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MS12-02 Hammack Political Oral History Interview Papers

Hammack Political Oral History Interview Papers

Collection Title: Hammack Political Oral History Interview Papers

Series Number: MS12-02

Processed and Cataloged by: Processed by Benjamin J. Drake in February and March of 2012.

Date Listed: March 1, 2012

Date Span: 1974-1976

Size of Collection: 1.5 linear feet.

Number of Boxes: 2 legal size document cases and 1 letter size document case.

Type of Material: Interview transcripts, research notes, correspondence, etc.

Condition of Material: Good.

Arrangement: Organized by format of material; Chronological arrangement.

Biographical / Historical Information: James Wallace Hammack Jr. was a professor and chair in the department of history at Murray State University from 1968 to 2001. He was born on April 5, 1938 at Electric Mills, Mississippi. His family relocated to Marion, Arkansas at an early age. He received a bachelor’s degree in 1961 and a master’s degree in 1962 from Memphis State University. He was awarded a Ph.D. in history from the University of Kentucky in 1974. Hammack taught as an instructor at Louisiana Tech University from 1962 to 1963 and as a part time instructor at the University of Kentucky from 1967 to 1968. He accepted a position at Murray State University as assistant professor in 1968. He served as director of the Pogue Oral History Institute from 1973 until his retirement in 2001. He was also the president of the National Oral History Association from 1980 to 1981 and a member of the Kentucky Oral History Commission. He died on July 26, 2001.

Scope and Content: Collection consists of interview transcripts and research materials related to the oral history interviews of Earle C. Clements and Louie B. Nunn conducted by James W. Hammack from July 19, 1974 until November 18, 1976.

Subject Headings / Descriptors:

Clements, Earle C., 1896-1985

Nunn, Louie B., 1924-2004

Hammack, James W., Jr., 1938-2001

Governors – Kentucky.

Kentucky -- Politics and government.

United States – Politics and government.

 Additional Sources: See Oral History OH160 and OH168 for audio recordings of the Earle C. Clement and Louie B. Nunn interviews.

Inventory of MS12-02

Box 1:

  1. Interview Transcript: Tapes 1 and 2 of 2; July 29, 1974; Draft #1; Copy 1 of 1
  2. Interview Transcript: Tape 1 of 2; July 29, 1974; Draft #2
  3. Interview Transcript: Tapes 1 and 2 of 2; July 29, 1974; Draft #2; Copy 1 of 2
  4. Interview Transcript: Tapes 1 and 2 of 2; July 29, 1974; Draft #2; Copy 2 of 2
  5. Interview Transcript: Tapes 1 and 2 of 2; July 29, 1974; Draft #3; Copy 1 of 2
  6. Interview Transcript; October 31, 1974; Transcription #1
  7. Interview Transcript; October 31, 1974; Transcription #1 Corrected
  8. Interview Transcript; October 31, 1974; Draft #1
  9. Interview Transcript; October 31, 1974; Draft #2
  10. Interview Transcript: Tape 1; January 24, 1975; Draft
  11. Interview Transcript: Tape 4; January 25, 1975; Draft #1
  12. Interview Transcript; November 14, 1975; Draft #1
  13. Interview Transcript; November 14, 1975; Draft #2
  14. Interview Transcript; November 14, 1975; Draft #3
  15. Interview Transcript; November 17, 1976; Draft #1
  16. Interview Transcript; November 17, 1976; Draft #2
  17. Interview Transcript; November 18, 1976; Draft #1
  18. Interview Transcript; November 18, 1976; Draft #2

Box 2:

  1. Biographical Information; Earle C. Clements
  2. Clements Career Chronology; 1917 – 1944
  3. Correspondence
  4. Application for Research Grant; James W. Hammock, Jr.; February 14, 1980
  5. Manuscripts – Clements; James W. Hammock, Jr.
  6. Clements Essay 1/2; by James W. Hammock, Jr.
  7. Clements Essay 2/2; by James W. Hammock, Jr.
  8. Research Notes; 1942 – 1944
  9. Research Notes; 1947
  10. Research Notes; 1948
  11. Research Notes; Bibliography
  12. Research Notes and Quotes from Interviews with/about Earle C. Clements
  13. Research Notes; Outline
  14. Research Notes; Courier Journal; February 17, 1945 – March 12, 1964
  15. Newspaper Clippings; 1948
  16. MSU – UK – Clements Agreement
  17. Interview Data Forms
  18. Earle C. Clements Day; Ephemera

Box 3:

  1. Correspondence; Hammock – Nunn
  2. Formatting Instructions for Typed Transcripts
  3. Nunn Transcript; Session I, Tape 1 of 5; 1st Draft; Copy 1 of 1
  4. Nunn Transcript; Session I, Tape 1 of 5; 2nd Draft
  5. Nunn Transcript; Session I, Tape 1 of 5; 3rd Draft
  6. Nunn Transcript; Session I, Tape 1 of 5; Final Draft
  7. Nunn Transcript; Session I, Tape 2 of 5; 1st Draft; Copy 1 of 1
  8. Nunn Transcript; Session I, Tape 2 of 5; 2nd Draft
  9. Nunn Transcript; Session I, Tape 3 of 5; 1st Draft; Copy 1 of 1
  10. Nunn Transcript; Session I, Tape 3 of 5; 1st Draft Word Processor; edited by George Caldwell
  11. Nunn Transcript; Session I, Tape 4 of 5; 1st Draft Word Processor; edited by George Caldwell
  12. Nunn Transcript; Session I; Tape 5 of 5; 1st Draft
  13. Nunn Transcript; Session II; Tape 1 of 4; 1st Draft
  14. Nunn Transcript; Session II; Tape 2 of 4
  15. Nunn Transcript; Session II; Tape 3 of 4
  16. Nunn Transcript; Session II; Tape 4 of 4
  17. Nunn Transcript; Session III; Tape 1 of 1