Interview with Geneva Taylor, February 10, 1992

Partial Transcript: Okay. I think the best way to start would be to just get some information on, um, well, when and where you were born to start out with.

Segment Synopsis: Geneva Taylor describes her childhood and growing up on the family farm.

Keywords: Chickens; Childhood; Cows; Farm produce; Farming; Father; Grover land; Hauling; Hogs; House; Land ownership; Livestock; Maggie Butler Reese; Mother; Owen County (Ky.); Porter Grover; Roy Reese; Scott County (Ky.); Slaughter; Tenant farming; Tobacco

Subjects: African American families; African American farmers; African Americans--Employment; African Americans--Housing; Rural African Americans

Partial Transcript: So, on this, this Grover farm, you're--you had a a couple cows? Just milk cows?

Segment Synopsis: Taylor discusses what she remembers of growing up on Porter Grover's farm. She also describes the process of her family buying their own land and starting the family farm.

Keywords: Acres; Apple trees; Barns; Beef; Brothers; Chickens; Cows; Eggs; Farm produce; Farming; Father; Food preservation; Grover land; Hogs; Land; Land ownership; Livestock; Market; Mother; Roy Reese, Jr.; Sheep; Tenant farming; Tobacco; Tobacco farms

Subjects: African American families; African American farmers; Rural African Americans

Partial Transcript: Now, you mentioned when you came here, you, you didn't have city water?

Segment Synopsis: Taylor describes the facilities at the family farm, particularly detailing how they got water and heated their house.

Keywords: Access; Barns; Busing; Chicken coops; City water; Coal; Education; Electricity; Heating; High school; Houses; Housing; Lexington (Ky.); Moving; Oil lamps; Primer; Property; School year; Vacation; Water; Water supply; Wells

Subjects: African American families; African American farmers; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Housing; Education, Primary--Kentucky; Rural African Americans

Partial Transcript: What other kinds of community things do you remember growing up? Any kind of community gatherings, or?

Segment Synopsis: Taylor discusses the community events she attended as a child. She also describes how she met her husband.

Keywords: Army; Aunt; Charles Taylor; Church activities; Church attendance; Community events; Cousins; Employment; Father; Festivals; Grandfather; Grandmother; Great Crossings Baptist Church; Hauling; Husband; Marriage; Military service; Money; Mother; Picnics; Relatives; Social activities; Uncle; World War I; Zion Baptist Church

Subjects: African American Christians; African American families; African Americans--Recreation; African Americans--Religion; African Americans--Social life and customs; Rural African Americans

Partial Transcript: Where did you live when you were married?

Segment Synopsis: Taylor discusses her marriage to her husband.

Keywords: Charles Larry Taylor; Children; Cincinnati (Oh.); Crop; Farming; Georgetown (Ky.); Guthrie Taylor; Hay; Hemp; Husband; Integration; Kids; Land ownership; Lexington (Ky.); Marriage; Naomi Taylor Olinger; Nursing; Public schools; Tobacco; Vincent Taylor; Work

Subjects: African American families; African American farmers; African Americans--Employment; Rural African Americans

Partial Transcript: When did you stop with the animals? The hogs, and the cows, and the chickens?

Segment Synopsis: Taylor discusses the changes that have happened on the farm over the years. She also describes the many ways people are employed on the farm.

Keywords: Chickens; Children; Cincinnati (Ohio); Contracting; Family life; Farming; Farming equipment; Jobs; Livestock; Married; Plows; School; Tobacco; Tractors; Vocational school; Wagons; Working

Subjects: African American farmers; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Employment; Rural African Americans

Partial Transcript: Would you say your parents were strict with you growing up, or?

Segment Synopsis: Taylor discusses how her parents were strict. She also describes how the conditions of family farms have changed over the years in Kentucky.

Keywords: Canning; Charles Taylor; Contracting; Cooperatives; Dating; Discipline; Economy; Employees; Farming; Father; Food preservation; Freezing; Friends; Jobs; Money; Mother; Parents; Southern states; Strict; Work; Workers

Subjects: African American families; African American farmers; African American parents; African Americans--Employment; African Americans--Health and hygiene

Partial Transcript: Well when, um, Larry and Guffry (??) were in school, they belonged to the 4-H Club.

Segment Synopsis: Taylor discusses how farms have been involved with other agricultural agencies or organizations. She also discusses her children and grandchildren.

Keywords: 4-H Club; Agricultural agencies; Agriculture; Agriculture extension; Church; Crop rotation; Crops; Decisions; Economy; Farming; Father; Future Farmers of America; Grandchildren; John Jones; Mother; Parents; Slaughter; Sunday school; Tobacco

Subjects: African American families; African American farmers; African American parents; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Religion; African Americans--Social conditions; Race relations--Kentucky