Interview with Alden Gay, September 1, 1978
Project: Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Alden Gay was hired to feed and water the nurses' horses while the FNS outpost center at Brutus was being constructed in 1930. At that time the area had no electricity and extremely bad roads. He describes community support and the work of the nurses in promoting preventive medicine and more nutritious food at the same time they were treating actual illnesses and injuries. Gay discusses transitions in the local area and the success of the local FNS committee in raising funds for the Brutus Center.Interview Accession
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Gay, Alden Interview by Linda Green. 01 Sep. 1978. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Gay, A. (1978, September 01). Interview by L. Green. Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Gay, Alden, interview by Linda Green. September 01, 1978, Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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