Interview with Alvis Urfer Derrickson, September 22, 1990

Project: Second Presbyterian Church of Lexington Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Alvis Derrickson talks about her family history, stating that her father is from Switzerland and her mother's father is from Scotland. She also discusses Second Presbyterian Church, getting married in the Ben Ali Theatre, being a charter member of the Mary E. Sage Circle, and working at the University of Kentucky's College of Horticulture.

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2012oh249_spresby018

Interviewee Name

Alvis Urfer Derrickson

Interviewer Name

Vera Harper Saunders

Interview Date

1990-09-22

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Derrickson, Alvis Urfer Interview by Vera Harper Saunders. 22 Sep. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Derrickson, A.U. (1990, September 22). Interview by V. H. Saunders. Second Presbyterian Church of Lexington Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Derrickson, Alvis Urfer, interview by Vera Harper Saunders. September 22, 1990, Second Presbyterian Church of Lexington Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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