Stanley Dezarn O'Tucks Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: BCA 0246

Staff Only

O'Tucks Annual Banquet Audio Recordings

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O'Tucks Annual Music Festival Audio Recordings

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O'Tucks Annual Banquet Events Video Recordings

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Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of news stories and other print material documenting the Hamilton, Ohio based O'Tucks organization over the period 1958 - 1996. Also included are audio / video recordings of the organizatin's annual Fellowship Banquettes and music festivals.

Dates

Creation: 1958 - 1996

Organizational History

O'Tucks is a contraction of "Ohioans From Kentucky". The organization was started by Stanley Dezarn (1922-2004) in 1959 to be a means for Kentuckians moved to the Hamilton, Ohio area to preserve and celebrate their native culture in a new setting. Dezarn, a teacher and school principal, was a native of Clay County, Kentucky as were many others who had moved to the Ohio community to work for the Champion Paper Company and other industries.

The banquet events and music festivals featured numerous Kentucky and beyond political figures, commentators, and country / folk music performers. Among these were Harry Caudill, Billy C. Clark, Bert Combs, Jim Comstock, Louie Nunn, Eugene Siler, Sr., Bill Carlisle, Jimmy Driftwood, Lily May Ledford, Ernie Lee, Pee Wee King, John Jacob Niles, McLain Family Band, New Coon Creek Girls, and Pleaz Mobley.