Interview with A. D. Albright, February 28, 1989
Project: A.D. Albright Oral History Project
Interview Summary
A.D. Albright discusses the festivities and celebrations on campus during UK's centennial and explains the ways that big events can become politicized and wasteful. He describes the use of space on campus and property owned by the University of Kentucky. He talks about the selection of a location for the football stadium and why he preferred the property at Coldstream Farm. Albright discusses the purchase of the Main Chance Farm by the University of Kentucky and the controversy that erupted over it. According to Albright, there was a belief that UK had conspired with Keeneland to prevent another racetrack from being built on the land. Albright also talks about the 1967 gubernatorial campaign, and Rose Oswald's illness and the effect it had on UK president John Oswald.Interview Accession
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Albright, A. D. (Arnold De Wald) Albright, A. D. (Arnold De Wald)--Interviews University of Kentucky University of Kentucky--History Campus planning College sports College administrators College campuses. College environment College presidents College publicity College teachers--Social conditions Education, Higher--Kentucky Educators Universities and colleges--Administration. Universities and colleges--Faculty. Universities and colleges--Finance Universities and colleges--History Universities and colleges--Professional staff Oswald, John W. (John Wieland), 1917-1995Interview Rights
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Albright, A. D. Interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. 28 Feb. 1989. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Albright, A.D. (1989, February 28). Interview by T. L. Birdwhistell. A.D. Albright Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Albright, A. D., interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. February 28, 1989, A.D. Albright Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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