Interview with Margaret Simpson, September 17, 1991
Project: Childhood in Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Childhood in New Castle Ky. (b.1900)-- (Daughter of carpenter)-- Accompanying father on carpentry jobs-- Spoiling as youngest daughter (no chores)-- First child in New Castle to ride in a car-- Horseback riding-- buggy driving-- School attendance-- Ignorance of sex (not being allowed to know a neighbor was having a baby)-- Play in courthouse-- Fourth of July in Eminence-- Black peoples parade and picnic(Odd fellow's parade-- black lodge)-- Court Day-- Dating (courtship)-- Hard work after marriage-- Christmas for her children-- Free town movies in Courthouse Henry County.Interview Accession
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Simpson, Margaret Interview by Louise Chawla. 17 Sep. 1991. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Simpson, M. (1991, September 17). Interview by L. Chawla. Childhood in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Simpson, Margaret, interview by Louise Chawla. September 17, 1991, Childhood in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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