ORAL HISTORY CENTER
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF MADISON COUNTY
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

An Index of a Recorded Interview
With
Curry, Marian Tribble
A. G. Dunston, Interviewer

The following is an unrehearsed taped interview with Marian Curry.
Ms. Curry discusses her life as a teacher and resident of Madison County.
This interview was taped in conjunction with the
African American Community of Madison County Oral History
Project at Eastern Kentucky University.

LOCATION: Ms. Curry's home in Richmond, Kentucky.
DATE: March 24, 1992
TIME: 3:00 P.M.
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 90-Minutes
TYPE OF MACHINE USED: Califone Cassette
000-007 Introduction.
007-011 Empty.
011-021 Interviewer establishes format.
021-061 Family and personal background.
061-066 Describes family characteristics.
066-072 Valkins Irvine.
072-094 Grandfather Irvine.
094-103 County worship services and "dinner on the ground."
103-111 Curry discusses her mother.
111-128 Discusses Frances Street, First Baptist Church, and Hill Street.
128-147 Irvine name.
147-164 Hospital for the treatment of traucoma.
164-194 More on family background. Describes circumstances surrounding her birth.
194-226 Discusses her siblings.
226-256 Discusses her grandparents.
256-297 Discusses her brother Earl, a saxophonist.
297-402 Educational background: Richmond High, Kentucky State, Knoxville College, basketball scholarship.
402-409 In 1935 Curry moves to Jenkins, KY.
409-412 Empty.

END SIDE I
BEGINNING SIDE II
000-036 First job teaching English at Dunham School in Letcher County.
036-068 Takes job at Richmond High as Music and librarian in 1951. Spends 25 years with Richmond city schools.
068-105 Discusses the transitions experienced in the Richmond County schools. Retired 1976.
105-139 In 1937 she married Fred Nelson;1962 married Reed Curry; stepchildren.
139-189 Social organizations: Kentucky State Alumni; Richmond School Alumni.
189-206 Telford Community Center
206-256 The Colored Ladies Art Club.
256-276 The literacy board and adult education, post 1976.
276-297 Discusses volunteerism.
297-320 Religious organizations: Missionary board, choir director, First Baptist Church.
320-336 Curry discusses the importance of Black History.
336-359 Closing remarks.
359-414 Empty.
END SIDE II
BEGINNING TAPE II, SIDE I
000-018 Possible contacts for further research.
018-160 Maple Grove Cemetery, a black cemetery established in 1910.
160-235 Pre-Maple Grove Cemetery, name unknown, located on Four Mile, Memorial Day services.
235-253 Possible contacts; closing goodbyes.
253-282 Additional information from Curry on her family background.
282-422 Empty.

END OF INTERVIEW

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