CO{sub 2} emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels have been linked to global climate change. Proposed carbon management technologies include geologic sequestration of CO{sub 2}. A possible, but untested, sequestration strategy is to inject CO{sub 2} into organic-rich shales. Devonian black shales underlie approximately two-thirds of Kentucky and are thicker and deeper in the Illinois and Appalachian Basin portions of Kentucky than in central Kentucky. The Devonian black shales serve as both the source and trap for large quantities of natural gas; total gas in place for the shales in Kentucky is estimated to be between 63 and 112 trillion cubic feet. Most of this natural gas is adsorbed on clay and kerogen surfaces, analogous to methane storage in coal beds. In coals, it has been demonstrated that CO{sub 2} is preferentially adsorbed, displacing methane. Black shales may similarly desorb methane in the presence of CO{sub 2}. The concept that black, organic-rich Devonian shales could serve as a significant geologic sink for CO{sub 2} is the subject of current research. To accomplish this investigation, drill cuttings and cores were selected from the Kentucky Geological Survey Well Sample and Core Library. Methane and carbon dioxide adsorption analyses are being performed …

Interview with Ruth Simons (Kerr) Ray, the great-great granddaughter of James Kerr, from Canyon Lake, Texas. Mrs. Ray discusses her ancestor's life and his history in the Hill Country, as well as the Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony at the Kerr County Courthouse.

Photograph of an older couple at a reunion in Covington, Kentucky, both holding something. There is a picture mounted on the wall in the background.

Interview with Major N. Jesse James concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. James worked at a camp in Pineville, Kentucky (Company 548).

Sound recording of Detlev Peukert giving a talk titled "Between Nazism and the Economic Miracle: Coal Miners and the Ruhr District in the 1930's and then 1940's" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History At the Oral History Institute, Murray State University.

Sound recording of Charles R. Knerr giving a talk titled "Confidentiality: Privacy and the Law" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University. The talk was given during a panel on legal and ethical responsibilities in the protection of historical sources. The moderator for the talk is Hubert. D. Humphreys.

Sound recording of Al Skorma giving a talk titled "Early 20th Century Eastern United Stated Coal Culture" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral HIstory at the Oral History Institiute, Murray State University. The talk was part of a series about international perspectives on coal miners. The moderator for the talk was Evaline Hovenec, president of the Coal Miners Research Association.

Sound recording of a talk titled "The Internationalism of South Wales Miners Library, Swansea, Wales" given during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University.

Sound recording of Lawrence Suid giving a talk titled "Interviews and Documents: Mutual Validation of Information" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral HIstory at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University.

Sound recording of Barbara Vandegrift giving a talk titled "Oral History and Copyright" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University. The talk was part of a panel on legal and ethical responsibilities in the protection of historical sources. The moderator of the talk is Hubert D. Humphreys, and commentary is given by Waddy W. Moore.

Sound recording of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and Albert Schweitzer speaking during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University.

Sound recording of Ronald C. Larson giving a talk titled "Before Silent Spring; An Oral History of Western Forest Entomology", and Mark Walter giving a talk titled "Location and Mapping of Fish Spawning Grounds in the Greater Lakes Via Oral History" during the 14th National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University. The talks are moderated by William R. Wyatt.

Sound recording of E. Culpepper Clark giving a talk titled "Communication in the Oral History Review: Investigating the Problems of Interpreting Oral Data" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray, Kentucky. Ronald J. Grele is the moderator for the talk.

Sound recording of Lyn Goldfarb giving a talk titled "The Making of a Documentary: The Syntheses of Visual Materials and Oral History" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University. The moderator for the talk is John J. Fox.

Sound recording of James H. Morrison giving a talk titled "Oral History in Canada" during the 14th National Oral History Colloquium at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University.

Sound recording of Jane K. Vieth giving a talk titled "Pioneer Women Faculty at Michigan State University" and Federick Honhart giving a talk titled "Michigan State University Oral History Project" during the 14th Annual Oral History Association Colloquium at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University. The moderator for the talk is Maurice A. Crane.

Sound recording of Tamara Hareven giving a talk titled "Memory and the Reconstruction of Social Reality" during the 14th National Workshop of Oral History at Murray State University, in Murray, Kentucky.

Sound recording of Tamara Hareven from Clark University giving a talk titled "Memory and the Reconstruction of Social Reality" during the 14th National Workshop of Oral History, at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University.

Sound recording of Dale Deaton from the Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project giving a talk titled "Midwifery and Family Nursing: The Frontier Nursing Service in the Kentucky Mountain" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University.

Sound recording of Joseph B. Romney giving a talk titled "Oral History as a Catalyst for Local Historical Research Activity" during the 14th National Workshop of Oral History at Murray State University, in Murray, Kentucky. Recording also includes a talk titled "Life and Times in Shoe city" and "Models for Local and Community Studies" with commentary by Geneva Wiskeman from the Historical Society of Greater Lansing.

Sound recording of Alice Hoffman, Phillip A. Korth, and Philip P. Mason giving talks under the topic of "Oral History Contributions to Labor History" during the 14th National Workshop of Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University.

Sound recording of Richard G. Hewlett from the U.S. Department of Energy giving a talk during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University.

Sound recording of Jim Cavanaugh giving a talk titled "There Was Just No Beating Them: The Decline of Textile Workers Union of America" during the 14th National Workshop of Oral History at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.

Sound recording of John Neuenschwander giving a talk titled "Practical Advice on Planning and Conducting Oral History Interviews, the Nature of Human Memory, and Legal and Ethical Issues" at the 14th National Workshop of Oral History, Oral History Institute, Murray State University.