Interview with Charles T. Meagher, Sharon Wilbert, December 5, 1991

Project: Childhood in Kentucky Oral History Project

Interview Summary

CHILDHOOD IN PORTLAND-- LOUISVILLE: 1940s-1950s-- Family roots in Portland-- Grandmother's house and outhouse-- Double standard for girls and boys regarding rauge-- freedom-- Brother's play in forbidden places: Ohio River-- sand pit-- Fontaine Ferry Park-- Dude Ranch Brother (b.1940) and Sister (b. 1943)-father a plumber-- Community cleanliness in 1940s-- Community stability until 1950s-- Race relations-- Parochial schooling-runs as role models of strong women-- Decline in river use by community-- RR yard-boys hoping boxcars-- marijuana on Shipping port island-- Jefferson County.

Interview Accession

1992oh022_cik019

Interviewee Name

Charles T. Meagher

Sharon Wilbert

Interviewer Name

Louise Chawla

Interview Date

1991-12-05

Interview Keyword

Childhood family life

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Meagher, Charles T. Interview by Louise Chawla. 05 Dec. 1991. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Meagher, C.T. (1991, December 05). Interview by L. Chawla. Childhood in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Meagher, Charles T., interview by Louise Chawla. December 05, 1991, Childhood in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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