Interview with Sara Ellen Ison, July 24, 1991
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Sara Ellen Ison talks about how her family farmed and the responsibilities she shared with her siblings around the farm. She also talks about school and how much harder it was for her to go to school than her kids. Ison talks about her marriage and her life after being married. Ison talks about what she and her brothers and sisters would do for fun as they were growing up. She talks about the dances that would be held at various family properties in the area around her.Interview Accession
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Coal mining industry Farm chores Heritage farms Ice Inheritance practices Kingdom Come CreekInterview LC Subject
Agriculture--Kentucky Family farms Gender issues Manners and customs Social classes AgricultureInterview Rights
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Ison, Sara Ellen Interview by Elizabeth Albert. 24 Jul. 1991. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Ison, S.E. (1991, July 24). 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.
Ison, Sara Ellen, interview by Elizabeth Albert. July 24, 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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