Keeneland Library Launches Life’s Work Oral History Project With TDN

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Keeneland announced Monday the Keeneland Library’s creation of the Life’s Work Oral History Project, a new initiative designed to capture treasured stories from the Thoroughbred industry and preserve and promote them for future generations. Life’s Work represents a unique collaboration of the Keeneland Library, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, along with the University of Kentucky Libraries’ Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and Thoroughbred Daily News. The first installment of the series featuring Claiborne Farm’s Seth Hancock is being released today.

Life’s Work features video and oral interviews from prominent figures in the equine industry whose passion and livelihood have been devoted to the Thoroughbred. Conducted by respected journalist Chris McGrath and filmed by Keeneland Broadcast Services, the interviews will appear as monthly feature articles in TDN and TDN Look as well as a feature video series. In addition to Hancock, those who have participated in interviews include John Phillips of Darby Dan Farm, Keeneland Trustee Emeritus James E. “Ted” Bassett III and Shadwell Farm Vice President and General Manager Rick Nichols, among others.

In keeping with the Keeneland Library’s mission to preserve and promote the rich history of Thoroughbred racing, the Library engaged the prestigious University of Kentucky Libraries’ Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History to support the project. The Nunn Center’s state-of-the-art archives will index and preserve each Life’s Work video interview. Over the coming months, interviews will be released through the video catalog, which will be fully searchable and made available to the public for decades to come.

In addition to the full video interview, which is available on the Nunn Center’s website, elements of the project include a video and podcast series produced by the Patty Wolfe Media Group. To view the first feature video, click here.

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