Kay Thomas Oral History
Note: Due to an audio malfunction, the first part of the July 11, 2023 interview was not recorded.
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Judy Ferrell Video History
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Judy Ferrell Oral History
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Jerome Harney Video History
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Jerome Harney Oral History
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Marie Robertson Video History
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Marie Robertson Oral History
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Harry M. Wells (Monty) Video History
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Harry M. Wells (Monty) Oral History
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Lindrell Blackwell Video History, Parts 1 and 2
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Lindrell Blackwell Oral History, Parts 1 and 2
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Ivan K. Rice Oral History
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Estill Curtis Pennington Oral History
Estill C Pennington, an internationally recognized art historian, discusses early history of Paris KY and Bourbon County KY. Born and raised in Bourbon County, Estill recalls his early education and upbringing within a large Bourbon County family. He discusses key historical publications as well as local landmarks in the city and county. Favorite quote—“History is not our friend but our partner.”
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Shane Witt Video History
History of Ruddles Mill Methodist Church located in Ruddles Mill, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Shane Witt, of the Historical Committee for the Ruddles Mills United Methodist Church, describes the 1820 founding of one of the oldest continuously attended churches in Bourbon County KY. The founding pastor, Josia Whittaker, was a Methodist circuit rider. Built in 1820, burned in 1850, rebuilt in 1857 with locally produced materials funded by Wilmot Moore’s $4000, the Greek Revival church once permitted slaves to accompany their owners to services. The program for 150th Anniversary celebration includes the Steele Diary which documents early history.
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Helen Cassidy Video History
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Betty Overly Video History
Betty Overly is a life-long Bourbon County native, born on January 20, 1939. Ms. Overly grew up on her family farm where she remembers attending Sunday school and going on weekend visits into Paris and Lexington to sell farm goods and shop. After graduating from Bourbon County High School, she studied Home Economics at Easter Kentucky and the University of Kentucky, in which she obtained a graduate degree and went on to teach for the Bourbon County Schools. Overly then began her forty-year career at the Bourbon County Extension Center, teaching classes such as basket weaving and time management. Over the years, she highlights her joy of sharing cultural experiences with others in her local community.
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David Downey, Sr. Video History
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Betsy Kuster and Doris McFarland Video History
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Kay Collier McLaughlin Video History
Kay Collier McLaughlin reflects on her life and Paris history in the 1940’s and 50’s. Recalling her father’s career as a Paris High School Football coach and later at the University of Kentucky. Born and raised in Paris, Kay had deep connections to both Millersburg and Paris communities through music and sports.
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Dickie Brunner Video History
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Pat Simpson Video History
Mrs. Pat Simpson, daughter of Spears and Sallie (Lockheart) Catesby, discusses her parents, the Quakers, activism, and growing up in Paris, KY.
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Jeff Bell Video History
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Earl Clough Video History
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Anne Rogers Video History
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Ted Kuster Video History
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Ted Kuster Oral History
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Sharon Fields Oral History
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Shane Witt Oral History
Shane Witt, of the Historical Committee for the Ruddles Mills United Methodist Church, describes the 1820 founding of one of the oldest continuously attended churches in Bourbon County KY. The founding pastor, Josia Whittaker, was a Methodist circuit rider. Built in 1820, burned in 1850, rebuilt in 1857 with locally produced materials funded by Wilmot Moore’s $4000, the Greek Revival church once permitted slaves to accompany their owners to services. The program for 150th Anniversary celebration includes the Steele Diary which documents early history.
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Raymond Rice Oral History
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Helen Cassidy Oral History
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Nellie Jean Brown Oral History
Nellie Jean Brown moved from Harrison County, Kentucky at an early age and grew up in Brentsville in the countryside of Bourbon County. Her father was a sharecropper through the 1940s and 50s and Nellie recalls life on the farm with her mother and seven siblings. Mrs. Brown speaks about the one-room schoolhouse she attended from first to eighth grade, after which she moved to Western High School. She shares her experiences, both good and bad, of segregation, integration, and economic change over the years in Paris. As an adult, Mrs. Brown went back to school to become a nurse and tells us about the different patients for which she cared. In addition, she surveys the changes she has seen over the generations of her family, particularly with regard to educational opportunities.
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Michael Farr Oral History
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Lee Nguyen Oral History
Mr. Lee Nguyen discusses his experience in immigration to America from Vietnam.
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Kay Collier McLaughlin Oral History
Kay Collier McLaughlin reflects on her life and Paris history in the 1940’s and 50’s. Recalling her father’s career as a Paris High School Football coach and later at the University of Kentucky. Born and raised in Paris, Kay had deep connections to both Millersburg and Paris communities through music and sports.
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Juneteenth Cheryl Britton Watkins and Phyllis Britton Barnes Oral History
Bourbon County History. First celebration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday.
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Paris Storyfest
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Pat Simpson Oral History
Mrs. Pat Simpson, daughter of Spears and Sallie (Lockheart) Catesby, discusses her parents, the Quakers, activism, and growing up in Paris, KY.
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Earl Clough Oral History
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Dr. Robert Copelan Oral History
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Dickie Brunner Oral History
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David Downey, Sr. Oral History
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Betty Overly Oral History
Betty Overly is a life-long Bourbon County native, born on January 20, 1939. Ms. Overly grew up on her family farm where she remembers attending Sunday school and going on weekend visits into Paris and Lexington to sell farm goods and shop. After graduating from Bourbon County High School, she studied Home Economics at Easter Kentucky and the University of Kentucky, in which she obtained a graduate degree and went on to teach for the Bourbon County Schools. Overly then began her forty-year career at the Bourbon County Extension Center, teaching classes such as basket weaving and time management. Over the years, she highlights her joy of sharing cultural experiences with others in her local community.
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Betsy Kuster and Doris McFarland Oral History
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Anne Rogers Oral History
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Albert Weiss Oral History
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Child on Steps
Lee "Pat" Edwards
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Unidentified Woman
Lee "Pat" Edwards
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Unidentified Person
Lee "Pat" Edwards
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Gloria Edwards
This picture was taken on 2nd Street in Paris, Kentucky. The brick wall is still standing.
Lee "Pat" Edwards
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Unidentified Boy
Lee "Pat" Edwards
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Gloria Edwards
Willie Lee "Pat" Edwards
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