Interview with Clyde Reynolds Carpenter, August 3, 2015
Project: Clyde R. Carpenter Oral History Project
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In this interview with Clyde Reynolds Carpenter, he discusses his career at the University of Kentucky, including earning tenure, becoming Associate Dean of the Architecture Department from 1974-2003, and then becoming chairman of the Department of Historic Preservation from 2003-2010. Carpenter also discusses World War II, his time at Pennsylvania University, his travels in Europe, and describes mid-20th century architecture. He talks about the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, and the deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy.Interview Accession
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Carpenter, Clyde Reynolds Interview by JoEllen Hayden. 03 Aug. 2015. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Carpenter, C.R. (2015, August 03). Interview by J. Hayden. Clyde R. Carpenter Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Carpenter, Clyde Reynolds, interview by JoEllen Hayden. August 03, 2015, Clyde R. Carpenter Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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