Interview with Johnny Baker, April 29, 1979
Project: Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Johnny Baker was a child at the time his older brother left for World War One. After completing the eighth grade, Baker began hauling staves and later worked in the mines. He discusses life and work in the mountains, and also comments upon the services his family received from "an old Indian herb doctor." Baker recalls little, if any, direct contact with the FNS.Interview Accession
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Appalachian Region--Social life and customs Childhood Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region Country life Education--Kentucky Leslie County (Ky.) Logging Medical care--Appalachian Region Physicians--Kentucky Rural conditions Rural health services Rural schools--Kentucky Traditional medicineInterview Rights
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Baker, Johnny Interview by Sadie W. Stidham. 29 Apr. 1979. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Baker, J. (1979, April 29). Interview by S. W. Stidham. Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Baker, Johnny, interview by Sadie W. Stidham. April 29, 1979, Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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