Prohibition in Nelson County
This series of interviews focus on industry and community reaction to the closing of Nelson County distilleries during Prohibition. Interviewees include industry workers and executives, their relatives, local historians, and other residents. They discuss the economic consequences of Prohibition, especially the impact on other businesses, unemployment, and the loss of billions of dollars to the federal government in taxes. Although there was a decline in living standards, interviewees suggest most distillers had farms to fall back on and few faced great hardship. Other topics include the tolerant and protective attitudes of the community towards bootlegging, the police, judges, and religious leaders, and temperance groups.
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Interviews
- Oral History Interview with Charles Warren Bennett
- Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Walls
- Oral History Interview with Emma Wilson Brown
- Oral History Interview with Hattie Clements
- Oral History Interview with John Stiles
- Oral History Interview with J.R. Montgomery, Jr.
- Oral History Interview with LaVerne Corbett
- Oral History Interview with Lucille Geoghegan
- Oral History Interview with Mary Beeler Crume Moore
- Oral History Interview with Mary Catherine Willett
- Oral History Interview with Nancy Guthrie McKay
- Oral History Interview with Phil Crume McKay
- Oral History Interview with Sam Kennett Cecil
- Oral History Interview with Thomas McGinnis
- Oral History Interview with Tate Spaulding
- Oral History Interview with Mildred Stiles Brunson
- Oral History Interview with William Cross
- Oral History Interview with Nancy Guthrie McKay