Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History

Interview with James Herndon, January 9, 1982

Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
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00:00:00 - Faulkner as a teenager

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Partial Transcript: This is an interview with Mr. James Herndon.

Segment Synopsis: Herndon talks about living with painter Henry Faulkner as a young man.

Keywords: Adolescents; Boys; Faulkner, Henry; Homosexuality; Houses and homes; Kentucky.; Lexington (Ky.); Paintings; Teenagers; Toolboxes; Years

Subjects: Boys; Herndon, James; Homosexuality; Houses and homes; Kentucky.; Lexington (Ky.); Paintings; Teenagers.; Toolboxes.

00:03:59 - Traveling

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Partial Transcript: So he, uh, he really came out then, after, after he went abroad and come back.

Segment Synopsis: Herndon discusses Faulkner’s traveling to Italy and his return to the United States. He also talks about how Faulkner living openly as a gay man led him to leave for overseas.

Keywords: Black-eyed peas; Boys; Coming out; Corn; Faulkner, Henry; Homosexuality; Italy; Paintings; Traveling

Subjects: Boys; Corn; Faulkner, Henry; Faulkner, Henry, 1924-1981.; Homosexuality; Italy; Paintings; Traveling

00:08:37 - Car accident

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Partial Transcript: Let me get your feet up here and I'll put the tape recorder on this.

Segment Synopsis: Herndon describes the car accident that killed Henry Faulkner. He subsequently describes that he spoke to police about the incident.

Keywords: Car accidents; Car crashes; Death; Faulkner, Henry; Funerals; Killed; Police; Williams, John

Subjects: Death; Faulkner, Henry; Faulkner, Henry, 1924-1981.; Funerals; Police.; Williams, John

00:13:46 - Friendship with Henry Faulkner

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Partial Transcript: Were you good friends?

Segment Synopsis: Herndon talks about being good friends with Faulkner. He also talks about his time in a nursing home and relays that Faulkner did not do drawings or paintings of him. Herndon also talks about Faulkner’s dogs and cats.

Keywords: Black-eyed peas; Cats; Dogs; Drawings; Faulkner, Henry; Friends; Friendships; Key West (Fla.); Nursing homes; Painting; Williams, Thomas Lanier, III "Tennessee”; Writers

Subjects: Cats; Dogs; Drawings; Faulkner, Henry; Faulkner, Henry, 1924-1981.; Key West (Fla); Nursing homes.; Painting; Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.; Writers