OH033 Randolph Allen

Authors

Sammy Fisk

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.

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