Collection Title: June Laffoon Taylor Collection
Creator: June Laffoon Taylor
Series Number: MS93-03
Processed and Cataloged by: No record exists on who processed the collection or what date it was processed. Updated by Sarah Hopley March 2016.
Date Listed: July 9, 2010
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1983
Quantity: 18.0 linear feet
Language: English
Type of Material: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs and memorabilia.
Condition of Material: Good
Restrictions: None
Arrangement: Organized by format of material; Chronological arrangement.
Abstract: (Annise) June Laffoon Taylor was the highest serving female in Kentucky history when she became Chief of Staff to Governor John Y. Brown. Her family owned a coal mine in western Kentucky. Material covers her almost her entire life, from 1941 - 1983. Collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, memorabilia, personal notes, photographs, gifts, and awards given to Ms. Taylor throughout her career.
Biographical / Historical Information: Annise June Laffoon Taylor was a Democratic Party leader from Kentucky during the latter half of the 20th Century. She was born at Earlington, Kentucky on June 11, 1921 and was a distant relative of Ruby Laffoon, governor of Kentucky from 1931 to 1935. She attended local public schools and attended Murray State College from 1939 to 1941. Taylor relocated to Frankfort in 1941 where she worked for the Kentucky Department of Economic Security, Kentucky State Treasury and Kentucky State Democratic Headquarters. She served as Assistant Secretary of State from 1959 to 1962 and as secretary to the Young Democrats Club from 1961 to 1965. She also worked on the gubernatorial campaigns of Edward T. Breathitt, Bert T. Combs and John Y. Brown. Later in her career, she was the Executive Secretary to Governor Breathitt and Chief of Staff to Governor Brown. She retired from politics in November of 1983.
Scope and Content: Collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs associated with the political career of June Laffoon Taylor of Frankfort, Kentucky from 1941 to 1983. The collection also contains scrapbooks, speeches, biographical information, family histories, memorabilia and artifacts kept by Taylor. Included with the collection are correspondence, documents and photographs related to the administration of Governor John Y. Brown of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983.
Related Materials: Remembering June Laffoon Taylor's Lifelong Career in Kentucky Politics on WKMS, Murray State University's National Public Radio affiliate.
Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Taylor, Annise June Laffoon, 1921-2004
Brown, John Young, 1933-
Politicians – Kentucky.
Kentucky – Politics and government – 1951-
Women politicians – Kentucky.
