Hyde, Ruby

Date:
2012-06-07
Length:
36 minutes
Interviewer:
Pace, Mary
Transcription available:
no
Series:
Sheppard Square Oral History Project
Series ID:
2014_044
Interview Number(s):
2012_44_8
Summary:
This interview covers Hyde's memories of her childhood in Sheppard Square. Outside of school, her days were spent doing chores, playing with friends, participating in activities sponsored by neighborhood churches, the Presbyterian Community Center and the nearby public library. She recalls a strong attachment to the senior citizens in the community. She was influenced by her mother's commitment to communtiy volunteer work. She noticed a change in the neighborhood in the later 1970s attributing that to a reduction in services to children, the departure of senior citizens from the communtiy and a decrease in two-parent families.
Topic(s):
Housing--Kentucky--Louisville, Public housing, Sheppard Square (Louisville, Ky.), Louisville Metropolitan Housing Authority (Ky.), Smoketown (Louisville, Ky.), Presbyterian Community Center (Louisville, Ky.)