How Do I Find Oral Histories?
Selected Architecture and Design Oral History Collections from SCRC
Preview some of the oral history projects related to Architecture and Design from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History below:
- Architecture in Kentucky: General Oral History CollectionThis series includes interviews with architects in Kentucky during the twentieth century. It also includes an interview with the Kentucky Mansions Preservation Foundation (KMPF) former secretary Betty Ellison about the Mary Todd Lincoln House.
- Clyde R. Carpenter Oral History ProjectThis collection focuses on the architect Clyde Reynolds Carpenter. Carpenter discusses his life and career.
- Helm Roberts Oral History ProjectThis collection documents the life and career of Helm Roberts. Helm Roberts designed the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Frankfort, Ky. He discusses his early life, family, education, his time in the Navy between the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and reflections on his career as an architect. He discusses his work designing the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and also discusses his work on apartments and Senior Living Centers.
- Historic Structures in Kentucky Oral History ProjectThis is a collection of interviews on and about historic structures throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.