Interview with Mrs. Paul Rehm

Partial Transcript: Mrs. Rehm what can you tell me about your rememberances of Manchester?

Segment Synopsis: Rehm discusses her childhood and says that it was unconventional. Her mother had graduated from college and did not focus on traditional feminine roles. Her family, including her brother, Bert Combs, would sit around the table discussing politics and world news.

Keywords: Beach Creek; Manchester, Kentucky

Subjects: Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991

Partial Transcript: Do you remember much about the Depression?

Segment Synopsis: Rehm discusses the Depression and working for programs set up by Roosevelt.

Keywords: Combs, Bert; Combs, Mabel; Farmer’s Home Administration; OPA; University of Kentucky

Subjects: Great Depression, 1929 Roosevelt, Franklin

Partial Transcript: After you concluded this part of your career, what did you go into?

Segment Synopsis: Rehm discusses her career and meeting her husband.

Keywords: Combs, S.W.; Rehm, Paul

Subjects:

Partial Transcript: Did you get together very much?

Segment Synopsis: Rehm discusses Combs’ campaigns and what it felt like to have her brother running for office.

Keywords: Chandler, Albert; Combs, Bert

Subjects: Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991 Governors--Kentucky Kentucky. Court of Appeals Political campaigns

Partial Transcript: Did you take part in some social events down there?

Segment Synopsis: Rehm discusses her reaction to Combs’ achievements.

Keywords: Breathitt County; Combs, Bert

Subjects: Governors--Kentucky Kentucky Commission on Human Rights School integration

Partial Transcript: Now in the next several years, Governor Combs went back to law practice but this time in Lexington.

Segment Synopsis: Rehm discusses Combs’ career after being governor. She talks about his law office, becoming a judge, and running for election in 1971.

Keywords: Combs, Bert

Subjects: Ford, Wendell H., 1924-2015 Lawyers Political campaigns United States. Court of Appeals (Federal Circuit