OH227 Larman Johnson Oral History

Collection Title

Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - Kentucky Dam Project

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Series Number

OH227

Interviewee

Johnson, Larman

Interviewer

Conner, Dorisanna

Date Interviewed

May 5th, 1995

Processed by

Dieter C. Ulrich

Date Processed

November 26th, 2013

Description

1 sound disc (25 minutes)

Abstract

Larman Johnson describes working for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) during the construction of the Kentucky Dam. He recalls working as a laborer at the quarry at Birmingham, Kentucky as as a carpenter's apprentice. He mentions the Great Depression, how he was hired by the TVA, labor unions, salaries, the hospital at Kentucky Dam Village, accidents and deaths at Kentucky Dam and Douglas Dam, the capture of a German spy, work conditions, and the affects the dam had on the region.

Biographical/Historical Note

Larman Johnson was born in Graves County, Kentucky on April 18, 1917. As a child his family moved to Paducah and attended school at Reidland and later Hardeman School in Mayfield. He did not graduate but became a carpenter's apprentice at Paducah. He began working for the Tennessee Valley Authority on October 2, 1939. He performed construction work at both Kentucky and Douglas Dams during the 1940s. He was laid off by the TVA just before the completion of the dam. He relocated to in Evansville, Indiana and was employed at a shipyard for fifteen years.

General Information

No user access to original recordings. Use audio user copies, digital derivatives, transcripts, and/or tape indexes. This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission for reproduction must be requested from Murray State University.

Subject Headings/Descriptors

Johnson, Larman, 1917-

Kentucky Dam (Ky.)

Douglas Dam (Tenn.)

Tennessee Valley Authority.

Dams - Kentucky. Dams - Tennessee.

Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.) - History.

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