OH032 Bobby Allen Oral History
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.
Recommended Citation
Fisk, Sammy, "OH032 Bobby Allen Oral History" (2025). Land Between the Lakes. 2.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-lbl/2
Audio Transcript