Interview with Helen Keen

Partial Transcript: Would you tell us on the tape about your family?

Segment Synopsis: Keen describes her childhood on a farm near Turkey Creek, Kentucky. She talks about growing crops, food preservation, and butchering hogs.

Keywords: Butcher; Turkey Creek, Kentucky

Subjects: Agriculture--Kentucky Food--Preservation

Partial Transcript: What kind of chores did you have to do?

Segment Synopsis: Keen compares schools she attended in Turkey Creek and Buckhorn.

Keywords: Buckhorn, Kentucky; Education; School; Turkey Creek, Kentucky

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Partial Transcript: You mentioned friends, could you tell me about some of your friends from school?

Segment Synopsis: Keen talks about what life was like during WWII.

Keywords: WWII

Subjects: Scrap metals World War, 1939-1945--Kentucky

Partial Transcript: You mentioned the radio, I'd like to get back a little bit to that.

Segment Synopsis: Keen talks about when her family got a radio, electricity, and television.

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Subjects: Radio Radio programs Television

Partial Transcript: You mentioned that you went to high school, did you go on to college?

Segment Synopsis: Keen talks about her education and becoming a teacher in Buckhorn.

Keywords: Berea College; Buckhorn, Kentucky; Eastern Kentucky University

Subjects: Thrush (Mouth disease)

Partial Transcript: Do you remember any mountain superstitions?

Segment Synopsis: Keen talks about her neighbors and the advantages of living in a small community.

Keywords: Baker, Bob; Buckhorn, Kentucky

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Partial Transcript: When we were growing up, of course it was true of a lot of the places in the mountains, they would bury the person and a year or so later they would have a funeral.

Segment Synopsis: Keen talks about how birthdays, funerals, and Christmas were celebrated.

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