This weekend, July 18-19, Lexington and UK Libraries are in the spotlight as C-SPAN broadcasts coverage of the city as part of its 2015 C-SPAN
Cities Tour. Viewers of "Lexington Weekend" will learn about the
city's rich history as well as the community's non-fiction literary culture. The programming features experts from UK Libraries and
the UK College of Arts and Sciences including Tracy Campbell and Karl Raitz.
Tracy Campbell, UK professor of history, Interim Chair of the History Department, and former Co-Director of the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center discussed his highly aclaimed book, Short of the Glory: The Fall and
Redemption of Edward F. Prichard Jr. Campbell's work examines one of the nation's promising political
prodigies. Published by University Press of Kentucky (UPK), Short of
Glory chronicles how the "boy wonder" of the New Deal ended up in prison
for stuffing a ballot box, as well as his hard fought journey back to becoming
a trusted advisor of government leaders and Kentucky's most persuasive and
eloquent voice for education reform.
Cultural geographer, former Provost's Distinguished
Service Professor in the UK Department of Geography, and UK Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement recipient Karl Raitz spoke with BookTV about his book Kentucky’s Frontier Highway:
Historical Landscapes along the Maysville Road. Raitz and
co-author Nancy O’Malley, assistant director of the William S. Webb Museum of
Anthropology at UK, charted the complex history of the Maysville Road — a route
that served as a corridor of local settlement, an engine of economic
development, a symbol of national progress, and an essential part of the
Underground Railroad. Kentucky's Frontier Highway was also
published by UPK.
In addition, C-SPAN
also filmed a segment on King Library Press. Founded by Carolyn Reading Hammer
and UK Libraries in 1956. The press preserves and teaches the tradition of handpress
fine printing established in the fifteenth century by Johannes Gutenberg and
continuing without interruption to the present day. Paul Holbrook, director of
King Library Press, and Deirdre Scaggs, associate dean of UK Libraries for the Special
Collections Research Center, shared the history and work of the press with
viewers in this interview.
The Lexington history segments will air on AHTV on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments will air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. The BookTV block will start at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 18, on C-SPAN2. The AHTV programming will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 19, on C-SPAN3. In addition, viewers will be able to watch "Lexington Weekend" broadcasting at their leisure on C-SPAN's website at www.c-span.org/citiestour.
Portions reprinted with permission from UKnow.
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