Interview with Mary Creech, June 13, 1991
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project
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Mary Creech grew up very close to her grandparents' farm and she talks about the different things she did to help out with her parents and her grandparents. Her extended family and the community was very close, and chores would sometimes turn into social occasions. She talks about raising apple trees with her husband and they developed a new variety, the Scarlet Gala. She talks about how they try to limit their use of chemicals.Interview Accession
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Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Family farms Gender issues Manners and customs Social classesInterview Rights
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Creech, Mary Interview by Elizabeth Albert. 13 Jun. 1991. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Creech, M. (1991, June 13). Interview by E. Albert. Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Creech, Mary, interview by Elizabeth Albert. June 13, 1991, Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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