Oral history interview with Thomas Hamilton [sound recording], 1976 June 28

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Oral history interview with Thomas Hamilton [sound recording], 1976 June 28

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Thomas Hamilton was born in Marshall County, Kentucky in 1896. He lived in the Land Between the Lakes region on his family farm on the banks of the Tennessee River. He dropped out of school in the fourth grade and spent most of his youth hunting and working on his father's farm. As a young man Hamilton worked as a migrant worker and was employed in other states in the American southeast. He returned to Kentucky and bought a farm at Birmingham where he continued to farm until his retirement.

2 sound discs (1 hour, 30 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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