Bert T. Combs
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Description
Bert Thomas Combs, born in 1911 in Clay County, served as governor of Kentucky from 1959 to 1963 and on the United States Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1967 to 1970.
There are interviews with Combs, his relatives, and his political associates, including Barry Bingham, Sr., Carl D. Perkins, Edward F. Prichard, Jr., Wilson W. Wyatt, Sr., John Y. Brown, Sr., Wendell P. Butler, A.B. "Happy" Chandler, and Lawrence W. Wetherby. They discuss Combs's childhood in Prestonsburg, his career through 1970, factionalism in the Democratic party, political campaigning in Kentucky, Combs's programs for education and transportation, the sales tax, veterans' bonuses, tourism and state parks, the merit system, civil rights, conservation, and revision of the state constitution.
There are interviews with Combs, his relatives, and his political associates, including Barry Bingham, Sr., Carl D. Perkins, Edward F. Prichard, Jr., Wilson W. Wyatt, Sr., John Y. Brown, Sr., Wendell P. Butler, A.B. "Happy" Chandler, and Lawrence W. Wetherby. They discuss Combs's childhood in Prestonsburg, his career through 1970, factionalism in the Democratic party, political campaigning in Kentucky, Combs's programs for education and transportation, the sales tax, veterans' bonuses, tourism and state parks, the merit system, civil rights, conservation, and revision of the state constitution.
Title
Bert T. Combs
Collection Items
Interview with Walter Gattis
Political Science Professor at Centre College
Interview with Edward Prichard
Chairman of the Council on Public Higher Education
Interview with Lawerence Wetherby
Former Kentucky Governor
Interview with Ed Farris
Distilled Spirits Administrator
Interview with Steve Marcum
Educator
Interview with Polly Gorman
Administrative Assistant to President Of Eastern Kentucky University
Interview with Robert R. Martin
Former Eastern Kentucky University President and State Senator
Interview with James Ware
Senator
Interview with Lois Weinberg
The daughter of Bert Combs talks about her remembrances of her father before he was governor as well as his years as governor of Kentucky.
Interview with Gilbert Kingsbury
Public Relations
Interview with John Palmore
Chief Justice
Interview with Cattie Miller
Executive Director of the Kentucky Crime Victims Comp.
Interview with Philip Ardery
Attorney
Interview with Gilbert Kingsbury
Discusses the relationship between Earle Clements and Bert T. Combs.
Interview with John Ed Pearce
Reporter/ Editor
Interview with Robert Bell
Consultant
Interview with Polly Gorman
Mrs. Gorman was a member of the Bert T. Combs gubernatorial staff and she discusses how the office was run and how visitors were treated.
Interview with Ed Easterly
Mr. Easterly was the press secretary for A.B. Chandler and discusses the 1955 campaign, Combs as an administrator and the politics of the time.
Interview with J. David Francis
Circuit Judge
Interview with Thomas Carroll
The treasurer of the Kentucky Democratic Campaign Committee talks about getting to know Bert T. Combs. He talks about the 1959 campaign and the politicians he was working for at the time.
Interview with Jack Matlick
Commissioner of Conservation
Interview with Mrs. Paul Rehm
Sister of Bert T. Combs