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. recalls his experiences and duties as a law clerk for Justice Felix Frankfurter. He also discusses Frankfurter's appointment to the United States Supreme Court shortly before World War II, Frankfurter's attitude...
1982-11-29
Edward F. Prichard, Jr. Oral History Project, 2003OH01
In the tobacco area, Mr. Clay was instrumental in the formation of several organizations that are now central to the tobacco industry. One example is the Tobacco Institute. This is a very good interview for a deeper understanding of the sequence of...
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
Edward F. Prichard, Jr. recalls his involvement and subsequent indictment for vote fraud in Bourbon County during the 1948 U.S. Senate race between Virgil Chapman and John Sherman Cooper. Prichard also recalls his incarceration in the Federal...
1983-05-13
Edward F. Prichard, Jr. Oral History Project, 2003OH01
"This collection documents changes in health care during the twentieth century in the rural counties of Pulaski, Wayne, and McCreary. They discuss how a health care system based in the home and community slowly changed to one administered by...
The music played by traditional fiddlers in the Appalachian region of Kentucky originated in the British Isles in ancient times. The musicians interviewed for this series learned to play their instruments before recording and broadcasting...
1985
Kentucky Historical Society, Vintage Fiddling in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project
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. discusses his work experiences at the beginning of World War II, including overseeing the Immigration Agency for the Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, then working at the Office of Emergency...
1983-02-09
Edward F. Prichard, Jr. Oral History Project, 2003OH01
Edward F. Prichard recaps the highlights of his work in Washington, D. C., and then comments upon Francis Townsend, Charles Edward Coughlin, Huey Long, Jerry Falwell, and Henry A. Wallace. He then talks about his return to Kentucky, the opening of...
1983-04-13
Edward F. Prichard, Jr. Oral History Project, 2003OH01
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...
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...
Wolford and Jacobs were campaigning for General George McClellan during the presidential election of 1864 when they denounced President Lincoln as a tyrant and called upon the public to resist his war efforts.
Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. remembers Philip Graham, John Y. Brown, Sr., J. C. W. Beckham, Alben Barkley and A. B. "Happy" Chandler. Prichard also recalls the Judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937, also known as the "court packing plan," and the...
1982-11-24
Edward F. Prichard, Jr. Oral History Project, 2003OH01
Edward F. Prichard describes the state of Kentucky upon his return from Washington, D.C. following World War II. He recalls his law practice, including some of his early clients and cases as well as his work on Earle C. Clements' 1947 Democratic...
1983-04-15
Edward F. Prichard, Jr. Oral History Project, 2003OH01
This interview reveals some of the diversity of the Pinkerton Tobacco Company plant and gives insights into the production of tobacco products such as labor concerns, the role of government, and remaining competitive in a changing market.
Second interview with Mr. Berry which includes some of his personal history, politicians, and the opposition to the co-op of the manufacturers and others.
