Interview with Leonard R. Hislope, April 17, 1991
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Hislope (House 1956-1966; 1974, 84th district, 83rd district; Republican) discusses his experiences as a member of the Republican minority, strip mining, labor unions, veterans issues, and highlights his impressions of several governors and fellow legislators. Interview concludes with his views on social and family structures. Part 2 of 3.Interview Accession
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Bert T. Combs Earle Clements Edward Morrow Governor Govel Happy Chandler Harry Caudill John Sherman Cooper John Y. Brown Keeneland Kentucky Education Association Labor unions Ned Breathitt Pulaski County, Kentucky Republican Party sales tax strip mining Veterans Bonus bill Wendell Ford William S. TaylorInterview LC Subject
Breathitt, Edward T., 1924- Brown, John Y. (John Young) Jr., 1933- Caudill, Harry M., 1922-1990 Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991 Clements, Earle C. (Earle Chester), 1896-1985 Coal mines and mining Coal mines and mining--Kentucky Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991 Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991 Ford, Wendell H., 1924- Keeneland (Ky.) Kentucky Education Association Kentucky. Governor (1955-1959 : Chandler) Kentucky. Governor (1959-1963 : Combs) Kentucky. Governor (1963-1967 : Breathitt) Kentucky. Governor (1971-1974 : Ford) Kentucky. Governor (1979-1983 : Brown) Labor unions Labor unions--Kentucky Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews Pulaski County (Ky.) Sales tax--Law and legislation--Kentucky Taylor, William SInterview Rights
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Hislope, Leonard R. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 17 Apr. 1991. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hislope, L.R. (1991, April 17). Interview by J. Suchanek. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hislope, Leonard R., interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. April 17, 1991, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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