Interview with Patricia Maloney, June 26, 1986

Partial Transcript: I thought before we started talking specifically about CAP you might tell me a little bit about your own background. Where you went to school, where you're from, that kind of thing.

Segment Synopsis: Maloney briefly talks about her childhood and educational background. She also explains how she first heard about the Christian Appalachian Project during college.

Keywords: Background; Camp AJ; Camp Andrew Jackson; Christian Appalachian Project (CAP); Colleges; Holyoke (Mass.); Roommates; Summers

Subjects: Childhood.; Education.; Volunteers.

Partial Transcript: What were your ideas about Appalachia or the South or Kentucky before you arrived there in the summer of 1980?

Segment Synopsis: Maloney talks about volunteering as a camp counselor at Camp Andrew Jackson and describes the children she worked with.

Keywords: Activities; African American children; Appalachia; Black children; Camp AJ; Camp Andrew Jackson; Christian Appalachian Project (CAP); Culture; Expectations; Integrated; Lifeguards; Orientation; Outdoor activities; Summer camps

Subjects: African American children.; Appalachian Region--Social conditions; Appalachian Region.; Camp counselors.; Camps.; Children.; Kentucky.; Volunteers.

Partial Transcript: Uh, CAP is advertised or promoted as a nondenominational organization, um, while the head of it, Father Beiting, is a Catholic priest and a lot of the volunteers or staff members might be Catholic. Did you see any Catholic influence?

Segment Synopsis: Maloney talks about whether she saw any Catholic influence in the Christian Appalachian Project since they aim to be a nondenominational organization.

Keywords: Catholic Mass; Catholic influences; Catholicism; Christian Appalachian Project (CAP); Expectations; Influence; Non-denominational organizations; Nondenominational organizations; Pressure; Rules

Subjects: Appalachian Region--Religion.; Catholics; Children.; Volunteers.

Partial Transcript: Can you remember specifically any of the children?

Segment Synopsis: Maloney talks about visiting some of the children's homes and briefly describes the conditions they lived in.

Keywords: Bible schools; Camp AJ; Camp Andrew Jackson; Christian Appalachian Project (CAP); Home visiting; Home visits; Houses; Living conditions; Summer camps

Subjects: Appalachian Region--Economic conditions.; Children.; Nursery schools.; Poverty.; Rural conditions.

Partial Transcript: After you finished your six weeks, or maybe longer, with the camp, then you came back?

Segment Synopsis: Maloney talks about returning to the Christian Appalachian Project as a permanent volunteer working in a nursery school from 1980-1981. She talks a little more about her time at Camp Andrew Jackson and about the families she interacted with as a permanent volunteer.

Keywords: Activities; Camp AJ; Camp Andrew Jackson; Child development programs; Christian Appalachian Project (CAP); Classes; Contact; Driving; Home visiting; Home visits; Jobs; Mothers; Mount Vernon (Ky.); Permanent volunteers; Preschools; Staff meetings; Summer camps; The Attic; Transportation; Work experience

Subjects: Appalachian Region--Social conditions; Childhood development.; Children.; Education; Families.; Nursery schools.; Parents.; Rural conditions.; Volunteers.

Partial Transcript: After you'd been there for a summer and then for a longer period of time, can you say that your ideas about Kentucky were more formulated or how had they changed?

Segment Synopsis: Maloney briefly talks about how she feels they helped the people of the Appalachian Region. She talks about how the experience changed her and what she gained from it.

Keywords: Appalachia; Awareness; Benefits; Camp AJ; Camp Andrew Jackson; Changes; Christian Appalachian Project (CAP); Community life; Community living; Daycares; Ellen Burke; Expectations; Experiences; Family; Helping; Learning; Self-confidence; Summer camps; Volunteer experience; Work

Subjects: Children.; Communities.; Kentucky--Appalachian Region.; Nursery schools.; Volunteers.

Partial Transcript: Would you say that the poverty or the local setting is what you expected to find?

Segment Synopsis: Maloney talks about poverty in the Appalachian Region and how it surprised her. She talks about not having time to travel while she was in Kentucky. She briefly mentions helping children with disabilities.

Keywords: Awareness; Christian Appalachian Project (CAP); City poverty; Disabilities; Ellen Burke; Free time; Home visiting; Home visits; Housing; Isolation; Leisure time; Needs; Privilege; Recreation; Rural poverty; Travel

Subjects: Appalachian Region--Economic conditions.; Appalachian Region--Social conditions; Children.; Poverty.; Rural conditions.