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Kentucky Tourism/WUKY's award winning history program, Saving Stories; featuring interviews from the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, commemorates International Nurses' Day with a story about the Frontier Nursing Service which introduced the first nurse-midwives to the United States. Founded in Leslie County by Mary Breckinridge, the nurses of the FNS would travel by horse to some of the most inaccessible regions of Eastern Kentucky. Betty Lester, a recruit from Great Britain shares her memories of her first day in the mountains. -
Kentucky Tourism/WUKY's award winning history program, Saving Stories; featuring interviews from the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, commemorates International Nurses' Day with a story about the Frontier Nursing Service which introduced the first nurse-midwives to the United States. Founded in Leslie County by Mary Breckinridge, the nurses of the FNS would travel by horse to some of the most inaccessible regions of Eastern Kentucky. Betty Lester, a recruit from Great Britain shares her memories of her first day in the mountains.
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WUKY’s Award Winning history series Saving Stories closes out Black History Month by revisiting a pivotal moment in Kentucky’s Civil Rights Movement that happened in early March of 1964. -
WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories celebrates Black History Month with a segment onLexington-based musician and band leader Saunders Richardson Jr., better known to history as 'Smoke' Richardson. Doug Boyd from the Louie B.Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK libraries shares audio from interviews conducted in 1997 from two people who remember the impact Smoke had on the local music scene from the 1930's, 40's and early 50's, especially in the segregated Black community. The Nunn Center also wants your stories and memories about Smoke Richardson, the Lyric Theatre, Lexington's East End neighborhood, or anything else you'd like to share. Call the new TeleStory archive at 833-859-7272.
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In this edition of WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories Nunn Center for Oral History director Doug Boyd shares audio from an interview with the late UK basketball coach Joe B. Hall where the Kentucky native talks about his time guiding the Wildcats through the post-Rupp era, including bringing home the school's fifth NCAA title in 1978. Hall recalls a controversial and crucial halftime decision he made in an early round game in that tournament run.
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In this special MLK Holiday edition of WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories, Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries highlights an extraordinary interview with Dr. King recorded in March of 1964. Hear the non-violent advocate and activist at the height of his influence in a one on one interview with Kentucky author Robert Penn Warren talking about where he thought the Civil Rights movement would go next.
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In this edition of WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories Nunn Center for Oral History director Doug Boyd shares audio from an interview with the late UK basketball coach Joe B. Hall where the Kentucky native talks about his time guiding the Wildcats through the post-Rupp era, including bringing home the school's fifth NCAA title in 1978. Hall recalls a controversial and crucial halftime decision he made in an early round game in that tournament run.
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In this special MLK Holiday edition of WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories, Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries highlights an extraordinary interview with Dr. King recorded in March of 1964. Hear the non-violent advocate and activist at the height of his influence in a one on one interview with Kentucky author Robert Penn Warren talking about where he thought the Civil Rights movement would go next.
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In this latest edition of WUKY's Award winning history series Saving Stories, Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries…
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With the recent success of the Netflix series The Crown, fascination with Queen Elizabeth II and her heirs shows no sign of slowing down. The Queen and…
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In this special Veterans Day edition of WUKY’s award winning history series, Saving Stories, Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in…
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For the first time since 1950, when the Wildcats were coached by the legendary Bear Bryant, the Kentucky football team is off to a 6-0 start. In today’s…
