Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library oral history collection, 1976-1977.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library oral history collection, 1976-1977.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191915656

These deal with the history of Hopkinsville and Christian County, Kentucky. Included are several talks by William T. Turner, a faculty member at Hopkinsville Community College, in which he discusses old homes in Hopkinsville, the Night Riders of the tobacco wars, opera houses, theaters, local personalities and characters, and Christian County native, Edgar Cayce. Other interviews concern the Christian County library, and local history and government. Several residents, including Mayor Al Rutland, were interviewed about the city and county, as was State Auditor George Atkins.

4 audio tapes.

Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6960215

Related Entities

There are 7 Entities related to this resource.

Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library (Hopkinsville, Ky.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68h9c1w (corporateBody)

Acquisitions policy: The library accepts materials relating to Christian County, Kentucky. From the description of Repository description, 1797-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191915651 ...

Rutland, Al.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w680605t (person)

Night riders

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cv9dvf (corporateBody)

Turner, William T.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6708xm8 (person)

Atkins, G. Douglas (George Douglas), 1943-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dj5dj3 (person)

Kentucky. Auditor of Public Accounts

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s79b9z (corporateBody)

Cayce, Edgar, 1877-1945

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw2vjn (person)