We recently had a chance to talk with Constance Alexander, oral historian and lady of letters in advance of her presentation to the Society at the Spring Meeting this coming Saturday. She recounted her youth growing up in New Jersey, her time gathering and recording the history of the Jackson Purchase and the joys and difficulties of conducting oral history interviews. Constance has her own website at www.constancealexander.com. You can email her at constancealexander@newwavecomm.net. The Spring meeting is this Saturday, April 17 at 10:30am at the Wrather Auditorium on the campus of Murray State University. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity…

In this series, we are going to bring you voices from the past – recordings recently found of four of our speakers from the years 1973-1975. This fourth voice is again that of historian Dr. James Hammack.  Dr. Hammack was on the Department of History faculty of Murray State University (MSU) for 30 years, 10 years of which he served as Department Chair.   Following his death,  a Scholarship Banquet has been held, for the past 8 years, at which the Dr. James W. Hammack, Jr. graduate scholarship is awarded. Dr. Hammack was instrumental in creating the Kentucky Oral History Commission…