Interview with M. Lynne Jacoby, April 9, 1986
Project: Christian Appalachian Project Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Sister M. Lynne Jacoby talks about growing up in Oakridge, Tennessee, attending Marymount College, joining a convent, and teaching in New York. She talks about her experience living and teaching in Colombia, South America. Jacoby discusses the differences between rural poverty and urban poverty. She talks about her responsibilities as a permanent volunteer at Christian Appalachian Project in McKee and Mt. Vernon, Kentucky. She talks about being one of two permanent volunteers, their chores and living situation, and the community they lived and worked in. She talks about the differences between social services in Kentucky and places like New York. Jacoby talks about how Christian Appalachian Project tried to remain non-denominational in its programs. She talks about how CAP insisted on its programs being racially integrated and the reactions of the local people. Jacoby discusses the attitudes of the local people regarding Christian Appalachian Project, especially in regard to CAP being led by a Catholic priest. She talks about how, at the time she volunteered with CAP, all decisions were made by Father Beiting, although this was just beginning to change and become more decentralized.Interview Accession
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Appalachian Region Appalachian Region--Economic conditions Appalachian Region--Social conditions Christian Appalachian Project Jacoby, M. Lynne Jacoby, M. Lynne--Interviews Social service, Rural Nuns. Convents. Catholics Religion. Religious communities Appalachian Region--Social life and customs Communities. Community Community development. Community life. Culture. Kentucky. Lifestyles. Nonprofit organizations. Voluntarism. Volunteering Volunteers Poverty--Appalachian RegionInterview Rights
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Jacoby, M. Lynne Interview by Anne Campbell Ritchie. 09 Apr. 1986. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Jacoby, M.L. (1986, April 09). Interview by A. C. Ritchie. Christian Appalachian Project Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Jacoby, M. Lynne, interview by Anne Campbell Ritchie. April 09, 1986, Christian Appalachian Project Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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