Pondering Kentucky: The Magazine, Issue 13, 1991

Partial Transcript: [Music] This is Glen Bastin. If you are a subscriber, or otherwise purchased this tape, thank you for making this effort to celebrate Kentucky possible. If you borrowed the cassette from a subscriber, or if you checked it out of the library, please remember to return it quickly.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin speaks with David Seamstack, owner of the company that published the song "Happy Birthday to You" by Mildred and Patty Hill. Details are shared about the history of the song, as well as information about Mildred and Patty Hill. He discusses Patty Hill's time as an educator. Seamstack and Bastin discuss the popularity of the song, and the legal battles over the song's copyright.

Keywords: Birthday; Happy Birthday; Happy Birthday song; Happy Birthday to You (Song); Kentucky.; Music; Song

Subjects: Copyright.; Education.; Kentucky.; Music.

Partial Transcript: You know, back during the Civil War, Columbus was a big community. At one time it sported thirty-two saloons.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin meets with Ben Seeny, the mayor of Columbus, Kentucky. They discuss the city's history, location, and the current state of revenue and taxes. They discuss the history of Columbus (Ky.) nearly becoming the U.S. Capital. Glen Bastin speaks with Seeny about his career as a fisherman. Seeny is one of the few Kentuckians who has made a career from fishing. They discuss the types of fish Seeny catches, how he makes a profit, and what his work is like.

Keywords: Buffalo Fish; Capital; Catfish; Columbus (Ky.); Fish; Fisherman; Fishing; History; Kentucky; Kentucky River; Kentucky.; Location; Mississippi River; President Jefferson; Revenue; Taxes; Thomas Jefferson; U.S. Capital; United States Capital

Subjects: Capital.; Civil war.; Fish.; Fishing.; Kentucky.; Mississippi River; Saloons; Taxes; United States--Capital.

Partial Transcript: The city of Columbus we've been talking about is in the same general area where the Confederates stretched that giant chain across the Mississippi River during the Civil War.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin meets with Charles Logsdon, a sheriff and historian in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. They discuss John Hunt Morgan's attack on Elizabethtown during the Civil War and the remaining cannonballs in the city.

Keywords: Civil War; Confederates; Elizabethtown (Ky.); John Hunt Morgan; Kentucky.; Mississippi River

Subjects: Civil war.; Confederates; Kentucky.; Mississippi River.

Partial Transcript: Elizabethtown also figures into our next story. But, the gifted attorney Benjamin Hardin of Bairdstown is the central character.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin tells a story about a lawyer in Bardstown in 1808 named Benjamin Hardin and his relationship with a future United States president.

Keywords: Bairdstown (Ky.); Bardstown (Ky.); Benjamin Hardin; Elizabethtown (Ky.); James Buchanan; Kentucky; Lawyer; President James Buchanan

Subjects: Kentucky.; United States. President.

Partial Transcript: If you check the backpack of people leading nature tours in Kentucky, folks such as the naturalists at our state parks, in those backpacks, is likely to be a copy of "A Guide to the Ferns and Wildflowers of Kentucky."

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin speaks with Roger Barber, the photographer of an image in "A Guide to the Ferns and Wildflowers of Kentucky," by Mary Warren. Barber's image has created much curiosity as a result of a fairy pictured in the image. Bastin and Barber talk about the background behind the photo.

Keywords: A Guide to the Ferns and Wildflowers of Kentucky (Book); Fairy; Kentucky; Mary Warren; Nature

Subjects: Fairies.; Kentucky.; Nature.

Partial Transcript: [Background noises and bells ringing.] We are seated in a church in rural Nelson County as this story begins. It's an extremely modern church, at least in appearance. But that's one of the many paradoxical impressions one gets here.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin visits the Abbey of Gethsemani in Trappist, Kentucky and speaks with Brother Christianson about the Trappist Community that is surrounded by a six foot wall. They discuss the daily schedule of a monk at the abbey. They discuss the property owned by the abbey, the monks that live there, as well as a tour of the property. The tour includes the sanctuary, the cemetery, infirmary, and other notable aspects of the property. Additionally, they discuss what life is like as a monk, specifically in regards to: voting, diets, and being informed about current events.

[Personal information such as phone numbers and addresses of interviewees has been removed from this audio file. Several seconds of silence may occur throughout this recording where this information has been removed.]

Keywords: Abbey of Gethsemani; Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani; Christianity; Kentucky; Kentucky.; Monks; Nelson County (Ky.); Prayer; Religion; Trappist (Ky.)

Subjects: Christianity.; Kentucky.; Monks; Prayer.; Religion.