Interview with Phillip Obermiller, June 30, 2014
Project: Appalachia: Appalachian Studies Oral History Project
Interview Summary
This is an interview with Phillip J. Obermiller about his experiences in the early Appalachian movement.He describes his roots as a community worker in Cincinnati's Appalachian communities, the founding of the Urban Appalachian Council (with Mike Maloney), and his encounters with various individuals and organizations in the early years of Appalachian Studies.Interview Accession
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Alice Brown Andrew Greeley Appalachian identity Appalachian Identity Center Appalachian Journal Appalachian Studies Appalshop Bill Philliber Catherine Marshall Catholic Bible Center Chad Berry Charlotte Ross Christy/Xavier University Cold Spring, KY Council of the Southern Mountains Cratis Williams Symposium David Walls Dick Drake Dwight Billings Edgecliff College Emmanuel Community Center Ernie Mynatt Ford Thompson Grace Toney Edwards Harlan County, KY Harry Caudill Herb Reid Hoover Sweeper Compnay Hub Services Jack Weller Jerry Williamson Jim Brown Jim Wayne Miller John Stephenson Loyal Jones Mike Maloney mountain life and work Our Common Heritage Over The Rhine Peggy Calestro race related violence Ron Eller Sally Maggard Seminarians Project Youth Shiloh: A Mountain Community Srtark County, Ohio Steve Fisher The Dollmaker The Union Institute Thomas Ford's The Southern Appalachian Region Tom Wagner Tommy Miller Urban Appalachian Council War on Poverty Wendell Berry Wilma DykemanInterview LC Subject
Cincinnati (Ohio)Interview Rights
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Obermiller, Phillip Interview by Catherine Herdman. 30 Jun. 2014. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Obermiller, P. (2014, June 30). Interview by C. Herdman. Appalachia: Appalachian Studies Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Obermiller, Phillip, interview by Catherine Herdman. June 30, 2014, Appalachia: Appalachian Studies Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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