COLLECTION NAME:
Oral Histories - Ohio River Portrait mediaCollectionId McCracken~6~6 Oral Histories - Ohio River Portrait Collection true
Record
Filename:
FA 656 OH0053LA Larry Purcel.mp3 filename FA 656 OH0053LA Larry Purcel.mp3 Filename false
Identifier:
FA 656 OH0053LA identifier FA 656 OH0053LA Identifier false
Title:
Larry Purcell title Larry Purcell Title false
Creator:
Larry Purcell creator Larry Purcell Creator false
Subject:
Purcell, Larry subject Purcell, Larry Subject false
Subject:
Shells subject Shells Subject false
Subject:
Water Pollution subject Water Pollution Subject false
Subject:
Barkley Lake subject Barkley Lake Subject false
Subject:
Kentucky Lake subject Kentucky Lake Subject false
Subject:
Rivers -- Cumberland, Ohio and Tennessee subject Rivers -- Cumberland, Ohio and Tennessee Subject false
Description:
Larry Purcell speaks on his life and musseling as a trade along the lakes and rivers in Western Kentucky. He discusses aspects of commercial musseling in Western Kentucky during the late 1980s and early 1990s including mussel types, boat construction, shell uses, Buying prices, Mussel Association, River Polution, river trash, Towboat trash, and Sand Bars. description Larry Purcell speaks on his life and musseling as a trade along the lakes and rivers in Western Kentucky. He discusses aspects of commercial musseling in Western Kentucky during the late 1980s and early 1990s including mussel types, boat construction, shell uses, Buying prices, Mussel Association, River Polution, river trash, Towboat trash, and Sand Bars. Description false
Publisher:
Western Kentucky University publisher Western Kentucky University Publisher false
Contributor:
Linda Kinsey Adams contributor Linda Kinsey Adams Contributor false
Date:
7/26/1990 date 7/26/1990 Date false
Type:
Oral History type Oral History Type false
Format:
audio/mpeg format audio/mpeg Format false
Source:
Ohio River Folk Life Project source Ohio River Folk Life Project Source false
Language:
English language English Language false
Coverage:
McCracken County coverage McCracken County Coverage false
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts and Folklife Archives, prior to reuse of these recordings rights Permission must be obtained from Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts and Folklife Archives, prior to reuse of these recordings Rights false
Biographical Sketch:
Larry Purcell, professional musseler, was born in Paducah, KY on February 10, 1944, to Barney and Louise Purcel. He attended St. Johns and Lone Oak Schools before starting work as an ironworker. He married Glenda Hannie in August 1964. They had two children, Bobbie Purcell and Tina Purcell. He worked in construction, traveling the country before retiring and becoming a professional musseler. biographical_sketch Larry Purcell, professional musseler, was born in Paducah, KY on February 10, 1944, to Barney and Louise Purcel. He attended St. Johns and Lone Oak Schools before starting work as an ironworker. He married Glenda Hannie in August 1964. They had two children, Bobbie Purcell and Tina Purcell. He worked in construction, traveling the country before retiring and becoming a professional musseler. Biographical Sketch false
Duration:
46:14 minutes
Bit Rate/Frequency:
64 kbps

Larry Purcell