Between 1955 and 1972 Frankfort's "Bottom" or "Craw" community, an integrated working-class neighborhood, was systematically destroyed by the urban renewal process in the capital city. In a series of interviews former residents describe their...
Stewart discusses the farm radio program, "True to the Farm," hosted by Mr. Stewart and how information is obtained by farmers in the area. Other topics were the weather's effect on tobacco, the importance of tobacco to this area, and the future...
James D. Wells discusses his work as an agriculture agent in Kentucky and Ohio. Topics include his education, working on a research farm, changes in types of tobacco grown, allotment sizes, research in tobacco plant varieties, tobacco plant...
Willie Ryan gives a brief history of the Ryan Family farm. Topics include his grandfather raising a large orchard, making apple brandy, when his father purchased the farm, the number of acres and price, tillable acreage, timber, crops, increase in...
The Cynthiana tobacco market is always a very strong one in Kentucky and this interview explores warehousing, farming, etc. from this part of the state. One controversy brought up in this tape was a concern of soil conservation regulations being...
The Community Memories Oral History Project explores African American life in Frankfort and Franklin County and was conducted in conjunction with the earlier photographic project collecting family photographs of the members of this community. The...
Pinkerton Tobacco Company is the largest producer of loose leaf chewing tobacco and plug tobacco in the world. All their operations are in Owensboro, KY. Mr. Pittman is the executive vice-president at Pinkerton, which essentially means he is in...
This interview explores how tobacco and the life of one of Maysville's leading citizens were tied together. Mr. Finch built a tobacco warehouse and started a radio station whose call letters stand for World's Finest Tobacco Market (WFTM).
Mr. Hendrick has been the farm extension agent in Henderson County for 35 years. This interview has basically two directions: how Henderson County was a center of the tobacco trade at one time and about the farming of Green River tobacco.
The role and duties of the tobacco auctioneer are discussed by the world's top auctioneer, a title Mr. Cage won twice in the accepted contest in Virginia.
In this interview, Mr. Fowlkes details the life and business of the tobacco auctioneer. For a brief time, he gives an example of the highly individualized tobacco "chant." Of particular note is a discussion of the auctioneer's role in relation to...
Mr. McPherson is the ASCS District Director in the far western part of Kentucky and deals with three major types of tobacco grown in the state. This interview deals with the role of tobacco in the region and discussion of the types of tobacco.
Mr. Wilson, a tobacco farmer in Brown County, Ohio, remembers the type of tobacco his father raised, saving seed for next years crop until hybrid seeds became more available, changes in the methods of raising tobacco, tobacco plants are much larger...
Between 1955 and 1972 Frankfort's "Bottom" or "Craw" community, an integrated working-class neighborhood, was systematically destroyed by the urban renewal process in the capital city. In a series of interviews former residents describe their...
Between 1955 and 1972 Frankfort's "Bottom" or "Craw" community, an integrated working-class neighborhood, was systematically destroyed by the urban renewal process in the capital city. In a series of interviews former residents describe their...
One of the state's most influential leaders in politics and education, Edward F. Prichard, Jr. and his associates discuss Prichard family history and politics, Bourbon County life in the 1920s, Prichard's early interest in the law, the Ku Klux Klan...
Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. discusses his childhood and upbringing. He concentrates on his memories and impressions of family and school friends, his education and teachers from first grade through high school, extracurricular activities such as...
1982-11-08
Edward F. Prichard, Jr. Oral History Project, 2003OH01
Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. recalls his experiences as a student at Princeton University and Harvard Law School. During the Princeton segment, Prichard discusses his life at Princeton, remembering such topics as his professors and classmates,...
1982-11-15
Edward F. Prichard, Jr. Oral History Project, 2003OH01
