LibGuides: Appalachian Oral History Project Finding Aid: Interviews 1-90

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Box 1-30

1 (* #)
- Goff, Mary Jane Ritchie (????-????)
- Subjects: Decoy School, Duffs, Lionel & Frankie
- Interviewer: Debbie Davison
2 (* #)
- Stacy, Lee (1891-1984)
- Subjects: Decoy, Army, Logging, Schools, Depression, WPA, Family
- Interviewer: Debbie Davison
3 (*)
- Chandler, Ellis (????-????)
- Subjects: WPA, Depression
- Interviewer: Benny Chandler & Karen Sallee
4 (* #)
- Brewer, Mary (1888-????)
- Subjects: Hanging, Depression, Sewing Center
- Interviewer: Benny Chandler & Karen Sallee
5 (*)
- Goff, Buck (1886-????)
- Subjects: Depression, Home Loans, WPA
- Interviewer: Karen Sallee & Benny Chandler
6 (* #)
- Anonymous Lady (1906-????)
- Subjects: Depression, Funerals
- Interviewer: Benny Chandler & Karen Sallee
7 (* #)
- Brewer, Sam (1886-????)
- Brewer, Mary (????-????)
- Subjects: Depression, Religion
- Interviewer: Benny Chandler & Karen Sallee
8 (*)
- Farley, Frank (1893-????)
- Subjects: Railroads
- Interviewer: Ira Clemons & Ron Allen
9 (*)
- Duff, Frankie (????-????)
- Subjects: Teaching, Schools, College, Alice Lloyd, Decoy School
- Interviewer: Debbie Davison
10 (*)
- Duff, Frankie (????-????)
- Subjects: Decoy School, Lunch Program
- Interviewer: Debbie Davison
11 (*)
- Duff, Frankie (????-????)
- Subjects: Holidays, Home Remedies, Singing
- Interviewer: Debbie Davison
12 (*)
- Hudson, Roy (1922-????)
- Subjects: War, Ministry, Business Management
- Interviewer: Kim Molands
13 (*)
- McGuire, Geneva (????-????)
- Subjects: Lees Collegiate Institute, Lees, Depression
- Interviewer: Karen Sallee & Benny Chandler
14 (*)
- Gibson, Hollis (1909-2004)
- Subjects: Family, Depression, Revenue Agent
- Interviewer: Karen Sallee & Benny Chandler
15 (*)
- Watkins, Lewis (1904-1986)
- Subjects: Sheriff, Law Enforcement, Police
- Interviewer: Karen Sallee & Benny Chandler
16 (#)
- Decoy Memorial Meeting
- Subjects: Memorial Service-Decoy
17 (*)
- Howard, Chalmer (????-????)
- Subjects: Religion, Memorial Services
- Interviewer: Debbie Davison
18 (* #)
- Miller, Burnice (1897-????)
- Subjects: Railroads
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Ira Clemons
19 (*)
- Williams, Burford (????-????)
- Subjects: Railroads
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Ira Clemons
20 (*)
- Maloney, Dewitte (????-????)
- Subjects: Railroads
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Ira Clemons
21 (*)
- Napier, Goodloe (????-????)
- Napier, Bertha (????-????)
- Subjects: Wood-Alcohol Factory
- Interviewer: Gayle Deaton
22 (*)
- Strong, Harlan (1891-????)
- Subjects: Railroads
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Ira Clemons
23 (*)
- McIntosh, Daniel “Smiley” (????-????)
- Subjects: Wood-Alcohol Factory
- Interviewer: Gayle Deaton
24 (*)
- Lynch, Fannie Campbell (????-????)
- Subjects: Family History, Schools
- Interviewer: Alma Crank Turner
25 (*)
- Cox, Pauline (1896-????)
- Subjects: Childhood, Criminals, Floods, Prisons
- Interviewer: Karen Sallee & Benny Chandler
26 (*)
- Watson, Myrtle (1919-????)
- Subjects: Depression, Floods, Schools
- Interviewer: Richard Watson
27 (*)
- Crain, Bess (1892-1982)
- Subjects: Telephone Operator, Lees, Jackson, Schools
- Interviewer: Benny Chandler & Karen Sallee
28 (*)
- Holiday, Chester (????-????)
- Subjects: Depression, Jackson, Railroads
- Interviewer: Karen Sallee & Benny Chandler
29 (*)
- Carpenter, Marcus (1898-1978)
- Carpenter, Mattie (1902-1973)
- Subjects: Frozen Flood, Floods
- Interviewer: Bun Hays
30 (*)
- Hays, Adna (1887-1996)
- Subjects: Floods, Depression, Schools
- Interviewer: Bun Hays

Box 31-60

31 (* #)
- Spencer, Mary Alice (1914-????)
- Subjects: Frozen Flood, Floods
- Interviewer: Bun Hays
32 (#)
- Stidham, Rachel (1881-????)
- Whisman, Victoria (1904-????)
- Subjects: Jackson Fire, Floods
- Interviewer: Bun Hays
33 (* #)
- Stidham Rachel (1881-????)
- Subjects: Hindman Settlement School, Jackson, Floods
- Interviewer: Bun Hays
34 (* #)
- Sizemore, Flint (1918-????)
- Miller, Kate (1902-????)
- Subjects: Breathitt Co., History, Floods, Depression
- Interviewer: Bun Hays
35
- Gibson, Hollis (1909-2004)
- Subjects: Liquor Laws
- Interviewer: Karen Sallee & Benny Chandler
36 (* #)
- Cundiff, Berle (1908-????)
- Subjects: Jackson, Liquor Laws
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Ira Clemons
37 (*)
- Goff, Buck (1885-????)
- Subjects: Railroads
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Ira Clemons
38 (* #)
- Strong, Manford (1880-????)
- Subjects: Railroads
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Ira Clemons
39 (#)
- Deaton, Gladys
- Turner, Emma
40 (*)
- Holland, John (1895-????)
- Subjects: Liquor Laws
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Ira Clemons
41 (* #)
- Sewell, Ben (1886-????)
- Subjects: Liquor Laws
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Ira Clemons
42 (* #)
- Holiday, Lora (1902-????)
- Subjects: Jackson, Canning, Soap-making
- Interviewer: Bun Hays
43 (*)
- Sallee, Ellis (1912-1988)
- Subjects: Teaching, Post Office, Depression
- Interviewer: Karen Sallee & Benny Chandler
44 (* #)
- Slusher, Irene (????-????)
- Subjects: Education
- Interviewer: Karen Sallee & Benny Chandler
45 (* #)
- Campbell, George (1887-????)
- Subjects: Buckhorn
- Interviewer: Bun Hays
46 (* #)
- Maloney, Barbara (1935-2009)
- Subjects: Recreation, Chores, Schools, Childhood, Dating
- Interviewer: Dennis Stivers
47 (* #)
- Pugh, Benjamin (1903-1974)
- Subjects: Liquor Laws
- Interviewer: Ron Allen
48 (* #)
- Goff, James B. (1920-????)
- Subjects: Basketball
- Interviewer: Gary Deaton
49 (* #)
- Carmichael, Sam (1902-????)
- Subjects: Childhood, Transportation, Recreation
- Interviewer: Dena Carmichael
50 (* #)
- Johnson, Effie (1913-????)
- Subjects: World War I, Depression, Soap-making, Transportation
- Interviewer: Judy Mullins
51 (*)
- Deaton, James Roy (????-????)
- Subjects: Education, Berea, Teaching
- Interviewer: Gayle Deaton
52 (*)
- Turner, Julia (1897-1986)
- Subjects: Slaves, Genealogy-Spicer
- Interviewer: Gayle Deaton
53 (*)
- Day, Edna (????-????)
- Subjects: Wood-Alcohol Factory
- Interviewer: Gayle Deaton & Karen Sallee
54 (*)
- Butler, Roy (1909-1984)
- Subjects: Wood-Alcohol Factory
- Interviewer: Gayle Deaton
55 (*)
- Sewell, Price (1889-1977)
- Subjects: Coal Mining, Wood-Alcohol Factory
- Interviewer: Gayle Deaton
56 (*)
- Butler, Maggie (????-????)
- Subjects: Wood-Alcohol Factory
- Interviewer: Gayle Deaton
57 (*)
- Turner, Newton (1895-1973)
- Subjects: Teaching, Carpentry
- Interviewer: Gayle Deaton
58 (*)
- Duff, Lionel (????-????)
- Subjects: Decoy Strip Mining
- Interviewer: Debbie Davison
59 (*)
- Duff, Lionel (????-????)
- Subjects: Decoy History, Bradley, George & Elizabeth, Stacy, Cietie
- Interviewer: Debbie Davison
60 (*)
- Pence, Taylor Price “T.P.” (1884-1976)
- Subjects: Transportation, Funerals, Living Conditions, Railroads
- Interviewer: Ron Allen

Box 61-90

61 (*)
- Smith, Samuel Sr. (1915-2004)
- Subjects: Living Conditions
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Sam Smith
62 (*)
- Sallee, Ellis (1912-1988)
- Subjects: Fair, Rousseau School, Food Preservation, Country Store
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Sam Smith
63 (*)
- Raleigh, Ella (1890-1978)
- Subjects: Sheep, Food Preservation, Soap-making, Living Conditions
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Sam Smith Jr.
64 (*)
- Turner, Dora (1912-1988)
- Subjects: Tobacco
- Interviewer: Melissa Napier
65 (*)
- Henson, Bige (1898-1974)
- Subjects: Lumberman, Transportation
- Interviewer: Diane Mantzounes
66 (*)
- Vandermeer, Sam (1900-1975)
- Subjects: Homes, Migration, Death, Missionary
- Interviewer: Sari Tudiver
67 (*)
- Vandermeer, Sam (1900-1975)
- Subjects: Homes, Migration, Death, Missionary
- Interviewer: Sari Tudiver
68 (*)
- Barnett, Harold (????-????)
- Subjects: Riverside School
- Interviewer: Alice Wullschleger
69 (*)
- Jett, Zeke (1895-1973)
- Subjects: Depression, Politics, Teaching
- Interviewer: Sari Tudiver
70
- Jett, Stella (1900-1979)
- Subjects: Preaching, Schools, Education
- Interviewer: Sari Tudiver
71 (* #)
- Fugate, William Bangor Hunter (1888-????)
- Subjects: Corn hoeing, Logging, Stories
- Interviewer: Sari Tudiver
72 (*)
- Deaton, Jerry Jr. (1938-????)
- Subjects: Welfare, Coal Mining, Industry, Unemployment
- Interviewer: Gary Sewell & Jim Blazier
73 (* #)
- Morton, Casey (1910-????)
- Subjects: History Professional, Rural Areas, Urban Areas
- Interviewer: Gary Sewell & Jim Blazier
74 (*)
- Neace, Greenberry (1915-1983)
- Subjects: Depression, Home Remedies
- Interviewer: Mabel Epperson
75 (*)
- Little, Conley (1902-1982)
- Subjects: Bridges, Antiques
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Sam Smith
76 (*)
- Turner, Jesse (1890-????)
- Subjects: Living Conditions-early 1900s
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Sam Smith
77 (* #)
- Combs, Austin (1885-????)
- Subjects: Killings, Clayhole Fight, Guns
- Interviewer: Anonymous
78 (*)
- Litteral, J.M. “Hardy” (????-????)
- Subjects: Roads, Food, Molasses, Killings
- Interviewer: J. B. Combs
79 (*)
- Banks, Robert (1902-????)
- Subjects: Games, Fur Trading, Farming
- Interviewer: J. B. Combs
80 (*)
- Trent, Alex (1887-????)
- Subjects: Wilhurst, Floods, Houses
- Interviewer: J. B. Combs & Sam Smith
81 (*)
- Hounshell, Pryce (1903-????)
- Subjects: Living Conditions, Coal, Railroads
- Interviewer: J. B. Combs
82 (*)
- Brewer, Walter (1895-????)
- Subjects: Farming, Railroads, Houses
- Interviewer: J. B. Combs & Sam Smith
83 (* #)
- Taylor, Emma Turner (1898-????)
- Subjects: Living Conditions, Logging, Garden
- Interviewer: J. B. Combs
84 (* #)
- Burnett, Bill (1905-????)
- Subjects: Games, Home Remedies, Superstitions, Crafts
- Interviewer: J. B. Combs & Sam Smith
85 (*)
- Elam, Ed (1921-????)
- Subjects: Farming, Molasses, Corn
- Interviewer: J. B. Combs
86 (* #)
- Dunn, John (1903-????)
- Subjects: Floods, Land, Houses
- Interviewer: J. B. Combs & Sam Smith
87 (*)
- Shouse, Bill (1889-1990)
- Subjects: Suicide, Coal Trucks, Corn
- Interviewer: Ron Allen & Sam Smith
88 (*)
- Terry, Daniel Boone (1890-????)
- Subjects: Shoe-making, Crafts
- Interviewer: Alice Wullschleger
89 (* #)
- Hall, Jalie (1906-????)
- Subjects: Depression, Banks, Commodities
- Interviewer: Ron Allen
90 (* #)
- Watkins, Lewis (1904-1986)
- Subjects: Depression, Banks-Hargis, Commodities
- Interviewer: Ron Allen