OH074 Christine Whitford Oral History

Collection Title

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

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Series Number

OH074

Interviewee

Whitford, Christine, 1913-

Interviewer

Hopkins, Margaret

Date Interviewed

March 15th, 1976

Processed by

Sheree Wise

Date Processed

May 10th, 2010

Description

2 compact discs and 2 cassette tapes, indentical recrodings (85 minutes)

Abstract

Christine Whitford discusses her teaching experience ranging from a one room schoolhouse to the elementary school at Dover, Tennessee. In this interview, she recalls administrative and employment practices, classroom methods, and school activities. Her recollections include her father's position as a rural route carrier for the United States Postal Service, the nature of a small community and social lifestyles in the 1910s and 1920s. In addition to providing information about the educational facilities on the Land Between the Lakes, she also reflects upon the complexities of a woman's role in the middle part of the 20th century.

Biographical/Historical Note

Christine Griffin Whitford was born in September of 1913 at Model, Tennessee. In 1933, she received an appointment at Hutchen School and began a teaching career that would span nearly thirty years and include more than a half-dozen schools.

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

Whitford, Christine, 1913-

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

Model (Tenn.) - History.

Dover (Tenn.)

Stewart County (Tenn.) - History.

Teachers - Tennessee - Stewart County.

Education, Rural - Tennessee - Stewart County.

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