Interview with Clarissa Hart, January 18, 2007

Partial Transcript: What're your all's names?

Segment Synopsis: Johnson introduces each of the student interviewers and Hart and begins the interview.

Partial Transcript: When and where were you born?

Segment Synopsis: Hart discusses her childhood. She describes her place of birth, where she grew up, and her childhood home.

Keywords: Cattle; Childhood homes; Crops; Farm houses; Farms; Hay; Russell Springs (Ky.); Somerset (Ky.); Tobacco

Subjects: Agriculture.; Childhood; Russell County (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: What did you do with your friends for recreation?

Segment Synopsis: Hart describes how she and her friends would entertain themselves during her childhood. She discusses how she would most often be spending time with her family. She also discusses who would take care of her as a child and how they would spend holidays.

Keywords: Childhood homes; Family activities; Fishing; Grandmothers; Holidays; Homes; Relatives; Skating

Subjects: Childhood; Families.; Recreation; Russell County (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: So, how did your family make a living?

Segment Synopsis: Hart describes how her mother and father supported their families through their various occupations.

Keywords: Factories; Farms; Jobs; Russell County (Ky.); Somerset (Ky.); Stores; Work

Subjects: Careers.; Childhood; Employment--Kentucky; Families; Occupations; Russell County (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: So, where did you get your household water and was it good?

Segment Synopsis: Hart describes her childhood home's water system and wastewater system. She describes experiencing outhouses during church visits during her childhood. She also describes how her family would dispose of garbage compared to how her trash is now collected.

Keywords: Burning garbage; Childhood homes; Churches; Environment; Environmental cleanup; Garbage; Garbage collection; Ministers; Outhouses; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Septic systems; Septic tanks; Trash; Well water

Subjects: Plumbing.; Pollution.; Refuse and refuse disposal.; Russell County (Ky.); Septic tanks; Sewerage.

Partial Transcript: Are you aware of PRIDE programs for a cleaner environment?

Segment Synopsis: Hart describes her work with PRIDE and how she got involved with PRIDE through her work with the Lake Cumberland Area Development District.

Keywords: Area Development Districts; Environment; Environmental cleanup; Lake Cumberland (Ky.); Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Septic systems; Wastewater

Subjects: Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Lake Cumberland Area Development District (Ky.); Plumbing.; Pollution.; Refuse and refuse disposal.; Russell County (Ky.); Septic tanks

Partial Transcript: What do you feel needs to be done for a cleaner and safer environment in your community?

Segment Synopsis: Hart describes the importance of early environmental education in regard to environmental cleanup and preventing pollution. She discusses the youngest people she has seen involved with PRIDE and how she thinks that realizing the impact of small things on the environment is a way to improve.

Keywords: Children; Dumping; Education; Environment; Environmental cleanup; Kids; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE)

Subjects: Environmental education.; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Pollution.; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Refuse and refuse disposal.; Russell County (Ky.); Waste disposal sites

Partial Transcript: What do you do at your home to recycle or improve the environment?

Segment Synopsis: Hart describes her personal efforts to recycle and reduce her usage of paper. She discusses how there has been a generational change in regard to the resourcefulness of reusing materials rather than discarding them.

Keywords: Dumping; Environment; Environmental cleanup; Generations; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Quilts; Resources; Reusing

Subjects: Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Pollution.; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Recycling centers.; Refuse and refuse disposal.; Russell County (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Do you think we had a cleaner environment, um, uh, like, when you were a kid than we do right now?

Segment Synopsis: Hart describes how she thinks the environment is cleaner than when she was a kid and she describes the efforts going into that environmental cleanup. She also discusses the recycling programs in Russell County.

Keywords: Dumping; Environment; Environmental cleanup; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE)

Subjects: Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Pollution.; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Recycling centers.; Refuse and refuse disposal.; Russell County (Ky.)