Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project – World War II
Series Number: OH147
Interviewee: Murphy, Katherine, 1928-
Interviewer: Jay Parrent
Date interviewed: November 16, 1997
Processed by: Benjamin J. Drake
Date processed: November 4, 2011
Description: 1 sound disc (9 minutes)
Abstract: Katherine Murphy details her experiences during the Second World War. She describes her childhood and early adulthood. During the war, she was employed at the Princeton Hosiery Mill of Princeton, Kentucky. She discusses her duties at the plant and life during the war. She concludes by detailing her thoughts concerning significant political figures and major events during the war. She also describes post-war celebrations at Princeton, Kentucky
Biographical / Historical note: Katherine Murphy was born in 1928 in Kentucky. During the Second World War, she worked at the Princeton Hosiery Mill. Her husband was a non-commissioned officer stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Murphy, Katherine, 1928-
World War, 1939-1945 – Kentucky – Princeton.
Princeton Hosiery Mills (Princeton, Ky.)
