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Family Farms of Kentucky: Western Kentucky Farms Oral History Project

Project Summary

This project documents family farms in Western Kentucky. Topics discussed include Western Kentucky University, row crops, cattle, canola, dairy farming, tenant farming, the Great Depression, tobacco farming, religion, family life, Kentucky Farm Bureau, Dairy Herd Improvement Association, alternative employment, grain production, Beaver Dam, folklore.

Project Code

ffwest

Project Keyword

Grain production row crops

Project LC Subject

Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Dairy farming Dairy Herd Improvement Association Depressions--1929 Families. Farm tenancy Folklore Kentucky Farm Bureau Religion Tobacco farms Western Kentucky University.

Interviews in this Project (46 Total):

Interview with Marion Higgs, June 1, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh318_ff140
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Vestal Ann Cross, June 8, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh319_ff141
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Marion Higgs, June 1, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh320_ff142
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Christine Colliver, June 12, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh321_ff143
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Bernice Lockhart, June 15, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh322_ff144
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Alene Rich, June 15, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh323_ff145
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with E. M. Heard, June 15, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh324_ff146
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Germie Winchell, June 18, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh325_ff147
Interviewer: David Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with J. D. Coffey, June 19, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh327_ff149
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Obie Ramsey, June 25, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh328_ff150
Interviewer: David Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Norman E. Potter, June 29, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh329_ff151
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Edna Viers, July 2, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh330_ff152
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Jim Chaney, July 4, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1991oh331_ff153
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Ina Ree Board, September 10, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh086_ff343
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Carol J. Burman, March 1, 1993

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh088_ff345
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Dante Carpenter, March 1, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh089_ff346
Interviewer: Annette Southard

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Kamus Carpenter, March 1, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh090_ff347
Interviewer: Annette Southard

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with J. Frank Gerrard, October 10, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh092_ff349
Interviewer: Greg Walker

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Earnie Gibson,

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh093_ff350
Interviewer: Greg Walker

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with James Hagman, April 4, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh094_ff351
Interviewer: Annette Southard

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Joe Hagman, April 4, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh095_ff352
Interviewer: Annette Southard

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Paul Hagman, April 4, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh096_ff353
Interviewer: Kellie Wood

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Victor Hagman, April 4, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh097_ff354
Interviewer: Kellie Wood

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Ralph E. Lobb, October 15, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh099_ff356
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Lucian Detherage, Kathryn McCrutchen,

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh100_ff357
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Charles Miller, February 21, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh101_ff358
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with James Lewis Pierce, July 22, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh105_ff362
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Corbett Southard, April 5, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh106_ff363
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Judy Southard, April 5, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh107_ff364
Interviewer: Kellie Wood

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Rodney Lee Spradlin, November 19, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh108_ff365
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Clyde Turner, May 1, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh111_ff368
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Richard Turner, May 1, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh112_ff369
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Greg Willoughby, May 12, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh114_ff371
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Louis Wilson, May 17, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh115_ff372
Interviewer: Annette Southard

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Charles Winchell, September 11, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh116_ff373
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with David Winchell, September 17, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh117_ff374
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Linda Winchell, September 17, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh118_ff375
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with William Crowder, June 27, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh091_ff348
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Margaret "Peggy" Miller, February 21, 1991

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh102_ff359
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Leon Tarter, March 10, 1992

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh109_ff366
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Alma Williams,

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh113_ff370
Interviewer: Nancy Shreve

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Norma Tapp, June 25, 1993

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh303_ff408
Interviewer: Debbie L. Winchell

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with J. A. Tapp, June 25, 1993

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh304_ff409
Interviewer: Debbie L. Winchell

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Kris Tapp, June 25, 1993

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh305_ff410
Interviewer: Debbie L. Winchell

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Deborah Lou Winchell, June 2, 1993

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh306_ff411
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request

Interview with Martha Waters, March 18, 1993

Interview Accession Number: 1993oh307_ff412
Interviewer: David M. Coffey

Restrictions: No Restrictions
Access: Request