Nancy Guthrie McKay Interview, March 23, and September 26, 1988.

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Nancy Guthrie McKay Interview, March 23, and September 26, 1988.

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These 19 interviews focus on industry and community reaction to the closing of distilleries during Prohibition. Industry workers and executives, their relatives, local historians, and other residents discuss the economic consequences of Prohibition: the impact on other businesses, unemployment, and the loss of billions of dollars to the federal government in taxes. Although there was decline in living standards most distillers had farms to fall back on, and few faced great hardship. Other topics include bootlegging, the tolerant and protective attitudes of the community, the police, judges, and religious leaders; and temperance groups, which were not very active in the area.

2 sound cassettes.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society

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These cards were created by staff of the Kentucky Historical Society. From the description of Kentucky General Assembly biography cards, 1792-1960s. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 671373485 ...

Kentucky Oral History Commission

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Acquisitions policy: Under KRS 153.380, the Commission is authorized to coordinate, promote, and develop oral history programs around the state and to maintain a repository for oral history collections. From the description of Repository description, 1900-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191915461 ...

McKay, Nancy Guthrie.

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Mrs. McKay recalls the Early Times community, distillery, general store, and post office: speaks of the Early Times Distillery, Jack Beam was original owner and succession of ownership, whiskey stored during Prohibition, production resumed at end of Prohibition, tells label used: recalls parents purchasing Wickland, remodeling the house, having a large vault built in the basement, operating a tea room there, menu and charges, some people stayed overnight, comments on whiskey being in the house, ...

Hibbs, Dixie P.

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