Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project – Kentucky Dam Project
Series Number: OH199
Interviewee: Fields, Joe
Interviewer: Meyer, Jeff
Date interviewed: November 29, 1995
Processed by: Processed by Benjamin J. Drake in December 2012.
Date processed: December 10, 2012
Description: 1 sound disc (47 minutes)
Abstract: Joe Fields of Marshall County, Kentucky discusses his experience with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on the construction of the Kentucky Dam. He recounts the day he was hired and his assigned duties as a mail-carrier on the worksite. He recalls employee horseplay, safety concerns, alcohol consumption on the worksite, thievery, social interactions, labor unions and racial relations.
Biographical / Historical note: Joe Fields was born on June 29, 1926 in Benton, Kentucky. He graduated from Benton High School in May of 1943 and began to work for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on the Kentucky Dam in July of the same year. In May of 1944, he volunteered for military service in the United States Navy. After his discharge he returned to TVA and worked on other construction projects until 1958 when he resigned and began to work for the Gilbertsville Post-Office.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Fields, Joe, 1926-
Kentucky Dam (Ky.)
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Dams – Kentucky.
Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.) – History.
Marshall County (Ky.)
Gilbertsville (Ky.)
