OH117 Opal Maxwell Oral History
Collection Title
Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - Lifestyles
Series Number
OH117
Interviewee
Maxwell, Opal
Interviewer
Peyton, Bill
Date Interviewed
November 14th, 1979
Processed by
Tara Marcum
Date Processed
June 27th, 2011
Description
1 sound disc (43 minutes)
Abstract
Opal Maxwell discusses her childhood in Paducah, Kentucky. She describes the process of growing tobacco, working the fields and daily chores. She explains the process of smoking sausage, making applesauce and other country dishes. She also recalls attending church and school in the same building, that being the England School.
Biographical/Historical Note
Opal Maxwell was a lifelong resident of Paducah, Kentucky. Her father operated a farm and grew tobacco. She married at age nineteen without her parents consent. Her husband was a sharecropper that farmed and raised cows.
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
Maxwell, Opal Paducah (Ky.) - History
England School (Paducah, Ky.) - History
Recommended Citation
Peyton, Bill, "OH117 Opal Maxwell Oral History" (2025). Lifestyles. 31.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-lifestyles/31
Audio Transcript
