BIBFRAME Work

Title

Terri Ratliff interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2023-11-15

Type

• Non Music Audio
• Collection

Contribution

• Musgrave, Nicole, 1987- (interviewer)
• Ratliff, Terri (interviewee)

Subject

• Digital photographs--Color--2020-2030 (GMGPC)
• Child care services--Kentucky (LCSH)
• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Economic aspects (LCSH)
• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Social aspects (LCSH)
• Ratliff, Terri (LCNAF)
• Child care services--Appalachian Region (LCSH)
• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Educational aspects (LCSH)
• Child care workers--Appalachian Region (LCSH)
• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Psychological aspects (LCSH)
• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Influence (LCSH)
• Family-owned business enterprises (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Personal narratives (LCGFT)
• Oral histories (LCGFT)
• Sound recordings (LCGFT)
• Interviews (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Content

• spoken word

Summary

Terri Ratliff is the owner and operator of Oak Tree Academy in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The preschool serves children ages 2.5- to 6-years-old and has been open since 2017. Terri has worked in child care since 1998. In her interview, Terri discusses her trajectory in child care; how government assistance has impacted her business; how she adapted to pandemic school closures and safety protocols; games she created to help the children acclimate to new protocols; contact tracing; the impacts of COVID on workers, children, and families; and how the July 2022 flood that hit eastern Kentucky caused her to relocate her preschool to its current space.

Authorized Access Point

Ratliff, Terri. Terri Ratliff interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2023-11-15

Capture

Recorded at the Oak Tree Academy, Whitesburg, Kentucky, November 15, 2023.

Geographic Coverage

• Kentucky

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:12:14.143337+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23916742

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc