Interview with Bertha Mae Lacy, March 18, 1994

Project: Appalachia: Women Of Coal Oral History Project

  • Description
  • Play Interview
  • Rights & Request
  • Citation

Interview Summary

Lacy remarried after her first husband died from tuberculosis. Lacy describes poverty and racial segregation. Lacy attended an African American high school. She and her second husband had eleven children. They were married 46 years. Her husband came from the farm directly to his job with the railroad. Lacy discusses rationing during the war, raising hogs for meat and lard, and canning food.

Interview Accession

1996oh111_app479

Interviewee Name

Bertha Mae Lacy

Interviewer Name

Randall Norris

Interview Date

1994-03-18

Interview Rights

All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.

Interview Usage

Interviews may be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Restriction

No Restrictions


access interview in full screen  

Interviews may be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.

All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.

Add this interview to your cart in order to begin the process of requesting access to a copy of and/or permission to reproduce interview(s). 


Lacy, Bertha Mae Interview by Randall Norris. 18 Mar. 1994. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Lacy, B.M. (1994, March 18). Interview by R. Norris. Appalachia: Women Of Coal Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Lacy, Bertha Mae, interview by Randall Norris. March 18, 1994, Appalachia: Women Of Coal Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.

If you find description with problematic language that you think SCRC should review, please contact us at SCRC@uky.edu.

Persistent Link for this Record: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7wm32n8w6m