Interview with Emmrie Willis, Mary Benge, November 26, 2014

Project: Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Benge relays her experience in the 1930s depression as a child of a poor family from Nicholasville, Kentucky. She talks about the family's survival, travels, and living on the road.

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2015oh089_hosp016

Interviewee Name

Emmrie Willis

Mary Benge

Interviewer Name

Patricia T. Esrael

Interview Date

2014-11-26

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Willis, Emmrie Interview by Patricia T. Esrael. 26 Nov. 2014. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Willis, E. (2014, November 26). Interview by P. T. Esrael. Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Willis, Emmrie, interview by Patricia T. Esrael. November 26, 2014, Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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