Interview with Jean Elizabeth Moses, September 24, 1993

Partial Transcript: If you would, just gives us your name, full name.

Segment Synopsis: Moses gives her basic biographical information.

Keywords: Richmond (Va.); family members--parents; family members--siblings

Partial Transcript: When did you first move into the region? You said it was about twenty years ago...

Segment Synopsis: She talks about when and why she moved to Tennessee. She also talks about starting the Jellico Children's' Theater.

Keywords: Jellico (Tenn.); Jellico Children's Theater; relocation; retirement

Partial Transcript: Then after being here for a while, it was like I was beginning to get bored...

Segment Synopsis: She explains how she has helped with the Jellico Children's Theater and how the theater has helped students.

Keywords: Jellico Children's Theater; Jellico(Tenn.); Mountain Women's Exchange

Partial Transcript: You said you had moved here in '73.

Segment Synopsis: She talks about the different jobs she had before she retired in Jellico.

Keywords: employment opportunities

Partial Transcript: So, how is the theater funded? Is it throught grants, donations?

Segment Synopsis: She tells more about the Jellico Children's Theater and how it is funded.

Keywords: Jellico Children's Theater; Jellico(Tenn.)

Partial Transcript: In front of people they did not know. These were people from New York, Aruba...

Segment Synopsis: Moses discusses the importance of the performance workshops and the results for the kids who were a part of the Jellico Children's Theater. She also discusses how she became interested in theater.

Keywords: Jellico Children's Theater; Knoxville (Tenn.); personal reflections

Partial Transcript: You were talking about how they didn't have any music or drama programs...

Segment Synopsis: She describes the summer programs that the theater has for the community.

Keywords: Jellico (Tenn.); Jellico High School; children

Partial Transcript: What do you see as the future for the Jellico Children's Theater

Segment Synopsis: She talks about what she sees in the future of the theater.

Keywords: community aspirations

Partial Transcript: Do you think the community is ready for it?

Segment Synopsis: They discuss AIDS in the community and the play they were then currently working on, which was called "Angela".

Keywords: AIDS; Jellico(Tenn.)

Partial Transcript: If you could, what do you see in the future for here in the mountains?

Segment Synopsis: She talks about her aspirations for Jellico and what she would like to see for the town's future.

Keywords: Jellico (Tenn.); community aspirations; union rallies--coordination

Partial Transcript: If you had to reduce your life here, your experience here to one word or one sentence...

Segment Synopsis: She looks at the lack of resources that are available to the community of Jellico and the living conditions there. She would like to see both change for the better.

Keywords: church; economic conditions; personal reflections; rural areas