Bert T. Combs
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
Project Interviews
Interview with Carl Perkins
Copy of a Kentucky Educational Television interview for which Carl Perkins gave his permission to use.
Interview with Julius Rather
Attorney
Interview with Louise and Ed Marcum
Sister of Bert T. Combs
Interview with J.O. Van Hook
Retired Teacher and Speech Writer
Interview with Jo Ferguson
Ms. Ferguson held a number of positions in Kentucky State Government
Interview with William Scent
Attorney
Interview with Robert Matthews
Attorney
Interview with Barry Bingham
Editor/ Publisher
Interview with Foster Ockerman
Attorney
Interview with Robert Rives
Election Commissioner
Interview with Harry Waterfield
Politician
Interview with Shelby Kinkead
Attorney
Interview with Harry Davis
Politician
Interview with T.R. Marcum
Judge/ Politician
Interview with Wendell Butler
Secretary of the Education and Arts Cabinet
Interview with Robert Combs
Brother of Bert T. Combs
Interview with Mrs. Paul Rehm
Sister of Bert T. Combs