Interview with Catherine Richardson

Description:	The wife of a city council member, Catherine Richardson describes the tense hours leading up to the Ohio River flooding the city of Jeffersonville, Indiana. After water engulfed her home, she and her family evacuated to the Port Fulton area. Mrs. Richardson became a Red Cross volunteer and this lead to a life time involvement in the work of that organization. This interview is rich with details describing decisions and actions made before, during, and after the flood. For images of what our interviewee experienced, copy the following link to Mud, Sweat, and Tears at the Indiana State Library in your web browser. (<http://cdm16066.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p16066coll24/searchterm/MudSweatTears1937/field/all/mode/all/conn/and/order/title>)
Origin:	1983-08-11
Created By:	Richardson, Catherine French Banks; Day, Stephen
Contributor(s):	Winston, Vaughn, Technical assistant; Jackson, Larry, technical assistant; Kuhlenschmidt, Eden, transcript
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll12/id/30
Collection:	Jeffersonville Township Public Library
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/;
Subjects:	Floods--Indiana--Clark County Floods--Ohio River Valley Floods Oral history

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