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Charles Castner regional history collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG_251-UA
Scope and Contents

During the early 1960s, Charles Castner produced a public affairs series called "Kentucky Profiles" for WHAS radio. Later, Castner, a longtime railroad history enthusiast, worked as a public relations and information officer for the L & N Railroad Company, subsequently the Seaboard Systems Railroad.

Dates: 1889-1980; Majority of material found within 1960-1980

Woodson Knight papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000_020-UA
Content Description

The collection contains a published booklet of A time remembered and a typescript of the memoir as well. Knight's reminiscences, A time remembered, described his childhood in Sharpsburg, Bath County, Kentucky. There is also a typescript of another work, Litewise, composed of fiction and light verse.

Dates: circa 1980s

WAVE Radio transcription discs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1973_443-UA
Content Description This collection contains sound recordings from WAVE Radio during the period 1938-1959. They are stored on more than 360 metal/vinyl based 16" and 12" discs (there is one 10" disc, as well). The collection also includes scripts that would have been used in conjunction with the discs in radio broadcasts. Topics covered include politics (local, state, and national, including local and state campaign ads); "man on the street" interviews about taxation and expressway construction; historical...
Dates: 1938-1959