Interview with James Cain and Howard Day, April 13, 2012
Project: Student Projects: ENG 205: Intermediate Composition Oral History Project
Interview Summary
James Cain and Howard Day are Donovan Scholars at the University of Kentucky. They describe their backgrounds, spanning the years 1935 to 2012, with personal stories about their childhood, college years, careers, and retirement. Both men were born to working-class parents, are first-generation college students, and had careers as leaders; Howard in education and James in business. Both men praised the Donovan program and its administrator Sharye Davis.Interview Accession
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Howard L. Day
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Donovan Scholars Ohio College students African American schools Teachers School principals Values and beliefs Management Cultural and civic activities Civil War Round Table Minorities Retirement Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library Portsmouth (Ohio) Lewis County (Ky.) Cedarville College University of Cincinnati Central State College Cincinnati Enquirer Camp Nelson (Ky.) Nicholasville (Ky.) Battle of Chickamauga Springfield (Ohio) Fort Benning (Ga.) Rwanda Sharye DavisInterview Rights
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Cain, James D. Interview by Linda Sue Mize. 13 Apr. 2012. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Cain, J.D. (2012, April 13). Interview by L. S. Mize. Student Projects: ENG 205: Intermediate Composition Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Cain, James D., interview by Linda Sue Mize. April 13, 2012, Student Projects: ENG 205: Intermediate Composition Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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