. 1991. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Smith, F. (1991, May 30). Interview by E. Albert. Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Smith, Florene, interview by Elizabeth Albert. May 30, 1991, Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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