Courier-Journal and Louisville Times oral history interviews
Content Description
Interviews with individuals who worked for and/or ran the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, conducted by Mary Bobo for the Oral History Center of the University of Louisville. The Courier-Journal was formed from the merger of three papers: the Louisville Journal, founded in 1830; the Louisville Courier, which emerged in 1844; and the Louisville Democrat, which also debuted in 1844. These papers merged in 1868 to become the Courier-Journal. The Louisville Times was founded in 1884 by Walter Haldeman, who was also the Courier-Journal's publisher. It was an evening paper, complementing the Courier-Journal's role as the morning paper. In 1918-1919, Robert Worth Bingham, father of George Barry Bingham, Sr., purchased a majority interest in the Courier-Journal and Times from Haldeman's family and Henry Watterson, a long-time Courier-Journal editor. Barry Bingham, Jr. became editor and publisher in 1971. In 1985, as a result of financial pressures, the Courier-Journal and Times staffs merged. The Times ceased publication in 1987; the Courier-Journal continues as a morning paper.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
Yes
Dates
- 1981-1982
Creator
- Bobo, Mary (interviewer, Person)
Extent
1.5 linear feet (63 cassette tapes, 34 reel-to-reel tapes, and 8 transcripts.)
- American newspapers -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- History Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Courier-journal (Louisville, Ky.) Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Editors -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- Interviews Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Journalism -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- History Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Journalists -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- Interviews Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Louisville times Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Newspaper publishing -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- History Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Bobo, Mary (interviewer, Person)
- Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988 (interviewee, Person)
- Bingham, Barry, 1933-2006 (interview, Person)
- Hartley, Frank, 1916- (interviewee, Person)
- Eyl, Arthur, 1904-1983 (interviewee, Person)
- Schulman, Robert, 1916-2008 (interviewee, Person)
- Caummisar, Basil P. (interviewee, Person)
- Landau, Herman, 1911- (interviewee, Person)
- Clowes, Molly (interviewee, Person)
- Herchenroeder, John, 1908- (interviewee, Person)
- Baker, S. Lisle (interviewee, Person)
- Crowdus, Vince, 1918-1993 (interviewee, Person)
- Davis, Billy, Jr. (interviewee, Person)
- Wyatt, Wilson W. (Wilson Watkins), 1905-1996 (interviewee, Person)
- Edwards, Floyd H., 1904- (interviewee, Person)
- Ruby, Earl (interviewee, Person)
- Barry, Mike, 1909-1992 (interviewee, Person)
- MacKinnon, Cyrus, 1916-1996 (interviewee, Person)
- Sutton, Carol (interviewee, Person)
- Coady, Jean Howerton, 1924-1991 (interviewee, Person)
- Towles, Donald B. (interviewee, Person)
- Williams, Mary Alice, 1915- (interviewee, Person)
- Pearce, John Ed (interviewe., Person)
- Janensch, Paul, 1938- (interviewee, Person)
- Gill, George N. (interviewee, Person)
- Mann, Frank, 1916-2004 (interviewee, Person)
- Isaacs, Norman E., 1908-1999 (interviewee, Person)
- Richards, John L., 1926- (interviewee, Person)
- Moore, Martin (Date of work: 1905-1987.) (interviewee, Person)
- Franklin, Charles B., 1909-1995 (interviewee, Person)
- Hawpe, David, 1943- (interviewee, Person)
- Tallichet, Leon, 1925- (interviewee, Person)
- Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Oral History Project (Creator, Organization)
- University of Louisville. Oral History Center (Creator, Organization)