Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History
The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, also known as The Nunn Center, at the University of Kentucky is a center of oral history interviews concentrating on 20th and 21st century, state Kentucky history. The Nunn Center maintains a collection of over 8,000 interviews made up of over 100 projects with an emphasis on political, Appalachian, agricultural, athletic and veterans' history. The Nunn Center for Oral History is part of the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections division.

History
The oral history program at the University of Kentucky Libraries was established in 1973 by Charles Atcher. The Center is named after former Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn. From 1974 until 2005, the program was directed by Terry Birdwhistell, Ed.D. followed by Jeffrey Suchanek. Since 2008, the Nunn Center has been directed by Doug Boyd, Ph.D.

Collection
The Nunn Center contains over 8,000 interviews featuring a variety of individuals and projects. Major projects have included the Family Farm Project, the Colonel Arthur L. Kelly Veterans Oral History Project, University of Kentucky history, African American history in Kentucky, Kentucky writers, Kentucky's medical history, the history of professional baseball, as well as more recent project featuring the Horse Industry in Kentucky, as well as on the Kentucky General Assembly.

Digitization
The Nunn Center has aggressively undertaken efforts to digitize its collection.

Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS)
In 2008, the Nunn Center launched the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) online interface that synchronizes searchable text to audio and video. This system, designed by  director Doug Boyd in partnership with Digital Library Services from the United Kingdom, allows users to link from their search results tom the corresponding moments in the interview. The OHMS was featured in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education in July 2011.

SPOKE
In October 2011, the Nunn Center launched SPOKE, the online catalog containing records for each interview and project.

Featured projects

 African American Farmers
 Alben Barkley
 Black Church in Kentucky
 Blacks in Kentucky
 Blacks in Lexington
 Anne Braden Oral History Project
 Edward T. Breathitt
 Buffalo Trace Distillery
 A.B. "Happy" Chandler
 Christian Appalachian Project
 Earle C. Clements
 Bert T. Combs
 John Sherman Cooper
 Country Doctors and Nurses
 Harry Caudill
 Horse Industry in Kentucky
 Family and Gender in the Coal Community
 Family Farm Project
 Wendell H. Ford
 From Combat to Kentucky: Student Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
 Frontier Nursing Service
 History of Broadcasting in Kentucky
 History of Education in Kentucky
 History of Medicine in Fayette County, Kentucky
 Walter D. Huddleston
 Immigrants in Coal Communities
 Interscholastic Athletics in Kentucky
 Col. Arthur L. Kelly American Veterans Project
 Kentucky Coal Operators
 Kentucky Conservationists
 Kentucky Family Farm
 Kentucky Folk Art
 Kentucky Legislature
 Kentucky Writers
 Thruston B. Morton
 John Jacob Niles
 Louie B. Nunn
 Peace Corps
 John Ed Pearce
 Politics in Lexington, Kentucky
 Edward F. Prichard
 Race Relations in Owensboro-Daviess County, Kentucky, 1930-1970
 Stanley F. Reed
 Roving Picket Movement in the Coal Fields
 Cora Wilson Stewart
 Tobacco Production Technology and Policy
 University of Kentucky Medical Center
 Urban Appalachian Women in Cincinnati, Ohio
 Veterans of World War Two
 Veterans of the Korean War
 Veterans of the Vietnam War
 Fred M. Vinson
 War on Poverty
 Robert Penn Warren
 Robert Penn Warren Civil Rights Project
 Lawrence W. Wetherby
 Charles T. Wethington Alumni/Faculty Project