Forthcoming Projects Beyond the Shelf: Serving Historic Kentuckiana Through Virtual Access   The KYVL is working with the University of Kentucky to digitize and provide full-text access to pre-1924 works dealing with the history and heritage of Kentucky. Approximately 1,500 selected titles were microfilmed during an NEH preservation microfilming project conducted by UK from 1986-1995. A microfilm to digital image process is used to create the digital page images and searchable text. Many titles were originally selected from J. Winston Coleman, Jr.’s Bibliography of Kentucky History, the standard bibliography for Kentucky history before 1950. Topics include county histories; early explorations and settlements; military expeditions, battles, and campaigns; and reminiscences, recollections, and memoirs. This two-year project has been funded in part by an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant for Preservation and Digitization. Digital Access for WPA Photographs of Tennessee Valley Authority Archaeological Projects     The KYVL is working with the University of Kentucky William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, the Frank H. McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and the Alabama Museum of Anthropology at the University of Alabama, to digitize and provide online access to approximately 7,500 photographs taken by Works Progress Administration workers of archaeological projects conducted in preparation for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dam construction in the 1930s. This two-year project has been funded in part by an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant for Preservation and Digitization. In Black & White: A Photographic Collection of African Americans in the Bluegrass The Lexington History Museum, African American Studies and Research Program at the University of Kentucky, and the Kentucky Virtual Library are working together to build a photographic history of African Americans in the Bluegrass during segregation. (Image courtesy Kentucky Historical Society) C. Frank Dunn Photographs Collection, 1900-1954, bulk 1920-1940 The collection contains many photos of Lexington and Frankfort residences and businesses, Kentucky highways, horses, industries, sports, and river and mountain scenes. Many were published in Kentucky Progress Magazine and in the Lexington press. There are an estimated 4,600 prints in the collection. The digitization of this collection is a collaborative effort of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Virtual Library. John Jacob Niles Photographic Collection, 1892-1980   The collection consists of 1,596 photographs, centered on the life and work of John Jacob Niles and the members of his family. Many of the photos of were used for concert publicity shots. Niles was photographed by famous photographers as well and included are works by Van Deren Coke, Alfred Eisenstaedt, George Kossuth, and Doris Ulmann. In addition, the collection contains photos of early zeppelins and airplanes, and even includes some photos of the Wright brother’s first flight. The digitization of this collection is a collaborative effort of the University of Kentucky Audio-Visual Archives and the Kentucky Virtual Library. Louis Edward Nollau Nitrate Photographic Print Collection, circa 1885 - 1966           This collection contains 4,813 prints primarily of University of Kentucky. The original print sizes are 5 X 7 or smaller. Professor of Engineering Drawing at the University of Kentucky for 49 years, Louis Edward Nollau was also a prolific photographer. Because of his interest in photography and the college, Nollau was the first "official" campus photographer. The date span for the majority of the Nollau Photographic prints is during Frank McVey's presidency, 1917 - 1940. There are other photographers who contributed to the collection: "Kentuckian" (University yearbook) staff, University Public Relations staff, Leon Frankel, James Wells, John Wyatt and unknown individuals. The date spans for these photographers work are generally 1885 - 1903 and 1941 - 1966. The Nitrate Photographic Print Collection is divided into two series: University of Kentucky Series and Non - University of Kentucky Series. UK Oral History Program's "Initiative 2003"           The University of Kentucky Oral History Program is internationally recognized for its outstanding collection of over 6,000 oral history interviews that are contained in over one hundred different projects. The Oral History Program's "Initiative 2003" celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the program. It honors the thousands of Kentuckians who have shared their memories with future generations. As part of this celebration, the Oral History Program will make available on the KYVL Kentuckiana Digital Library web site throughout the coming year full-text interview transcripts from each of the oral history projects in the Oral History Collection. Interview highlights currently available: Onassis (Jacqueline Kennedy), May 13, 1981, King (Dr. Martin Luther, Jr.) March 18, 1964, Malcolm X, June 2, 1964. 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