Detail View: Oral Histories - Ohio River Portrait: Sue Dodds

Filename: 
FA 656 OH0038LA Sue Dodds.mp3
Identifier: 
FA 656 OH0038LA
Title: 
Sue Dodds
Creator: 
Sue Dodds
Subject: 
History -- Paducah (KY)
Subject: 
Quilting
Subject: 
Arts -- Paducah (KY)
Description: 
Sue Dodds speaks of her "original" jewelry making process providing a step by step process of making her original jewelry. She also speaks of her life in Paducah and her business adventures, detailing the renovations of 1621 Jefferson St. and the describes the history of her family quilt and quilting in Paducah.
Publisher: 
Western Kentucky University
Contributor: 
Linda Kinsey Adams
Date: 
7/2/1990
Type: 
Oral History
Format: 
audio/mpeg
Source: 
Ohio River Folk Life Project
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
McCracken County
Rights: 
Permission must be obtained from Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts and Folklife Archives, prior to reuse of these recordings
Biographical Sketch: 
Sue Dodds was born at Riverside Hospital in Paducah, KY in 1944 to J.E. Staley and Cathleen Staley. She graduated from Lone Oak High School and Southern Illinois University. She worked for 17 years as a dental hygenists, before owning a retail shoe store, nutri system wieght loss center, commercial art studio, selling cemetery lots and owning multiple rental properties. She was a jewelery maker and hand craft artist living in Paducah, KY.
Duration: 
56:48 minutes
Bit Rate/Frequency: 
64 kbps