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Morton J. Holbrook Oral History Project

Project Summary

This collection documents the career of Morton Holbrook, Jr. who was born in 1914. He was instrumental in drafting judicial reforms which included the requirement that judges must be lawyers. He was also named Kentucky's Outstanding Lawyer of the Year in 1967 and was named to the University of Kentucky Hall of Distinguished Alumni. He discusses his history with educational and judicial reform, his take on then current events such as the 2000 Presidential Election, and relates stories from his long career. He discusses his friends who were also lawyers and how they helped or abstained one way or another on the issues he fought for.

Project Code

mh

Project Keyword

Education   Judges   judicial reform   Lawyers

Project LC Subject

Courts--Kentucky--History   Education, Higher   Education, Higher--Kentucky   Holbrook, Morton J., Jr., 1914-2006.   Judges--Kentucky   Judges--United States--States--Election   Kentucky Bar Association   Law--Kentucky   Lawyers--Kentucky   Owensboro (Ky.)   University of Kentucky   University of Kentucky--Administration   Wethington, Charles T. (Charles Turner), Jr.


Interviews in this Project (15 Total):

Interview Accession Number: 1999oh061_mh010
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
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Interview Accession Number: 1999oh062_mh011
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
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Interview Accession Number: 1999oh063_mh012
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
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Interview Accession Number: 1999oh064_mh013
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
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Interview Accession Number: 2001oh032_mh015
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1997oh050_mh001
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1997oh084_mh002
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1997oh085_mh003
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1998oh007_mh004
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1998oh008_mh005
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1998oh038_mh006
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1998oh040_mh007
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1998oh041_mh008
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
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Interview Accession Number: 1998oh090_mh009
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 2000oh085_mh014
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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