Browse Interviews (11 total)
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Interview with Virginia Jewell
Clinton Historian
Interview with Norris Duvall
Teacher, Principal, Coach, Farmer, and Retired Naval Officer
Interview with Hamilton Tapp
Dr. George Hamilton Tapp was a well-known Kentucky historian who spent most of his career teaching and writing. Dr. Tapp started his career teaching at various schools and institutions such as Pike County High School, Eastern Kentucky University (1923-1928), Louisville Male High School (1934-1944), and the University of Kentucky (1948-1971). While…
Tags: C. E. Allen, Centre College, Charles Keith, Civil War, Department of Education, education, EKU, Filson Club, George Coblin, George Rodgers Clark, historians, John Crittenden, John Dewitt, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky history, Republican Party, Revolutionary War, University of Kentucky, W. E. Dudd
Interview with F. M. Burke
F. M. Burke is a Pike County, KY native. He attended Eastern State Teachers College and Normal School. In this interview, Burke, gives detailed information about his family history, growing up on a farm and his father's timber business. After being rejected for not meeting the requirements for admission to Eastern, he boarded a train and headed to…
Interview with George Fugate
Letcher County native George Fugate describes his life while growing up on a farm where he was raised by his grandparents. Fugate mentions that John C. Mayo bribed his grandmother for coal rights after they moved to Whitesburg. When Fugate finished eighth grade he attended Eastern Normal School, which was the first time he saw running water and…
Interview with Robert Hungarland
This interview with Robert Hungarland is part one of three part series. Part one is omitting his World War II service so as to be included in parts two and part three. Hungarland, a Arkansas native, obtained his MBA degree and decided to enter college teaching. He joined EKU's faculty in 1964 and retired in 1984. This interview covers his early…
Interview with Arthur Lloyd
This interview with Arthur Lloyd is part three of seven recordings. Lloyd continues discussing Vanderbilt University, his relationship with Frank Owsley, and his experiences while residing in the President's house. These two experiences for him were valuable and beneficial. Lloyd also shares his views on slavery, the Ku Klux Klan, and Nashville…
Interview with Arthur Lloyd
This interview with Arthur Lloyd, is part one of seven recordings. Lloyd discusses growing up in Western Kentucky, his parents teaching careers, and the advantages his education provided in the interview.
Interview with Dr. R. A. Edwards
In this interview Dr. Edwards explained the formation of Central University and the Civil War controversy between the Presbyterian church of the North and South. Dr. Edwards also comments on the merger of Central University and Centre College. In addition, he discusses EKU's first president, Dr. Nevel Roark and the second president Dr. John G.…
Interview with Mary Wharton
Author and retired chairman speaks of rocks found in the Kentucky River.