Collection Title
West Kentucky - History and Culture - Land Between the Lakes Series
Series Number
OH076
Interviewee
Wilson, Lucil
Interviewer
Sullivan, David
Date Interviewed
July 2nd, 1976
Processed by
Sheree Wise
Date Processed
May 10th, 2010
Description
1 Compact disk and 2 cassette tapes identical recordings (34 minutes)
Abstract
Lucil Wilson discusses the educational system in the Land Between the Lakes region in Kentucky at both the elementary and secondary levels. She describes attending a one room school as a child and compares that experience with other educational institutions throughout her teaching career. She recalls the schools at Cadiz, Kentucky and the qualification requirements needed for a teacher's certificate in the early 1940s. She reflects upon her school work and activities, along with her goals and responsibilities as an educator. Wilson concludes by describing her husband's general store, purchasing store items on credit, bartering and local hucksters.
Biographical/Historical Note
Lucil Wilson was born on a farm near Eddyville, Kentucky in 1928. She was raised in the Bethlehem community and attended the Wake School and later Eddyville High School. Upon graduation she began teaching at the Wake School and then at Golden Pond, Kentucky.
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
Wilson, Lucil
Land Between the Lakes (Ky. and Tenn.) – History.
Education, Rural – Kentucky – Trigg County.
Teachers – Kentucky – Trigg County
General stores – Kentucky – Trigg County.
Golden Pond (Ky.) – History.
Lyon County (Ky.) – History.
Trigg County (Ky.) – History.
Cadiz (Ky.)
Recommended Citation
Sullivan, David, "OH076 Lucil Wilson Oral History" (2025). Land Between the Lakes. 45.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-lbl/45
Audio Transcript