Writing The Saga of Coe Ridge, 1976
A Guide to the Collection of Oral History Interviews at
Indiana University Bloomington
Finding aid prepared by the staff of the Center for the Study of History and Memory with a grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities Division of
Preservation and Access, 2000-2002
Overview of the Collection
Repository
Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory
Indiana University
400 North Sunrise Drive
Weatherly Hall North, Room 122
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-2856
Fax: 812/855-0002
E-mail: ohrc@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~cshm
Creator
Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory
TitleWriting
The Saga of Coe
Ridge
, 1976
Project No.
ohrc013
Interviews
1 interview.
Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral materials.
Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman
B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study
of History and Memory office.
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
William Lynwood Montell answers questions about the oral history
methods he used in writing
The Saga of Coe
Ridge
.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains one interview, lasting forty-five minutes. The interview consists of one reel and a typed transcript,
as well as collateral materials.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the Study of
History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the history of
twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
Usage Restrictions
The archive of the Center for the Study of History and Memory at Indiana University is open
to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies
are permitted by the deed of gift signed by the interviewee. Scholars must honor any
restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier
(pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript
(deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Tapes may not be copied for
patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that
interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the taped interview.
Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be
used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession
number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
Preferred Citation
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project
name], Center for the Study of History and Memory, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and side
if no transcript].
Interview List
Interviewee
Montell, William Lynwood
February 7,
1976
Call Number
76-004
Physical Description
17 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 45 minutes; no
index
Interviewer
Archbold, Annelen; Day, Jackie
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
William Lynwood Montell, born 1913, folklorist and oral
historian, discusses the research methodology for his book
The Saga of Coe Ridge. He discusses using
written historical records such as census data to confirm and contrast oral
histories gathered from the residents of Coe Ridge, Kentucky, about the murder
of George Taylor. He also touches upon the philosophy of writing histories and
the importance of including oral records as well as written ones in historical
accounts. Although oral records may not be "true" in the strictest sense of the
word, they serve to flesh out what was popularly believed and can be useful in
the analysis of the history as a whole.
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Keywords
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Occupation Names
- folklorist
- oral historian
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Personal Names
- Taylor, George
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Place Names
- Coe Ridge, Kentucky
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Subjects
- oral history
- written history
