Observations and Reflections:
Last
week Deirdre Scaggs, Greg Casey and I had a very enjoyable visit with Judge
Sara Combs at Fern Hill Farm in Powell County which she shared with her late
husband, Governor Bert T. Combs.
Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the conclusion
of Governor Bert Combs’ administration.
The Combs administration is remembered for its courage in passing tax
legislation to fund veterans’ bonuses and education and for an executive order
banning discrimination in all public accommodations.
UK Libraries is pleased to be the home of the Bert T. Combs
Collection. The collection consists of
over 130 boxes of papers, photographs, and audio-visual recordings. This
collection primarily documents Combs' term as Governor of Kentucky from
1959-1963, but also covers, to a lesser extent, his other political activities
as well. The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History also houses interviews that
were conducted with Combs on subjects such as his role in the lawsuit that led
to the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990, and the political careers of such
notable Kentuckians as John Sherman Cooper, Edward F. Prichard, and A.B.
"Happy" Chandler.
We look forward to highlighting the collection and Governor Combs’
accomplishments during 2013.
Last week I also participated in a retreat held with Medical
Center Library faculty and staff. MCL
has an excellent history of supporting medical education, research, and health
literacy both on campus and throughout Kentucky. The rapidly rising costs of medical library
collections and budget challenges facing UK mean that MCL must be innovative
and strategic in everything it does.
I benefited from my conversations with the MCL faculty and staff and I look forward to working with them as they reinvent a medical research library for the 21st century.
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