How Do I Find Oral Histories?
Selected interviews and oral history collections from SCRC
Preview some of the oral history projects related to agriculture from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History below:
- Appalachia: Kentucky Farmers Inc. Oral History ProjectThis project consists of interviews about the Kentucky Farmers Inc., a cooperative concerned with the welfare of Kentucky farmers. Subjects include housing improvements, clothing and food donations, and community cooperation.
- Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History ProjectThis project concerns the production of Burley tobacco in Kentucky. Subjects discussed include the American Tobacco Company, flue-cured tobacco, dark-fired tobacco, Stock Market Crash of 1929, cigarettes, superstitions in planting tobacco, county extension services, tobacco warehouses, Burley and Dark Leaf Tobacco Export Association, Burley Tobacco Board, Burley Auction Warehouse Association, Kentucky Farm Bureau, Burley Tobacco Grower's Cooperative, Standard Tobacco Company, Parker Tobacco Company, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Services, F.W. Rickard Seed.
- University of Kentucky: Extension Service Oral History ProjectThis project concerns the University of Kentucky's Cooperative Extension Service. Topics include the College of Agriculture and Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Kentucky, tobacco, Kentucky 4-H, James Patton, Ernest Nesius, forestry, Robinson Forest, Earl Welch, agricultural engineering, poultry science, vegetable crops.