Interview with Alma Johnson, June 15, 2001
Project: Appalachia: Landscapes and Forests of Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Johnson recounts her childhood growing up in the countryside outside London, Kentucky on a family sorghum farm. She discusses her schooling in a one-room school house. Johnson also talks about the forests that surrounded her family farm and childhood memories associated with the forests.Interview Accession
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Appalachian Region Appalachian Region--Social life and customs Johnson, Alma Johnson, Alma--Interviews Family farms Rural children Rural schools Appalachian Region--Social conditions Kentucky--Social life and customs Childhood Country life Rural conditions Family farms. Farm life. Land use, Rural. Family farms--Management Subsistence farming Traditional farming Agriculture FamiliesInterview Rights
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Johnson, Alma Interview by Rebecca Glasscock. 15 Jun. 2001. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Johnson, A. (2001, June 15). Interview by R. Glasscock. Appalachia: Landscapes and Forests of Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Johnson, Alma, interview by Rebecca Glasscock. June 15, 2001, Appalachia: Landscapes and Forests of Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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