Larry Keyes and Martha O’Brien
Recorded
July 30, 2008
01:16:47
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Id:
NPL000401
Description
Larry tells Martha about his family and the impact his father and uncle had on his life.Subject Log / Time Code
Larry describes his father, uncle EB, and his mother.
Larry describes his father and uncle’s childhood in Clinton, MO, and tells some stories about them as young people.
Larry talks about his father’s death when Larry was in high school, and its effect on him.
Larry talks about what he’d say to his dad in a letter if he could send him one now.
Larry explains why he thinks he was an “accident.”
Larry talks about what makes him happy now -- his wife and many pets.
Participants
- Larry Keyes
- Martha O’Brien
Recording Locations
Nashville Public LibraryVenue / Recording Kit
Tier
Keywords
- Accidents
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- Appearance
- Boxing
- Childhood Games
- Circus
- Clinton, MI
- clubbing/bars
- De Molay
- Deleon, TX
- Edwin Bledsoe Keyes
- family characters
- family heroes
- family members in history
- family naming and nicknames
- family trips and excursions
- favorite hangouts and haunts
- Great Depression stories
- Influential People
- internet
- lodges
- Lymon Burton Keyes
- Masculinity
- Masons
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- personal experiences
- railroad tramp
- rodeo
- Slag
- Southern Pacific Railroad
- Spouse
- Trains
- Yuma, AZ