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1:19 - Background

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Partial Transcript: Would you tell me something about your family?

Segment Synopsis: Keen gives some basic family history including names and marriage dates.

Keywords: Buckhorn, Kentucky

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5:12 - Before Buckhorn

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Partial Transcript: Let's go back to Buckhorn again, just a minute.

Segment Synopsis: Keen talks about her family growing crops. She describes the process of making shucky beans and how other food was preserved.

Keywords: Shucky beans

Subjects: Agriculture--Kentucky Food--Preservation

17:49 - Church

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Partial Transcript: One of my most vivid memories was of church.

Segment Synopsis: Keen says that when she was little, she went to a church that scared her.

Keywords: Perry County, Kentucky

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21:31 - Coal mining

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Partial Transcript: You were mentioning that your father was a coal miner, do you have any memories about coal mining.

Segment Synopsis: Keen recalls her father coming home covered in dirt from the coal mine. She describes him getting off work and dying.

Keywords: Black lung

Subjects: Children of coal miners Coal miners Coal mines and mining--Kentucky Lungs--Dust diseases

25:57 - After father's death

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Partial Transcript: You told me quite a bit about your parents, did they influence you in any way?

Segment Synopsis: Keen describes her family being uprooted after her father's death. The younger children were shuffled through several households while their mother worked.

Keywords: Buckhorn, Kentucky

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36:19 - Entertainment

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Partial Transcript: You went through elementary school and high school in Buckhorn.

Segment Synopsis: Keen says that for entertainment they went to the movies or community parties. They were always chaperoned.

Keywords: Buckhorn, Kentucky; Community party; Socials; Song of the South

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44:51 - Education and career

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Partial Transcript: When I left I was so naive, I needed to be re-educated.

Segment Synopsis: Keen describes her educational path to being a nurse. She also talks about her career.

Keywords: Berea College; Buckhorn, Kentucky; Gibbered; Nurse training; Polio vaccine

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51:34 - Neighbors

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Partial Transcript: Do you remember any interesting acquaintances or neighbors?

Segment Synopsis: Keen tells stories about her neighbors and members of the Buckhorn community.

Keywords: Buckhorn, Kentucky; Foster; MacIntosh, Sis; York

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54:29 - World War II

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Partial Transcript: The war, I remember that was a shattering thing.

Segment Synopsis: Keen describes the fear that she felt during World War II. She talks about having to use ration coupons.

Keywords: Buckhorn, Kentucky

Subjects: Ration books Rationing World War, 1939-1945--Kentucky

66:21 - Country life

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Partial Transcript: Overall, how do you see the advantages of growing up in the country?

Segment Synopsis: Keen says that her family was poor but they were raised with good values.

Keywords: Buckhorn, Kentucky

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