Datesort descending Interviewee(s) Interviewer(s)
Robert Penn Warren House Committee Wilford E. Fridy
Robert Penn Warren House Committee Wilford E. Fridy
02/25/1975 Robert Penn Warren
02/25/1975 Robert Penn Warren
01/25/1977 William Jenkins Wilford E. Fridy
02/03/1977 Lester Lannom Wilford E. Fridy
02/03/1977 Evelyn Evans Hooser Wilford E. Fridy
02/03/1977 Kent Greenfield Wilford E. Fridy
02/03/1977 Kent Greenfield Wilford E. Fridy
02/04/1977 Frances Marion Williams Wilford E. Fridy
02/04/1977 Frances Marion Williams Wilford E. Fridy
02/04/1977 Virginia Evans Disharoon Wilford E. Fridy
02/04/1977 George Street Boone, Joy Bale Boone Wilford E. Fridy
02/10/1977 N. Everett Frey Wilford E. Fridy
02/10/1977 Maxcy Finn Wilford E. Fridy
02/10/1977 Jennie Allensworth Wilford E. Fridy
02/10/1977 Jennie Allensworth Wilford E. Fridy
02/17/1977 Savannah Hawkins Wilford E. Fridy
02/17/1977 Sarah Carneal Wilford E. Fridy
02/17/1977 Thomas Warren Wilford E. Fridy
03/10/1977 Frances Richards Wilford E. Fridy
03/10/1977 Annie Payne Wilford E. Fridy
03/10/1977 Alice Venable Wilford E. Fridy
03/10/1977 Charles Jackson Wilford E. Fridy
03/22/1977 Alice Venable Wilford E. Fridy
04/07/1977 Joy Bale Boone Wilford E. Fridy
04/07/1977 Jennie Allensworth Wilford E. Fridy
04/07/1977 Jennie Allensworth Wilford E. Fridy
05/28/1978 Frank Qualls Cayce Wilford E. Fridy
05/28/1978 Frank Qualls Cayce Wilford E. Fridy
07/23/1978 James Moore Woolridge, Interview with Chester V. Mullins Wilford E. Fridy
12/04/1980 Wilford E. Fridy
11/19/1982 Robert Penn Warren Wilford E. Fridy
11/19/1982 Robert Penn Warren Wilford E. Fridy
Western Kentucky University, Special Collections Library

Robert Penn Warren Oral History Collection

Repository: 

Western Kentucky University, Special Collections Library

Subjects: 

Robert Penn Warren, Circus in the Attic, Venable family, John Wesley Venable Jr., John Wesley Venable Sr., Alice Venable, Kent Greenfield, Warren family, Christian County (Ky.), Todd County (Ky.), Authors, Literature, Guthrie (Ky.)
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Transcripts, notes, and cassette tapes for interviews conducted by Dr. Wilford Fridy, Western Kentucky University English professor, with individuals who knew or knew about John Wesley Venable, Jr., the person on whom Robert Penn Warren based the character Bolton Lovehart in his novella "Circus in the Attic." Interviews mention other people and places that Warren knew in Todd County, Kentucky. Also includes tapes of Robert Penn Warren giving a speech, reading some of his work, and an interview with Warren. For a finding aid to this collection click this link http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3064&context=d...