Jesse Larrimore Campbell Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: AppMs-0782

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Jesse Larrimore Campbell Papers Digital Collection

Scope and Contents

The Jesse Larrimore Campbell Papers consist primarily of two compact discs made from a 1985 recording of Campbell recalling his life. Supplementary material includes a family genealogy, photocopies of clippings and photographs, and documents about the family by Campbell's daughter and granddaughter.

Campbell grew up in a mining town in Kentucky and in the recording discusses his playmates and other aspects of life in a coal town. He mentions that his mother was a musician and singer and that his father spent time out West in Indian Territory. There is discussion of food, family names, crops, going to school, , and growing up without electricity or an icebox. In commenting on his schooling, he mentions that he taught school for a couple of weeks when he was in seventh grade and the teacher ran off with one of the students, and that when he moved to Tennessee, the teacher put him in 6th grade because he didn't have any report cards to show that he was supposed to be in the 8th grade.

Dates

1940-2008

Creator

Campbell, Jesse Larrimore (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

0.05 linear feet (two audio compact discs and one folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Method of Acquisition

Gift of Heather Rhodes Johnson, August 2008, accession number 2008-045.

Processing Information

Processed by Jen Bingham, December 2014.

Subjects

Children of coal miners Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Clippings (information artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Education -- Kentucky -- Letcher County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Education--Kentucky--Knott County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Genealogies (histories) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Knott County (Ky.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Letcher County (Ky.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photocopies Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Sound recordings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus