Kentucky River oral history project, 1986-1990.

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Kentucky River oral history project, 1986-1990.

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This project documents the economic and social conditions of people who have lived or worked on the Kentucky River. Workers talk about several industries and occupations associated with the river: coal mining, locks and lock repair, logging, rafting logs downriver, sawmills, farming, fishing, oil drilling, and bootlegging. Many of the interviewees worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Several types of boats are discussed: showboats, steamboats, pleasure boats, ferry boats, barges, and various other kinds of commercial boats. Narrators recall floods along the river, especially those in 1933, 1937, 1962, and 1978, and the ice tide during the winter of 1917-1918. Other topics are the droughts of 1930 and 1936; boat wrecks, drownings, and other river accidents; environmental concerns such as pollution of the river, dredging, and the ecology of the river basin; the history, including the geological history, of the Kentucky River and the Kentucky River Basin; the impact of the Great Depression and World War II on the area; social life and recreation; the river as depicted in fiction and poetry; and Paul Sawyier and his paintings. Communities along the river that are discussed include Valley View, High Bridge, Shakertown, Boonesborough, and Oregon. Thomas D. Clark and Wendell E. Berry are among those interviewed.

184 sound cassettes (ca. 171.5 hr.) : analog, mono.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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United States. Army. Corp of Engineers.

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Ellis, William E.

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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 ...

Sawyier, Paul, 1865-1917

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The painter Paul Sawyier was born in Madison County, Ohio, March 23, 1865, to a family of amateur artists. In 1870, the family moved to Frankfort, Kentucky. Sawyier attended the Cincinnati Art Academy in 1884-85 and then returned to Frankfort in 1886. There he began painting river scenes and landscapes. Sawyier continued his art studies in New York and Cincinnati, then returned again to Frankfort where he concentrated on landscape painting in a variety of media, including his favorite, watercolo...

Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005

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Historian. Member of faculty of University of Kentucky and Indiana University. From the description of Thomas D. Clark papers, 1968-1976. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36996052 Henry Clay (1777-1852) served as member of the House and as Speaker of the Kentucky legislature, served several terms in the United States House of Representatives, including Speaker and several terms in the United States Senate (1806-1807, 1810-1811, 1831-1842, 1849-1852). Clay served as ...

Berry, Wendell, 1934-....

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American author and professor. From the description of Wendell Berry postcard : to Mr. Bob DeMott, 1973 July 14. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 173203844 ...

Moberly, Todd,

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