Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project – Kentucky Dam Project
Series Number: OH191
Interviewee: Barrett, Charles
Interviewer: Marshall, Tim
Date interviewed: 1995 November 20
Processed by: Processed by Benjamin J. Drake in November 2012.
Date processed: December 7, 2012
Description: 1 sound disc (55 minutes)
Abstract: Charles Barrett discusses his employment with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) during the construction of the Kentucky Dam. He describes his life growing up in Marshall County, Kentucky, and the development of the area prior to the construction of the dam. He recalls construction techniques used when building the dam and labor and management relationships during the 1940s. Topics such as pay rates, unions, race relations and the impact of the dam upon the residents of the region were discussed.
Biographical / Historical note: Charles Barrett was born in 1919 in Marshall County, Kentucky. In 1940, he was hired by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) during the construction of the Kentucky Dam.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Barrett, Charles, 1919-
Kentucky Dam (Ky.)
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Dams – Kentucky.
Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.) – History.
Marshall County (Ky.)
