Interview with Ilka Balk, April 7, 2023
Project: Bourbon in Kentucky: Women in Bourbon Oral History Project
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Ilka Balk discusses her upbringing and education in Germany, marrying and moving to the United States, and her initial career in Washington D.C. as a political consultant. Afterwards, Balk goes into her duties in the University of Kentucky Cooperative Education Program, and joining the James B. Beam Institute. Balk continues by discussing the bourbon industry and her role in it, from broader industry shifts to the experience of being a woman in the industry.Interview Accession
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Balk, Ilka Interview by Margaret Keener. 07 Apr. 2023. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Balk, I. (2023, April 07). Interview by M. Keener. Bourbon in Kentucky: Women in Bourbon Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Balk, Ilka, interview by Margaret Keener. April 07, 2023, Bourbon in Kentucky: Women in Bourbon Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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