Prohibition

See folder 1983-49/50 for details.

Born in 1907 in Coal Creek, Tennessee, Leon C. Guy discusses his early life in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina; farming, hunting, trapping, and fishing; mining and working in a factory; prohibition and the racial situation before World War II.

See folder 1983-49/50 for details.

Interview one of several with people active in distilling whiskey during Prohibition.

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Interview one of several interviewing people active in distilling whiskey during Prohibition. Additional information in the file.

Colonel Thompson, former president of Glenmore Distilleries, discusses the Prohibition era, Colonel Taylor, Green River Whiskey and various other notable figures in the distillery business. He also talks about the Kentucky distilling industry in general. Tape II is mysteriously blank.