OH072 Geneva Wallace Oral History
Collection Title
West Kentucky - History and Culture - Land Between the Lakes Series
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Series Number
OH072
Interviewee
Wallace, Geneva
Interviewer
Herndon, Jerry A.
Date Interviewed
March 15th, 1976
Processed by
Sheree Wise
Date Processed
May 10th, 2010
Description
2 compact discs and 1 cassette tape, identical recordings (94 minutes)
Abstract
Geneva Wallace discusses her teaching career, the schools where she was employed and the various subjects she taught. She describes how the Tennessee Valley Authority formed the Land Between the Lakes region and how it affected the lives of the people that had resided there for generations. She also details the effects the relocation had on her and her husband.
Biographical/Historical Note
Geneva Wallace grew up on a small farm in the Land Between the Lakes region of Kentucky. She attended a one room school at Woodson Chapel and graduated Cadiz High School in 1926. After graduation, she attended Murray State College and two years later received a certificate to teach high school. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Murray State College in 1932.
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
Wallace, Geneva
Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.) - History.
Trigg County (Ky.) - History.
Woodson Chapel (Ky.)
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Teachers - Kentucky - Trigg County.
Education, Rural - Kentucky - Trigg County.
Recommended Citation
Herndon, Jerry A., "OH072 Geneva Wallace Oral History" (2025). Land Between the Lakes. 41.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-lbl/41
Audio Transcript