Kentucky History Oral History Collection

This collection includes various interviews regarding a wide range of topics related to the history of Kentucky. Project topics include Kentucky and Lexington politics; the Claiborne Farm in Bourbon County; the 1960 presidential election; midwifery; race relations and racial violence; the 1967 Open Housing movement in Louisville, Kentucky; Greasy Creek School during the period 1921-1933; Duncan Tavern in Lexington; the history of medicine in Kentucky; the role of women on the farm; Piqua Blue Bridge; Mount Carmel Christian School and Oakdale Christian School in Breathitt County; Riverside Christian School in Lost Creek; the Kavanaugh School in Lawrenceburg; the history of the Lexington Herald-Leader; the history of Evarts; the life and career of Desha Breckinridge; the history of the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington; the history of the Iroquois Hunt Club; the history of Kitty League Baseball; the history of the Lexington Living Arts and Science Center; Clay family history; Dinsmore family history; Forsee family history; Cundiff and Carigan famly history; Preston family history; Scott family history; Storey family history; Thornton family history; Wickliffe family history; McDonald family history; Robbins family history; Fayette County history; Floyd County history; Washington County history; Renfro Valley history; the history of the Lexington Junior League; the history of the Robert H. Williams Children's Home in Lexington; Oliver Torch; the Great Depression; the Federal Writers' Project during the Depression; and tobacco farming and agriculture in Kentucky.