Interview with Lucille Hawthorne

Partial Transcript: I want to thank you for allowing me to interview you for the Burgin project. Let me get your full name first.

Segment Synopsis: Hawthorne provides her background information such as; date of birth, and her parents names.

Keywords: Burgin, Kentucky; Mercer County

Subjects: Burgin (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Where did you go to school?

Segment Synopsis: Hawthorne discusses the school system in Burgin and the education she received.

Keywords: Burgin, Kentucky

Subjects: Burgin (Ky.) Education School environment

Partial Transcript: What's your first memory of Burgin?

Segment Synopsis: Hawthorne describes living in Burgin as a child through the Great Depression. She discusses some of the buildings in town.

Keywords: Burgin Baptist Church; Burgin, Kentucky

Subjects: Baptist church buildings Burgin (Ky.) Depression--1929 Recreation

Partial Transcript: What did you do for entertainment?

Segment Synopsis: Hawthorne discusses entertainment and recreation she experienced growing up in Burgin.

Keywords: Girls Auxiliary

Subjects: 4-H clubs Passenger trains Roller skates

Partial Transcript: Is your husband from Burgin?

Segment Synopsis: Hawthorne discusses the "new" end of town. She describes the changes of the town.

Keywords: Anderson County; Burgin, Kentucky; Corning Inc; Kentucky Utilities; Pleasant Hill Street

Subjects: Burgin (Ky.) Railroad stations

Partial Transcript: What about uh, when you were growing up uh social relationships?

Segment Synopsis: Hawthorne describes the social class, race, and education in the town. She also discusses the difference from her daughter growing up to how she was raised in Burgin.

Keywords: African American; Burgin, Kentucky; Midwifery; School dances

Subjects: African American midwives Burgin (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: In over the years, uh, how about city services? You don't have sewers.

Segment Synopsis: Hawthorne discusses the services provided to the town.

Keywords: Crime; Police man; Sewage

Subjects: Fire departments Sewerage

Partial Transcript: What was your husbands occupation?

Segment Synopsis: Hawthorne expresses most of the people of Burgin make their living out of town. She discusses the different forms of recreation people do such as going to the Lake Herrington, or taking trips.

Keywords: Corning Glass; Kentucky Utility

Subjects: Kentucky Utilities Company

Partial Transcript: What's the relationship of Burgin with the county and other towns?

Segment Synopsis: Hawthorne discusses the area surrounding Burgin and the possibility of Burgin changing.

Keywords: Danville, Kentucky; Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Subjects: Burgin (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Did you ever have any town characters?

Segment Synopsis: Hawthorne discusses some of the people of Burgin.

Keywords: Burgin, Kentucky

Subjects: