OH033 Randolph Allen
Collection Title
West Kentucky - History and Culture - Land Between the Lakes Series
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Series Number
OH033
Interviewee
Allen, Randolph
Interviewer
Fisk, Sammy
Date Interviewed
March 19th, 1977
Processed by
Sheree Wise
Date Processed
February 22nd, 2010
Description
1 sound disc and 1 cassette tape - identical recordings (58 minutes)
Abstract
Randolph Allen discusses the following items: local baseball; vacation bible school; dinners on the church grounds; church music and finances; selecting ministers; "shouting" in the church; primitive Baptist influence; the church offering; dinner at the home of parishioners; the effects of moonshine and the reluctance of locals to accept outsiders.
Biographical/Historical Note
Randolph Allen was born in Christian County, Kentucky in 1919. He worked as a farmer until he attended Moody Bible Institute located in Chicago, Illinois. He was a long term pastor of the Golden Pond Baptist Church at Golden Pond, Kentucky. He served as pastor when the Tennessee Valley Authority began purchasing land in the region. The T.V.A. would eventually acquire the church property.
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
Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.) - History.
Golden Pond (Ky.)
Christian County (Ky.)
Baptists - Kentucky. Kentucky - Religion.
Recommended Citation
Fisk, Sammy, "OH033 Randolph Allen" (2025). Land Between the Lakes. 3.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-lbl/3
Audio Transcript