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Appalachian Oral History Project Finding Aid

This guide serves as a finding aid for the Appalachian Oral History Project's oral history interviews conducted by Lees College students.

* = interview has been digitized and is available as an audio file

# = legal release missing and interview cannot be distributed or digitized until copyright expires (70 years from death of creator)

Listen Online = click this icon to be directed to the Kentucky Digital Library where you can listen to and stream the interview online

Read Online = click this icon to be directed to the Kentucky Digital Library where you can download a PDF of the transcript

Box 91-120

Box 91-120

  • 91 (* #)
    • Bays, Clyde (????-????)
    • Subjects: Depression, Crime, Commodities, Welfare
    • Interviewer: Ron Allen
  • 92 (* #)
    • Gross, John (1898-????)
    • Subjects: Depression
    • Interviewer: Ron Allen
  • 93 (*)
    • Vires, Randal (1917-????)
    • Subjects: Depression
    • Interviewer: Ron Allen
  • 94 (* #)
    • Spicer, Dan (1890-????)
    • Subjects: Bridge-building, Moonshining, Killings
    • Interviewer: Ron Allen & Sam Smith
  • 95 (*) Listen online / Read the transcript online.
    • Allen, Alice T. (1907-1981)
    • Subjects: Depression
    • Interviewer: Ron Allen
  • 96 (* #)
    • Robinson, Emma (1902-????)
    • Subjects: Schools, Religion, Witches
    • Interviewer: Pam Napier
  • 97 (* #)
    • Cornett, Nora (????-????)
    • Subjects: Schools, Depression
    • Interviewer: Denise Marshick
  • 98 (* #)
    • Stevens, Lillie (1930-????)
    • Subjects: Family, Holidays, Feuds
    • Interviewer: Judy Stevens
  • 99 (* #)
    • Barker, Keen (1898-????)
    • Subjects: Politics, Lifestyle
    • Interviewer: Tim Noble
  • 100 (* #)
    • Gross, Charlie (1905-????)
    • Subjects: CCC, WPA, Depression
    • Interviewer: Mary Lou Moore
  • 101 (* #)
    • Spencer, Alice (1911-????)
    • Subjects: Depression, Floods
    • Interviewer: Martha Spicer
  • 102 (* #)
    • McIntosh, Daniel (1898-????)
    • Subjects: Railroads, Depression, Childhood
    • Interviewer: Anonymous
  • 103 (*)
    • Goff, Buck (1885-????)
    • Subjects: Railroads, Stories
    • Interviewer: Anonymous
  • 104 (*) Listen Online / Read Online
    • Dunn, Grace (1900-1981)
    • Subjects: Depression, Home Remedies
    • Interviewer: Diane Schiffer
  • 105 (*) Listen online
    • Hounshell, Pryce (1931-????)
    • Subjects: Recreation, Floods, Killings, Trading, Schools
    • Interviewer: Alan W. Hounshell
  • 106 (*) Listen Online
    • Combs, Ed (1913-????)
    • Subjects: Quicksand, Post Office, Lumber Mill
    • Interviewer: Diane Montzounes
  • 107 (* #)
    • McGuire, Geneva (1903-????)
    • Subjects: Medical Receptionist
    • Interviewer: Diana Spicer
  • 108 (*)
    • Long, Charles (1919-????)
    • Subjects: Navy, Schools
    • Interviewer: Derek Marshall
  • 109 (* #)
    • Roberts, Madgeline Blackburn (1932-????)
    • Subjects: Games, Floods
    • Interviewer: Imogene Hollon
  • 110 (#)
    • Blackburn, Alice
  • 111 (* #)
    • Hollon, Jess (1885-????)
    • Subjects: Transportation, Railroads
    • Interviewer: Imogene Hollon
  • 112 (* #)
    • Brewer, Nannie (1902-????)
    • Subjects: Buildings, Chores, Recreation
    • Interviewer: Imogene Hollon
  • 113 (* #)
    • Brewer, Etta (1897-????)
    • Subjects: Living Conditions
    • Interviewer: Bobby Joe Campbell
  • 114 (* #)
    • Childers, Garret (????-????)
    • Subjects: Food, Railroads, Schools, Transportation 
    • Interviewer: Imogene Hollon
  • 115 (* #)
    • Turner, John
  • 116 (* #)
    • Young, Bennett
  • 117 (* #)
    • Dunn, Rosa
  • 118 (* #)
    • Smith, Tishie
  • 119 (* #)
    • Dirkison, Pearl
  • 120 (* #)
    • Hubbard, Dorothy (????-????)
    • Subjects: Church, Missionary, Family History, Jackson
    • Interviewer: Susan Hubbard

Box 121-150

Box 121-150

  • 121 (*)
    • Fugate, Stella Kincannon (1912-????)
    • Subjects: Living Conditions
    • Interviewer: James Kincannon
  • 122 (*)
    • Watkins, Hershel (1926-2002)
    • Subjects: Coal Mines, Recreation, Floods
    • Interviewer: Wess Robinson
  • 123 (* #)
    • Turner, Gracie (1919-????)
    • Subjects: Family History, Childhood, Quilting
    • Interviewer: Karen Turner
  • 124 (*) Listen Online
    • Chaney, Pearlie Calhoun (????-????)
    • Subjects: Family
    • Interviewer: Gaye Chaney
  • 125 (*) Listen Online
    • Pelfrey, Walter Raleigh (1890-1987)
    • Subjects: Logging, Land, Floods
    • Interviewer: J. B. Combs
  • 126 (* #)
    • Hays, Clarence
  • 127 (* #)
    • Turner, Rosa
  • 128 (* #)
    • Smith, Bill
  • 129 (* #)
    • Taulbee, Lena
  • 130 (* #)
    • Fugate, Ellen (1928-????)
    • Subjects: Lifestyle
    • Interviewer: Marsha Fields
  • 131 (* #)
    • Smith, Jim
  • 132 (* #)
    • Frazure, John
  • 133 (* #)
    • Smith, Liddie
  • 134 (*)
    • Young, Priscilla (1900-????)
    • Subjects: Floods, Simpson Flood
    • Interviewer: June Lindon
  • 135 (*)
    • Gross, Mary Davidson (1926-????)
    • Subjects: Games, Home Remedies, Killings, Physicians, Schools
    • Interviewer: Jessie Gross
  • 136 (*)
    • Terry, Oneida
  • 137 (*)
    • Heidorn, Louise
  • 138 (*)
    • Gross, Lillie Mullins (1931-2010)
    • Subjects: Schools, Canning, Hogs, Recreation, Quilting
    • Interviewer: Vernita Robertson
  • 139 (*) Listen online / Read the transcript online
    • Collins, Mag (1891-1987)
    • Subjects: Depressions -- 1929, Flood damage
    • Interviewer: Denise Marshick
  • 140 (* #)
    • Combs, Ned
  • 141 (*) Listen to this oral history interview online at the Kentucky Digital Library
    • Bryant, John (1907-????)
    • Subjects: Logging, Floods, Killings
    • Interviewer: Jeff Noble & J. B. Combs
  • 142 (* #)
    • Banks, Onie
  • 143 (* #)
    • Booth, Stella
  • 144 (* #)
    • Sebastian, Eugene (1920-????)
    • Subjects: Family History, Farming, Childhood, Schools, Teaching
    • Interviewer: Vickie Robinson
  • 145 (* #)
    • McKnight, Samuel Jackson (1912-????)
    • Subjects: Family History, Stories, Country Store, Hogs
    • Interviewer: Brigette, McKnight
  • 146 (* #)
    • McClees, Erin Barnett (1906-????)
    • Subjects: Nursing
    • Interviewer: Christa Mullins
  • 147 (* #)
    • Hounshell, Wordie (????-????)
    • Subjects: Family History, Stories
    • Interviewer: Debbie Hounshell
  • 148 (* #)
    • Landrum, Marion (1914-????)
    • Subjects: Coal Mines
    • Interviewer: Donny Stacy
  • 149 (* #)
    • Rice, John Clay (1931-????)
    • Subjects: Dentistry
    • Interviewer: Sherri A. Caines
  • 150 (* #)
    • Stacy, Melvin

Box 151-180

Box 151-180

  • 151 (* #)
    • Brewer, Sam
    • Brewer, Mary
  • 152 (* #)
    • Lee, Molly
  • 153 (* #)
    • Griffith, Sarah (1904-1992)
    • Subjects: Soap-making, Moonshining
    • Interviewer: Glen Griffith
  • 154 (* #)
    • Combs, Jason
  • 155 (* #)
    • Strong, Nancy Ann
  • 156 (* #)
    • Riffle, F.H. (1875-1974)
    • Subjects: Fire, Lees, Depression, Jackson
    • Interviewer: Debbie Davison
  • 157 (* #)
    • Turner, Pearl
    • Turner, Wess
  • 158 (* #)
    • Sewell, Ben
  • 159 (* #)
    • Deaton, Wise
  • 160 (* #)
    • McIntosh, McKinley
  • 161 (* #)
    • McIntosh, McKinley
  • 162 (* #)
    • Spicer, Everet
  • 163 (* #)
    • Sparks, Hensley
  • 164 (* #)
    • Neace, Leanna Napier
  • 165 (* #)
    • Stacy, Melvin
  • 166 (* #)
    • Gabbard, Fanny
  • 167 (* #)
    • Joseph, Odessa (1895-????)
    • Subjects: Family, Logging, Depression, Haddix, Education, Coal Mining
    • Interviewer: Mary Moore
  • 168 (*)
    • Pelfrey, John Sherman (1910-2001)
    • Subjects: Moonshining
    • Interviewer: Rocky Pelfrey
  • 169 (* #)
    • Hardin, Flossie Mae (1919-2011)
    • Subjects: Ginseng, Canning, Quilting
    • Interviewer: Elizabeth Hardin
  • 170 (* #)
    • Jett, Morton Jr. (1927-????)
    • Subjects: Teaching
    • Interviewer: Robert Mike Gross
  • 171 (* #)
    • Stamper, Lillie (1924-????)
    • Subjects: Food Preservation
    • Interviewer: Theresa Stamper
  • 172 (* #)
    • Seagraves, Roy L. (????-????)
    • Subjects: Navy, Preaching, Church
    • Interviewer: Mike Johnson
  • 173 (* #)
    • Haney, Mildred L. (????-????)
    • Subjects: Gardening, Canning, Quilting
    • Interviewer: Elaine McIntosh
  • 174 (* #)
    • Roberts, McCreary (1911-????)
    • Subjects: Home Remedies
    • Interviewer: Lillie Noble
  • 175 (* #)
    • Howard, Radar
  • 176 (*)
    • Holland, John
  • 177 (* #)
    • New, Levi (1894-????)
    • Subjects: Family History, Occupations, Depression
    • Interviewer: Ron Allen
  • 178 (* #)
    • Noble, Alpha (1900-????)
    • Subjects: Family History
    • Interviewer: Diana Noble
  • 179 (* #)
    • Bays, Lula
  • 180 (* #)
    • Godsey, James “Jim” (1889-1974)
    • Subjects: Moonshining, Farming, Stories, Jackson
    • Interviewer: Dwight Haddix & Arch Bowling