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  John Botts, December 14, 1991

  In this interview, Mr. John Botts covers a variety of issues related to farming in general, and his life in farming, specifically. The beginning of the…
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  John Botts, January 17, 1992

  In this interview, Mr. John Botts tours Patrick Keenist around his farm and other properties. Botts discusses and demonstrates to Keenist his daily farming…
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  Mattie Mack, December 5, 1991

  Mattie Mack was born in 1937 in Fairfield, Georgia. Mack, her mother, and her siblings worked on white-owned farms as sharecroppers. Her father worked as a…
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  James A. Jackson, Jr.,…

  Dr. James A. Jackson, Jr. was raised on his father's dairy farm near Pembroke, Kentucky, in Christian County. He discusses the process by which his father, an…
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  Dean Phillip Jenkins, January …

  Although he has an off-farm job as a construction worker, Dean Jenkins also raises tobacco and cattle at his family farm, which is near White's Station, in…
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  Mary G. Dunn, January 8, 1992

  Mary G. Dunn was born and raised in Virginia and attended college at West Virginia State, majoring in education. She moved to Kentucky because her husband,…
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  Kenneth T. Anderson, January …

  Kenneth T. Anderson was born in Garrard County, Kentucky. His father did work as a carpenter, but also owned a farm where he raised tobacco. Anderson reminisces…
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  James A. Jackson, Jr., January…

  This brief interview is a continuation of an earlier and longer interview (FF191). Dr. Jackson was raised on a farm in western Kentucky. After he served in the…
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  Dean Phillip Jenkins, January…

  Dean Jenkins was raised on a farm in Madison County, Kentucky. At the time of this interview, he still was actively farming, although he also was employed…
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  Anne N. Mason, January 24,…

  Anne E. Mason grew up on her parents' small farm, which raised both cash crops, such as tobacco and milk, and subsistence crops, such as chickens, hogs, garden,…
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  Luther Mason, January 24, 1992

  Luther Mason was raised on his father's farm in Scott County. After his marriage, he worked as a sharecropper and then took an industrial job in Lexington, from…
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  Luther Mason, February 9,…

  This is the second interview with Luther Mason. Among the topics focused upon in this interview are his experiences as a young boy on his father?s farm in Scott…
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  Geneva Taylor, February 10,…

  Geneva Taylor discusses her life growing up on a farm. She also describes the lives of her parents, and how they helped one another run a business. She also…
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  Avalon Wilson, February 10,…

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  Lee E. Gilkey, March 21, 1992

  Lee Gilkey discusses many topics, ranging from farming and the sale of crops to the current state of the world. He speaks on institutions such as marriage and…
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  Mabel Gilkey, March 21, 1992

  Mabel Gilkey discusses her childhood and growing up in a rural community. She also shares how she met her husband and how married life has been for her. She…
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  Joe Twine, February 17, 1992

  Joe Twine discusses his family history and provides a lengthy genealogy of the Twines. He also describes life growing up on the family farm. He specifically…
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  Joe Twine, March 4, 1992

  Joe Twine discusses married life on the farm. He also describes how he has bought and sold land over the years. Twine provides insight on the difficulties of…
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  R. A. Edwards, Henry H. White,…

  R. A. Edwards and Henry White discuss the Black community that resided in a neighborhood known as the Lower Bottom in Hickman, Kentucky. They talk about how the…
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  Dan Bell, March 28, 1992

  Dan Bell describes the pros and cons in farming programs. He discusses his acquisition of land from his in-laws and loss from natural disasters. Despite that,…
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  Arthur L. Dunn, January 8,…

  Arthur Dunn discusses his childhood growing up on a farm. He later describes his time in the Army and his tour overseas during World War II. He shares how he…
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  Elda Gruner Jackson, January…

  Elda Jackson discusses her family and the family farm. She recalls her work on the farm and the type of workers her father hired to work. Jackson discusses her…
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  Andrew B. Burdette, Jr.,…

  Andrew Burdette discusses some of his personal background and the strengths of the community he grew up in. Burdette also discusses the work on his family farm,…
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  Anna Margaret Burdette,…

  Anna Burdette discusses her family, childhood, and early education. She focuses on her and her family's early education and memories. Burdette also discusses…
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  Andrew Burdette, Sr., February…

  Andrew Burdette discusses his childhood, family, and experiences growing up on a farm. He explains how the community works together and how it has changed over…
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  Ida E. Potter, August 12, 1992

  Ida Potter, wife of Norman Potter (see interview 1993oh077_ff334), discusses her family background, growing up in Warren County, Kentucky, and her life as a…
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  Jessie Snardon, August 13,…

  Jessie Snardon discusses her childhood growing up on a sharecropping farm. She describes her family's religious beliefs, work expected of girls, and her own…
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  Helen Muir, August 13, 1992

  Helen Muir discuses her personal background as a farmer's wife. She discusses how she moved back to the farm, her marriage, her children and their jobs. She…
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  Edith Jackson, August 14, 1992

  Edith Jackson discusses her life growing up in Trenton, Kentucky. She describes growing up and going to school a rural community. She also shares how she met…
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  Demos Andrews, August 14, 1992

  Demos Andrews discusses his personal family background, crop care, and his educational background. He discusses his involvement with farming programs and how…
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  James H. Burdette, December…

  James H. Burdette provides personal background on himself, his family, and on his early childhood on the farm, split between school and working. He describes…
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  James Roberson, March 17, 1992

  James Roberson describes his early childhood growing up on the farm and his early experiences sharecropping to support his family. He describes the economic…
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  Harold A. Rice, March 17, 1992

  Harold Rice discusses his early history, including his time in the Army and his life as a farmer. Rice explains cropping seasons, the work that it takes to…
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  Norman E. Potter, August 12,…

  Norman Potter, husband of Ida Potter (see interview 1992oh323_ff311), describes at length his family history and genealogy. He also discusses how his father…
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  George Davis Snardon, August…

  George Snardon discusses his family background, supporting his family, his education, and the gathering of his local community. He describes generational…
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  James Muir, August 13, 1992

  James Muir discusses his childhood, and working on a farm as a young man. He also describes his courtship and marriage to his wife. He shares how he came to own…
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  James Jackson, August 14, 1992

  James Jackson discusses his family and provides a brief genealogy. He shares about his education and the local schools in Trenton, Kentucky. He describes his…
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  Johnnie Pigg, Jr., January 11,…

  John Pigg, Jr. talks about his parents and grandparents and where they were from. He talks about his family's history with farming and how they acquired their…
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  Anna Margaret Burdette,…

  Anna Margaret Burdette discusses her marriage and life on the farm with her husband. She describes living conditions on the farm, particularly heating,…
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  John Henry "Shoat" Brown, July…

  John Henry "Shoat" Brown grew up in Hardinsburg, Kentucky as a sharecropper or tenant farmer. In this interview he discusses his childhood, including his…
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  A. L. Horton, June 5, 1992

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  Annette Newby, Perry Newby,

  Perry Newby discusses his personal background and family. He also describes his time as a dairy farmer. His wife Annette shares how she raised vegetable gardens…
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  Norman M. Watts, August 16,…

  Norman Watts discusses his career as a farmer and cattle breeder. He describes how he has managed and financed his farmland. He also shares his experience…
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  Johnnie Pigg, Sr., January 22,…

  Johnnie Pigg, Sr. describes his life as a tenant farmer on S. T. Noe's farmland. He discusses his work on the land, such as stripping tobacco and raising corn.…
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  Gladys Jenkins, January 5,…

  Gladys Jenkins discusses her life in Madison County, Kentucky. She talks about what it was like moving from her family's farmland to the city after they were…
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  John M. French, February 18,…

  Farmer, Farmer's Home Administration, personal background, teaching career, work farming while he was teaching, raising livestock, childhood years, Works…
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  Grace Carol Summers