Interview with Ida E. Potter, August 12, 1992
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project
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Ida Potter, wife of Norman Potter (see interview 1993oh077_ff334), discusses her family background, growing up in Warren County, Kentucky, and her life as a farmer's wife. She talks about how they came to own their land, describes the farmhouse, and talks about the crops and livestock they raise. She talks about her children, as well as her husband's family. She talks about raising a garden, cooking, and describes winter hog slaughters.Interview Accession
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Potter, Ida E. Interview by Maureen Mullinax. 12 Aug. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Potter, I.E. (1992, August 12). Interview by M. Mullinax. Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Potter, Ida E., interview by Maureen Mullinax. August 12, 1992, Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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