Interview with Dolores Blackwell, December 11, 1982
Project: Henry Faulkner Oral History Project
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This short interview with Dolores Blackwell begins with a description of Blackwell and Henry Faulkner's relationship. After his foster mother treated him badly, Faulkner made Blackwell his honorary mother in 1957. She then goes on to tell a story in which she delivers the kid of one of Faulkner's pregnant goats. She then goes on to describe a protracted legal battle she is involved in with a local shopping center. Finally, Blackwell describes some of her personality qualities, as well as Faulkner's.Interview Accession
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Artists Faulkner, Henry, 1924-1981 Kentucky Poets--20th century. Key West (Fla.)Interview Rights
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Blackwell, Dolores Interview by Charles House. 11 Dec. 1982. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Blackwell, D. (1982, December 11). Interview by C. House. Henry Faulkner Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Blackwell, Dolores, interview by Charles House. December 11, 1982, Henry Faulkner Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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