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.
Recommended Citation
Hopkins, Margaret, "OH074 Christine Whitford Oral History" (2025). Land Between the Lakes. 43.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-lbl/43
Audio Transcript