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  Lynn Frazier, November 9,…

  Lynn Frazier is the former head of the Kentucky State Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). He was born in Crittenden County in western Kentucky. A former…
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  Jesse L. Amburgey, November …

  Jesse Amburgey, an executive director of the Kentucky Youth Association Community Action Committee, was born and raised in Knott County, Kentucky. He saw…
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  Larry M. Greathouse, September…

  Larry Greathouse, a member of the Workers Compensation Board, discusses his experiences during the War On Poverty. Greathouse grew up in Tennessee and Indiana…
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  H. B. Harris, November 2,…

  Reverend H.B. Harris is a native Kentuckian. He went to school in Georgia but came back to Kentucky to work in a small church in Barbourville in the 1960s. …
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  Flem R. Messer, October 26,…

  Born in Clay County, Kentucky, Flem Messer experienced an uneven education. After dropping out of the fourth grade at the age of fifteen, he eventually returned…
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  George Brosi, November 3,…

  Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, George Brosi attended college in Minnesota where he was exposed to the Civil Rights Movement and the Student Non-Violent…
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  Joseph T. Mulloy, November 10,…

  Joseph Mulloy, a native of Louisville, Kentucky joined the Appalachian Volunteers (AVs) in the fall of 1964. He states that he was motivated to become involved…
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  Lois Combs Weinberg, October…

  Lois Combs Weinberg, the daughter of former Kentucky Governor Bert T. Combs, talks about growing up in Prestonsburg, Lexington, and Frankfort, Kentucky. While a…
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  Loyal Jones, November 19, 1990

  Loyal Jones, a native of North Carolina, discusses his educational background and how he gained employment with the Council of the Southern Mountains (CSM) in…
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  Ann C. Pollard, November 30,…

  Originally from western Kentucky, Ann Pollard and her husband moved to Berea in 1949. She began working as the assistant editor of Mountain Life & Work. In…
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  Tena Messer, November 28, 1990

  Tena Messer grew up in Pasadena, California and studied to be a teacher in Santa Barbara, California. She states that she did not feel ready to teach when she…
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  Judy Martin, October 30, 1990

  Judy Martin grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her parents were Appalachian migrants and so she considers herself Appalachian. She describes her parents'…
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  Ann W. Olson, November 29,…

  Ann Olson grew up in Stamford, New York with her mother and her two sisters. She attended Smith College in western Massachusetts, and during college she…
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  Ann W. Olson, December 7,…

  This is a second interview with Ann Olson who served as an Appalachian Volunteer (AV) in the mid-1960s. Olson recalls attempting to find a place to live and…
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  Charles "Buck" Maggard,…

  Charles "Buck" Maggard was born in a lumber camp, but moved to a coal camp near Vicco, Perry County, Kentucky at a very young age. Maggard speaks at length…
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  Jack Rivel, February 12, 1991

  Jack Rivel was born in New Jersey but came to Kentucky in the late 1950s to attend Union College. Rivel describes participating in volunteer activities in and…
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  Sue Ella Easterling Kobak,…

  Sue Easterling Kobak was born into a coal mining family and explains that she had rarely traveled outside of the county in which she was born when she was…
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  Brenda Sue Bell, February 1,…

  Brenda Bell was born in Lexington, Kentucky, but spent her early life in Shelbyville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee. She states that her father was a…
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  Margaret Back, January 16,…

  Margaret Back was raised in a boarding house in Harlan County, Kentucky and attended Cumberland College. She received a degree in education, but states that…
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  Stephen C. Cawood, January 25,…

  Steve Cawood grew up in Pineville, Kentucky where his father owned the main hardware store. He states that his family's social and economic position, as well…
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  Stephen C. Cawood, February …

  In this second interview with Steve Cawood, he continues discussing his experience as an Appalachian Volunteer. He describes the conflict between those who…
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  William F. "Bill" Best, April …

  William Best was born near Lake Junaluska in North Carolina and came to Berea College in 1954 as a student. He states that he wanted to become a teacher, but…
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  Tom Parrish, April 1, 1991

  Tom Parrish, a native of Richmond, Kentucky, describes how he first became involved in the Council of the Southern Mountains (CSM). Parrish graduated from the…
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  Loyal Jones, March 15, 1991

  This is a second interview with Loyal Jones, a native of North Carolina, who worked with the Council of the Southern Mountains. At the time of this interview,…
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  Milton Ogle, April 5, 1991

  Milton Ogle, a former member of the Council on the Southern Mountains (CSM), ran the Appalachian Volunteer (AV) project after their split from the CSM. He…
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  Jo Crockett Zingg, November…

  Jo Crockett Zingg describes growing up on her grandfather's farm in Lee County, Kentucky which had been in the family since the Revolutionary War. Her father…
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  Michael Kline, March 14, 1991

  Michael Kline was born in Washington, D.C., but spent much of his time in West Virginia where his father owned a farm. In high school Kline was diagnosed with…
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  Joe T. Begley, June 4, 1991

  Joe T. Begley, a grocer, was raised in Floyd County, Kentucky near Prestonsburg. He attended high school but did not graduate. After working for a gas company…
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  Msiba Ann Beard Grundy, June …

  Msiba Ann Beard Grundy describes herself as the daughter of Mississippi rural farm people. Her mother was a teacher and her father was the pastor of the 16th…
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  Robert L. Johnson, June 24,…

  Robert Johnson, the grandson of Swedish immigrants, grew up in Little Cedar, Iowa. His father ran an farm implement dealership. Johnson studied agriculture at…
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  Roslea Johnson, June 24, 1991

  Roslea Johnson, a former Appalachian Volunteer (AV), describes growing up in Radford, Tennessee where her father worked in a munitions plant. She began…
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  Mary Beth Bingman, March 12,…

  Beth Bingham was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, but because her father was a hospital administrator they moved many times. Bingham spent her early years in…
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  Edith Easterling, October 10,…

  In this interview Edith Easterling discusses the War on Poverty and how the projects affected the local community in Pike County. She discusses the…
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  Clifford Austin, October 12,…

  Austin talks about his early involvement in the anti-poverty program, mainly in Floyd and Lawrence Counties. He discusses the philosophical differences that…
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  Irma Gall, November 15, 1989

  Irma Gall discusses her involvement with the Lend-A-Hand Centers, community centers located around Stinking Creek, Kentucky which were established during the…
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  Daniel E. Nickelson, David…

  Daniel Nickelson, David Weinman, and Robert Curry discuss their involvement with the Office of Economic Opportunity during the War on Poverty in the 1960s. In…
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  Sue Ella Easterling Kobak,…

  Sue Ella Easterling Kobak was involved with the Appalachian Volunteers during the War on Poverty. In this interview she discusses how she became involved with…
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  Milton Ogle, April 28, 1987

  Milton Ogle, a former member of the Council on the Southern Mountains (CSM), ran the Appalachian Volunteer (AV) project after their split from the CSM. He…
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  Ken Hechler, April 28, 1987

  Ken Hechler, a West Virginia congressman, discusses the political corruption surrounding the Mingo County, West Virginia elections in the 1960s. He talks about…
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  Roscoe Plumley, May 12, 1987

  Roscoe Plumley was involved with the Wyoming County Political Action Program in the 1960s. In this interview he talks about how the original Community Action…
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  Mae Shrewsbury, May 13, 1987

  Mae Shrewsbury, a local woman from Appalachia, worked with the Appalachian Volunteers and the Volunteers in Service to America in community action groups…
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  Hershel Shrewsbury, May 13,…

  Hershel Shrewsbury became the executive director of the Wyoming County Community Action Program in West Virginia in the 1960s. In this interview Shrewsbury…
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  Doug Yarrow, May 13, 1987

  Doug Yarrow was a volunteer with the Appalachian Volunteers in Mingo County, West Virginia who formed the Fair Elections Committee in the 1960s. In this…
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  David Biesemeyer, May 13, 1987

  David Biesemeyer was a volunteer with the Appalachian Volunteers organization working in West Virginia during the 1960s. In this interview he discusses his…
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  Don Marsh, May 20, 1987

  Don Marsh was involved with the VISTA program in Mingo County, West Virginia during the 1960s. In this interview he discusses the corruption of the political…
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  Darrell McGraw, May 21, 1987

  In this interview, Darrell McGraw discusses the effects of the War on Poverty in West Virginia. He talks about the Citizens' Task Force on Surface Mining and…
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  Ernest Bonds, Virginia Bonds,…

  Ernest and Virginia Bonds lived in West Virginia in the 1960s. In this interview they discuss their involvement with Appalachian Volunteers and VISTA workers…
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  Huey Perry, July 7, 1987

  Huey Perry was the director of the Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission project created during the War on Poverty in the 1960s. In this interview Perry…
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  Bob Sharpe, July 15, 1987

  Bob Sharpe was a film maker commissioned by the Office of Economic Opportunity to create a film depicting the events that occurred when a community in Raleigh…
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  Steve Kramer, July 15, 1987

  Steve Kramer, a union organizer from New York, talks about his involvement with poverty programs in Appalachia during the War on Poverty in the 1960s. In this…
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  Katharine Kinderman, July 17,…

  Katherine Kinderman was a volunteer with the Volunteers In Service to America in the Appalachian region in the 1960s. In this interview she discusses how she…
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  Ronnie Sue Jaffe, July 20,…

  Ronnie Sue Jaffe was a member of the Appalachian Volunteers group as part of the Volunteers in Service to America during the War on Poverty in the 1960s. In…
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  Ina Mae Painter, August 16,…

  Ina Mae Painter was a local from West Virginia who became involved in lobbying for stricter strip mining legislation in the 1960s. In this interview she…
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  Naomi Weintraub Cohen, August…

  Naomi Cohen was a member of the Appalachian Volunteers group as part of the Volunteers in Service to America during the War on Poverty in the 1960s. In this…
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  Claudia Schecter, August 17,…

  Claudia Schecter was involved with the Fair Elections Committee in Mingo County in the 1960s. In this interview she discusses the political corruption in Mingo…
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  Jeff Monroe, August 18, 1987

  Jeff Monroe was the chairman of the board for the West Virginia Office of Economic Opportunity poverty program. In this interview he talks about how the West…
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  Okey Mills, August 18, 1987

  Okey Mills was the sheriff of Raleigh County, West Virginia during the War on Poverty. In this interview he discusses being elected sheriff and his duties. He…
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  Linda Elkington, August 18,…

  Linda Elkington was involved with the Appalachian Volunteers for two summers and on weekends while she attended Berea College in the 1960s. In this interview…
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  Warren McGraw, August 19, 1987

  Warren McGraw was a lawyer living in West Virginia during the 1960s. In this interview he discusses the corruption occurring in elections in West Virginia at…
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  Herb Meade, August 19, 1987

  Herb Meade was the community action chairman for his district in Mingo County, West Virginia during the War on Poverty in the 1960s. In this interview he…
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  Ruth Yarrow Baker, August 20,…

  Ruth Yarrow Baker volunteered with Appalachian Volunteers, Inc. and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) in Martin County, Kentucky and Mingo County, West…
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  Judy Trent, August 20, 1987

  Judy Trent was a member of the Fair Elections Committee in Mingo County, West Virginia in the 1960s. In this interview she discusses the corruption occurring in…
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  David Hackett, September 11,…

  David Hackett was a member of the President?s Committee on Delinquency when the War on Poverty began in the 1960s. In this interview he discusses the origins of…
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  Richard M. "Rich" Kirby, March…

  Richard Kirby was born in Washington, D.C. and feels that he grew up “between worlds.” He explains that his father served in the navy during World War Two, and…
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  Karen B. Mulloy, November 10,…

  Karen Mulloy grew up in New York where her father was an engineer for a construction company. Mulloy attended the State University of New York in New Paltz,…
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  Jack Rivel, March 16, 1993

  This is a second interview with Jack Rivel, who served as the Appalachian Volunteers (AVs) first president. He describes the early AV projects and the…
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  Sidney S. Farr, August 17,…

  Sidney Farr was the associate editor of the Council of the Southern Mountains publication, 'Mountain Life & Work', beginning in the 1960s. In this interview she…
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  Herb E. Smith, May 26, 1992

  Herby E. Smith was one of the original filmmakers associated with Appalshop located in Whitesburg, Kentucky. He was born in Jenkins, Kentucky in 1952 where his…
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  Penelope Crandall, Ruth Yarrow…

  Ruth Yarrow Baker and Penelope Crandall worked with the Appalachian Volunteers (AV) program in the 1960s. Ruth Yarrow grew up in Gross Point, Michigan, a…
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  Dan Jack Combs, September 17,…

  Dan Jack Combs served as legal counsel for the Appalachian Volunteers (AVs) arrested for sedition in Pike County and those subjected to the KUAC (Kentucky…
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  Louie B. Nunn, July 6, 1993

  Former Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn provides his opinions on the War on Poverty. As governor, Nunn had little direct contact with the day to day…
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  Muri Giurgevich, May 28, 1992

  Muri Giurgevich was born in Lexington, Kentucky May 4, 1950. In this interview she discusses her family, growing up in rural Lexington, and race relations in…