OH032 Bobby Allen Oral History

Authors

Sammy Fisk

Collection Title

West Kentucky - History and Culture - Land Between the Lakes Series

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Series Number

OH032

Interviewee

Allen, Bobby

Interviewer

Fisk, Sammy

Date Interviewed

April 19th, 1977

Processed by

Sheree Wise

Date Processed

February 19th, 2010

Description

1 sound disc and 1 cassette tape - identical recordings (50 minutes)

Abstract

Bobby Allen discusses the following events; "Colored Day" at Cadiz; the first black person met; his place of birth; river baptisms; revival services; a typical Sunday service; transportation to church; corn and tobacco crops; Sunday school and Bible school; church attendance; ministers; other occupations; the "Holy Rollers"; his father's "pinhooking" for a living; foreign ministries; dog bread for communion; the amen corner; the alter of prayer; church business meetings; a description of a brush arbor; and the preaching of Reverend Wads Cunningham.

Biographical/Historical Note

Bobby Allen was the principal of East Calloway County Elementary School near Murray, Kentucky. He resided in the Land Between the Lakes region in the 1940s and 1950s. Bobby Allen was born in Cadiz, Kentucky on August 8, 1941. He lived in Land Between the Lakes region until adulthood.

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

Allen, Bobby, 1941-

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

County Life - Kentucky.

Kentucky - Religion.

Kentucky - Agriculture - Farm and Farming.

LBL Allen, Bobby OH032 Transcript.docx (48 kB)
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