Interview with Robert Lawson


  • Identifier2016oh006
  • Date6/3/2016
  • InterviewerEggett, Kailyn
  • IntervieweeLawson, Robert
  • DescriptionRobert Lawson, a horse trainer from Paris KY, discusses Rocky Mountain Horses, the show circuit, and some of the challenges that the horses and show men and women face. He also comments on his career as a horse trainer, and the resulting personal and professional changes that he has experienced since he began working with Rocky Mountain Horses. Lawson also details how important the horses are to his family, lifestyle, and community.
  • LocationParis, KY
  • Duration:35:50
  • Restrictionsnone
  • RightsContact Special Collections and Archives; Crabbe Library; Eastern Kentucky University for reproductions; rights and permission to publish.
  • IndexerSamantha Macfarlane
  • Funding SourceThe Appalachian Horse Oral History Project interviews and transcriptions were funded by the Kentucky Oral History Commission.


Citation

“Interview with Robert Lawson,” William H. Berge Oral History Center, accessed September 12, 2024, https://oralhistory.eku.edu/items/show/7857.