Interview with Mark Kellen, March 17, 2011
Project: West Kentucky Politics Oral History Project
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In this interview, Mark Kellen discusses the history of Audubon State Park in Henderson, Kentucky. Kellen describes the work of local librarian Susan Towles' efforts to obtain support for the park in the 1930s from federal/state governments. Also discussed is the importance of the Civilian Conservation Corps and the evolution of the park to its current state as the number one tourism site in the Evansville, Indiana/Henderson, Kentucky area.Interview Accession
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Kellen, Mark Interview by George G. Humphreys. 17 Mar. 2011. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Kellen, M. (2011, March 17). Interview by G. G. Humphreys. West Kentucky Politics Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Kellen, Mark, interview by George G. Humphreys. March 17, 2011, West Kentucky Politics Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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