Interview with Jerry Clark Metcalfe, July 31, 1991
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Metcalfe talks about the economic aspects of agriculture in Kentucky. He talks about growing up in a coal mining community and a hillside farm, and his memories about his parents and siblings. He talks about raising his children and buying land and the things he wishes that he did differently. He talks about his family's orchard and the varieties of apples that they grow.Interview Accession
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Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Family farms Gender issues Manners and customs Social classesInterview Rights
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Metcalfe, Jerry Clark Interview by Elizabeth Albert. 31 Jul. 1991. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Metcalfe, J.C. (1991, July 31). Interview by E. Albert. Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Metcalfe, Jerry Clark, interview by Elizabeth Albert. July 31, 1991, Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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