OH146 Mae Evelyn Lewis Oral History
Collection Title
Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - World War II
Series Number
OH146
Interviewee
Lewis, Mae Evelyn
Interviewer
Parrent, Jay
Date Interviewed
December 7th, 1997
Processed by
Benjamin J. Drake
Date Processed
November 22nd, 2011
Description
1 sound disc (22 minutes)
Abstract
Mae Evelyn Lewis details her experience during the Second World War. She describes life in the Jackson Purchase area of Kentucky during the late 1920s and 1930s. She provides detail into rationing during the Second World War and the way it impacted the region.
Biographical/Historical Note
Mae Evelyn Lewis was born in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1913. She worked at a hosiery mill in Calloway County, Kentucky from 1927 until the end of the Second World War.
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
Lewis, Mae Evelyn, 1913-
Fielder, Dorothy
World War, 1939-1945 - Kentucky - Calloway County.
Calloway County (Ky.) - History
Lyon County (Ky.)
Recommended Citation
Parrent, Jay, "OH146 Mae Evelyn Lewis Oral History" (2025). World War II. 15.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-wwii/15
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