Clinton Bramel talks about being a tobacco buyer for the Parker Tobacco Company. Topics include the training he received, working as a relief buyer, relationships between buyers, relationships between buyers and auctioneers, the tobacco market,...
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...
Ms. Coyte was one of the first and still very few women tobacco buyers. This interview deals with her duties, but also with being a woman in the tobacco business.
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.
Mr. Besuden was the farm writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader for nearly 17 years. The interview revolves around the work as a farm writer and his vantage point.
The Kentucky Oral History Commission , in cooperation with the Kentucky Heritage Council Main Street Program, initiated the Main Street, Kentucky Oral History Project in 1993. The project supports the collection of oral history interviews that...
S.A. Parker, Jr. discusses the Parker Tobacco Company in Maysville, Kentucky. Topics include the history of the company, when he started working in the company, company operation, where tobacco is purchased and sold, how the tobacco market is...
"...answers to questions that everyone is asking." Includes information on: Astronomy -- Biology -- Chemistry -- Geography -- Meteorology -- Physics -- Psychology. Index: p. 44-47.
After being involved in various civil right efforts, in 1968 Georgia Davis Powers became the first African American elected to the Kentucky Senate. She led the Allied Organization for Civil Rights in promoting a statewide public accommodations and...
Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky Oral History Project; 21 E
Color Postcard showing image of a bridge spanning the Ohio River at Louisville, KY. Part of the city of New Albany, IN is visible on the shore. Steamboat is in the water. Info printed on the back: ""Louisville, Kentucky. Belle of Louisville...
ca. 1980
Kentucky Historical Society, Ronald Morgan Kentucky Postcard Collection, Graphic 5
Color picture with perspective of looking down the street. There are large homes visible on the left side of the postcard. One building is a pink/tan color and the other building is grey. There is a metal fence that runs down the length of the...
ca. 1911
Kentucky Historical Society, Ronald Morgan Kentucky Postcard Collection, Graphic 5
Color picture of the Good Samaritan Hospital. This is a front view of the hospital which is partially hidden from the trees. The color and detail of this picture seems to accurately portray the hospital.
1912
Kentucky Historical Society, Ronald Morgan Kentucky Postcard Collection, Graphic 5
Color postcard showing image of Berry Mansion. View is from across the front lawn. Trees partially block view of the house. Info printed on the back: ""Berry Mansion, Juniper Hill Community Center, Frankfort, Ky.""
ca. 1960
Kentucky Historical Society, Ronald Morgan Kentucky Postcard Collection, Graphic 5
