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.
James Freeman was in the C.C.C. for three years, and spent his time as a fire fighter in Idaho. He comments on camp life, communist infiltration of the C.C.C., and the army.
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
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...
Mr. Snodgrass was long time Vice-President and Managing Director of the Burley Leaf Tobacco Export Association. This interview deals with lobbying in Congress and the development and status of overseas markets for tobacco.
Ben Tussey gives a brief history of the Tussey family farm in Jackson County. Topics include farm acreage, timber, dairy farm operations, number of cows milked, the government price support system for milk, number of dairy farms in Jackson County,...
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...
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...
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 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
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).
Houston Fuller discusses his experiences in the C.C.C. in 1933. He describes the process of joining up, the types of projects he worked on, and daily life in the work camps.
1990-02-16
C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation Corps) Oral History Project, 1992OH03
Polly Dickson talks about the Gray and Church families, Franklin County history, Stedmantown, Bridgeport, and families in those neighborhoods. Topics include her parents and family, Ambrose White, Woodburn farm, churches, one-room schools, locks,...
Charley Crawford, a coal miner for twenty-five years, discusses the coal industry, coal mining in Eastern Kentucky, coal camps, and changes in mining practices.
1977-05-12
Coal in Kentucky : Emergence of an Industry Oral History Project, 1977OH01
This collection of oral hsitory interviews is with women who worked at Rookwood from the 1920s to the 1940s discuss their work as decorators, their lives, and their artistic pursuits, including potting, wood carving, clay modeling, and painting.
1988
Kentucky Historical Society, Rookwood Pottery Oral History Project
Warren Hale was stationed in Wyoming, Oregon, and California. He discusses transferring skills from the C.C.C. to the army during World War II, when he was stationed in Italy.
2000-09-29
C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation Corps) Oral History Project, 1992OH03;
Nora Gilbert gives a brief history of life, where she worked, mentions the two small farms she owned in Jackson County, and talks about her farm in Laurel County. Topics include acreage, tobacco and dairy farming in Laurel County, raising tobacco,...
