Listen to the audio files below to find out more about our former directors, Mary Ann Mongan & Wayne Onkst and the development of the Library.

Mary Ann Mongan Part One*
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Mary Ann Mongan Part Two*
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Wayne Onkst*
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The following oral histories are part of a collection of interviews sponsored by the Kentucky Oral History Commission to document the rich history of the Commonwealth’s many counties. Conducted by members of the Kenton County Historical Society and volunteers with the Community Scholars Program, this series of 26 interviews was recorded in 1977, 1978, 1980, and 1988.

The Kentucky Oral History Commission is a nationally recognized program that has provided for the collection of more than 25,000 oral history interviews. It was formed in 1976 by Governor Julian Carroll as the Kentucky Bicentennial Oral History Commission. The Kentucky Oral History Commission (KOHC), now part of the Kentucky Historical Society, reaches across the state to record and preserve the diverse stories that are a part of Kentucky's rich and colorful history. A grant program that provides financial and technical assistance to academic and community oral historians is responsible for the collection of the majority of interviews. The commission also offers workshops, sponsors state conferences, and participates in collaborative projects with other agencies and institutions. More information is available on the Commission's website.

Vincent Keller*
Devou Park

Lora Mae (Pat) Martin*
Education, Insurance, Peace Movement

Dillard Booth Hubbard, Part 2
Covington School System

Chester V. Mullins
Piner-Fiskbury - Dairy & Ice Delivery

Willard V. Benson, Part 2
Morningview - Agriculture

Ambrose H. Becker, Part 2
Lewisburg - General Information

Robert W. Elliot, Part 2
Fiskburg - Agriculture

Margaret A. Walsh
Park Hills - Devou Park & Kentucky Club

Leonard J. Connors
Latonia - Jockey Club

Clarence Gering
Latonia - Jockey Club

Carroll Burdick
Latonia - Jockey Club

Louis Marshall
Latonia - Jockey Club

J. T. "Tommy Long" Crawford, Part 2
Latonia - Jockey Club

Laura Marie Huesman Coby
Covington - General Life

Margaret Kohorst
Covington

Bert Monroe Layne, Part 2
Music Career/C&W music
Photo of Bert Layne

Ballard "Pappy" Raborn Taylor, Part 2
Music Career/Country music

Eileen Chase, Part 2
West Covington Willard Street neighborhood

Pauline "Stella" Staggenborg Coppel
Willard Street - West Covington

Alvin Bernard Aldemeyer
Willard Street - West Covington

Dorothy A. Battaglia, Part 2
West Covington - Fruit & Vegetable Stand

Gilbert Kingsbury, Part 2
Covington - KY Post

Pearl Seymour*
Covington - Rosedale Manor, Law & Politics

Edith Bales
Covington - Transporation & Religious Life

Ben & Mary Richardson Beers
Scrapbook & Family Information

Wallace “Wally” Gurren
Mainstrasse, Mr. Gurren shares a wealth of memories about his early life  in this historic Covington neighborhood.

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Mary Ann Mongan
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