Ruth Gaylord's guest appearances

Ruth Gaylord

Tales From The Kentucky Room

Nick Carter

Robert Morgan

David Rice

Harry Dean Stanton

Betty Gail Brown

Joseph Anthony

PAMELA BROWN

Mary Todd Lincoln

Elizabeth Keckley

Beverly Bell

Alan Cutler

Margaret Garner

Kevin Lane

Terry Birdwhistell

Pagan Babies

OwlTail

Mariam interviews Ruth Gaylord about her life and work as Lexington Public Library’s first African American librarian. They discuss her experiences going to school and college in segregated Kentucky; how she balanced working full time, raising four children, caring for an ill spouse, and attending Library School from 1979-1984. They also talk about her long career as a librarian with Lexington Public Library. She began as an assistant on the bookmobile in 1977, and when Ruth retired in 2008, she was the Assistant Manager of the Eagle Creek Branch. 

<p>Mariam interviews Ruth Gaylord about her life and work as Lexington Public Library’s first African American librarian. They discuss her experiences going to school and college in segregated Kentucky; how she balanced working full time, raising four children, caring for an ill spouse, and attending Library School from 1979-1984. They also talk about her long career as a librarian with Lexington Public Library. She began as an assistant on the bookmobile in 1977, and when Ruth retired in 2008, she was the Assistant Manager of the Eagle Creek Branch. </p>

Ruth Gaylord, Lexington Public Library's First African American Librarian (2020)