Interview with Nina Calder, March 20, 2015

Project: Corbin Railroad Museum Partnership Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Nina Calder describes life in Corbin, Kentucky. She attended St. Camillus Academy and her grandfather worked on the railroad. She describes traveling by train from Corbin to California to visit her mother as she and her siblings had been adopted by their grandparents.

Interview Accession

2015oh268_crmp012

Interviewee Name

Nina Calder

Interviewer Name

Saakshi Joshi

Interview Date

2015-03-20

Interview Keyword

Saint Camillus Academy Daily life Passenger trains Pullman cars Schools Religion Travel World War II Railroad conductors. Depressions--1929--Kentucky World War, 1939-1945 Race relations

Interview LC Subject

Education--Kentucky Families. Railroads--Employees. Railroad travel. Corbin (Ky.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Railroad passenger cars Corbin (Ky.) Communities. Kentucky--Economic conditions Employment--Kentucky Railroad cars.

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