Interview with Harold Duane Spencer, June 24, 1992
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Farm and Farmstead Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Spencer, a farmer living in Cane Creek, begins the interview by chronologically recalling his life from childhood until the present (when the interview was conducted). The personal significance that Spencer's farm holds is explained. The farm's history is also explored. Farms that Spencer lived on as a child are documented. Next, Spencer elaborates upon his childhood experiences, and later military service. Additionally, Spencer's enjoyment of hunting is examined. Lastly, natural disasters in the Cane Creek area are detailed, along with general aspects of farming maintenance from the interviewee.Interview Accession
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Ale 8 One (soft drink) Armed service records Bath County (Ky.) Bench fields California Cane Creek floods Childhood discipline Coon hunting Country stores Education Extension Service Family reunions Farm labor Farm renting Folk medicine Heritage farms Home remedies Household social organization Household spatial organization Modern appliances. Montgomery County (Ky.) Nada (Ky.) Pumpkin Hollow (Ky.) Rural electrification Rural fire protection Rural sanitation Rural telephone service Sharecropping Snakes Tobacco production Cane Creek (Ky.)Interview Rights
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Spencer, Harold Duane Interview by David Rotenizer. 24 Jun. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Spencer, H.D. (1992, June 24). Interview by D. Rotenizer. Family Farms of Kentucky: Farm and Farmstead Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Spencer, Harold Duane, interview by David Rotenizer. June 24, 1992, Family Farms of Kentucky: Farm and Farmstead Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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