Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project – Kentucky Dam Project
Series Number: OH225
Interviewee: Washam, Barbara
Interviewer: Rousey, Eric
Date interviewed: January 6, 1995
Processed by: Dieter C. Ullrich on November 22, 2013.
Date processed: November 22, 2013
Description: 2 sound discs (106 minutes)
Abstract: Barbara Evelyn Moore Washam discusses her experiences working for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the commissary at Kentucky Dam Village during the 1940's. She vividly describes the people, social events and community facilities of the village. She recalled living in the dormitories, rationing during the Second World War, recreational activities, entertainment, segregation, company managed stores, race relations and segregation in Paducah.
Biographical / Historical note: Barbara Evelyn Moore Washam worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the commissary at Kentucky Dam Village from 1942 to 1945. She arrived in Paducah from Nashville in 1940. She later worked as a bookkeeper at her husband's optometrist office in Mayfield. She died on January 14, 2011 in Paducah.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Washam, Barbara Evelyn Moore, 1924-2011.
Marshall County (Ky.) – History.
Paducah (Ky.)
Kentucky Dam (Ky.)
Marshall County (Ky.) – History.
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Dams – Kentucky.
Land Between the Lakes (Ky. and Tenn.) – History.
