Kentucky Oral History Commission
Interview Log
Name of Interviewee: Robert Baker
DOB: 1/17/1901
Birthplace: Locust Branch, Estill County, KY
Occupation: Newspaper publisher/editor
Topics Discussed in Interview:
Birth
Beginning of printing career
School
Military service on the Great Lakes
History of papers in Irvine, KY
Editorial problems
Political problems
Elections
Interviewer comments: “An excellent source of information about Irvine.”
Places & Names Discussed:
Elias Baker
Irvine Sun (newspaper)
John W. Walker
Western Newspaper Union
Panola, Madison County, KY
Guy Bell
J.R. White
Mr. Vinson
Captain T.E. Murray
George Nile
Michipicoten Point
Robert Chaney
Helen Smock
William Parsons
A.G. Girven
T.Q. Wallace
M.C. Bowman
Mark Lyle
Quentin Marks
Ossie Broughton
Gamble Grocery
Hovermale (??)
Campbell press
Mrs. Meadows
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