Oral history interview with Colonel Creed F. Bates, William A. "Lon" Keef, and Cornet Summerfield Vandergriff [audio recording and transcript]
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- Title
- Oral history interview with Colonel Creed F. Bates, William A. "Lon" Keef, and Cornet Summerfield Vandergriff [audio recording and transcript]
- Description
- Frank Mickey Robbins, III, and Charles Flowers interview three longtime residents of Signal Mountain, Tennessee. Creed Fletcher Bates (01 Feb 1894-10 Oct 1975) describes roads, landmarks, families, etc. and apple cider, and later goes with Robbins and Flowers to interview William Alonzo Keef (28 Oct 1887-31 Aug 1977) and Cornet Summerfield Vandergriff (27 Apr 1886-28 Sep 1980). Keef discusses moonshining and the liquor traffic in detail on Signal Mountain. Vandergriff relates life on the mountain, families, farming, roads, springs, and apple cider making.
- Interviewee
- Bates, Creed F., 1894-1975
- Keef, William A., 1887-1977
- Vandergriff, Cornet Summerfield, 1886-1980
- Interviewer
- Robbins, Mickey
- Flowers, Charles
- Extent
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5 audiocassettes,
5 compact discs (4 hours 34 minutes) - 1 transcript (106 pages)
- Collection
- Chattanooga Public Library Oral History Collection
- Subject
- Walden Ridge (Tenn.) - History
- Chattanooga (Tenn.) -- Social life and customs
- Distilling, Illicit
- Springs -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga
- Rivers -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga
- Bates Family
- Vandergrift family
- Bates, Creed F., 1894-1975
- Keef, William A., 1887-1977
- Vandergriff, Cornet Summerfield, 1886-1980
- Rights
- No Copyright
- Bibliographic Citation
- Oral History Collection. Chattanooga Public Library.
- Relation
- Index to the Oral History Collection
- Identifier
- OHP 64
- Type
- Sound
- Text
- Language
- English
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