Interview Summary

Kimberly Owsley talked about growing up in Knott County, Kentucky and the influence of her two grandmothers--one the wife of an Old Regular Baptist preacher, the other of Shawnee heritage who handed down indigenous healing ways. She also talks about her great, great, grandfather Bird Owsley, a well-known basketmaker at Hindman.

Interview Accession

2016oh498_aky016

Interviewee Name

Kimberly Owsley

Interviewer Name

Joy Gritton

Interview Date

2011-06-01

Interview LC Subject

Artists

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Owsley, Kimberly Interview by Joy Gritton. 01 Jun. 2011. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Owsley, K. (2011, June 01). Interview by J. Gritton. Artists of Kentucky: Eastern Kentucky Women Artists Working for Social Change Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Owsley, Kimberly, interview by Joy Gritton. June 01, 2011, Artists of Kentucky: Eastern Kentucky Women Artists Working for Social Change Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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