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OH201 Pete Gunn Oral History
Full text linkPete Gunn Jr. describes his experiences while working with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on the Kentucky Dam and the Manhattan Project at Oakridge, Tennessee. The interview contains a biographical accounting of his life and career through the late 1940s. He discusses his duties as a company messenger, training as an engineer and the interactions he had with management. Gunn covers a variety of topics including horseplay, safety, injuries and fatalities, employee relations and significant events. The interview concludes with a discussion on his time at Oakridge as part of the Manhattan Project
OH063 Mark H. Mosely Oral History
Full text linkMark H. Mosely was an avid scholar of history. He interviewed many people in the Land Between the Lakes region of Kentucky during the 1950s and 1960s. He describes early medical practices, the pioneer doctors and the pathology unique to the region. He also discuss the iron industry, the Hillmans, and the Night Riders
OH059 Floy Miller Oral History
Full text linkFloy Miller, who was a resident of the Land Between the Lakes region of Kentucky for over twenty-six years, discusses her experiences during the early part of the 20th Century. She describes former residents of Golden Pond and their occupations, the problems associated with transportation and communication in the region and significant incidents that affected her life. She also mentions the river boats, local churches, and the general stores
OH056 Helen Lancaster Oral History
Full text linkHelen Lancaster discusses teaching and social conditions in the Land Between the Lakes region of Tennessee from the 1920s to the 1950s. She recalls the competition for teaching assignments, living arrangements for rural teachers, the student enrollments of rural schools and the salaries of teachers. She also describes her subsequent teaching appointments, responsibilities as principal at the Tharpe School and comments on the decline of enrollment in rural schools. She also discussed warnings given by certain community members to her grandfather to stop boarding African-Americans at his home and litigations against Tennessee Valley Authority prior to the creation of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
OH042 Lillian Colston Oral History
Full text linkLillian Colston discusses the following: lighting in the church; homemade pews; funeral services; digging graves; the funeral hearse; places and modes of baptism; graded Sunday schools; conducting revivals; where evangelists stayed in the community; a typical Sunday service; annual revivals; monthly church services; homecomings; pastors\u27 salaries; Sunday afternoon activities; exclusion of members for drinking; business meetings and how the change of church location helped attendance. She also recalls and discusses all three locations of the Ferguson Springs Baptist Church
OH040 John H. Burd Oral History
Full text linkJohn Burd discusses his activities as a moonshine runner during the prohibition era in Graves and Trigg Counties, Kentuck
OH032 Bobby Allen Oral History
Full text linkBobby Allen discusses the following events; Colored Day at Cadiz; the first black person met; his place of birth; river baptisms; revival services; a typical Sunday service; transportation to church; corn and tobacco crops; Sunday school and Bible school; church attendance; ministers; other occupations; the Holy Rollers ; his father\u27s pinhooking for a living; foreign ministries; dog bread for communion; the amen corner; the alter of prayer; church business meetings; a description of a brush arbor; and the preaching of Reverend Wads Cunningham
OH003 Frank Caldwell Oral History
Full text linkFrank Caldwell discusses his experiences during the First World War. He describes basic training camps, the condition of France and the French people during the war and the outbreak of spinal meningitis. Caldwell mentions the feelings toward Americans at home and his feelings after the war. He also describes the flood of Paducah, Kentucky in 1937
OH007 Ellwyn Coffman Oral History
Full text linkEllwyn Coffman discusses his many diverse experiences and adventures in the United States Army during the First World War. Included in the interview are a personal glimpse of the European culture and humorous anecdotes as told from an American perspective. Included in the interview are his different experiences in the Jackson Purchase Area and his international seed business
OH151 Frank Roberts Oral History
Full text linkFrank Roberts recounts his experiences during the Second World War. He discusses effects of the Second World War in Calloway County, Kentucky. He then explains the changes which occurred at the Ford Motor Company at Detroit, Michigan during the war. He also describes rationing, prominent individuals and political organizations during the era. He concludes by describing racial attitudes and relations in Calloway County during and after the war