Saving Stories

Saving Stories Remembers Stan "The Man" Musial

WUKY Staff — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:34:57 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. - In this edition of Saving Stories, Dr. Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries talks with Alan Lytle about a new project involving some of Major League Baseball's All-Time Greats including Stan Musial who passed away earlier this month.

Nunn Center Works To Save Veterans' Stories

Staff — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:09:08 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- In this special edition of Saving Stories with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries provides and update on the From Combat To Kentucky project involving veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Negative Campaigning A Mainstay In Kentucky

WUKY Staff — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:40:00 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- In this updated segment of Saving Stories Alan Lytle chats with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral Histories in the UK Libraries, and Tracy Campbell with the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center about the infamous 1963 Kentucky Gubernatorial Primary between Ned Breathitt and A.B. "Happy" Chandler.

Saving Stories Commemorates The Passing Of CAP Founder Fr. Ralph Beiting

Alan Lytle — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:00:00 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. - In this edition of Saving Stories, Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares excerpts of an interview with Christian Appalachian Project founder, Father Ralph Beiting who passed away earlier this month at the age of 88.

Saving Stories Remembers The Greensboro Sit-Ins

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:54:01 +0000

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Lexington, KY – In this special Black History Month edition of Saving Stories, Dr. Doug Boyd from UK Libraries' Nunn Center for Oral History, and Alan Lytle talk about a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement. Hear rare audio from one of the young college students who defiantly demanded service at a Woolworth's Department Store lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Saving Stories Remembers MLK

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:52:33 +0000

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Lexington, KY – In this special holiday edition of Saving Stories we return to a fascinating interview between Dr. Martin Luther King and celebrated Kentucky author, Robert Penn Warren. Here the two discuss the social theories of "gradualism" and "freedom now".

Saving Stories Pays Tribute To Veterans

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:31:07 +0000

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Lexington, KY – In this edition of "Saving Stories" Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares a stirring account of one on one combat from a World War II Veteran.

Past UK Presidents Topic Of Much Discussion

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:11:33 +0000

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Lexington, KY – In this installment of Saving Stories, Dr. Doug Boyd and Alan Lytle discuss the similarities faced by UK Presidents Eli Capilouto and Frank McVey.

Saving Stories Recalls Crawfish Bottom

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:06:32 +0000

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Lexington, KY – In this episode of Saving Stories, Dr. Doug Boyd talks about his new book that chronicles the rise and fall of a nearly forgotten, and mischaracterized Frankfort neighborhood.

Civil War Series Continues With Spotlight On Raiders

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:13:27 +0000

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Lexington, KY – Continuing our "Saving Civil War Stories" series, Alan Lytle and Dr. Doug Boyd, from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries discuss a particularly terrifying aspect of Civil War life for Kentucky residents.