The Lawrence County Public Library Genealogy Department is curating an oral history collection. Part of the curation included digitizing Lawrence County cassette format oral histories discovered during Phase 1 of our current renovation.

These interviews were conducted as part of the Kentucky Oral History Commission’s effort to establish oral history programs in each of the state’s 120 counties. County libraries worked with local volunteers to collect interviews. Since 1987, county oral histories have been generated primarily by recipients of technical assistance grants from the commission that provide training and equipment to volunteer interviewers. Original collection of the following are held at Kentucky Historical Society. Access copies available at Kentucky Historical Society. Authorization must by granted by Kentucky Historical Society to use or publish by any means the archival material to which Kentucky Historical Society holds copyright. The digital recordings are available on this page, with permission from the Kentucky Historical Society.

Note: The audio has been cleaned as much as possible, but due to the nature and age of the original format, some are more difficult to hear than others.