OH045 Wade Cunningham Oral History
Collection Title
West Kentucky - History and Culture - Land Between the Lakes Series
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Series Number
OH045
Interviewee
Cunningham, Wade
Interviewer
Fisk, Sammy
Date Interviewed
February 15th, 1977
Processed by
Sheree Wise
Date Processed
March 8th, 2010
Description
2 sound discs and 2 cassette tapes - identical recordings (1 hour, 23 minutes)
Abstract
Wade Cunningham discusses the activities of the Baptist Church in the Land Between the Lakes region of Kentucky from the 1920s to the 1970s. His recollections include: the churches and places where he preached; the length of sermons; the types of church functions; Sunday school; church music; homecomings; half-time churches; tent revivals; selection of pastors; his hospital and home ministry; business meetings and controversial issues such as wine versus grape juice in the communion service, whether to use a baptistery or a creek, closed communion and church exclusions for distilling whiskey, drinking alcohol and dancing.
Biographical/Historical Note
Wade Cunningham was a Baptist preacher from Trigg County, Kentucky. He was born in Trigg County in 1905. He preached a number of years at the Cumberland Baptist Church at Cumberland, Kentucky prior the community's acclamation by the Tennessee Valley Authority. He later preached at Baptist churches in Maple Grove and Blue Spring.
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
Cunningham, Wade, 1905-
Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.) - History.
Trigg County (Ky.)
Cumberland (Ky.)
Maple Grove (Ky.)
Blue Springs (Ky.)
Baptists - Kentucky - Trigg County.
Recommended Citation
Fisk, Sammy, "OH045 Wade Cunningham Oral History" (2025). Land Between the Lakes. 13.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-lbl/13
Audio Transcript