Interview with Herbert Deskins, September 9, 2003
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Deskins (House 1976-1998, 94th district; Democrat) talks about his family, education, military service, working as a Young Democrat in support of Henry Ward's gubernatorial campaign against Louie B. Nunn, his association with the sedition case against Alan and Margaret McSurely, his work for the Democratic party in Eastern Kentucky in the late 1960s, his work as Pike County Attorney and bringing the National Young Democrats Convention to Kentucky. Interview ends abruptly with Deskins' reflections on his association with Paul Patton prior to and during his term as governor. Part 1 of 2.Interview Accession
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Baesler, Scotty Banahan, Steve Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991 Combs, Dan Jack Ford, Wendell H., 1924- Friend, Kelsey Herbie Deskins Kazee, Fuzzy McSurely, Alan, 1936- Natural Resources and Education Committee (Chair) Pike County (Ky.) Ratliff, Thomas Reed, Claude Sedition Ward, Henry Young Democrats ConventionInterview LC Subject
Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991 Deskins, Herbert Deskins, Herbert--Interviews Floyd County (Ky.) Ford, Wendell H., 1924- Friend, Kelsey E., Sr. Hayeswood, William Kentucky. Governor (1967-1971 : Nunn) Kentucky. Governor (1971-1974 : Ford) Kentucky. Governor (1995-2003 : Patton) Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews McSurely, Alan, 1936- Patton, Paul E., 1937- Peden, Katherine G. Perkins, Carl Dewey, 1912-1984 Pike County (Ky.) Political campaigns--Kentucky Practice of law--Kentucky--Pike County Young Democrats of America.Interview Rights
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Deskins, Herbert Interview by Eric Moyen. 09 Sep. 2003. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Deskins, H. (2003, September 09). Interview by E. Moyen. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Deskins, Herbert, interview by Eric Moyen. September 09, 2003, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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