Interview with Ollie Dykes

Partial Transcript: Interviewing Mr. O.J. Dykes...

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Dykes talks about his early life growing up on the farm in the early 1900's.

Keywords: Country life; Dairy cows; Dairy farms; Farmers; Farming; Homelife; Horse Driven; Kentucky; Ky; KY; Mules; Saturday Market; The Great Depression

Subjects: Dairy Farms Depressions--1929--United States Economics--United States Economics--United States--History--20th century Economics--United States—History Farmers Kentucky--Economic conditions Kentucky--History Kentucky--History--1865-

Partial Transcript: During the depression what kind of roads did they have out in the county?

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Dykes talks about the early utilities available to him as well as what he raised on the farm.

Keywords: Cattle farms; early plugs; Electricity; Kentucky; Ky; KY; Plugs; substance farming; The Great Depression

Subjects: Depressions--1929--United States Economics--United States Economics--United States--History--20th century Economics--United States—History Electric utilities Electric utilities--United States Kentucky--Economic conditions Kentucky--History Kentucky--History--1865-

Partial Transcript: Do you remember anything about President Roosevelt's fireside chats?

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Dykes talks about his memories of FDR on the radio and talks about his farm.

Keywords: FDR; FDR's death; FDR's New Deal; Fireside chats; Franklin Deleno Roosevelt; Kentucky; ky; New Deal; Radio; The great depression; The New Deal programs

Subjects: Depressions--1929--United States Economics--United States Economics--United States--History--20th century Economics--United States—History Kentucky--Economic conditions Kentucky--History Kentucky--History--1865-

Partial Transcript: On the other side of the tape you started talking about hobos. Was there any fear they would be

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Dyke talks about people who would pass through his town during the depression.

Keywords: gypsy's; hobo; kentucky; ky; railroads; the great depression; trains; traveling folk

Subjects: Depressions--1929--United States Economics--United States Economics--United States--History--20th century Economics--United States—History Kentucky--Economic conditions Kentucky--History Kentucky--History--1865- Railroad trains--United States

Partial Transcript: When you look back at your years living in college....

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Dykes talks about going to school and whether he missed the farm.

Keywords: college; Kentucky; Ky; KY; The Great Depression; university

Subjects: Depressions--1929--United States Economics--United States Economics--United States--History--20th century Economics--United States—History Education Education (Higher) Education--Kentucky Education--United States Kentucky--Economic conditions Kentucky--History Kentucky--History--1865-