Interview with Armatha Perkins

Partial Transcript: Let me get your full name first.

Segment Synopsis: Perkins discusses her background information such as her date of birth and parents information.

Keywords: Burgin School; Coleman School; High Bridge, Kentucky; Jessamine County

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Partial Transcript: What was Shakertown like back when you were growing up?

Segment Synopsis: Perkins describes going to a funeral of one of the Shakers. She also explains what the Shaker Village looked like when she was young.

Keywords: Sarah Pennebaker; Shakertown

Subjects: Pleasant Hill (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: What was it like going to school back in those days?

Segment Synopsis: Perkins discusses either walking or riding a horse to school. She also discusses the town during that time as well.

Keywords: Burgin (Ky.); Burgin school; Great Depression; Post office; Telephone exchange

Subjects: Burgin (Ky.) Great Depression--1929 Passenger trains School buildings Telephone stations

Partial Transcript: Then 41' I took a job at Sportly Hall where they made ladies coats.

Segment Synopsis: Perkins discusses the employments she had and after retirement working at Shaker Village.

Keywords: Burgin, Kentucky; Danville, Kentucky; Harrodsburg, Kentucky; Mercer Dress; Palm Beach; Sportly Hall

Subjects: Burgin (Ky.) Pleasant Hill (Ky.) Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, Ky., Inc.

Partial Transcript: Tell me about your quilting; how you designed your quilt? You were showing me a few minutes ago.

Segment Synopsis: Perkins describes the quilts that she makes at Shakervillage and the quilts she has made for her family. She also discusses the restoration at Shaker Village.

Keywords: Shaker spirit quilts

Subjects: Historic sites--Conservation and restoration Quilting Quilts--Design Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, Ky., Inc

Partial Transcript: Lets go back to uh Burgin. Earlier uh, what about uh entertainment? What did people do for entertainment?

Segment Synopsis: Perkins discusses the entertainment in and around Burgin. She also describes seeing a automobile and airplane for the first time.

Keywords: Airplane; Box lunches; Burgin, Kentucky; Dix Dam; Harrodsburg, Kentucky; Radio

Subjects: Burgin (Ky.) Dams--Design and construction Harrodsburg (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: What about the uh people of Burgin? What are the people of Burgin like?

Segment Synopsis: Perkins discusses the people of Burgin and what makes it unique. She describes the public services provided to the people of Burgin.

Keywords: African Americans; Burgin, Kentucky; Homemakers Club

Subjects: African American neighborhoods Burgin (Ky.) Crime Fire department Kentucky Utilities Company

Partial Transcript: What about recreation in uh Burgin? What do people do for recreation here, do they go to the lake?

Segment Synopsis: Perkins discusses what she does and the people of Burgin might do for recreation such as fishing and gardening.

Keywords: Gardening; Herrington Lake; Quilting; Walking

Subjects: Herrington Lake (Ky.)