COLLECTION NAME:
Oral Histories - Ohio River Portrait
Record
Filename:
FA 656 OH0020LA John E. L. Robertson.mp3
Identifier:
FA656 OH0020LA
Title:
John E.L. Robertson
Creator:
Prof. John E.L. Robertson
Subject:
Civil War -- U.S., 1861-1865
Subject:
Floods
Subject:
Defense industry -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Railroads
Subject:
Race relations
Description:
No. 2, Prof. John E. L. Robertson discusses the Civil War, race relations, Southernism, NAACP, Railroad line from Louisville to Memphis, Development of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Labor Relations, 1937 Flood, Kentucky Identity
Publisher:
Western Kentucky University
Contributor:
Linda Kinsey Adams
Date:
6/14/1990
Type:
Oral History
Format:
audio/mpeg
Source:
Ohio River Folk Life Project
Language:
English
Coverage:
McCracken County
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts and Folklife Archives, prior to reuse of these recordings
Biographical Sketch:
Author and Historian, John E. L. Robertson was born September 2, 1928 in Union County, KY to Glendola Lever. He married Margaret Byassee and had two children, John E. L. Robertson II and Dr. Ann Elizabeth Robertson. He attended Western Kentucky University, before gradutating from Murray State University with a major in History. After completion of his undergradute Mr. Robertson joined the United States Marine Corp, becoming an officer with a specialty in communications (leed crytpo officor) in the Second Devision. John worked for the IC Railroad for 15 years, before completing his Masters degree from the University of Louisville. He accomplished evertything except his disertation in leading to a Ph.D. at the Universtiy of Kentucky. He got a second Masters degree in Economics from Murray State University. He taught at Paducah Community College where he served as Academic Dean. This interview was conducted in faculty rooms of Rosenthal College, Paducah Community College, Paducah, KY.
Duration:
56:26 minutes
Bit Rate/Frequency:
64 kbps