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Stones River National Battlefield Community, 1999

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 Documentary Research and Practice
Indiana University
Franklin Hall 0030B
601 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-2856
Fax: 812/855-0002
E-mail: ohrc@indiana.edu
https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu

Creator
Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory

Title
Stones River National Battlefield Community, 1999

Project No.
ohrc096

Interviews
10 interviews. Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral materials.

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030B. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
These interviews were conducted in order to reconstruct the history of the Stones River National Battlefield and the surrounding Murfreesboro area.

Scope and Content Note

In this project, ten interviews were conducted during the summer of 1999. Miranda Fraley conducted the interviews and primarily focused on what these interviewees could remember about community life, the development of Rutherford County and their own family history inrelation to the Civil War. Fraley also asked the interviewees if they had any experience volunteering at the battlefield or attending any of the special services held in the Stones River Battlefield or Cemetery area. Interviews consist of audio cassettes and typed transcripts.

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 Documentary Research and Practice 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. 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. Audio files 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 audio 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 Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].

Interview List


Interviewee
Batey, John Charles, III July 10, 1999 

Call Number
99-080

Physical Description

24 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; index

Interviewer
Fraley, Miranda

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

In this interview, John Charles Batey III talks about his understanding of the history of Murfreesboro in this interview. He relates stories of his family's involvement in the Civil War as well as the history of the community during that time. In addition, he talks about his genealogy dating back to the early seventeenth century. He also talks about how the area has changed since his childhood.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Stones River National Battlefield
    • Family Names
    • Bass
    • Batey
    • Occupation Names
    • systems analyst
    • Place Names
    • Blackman, Tennessee
    • Subjects
    • Blackman community
    • Hazen Monument
    • Murfreesboro development
    • Redoubt Brannan
    • United Sates Civil War stories

Interviewee
Batey, John L., Jr. July 10, 1999 

Call Number
99-079

Physical Description

17 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; index

Interviewer
Fraley, Miranda

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

In this interview John L. Batey, Jr. talks about farming in Murfreesboro and the stories he has heard about the Yankees coming into the Murfreesboro area. He says that even as late as the nineteen fifties his father found Civil War artifacts like bayonets on the battlefield. He also talks about changes in the Murfreesboro area during his lifetime. The area has become more urbanized and populated with fewer farms according to Batey. Similarly, he talks about changes to the Stones River battlefield, but his memory of it as a child is selective.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Stones River National Battlefield
    • Family Names
    • Bass
    • Batey
    • Place Names
    • Blackman, Tennessee
    • Subjects
    • Blackman community
    • community life
    • United States Civil War stories

Interviewee
Chandler, Clay M. July 16, 1999 

Call Number
99-081

Physical Description

23 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; index

Interviewer
Fraley, Miranda

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

In this interview, Clay M. Chandler talks about life during the Great Depression as a young boy. He also talks about his schooling and his doctoral degree in zoology and teaching biology at MTSU. Chandler relates stories about his family's involvement in the Civil War and about his general genealogy. In addition, he talks about stories he has been told about the battle at Murfreesboro and the urbanization of the area.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Sons of Confederate Veterans
    • Stones River National Battlefield
    • Stones River National Cemetery
    • Family Names
    • Chandler
    • Place Names
    • Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    • Subjects
    • Great Depression
    • Memorial Day services

Interviewee
Ketron, William F. June 22, 1999 

Call Number
99-076

Physical Description

13 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; index

Interviewer
Fraley, Miranda

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

In this interview, Willian F. Ketron participated in the Stones River Project in 1999. He spoke about his experiences as a member of the Murfreesboro community. Ketron volunteered at Stones River National Battlefield as a boyscout and speaks briefly about the changes to and expansion of the area surrounding the battlefield. In addition, he comments on the history of the Murfreesboro community, particularly in the nineteen twenties and nineteen thirties.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Blanton House
    • Boy Scouts
    • Stones River National Battlefield
    • Family Names
    • Blanton
    • Ketron
    • Occupation Names
    • convenience store owner
    • insurance agent
    • Personal Names
    • Pittard, Homer
    • Place Names
    • Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    • Subjects
    • family life
    • local history

Interviewee
Lord, Myrtle G. July 20, 1999 

Call Number
99-82

Physical Description

19 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8/ ips; index

Interviewer
Fraley, Miranda

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Myrtle Lord speaks about her life in Murfreesboro as a student and grade school teacher at Bradley Academy. She also talks about her experiences as a group leader for different children't activities, such as tap dancing and girl scouts. In addition, Lord speaks about the urbanization and integration of Murfreesboro and what both have meant for her living in the area.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Bradley Academy
    • Family Names
    • Glanton
    • Lord
    • Place Names
    • Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    • Subjects
    • community life
    • education
    • integration
    • Murfreesboro history
    • teaching

Interviewee
Mullins, J.H. July 28, 1999 

Call Number
99-077

Physical Description

20 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; index

Interviewer
Fraley, Miranda

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

In this interview, J.H. Mullins spoke about his memory of the Stones River National Battlefield and the changes that have occurred in Murfreesboro during his lifetime. In particular, Mr. Mullins focused on the stories of the Civil War era that his friends and family had told to him as a young boy. He also talked about the artifacts he found on the battlefield and what they meant to him.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Mullins Jewelry
    • Stones River National Battlefield
    • Personal Names
    • Forrest, Nathan Bedford
    • Place Names
    • Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    • Rutherford County, Tennessee
    • Subjects
    • community development
    • Great Depression
    • United States Civil War stories

Interviewee
Powell, Juanita July 3, 1999 

Call Number
99-078

Physical Description

21 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; index

Interviewer
Fraley, Miranda

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

In this interview, Juanita Powell talks about her memories of playing in the Stones River National Battlefield Park and how it has changed since then. She also talks about her family members who worked with the park services and attended Memorial Day services in the area. Powell talks briefly about the deaths in her family that caused her to move around a lot and see more of the area as a result.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Stones River National Cemetery
    • Occupation Names
    • accountant
    • banker
    • Personal Names
    • Powell, Wayne
    • Tarter, Melroe
    • Thompson, Lytle
    • Place Names
    • Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    • Stones River, Tennessee
    • Subjects
    • community development
    • Hazen Monument
    • Redoubt Brannan

Interviewee
Sadler, Doyle July 31, 1999 

Call Number
99-083

Physical Description

21 pages; 2 cassettes, 1 7/8 ips; index

Interviewer
Fraley, Miranda

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

In this interview, Doyle Sadler talks extensively about his family genealogy and their participation in the Civil War. Mr. Sadler also talks about his hobbies and his various jobs as a plumber, and electrician, a preacher, and a farmer. Sadler enjoys teaching children about the ways of "primitive life," such as meat-curing and soap-making. He says that he doesn't remember much about the changes to the Stones River Battlefield area or about special celebrations, like Memorial Day, beyond vague recollections of flads in honor of the dead and other such occurrences. He also discusses the Rutherford County landscape.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Stones River National Battlefield
    • Family Names
    • Sadler
    • Sissom
    • Occupation Names
    • electrician
    • farmer
    • plumber
    • preacher
    • Personal Names
    • Cooper, Thomas
    • Duncan, Peter Benson
    • Sisson, Loretta June
    • Place Names
    • Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    • Rutherford County, Tennessee
    • Subjects
    • church life
    • genealogy
    • hobbies
    • rural life
    • United States Civil War stories

Interviewee
Tarter, Donald E. July 18, 1999 

Call Number
99-075

Physical Description

21 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; index

Interviewer
Fraley, Miranda

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

In this interview Donald E. Tarter speaks about the History of Murfreesboro and his relationship with the Stones River National Battlefield. He speaks extensively about the Tarter family history and their expeditions to the Stones River Park. He also comments on changes to the area that he has noticed over the last couple of decades, including a developed infrastructure and increased tourism.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Stones River National Battlefield
    • Family Names
    • Jacobs
    • Tarter
    • Occupation Names
    • professor
    • Personal Names
    • Jacobs, Billy
    • Patton, George S.
    • Rommel, Erwin
    • Tarter, Glen
    • Tarter, Lessie
    • Tarter, Melroe
    • Tarter, Rubie Jacobs
    • Place Names
    • Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    • Redoubt Brannan
    • Subjects
    • childhood
    • community changes
    • family history
    • local history

Interviewee
Walden, Robert Earl August 9, 1999 

Call Number
99-084

Physical Description

18 pages; 2 cassettes, 1 7/8 ips; index

Interviewer
Fraley, Miranda

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

In this interview, Robert Earl Walden talks about his early life in the United States Marine Corps. He traveled around the world and came back to Murfreesboro in the nineteen fifties. Walden is a part of the Rutherford Country Historical Society and the VFW. In addition, he talks about Civil War battles in the area and his family genealogy. His family would travel to Murfreesboro only occasionally after the nineteen fifties, but he has noticed considerable urbanization.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Stones River National Battlefield
    • Place Names
    • Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    • Rutherford County, Tennessee
    • Subjects
    • community life
    • United States Civil War stories

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