Alexander, Robert (1767-1841) Papers, 1774-1849

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Descriptive Summary Guide to Selected Manuscripts Housed in The Division of Special Collections and ArchivesJanuary 1999 University of Kentucky Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Lexington, KY 579 annotated items University of Kentucky Libraries, Special Collections and Archives,

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Container List Collection Names: A-D Alexander, Robert (1767-1841) Papers, 1774-1849Collection Number: Microfilm No. 67M-636 (3 reels) Born in Scotland, noted horseman Robert Alexander came to Kentucky in the late 18th century, settling in Woodford County. His papers consist of correspondence, deeds, wills, surveys, notes, receipts, and accounts from the estate of John Savary, a native of France. Most of the correspondence relating to Savary is in French. Six letters by Benjamin Franklin Bache, grandson of Benjamin Franklin, written from France and Philadelphia (1785-1787) are of particular interest. A small group of papers concerns the estate of George Madison, a Revolutionary soldier and Governor of Kentucky for a brief time (1816). Among the miscellaneous papers are letters from Buckner Thruston (1764-1845), Kentucky senator and federal judge, who wrote from Washington, D.C. on the politics of the day. An unpublished inventory is available. Allen, James Lane (1849-1925) Papers, 1892-1925Collection Numbers: 49W4; 49W5; 87M52 (3.6 cubic ft.) Correspondence, holographic and typed manuscripts, and reviews of Allen's novels, short stories and plays. An unpublished inventory is available. Allen, Thomas M. (1797-1871) Papers, 1842-1857Collection Number: Microfilm No. 59M-309 (1 reel) A minister of the Disciples of Christ Church in Kentucky and Missouri, Thomas Allen's papers include letters to the Reverend John Allen Gano of Scott County, Kentucky. Allen, William Invoices of Louisville and Maysville Firms (1840-1898)Collection Number: 62M172 (50 pieces)This collection consists of invoices identifying numerous commercial establishments in Louisville and Maysville. The materials were collected by William Allen. Allen-Butler Family Papers, 1799-1864Collection Number: 55M54 (115 pieces)Family letters, many written during the War of 1812. There are also letters from Pierce Butler, a member of the Kentucky legislature. An unpublished inventory is available. Allied Printing Trades Council Records, 1905-1951Collection Number: 63M7 (.8 cubic ft.)Papers include reports, contracts, correspondence, and minutes of this Louisville based craft union. Allison, Young Ewing (1853-1932) Acta allisoniana, 1914-1933Collection Number: 63M203 (1.6 cubic ft.)Allison was a Louisville journalist whose avocation was writing. His papers include manuscripts, clippings, and ephemera about him and his career. American Federation of Musicians Records, 1871-1960Collection Number: 61M97 (9.2 cubic ft.)Musicians' union based in Louisville, Kentucky. Records include correspondence, minutes, ledgers, and miscellaneous materials. Anderson Family Papers, 1804-1945Collection Number: 73M4 (200 pieces)Papers of the Anderson family, descendants of George Washington Anderson (1758-1814), mill owner and merchant who operated the Grahamton Manufacturing Company in Meade County, Kentucky. They were also involved with the Grahamton Milling Company in Louisville. The papers are personal and business correspondence. There are also two letters from Henry Clay. Anderson, James Blythe (1868-1945) PAPERS, 1751-1946Collection Numbers: 47M63B (1.8 cubic ft); 47M2 (2 vols)Among the subjects of these papers, assembled by Fayette County cattle farmer, James B. Anderson, are genealogy, breeding records of fox hunting dogs, and politics in Kansas. The John Marshall McCue papers are also included. They contain diaries, correspondence, and information on John Brown's activities in Virginia. There are also letters to Confederate General John Daniel Imboden. Appalachian Poetry Project Archives, 1979-1980Collection Number: 87M39 (3 cubic ft.)In 1979, writer Gurney Norman, under the auspices of the University of Kentucky's Appalachian Center, received a grant from the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry to organize poetry workshops and publish the works of central Appalachian poets. This collection consists of the administrative records of the project, including correspondence with many of the participating poets, as well as typescripts of poetry submitted for a published anthology titled Contemporary Appalachian Poetry. An unpublished inventory is available. Appalachian Regional Commission Archives, 1964-1997Collection Number: 90M1 (325 cubic ft.)Passed by Congress in 1965, the Appalachian Regional Development Act established the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to plan and manage economic development in the region. The Act defines the region as the entire state of West Virginia and parts of twelve other states--Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. ARC concentrates its efforts in two major areas. The highway program, which annually receives about two-thirds of the ARC's funds, provides for construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System. The other major program, area development, provides grants for education and health care, water and sewer systems, housing, child development, enterprise development, natural resources development, and research on topics related to the region's economic growth. The ARC is organized to ensure federal, state, and local participation. The Commission consists of fourteen members--the thirteen Appalachian governors and a Federal Co-Chair, appointed by the President of the United States. An executive director heads the Commission staff. Staff members are paid jointly by the federal government and the states. Both Commission members and staff, through its member states, work with the Local Development Districts, the multi-county planning and development agencies covering all 397 Appalachian counties. The process of designing and funding ARC programs and projects is also structured to include all levels of government involvement. The ARC receives an annual appropriation from Congress and these funds are allocated by formula to the thirteen states. The governor of each state is responsible for developing an annual plan for meeting the ARC objectives, with input from the local LDDs. The plan identifies specific projects that will receive ARC funds, usually in combination with other federal, state, or local funds. Each state's development and project plan must be approved by the Commission. The ARC's Archives consists of the official records since its inception in 1965. It is divided into four parts--Internal Documents, State Plans, Final Project Reports, and Local Development Districts. The Internal Documents reflect the ARC's daily operations and range from annual reports and official Commission meeting materials to files of background information on regional development and policy papers. The State Plans, submitted annually to the ARC, are each state's program development documentation and investment plans for its Appalachian counties. The Final Project Reports are those submitted by demonstration projects and programs funded, in whole or in part, by the ARC. And the Local Development Districts document the relationship between the ARC and the LDDs and the specific activities of the LDDs. Materials range from profiles of individual LDDs to reports on projects executed by the LDDs, which were funded by sources other than the ARC. In addition, the Archives contain audio-visual materials (transferred to the Audio-Visual Archives), oral history interviews conducted by Duke University, and a small photograph collection. An unpublished inventory is available. Ardery, Julia H. Spencer (1889-1977) Ardery Genealogical Collection, 1750-1967Collection Number: Microfilm No. 70M-731(82 reels)The genealogical collection compiled by Mrs. Julia Ardery consists of data she accumulated over many years in her work on behalf of historical organizations in Kentucky. She copied and recorded voluminous historical and genealogical notes on Kentucky and Virginia families and counties. Her data includes, for example, news clippings, correspondence inquiries, cemetery records, genealogical charts, Bible entries, historical sketches of families and county court documents. The collection is not comprehensive, concentrating on several selected Kentucky counties. Arranged alphabetically, the records include vital statistics, court records, marriage and census records etc. from those counties. Family records are also arranged alphabetically. Some indexing was done within these files but there is no inventory or comprehensive index to the collection. In addition to genealogical information gathered by Mrs. Ardery, this collection contains records from the files of Miss Hattie M. Scott, Miss Jessie P. Spencer, and Miss May Stone. The original Ardery collection materials are also housed in the archives under the Collection number 85M3 (6.3 cubic ft.). Some of this material has not been processed or microfilmed. In addition to the previously mentioned material, it also includes a large amount of Mrs. Ardery's correspondence. An alphabetical list of the names included in this collection is available. Arnett, Louis Wagner (1879-1953) Papers, 1927-1953Collection Number: 72M21 (2.4 cubic ft.) This collection consists primarily of political correspondence between this state representative (1906-1909) from Kenton County and national public figures of the 1940s and early 1950s. For each year represented there is a folder of personal letters consisting mainly of correspondence between Arnett and his daughter. Also present is a folder of unsigned letters and miscellaneous pieces. Correspondents include Earle C. Clements, Alben W. Barkley, Fred M. Vinson, Thomas R. Underwood, and Lawrence W. Wetherby. An unpublished inventory is available. Arnow, Harriette Simpson (1908-1986) Papers, 1927-1967Collection Number: 81M2 (2 cubic ft.)Author Harriette Simpson Arnow was born in Wayne County, Kentucky and lived there with her family until she was four. Her formal education began at St. Helen's Academy in 1919. She also attended Stanton Academy, and Burnside High School, where she graduated in 1924. She attended Berea College and later transferred to the University of Louisville where she received her B.A. degree in 1930. She worked as a teacher and waitress in Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan, teaching school in rural Pulaski County, Kentucky and Louisville. After moving to Cincinnati, Arnow published stories in magazines and published her first book, Mountain Path, in 1936. Her manuscript for this novel is included in this collection. She married Harold Arnow, a newspaper reporter, in 1939, and they moved to a Kentucky farm on the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River. By 1944 the Arnows were back in Michigan, where Mr. Arnow worked for the Detroit Times. While there, Harriette Arnow published Hunter's Horn, the manuscript of which is also in this collection. The papers include letters to Arnow about her books, and manuscripts of eighteen short stories. In addition to the manuscripts of The Mountain Path and Hunter's Horn, there are manuscripts of The Dollmaker (1954), Between The Flowers (1939), and Seedtime On The Cumberland (1963). Arnow received letters from Robert Penn Warren and Cleanth Brooks of the Southern Review, John Wilson Townsend, Allan Swallow of the University of Denver, Clinton Simpson, Wilbur L. Schramn, editor of American Prefaces, Joseph Margolies of Covici-Friede Publishers, Elizabeth Newell, Alfred Knopf, and Maxim Lieber. Letters from Volkening and Russell, her literary agents, which were separately acquired in 1986 discuss not only business but are filled with descriptions and opinions about Appalachia, writing, money and childhood. Letters from Harold Strauss of Covici-Friede Publishers, and Galina Hopkins, Arnow's agent, represent a large portion of the letters present. Letters to Arnow generally concern work she had in progress or had submitted for publication. Letters from the period 1953 to 1972 pertain to The Dollmaker. Also present are fragments of writings and untitled works by Arnow. An unpublished inventory to the collection is available. Ashton, C.H. (1808-1889) ScrapbooksCollection Number: Microfilm number 63M-481 (1 reel)Scrapbooks on Kentucky and U.S. politics compiled by Ashton, a journalist and editor of the Flemingsburg (Kentucky) Democrat. Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church (Scott County, Kentucky) Records, 1785-1803Collection Number: Microfilm number 67M-53 (1 reel) Audubon Family Papers, 1805-1938Collection Number: Microfilm number 63M-560 (1 reel)Correspondence and business documents pertaining to the family of naturalist John James Audubon. Audubon, John James (1785-1851) PapersCollection Number: 87M4 (3 pieces)Artist, ornithologist and naturalist John James Audubon lived in Kentucky between 1807 and 1819. In partnership with Ferdinand Rozier, Audubon bought a stock of goods in New York and went to Louisville where they opened a general store. In 1810 they moved their business to Henderson, Kentucky. There Audubon met Daniel Boone who recounted to Audubon how he helped settle a boundary dispute by correctly locating, 25 years after the event, an ash tree upon which he had cut three notches while escaping capture by Native Americans. In a lengthy, undated account, Audubon writes of "Daniel Boon's (sic) powers of retention." This letter was published by the King Library Press, the Book Arts Workshop, in October of 1978. While in Kentucky, Audubon's interests in natural history and ornithology continued. His observations of the Kentucky Warbler and White Cucumber tree are described in an undated Audubon manuscript entitled "Kentucky Warbler," the field description for plate 38 of Birds Of America. In a signed letter of 1828 to his eldest son, Victor, then a clerk in Louisville, Audubon writes from London of his desire to have his family join him. In addition, he describes the status of Birds Of America. He writes, "I will send you what I call the first volume of my voluminous work in about 2 months. It will be bound in sepia leather and will be a monument to my having existed." Bach, Pearl Day (1887-1968) Papers on Hazel Green Academy, 1890-1966Collection Number: 68M103An Academy alumna, Bach graduated in 1905. Later she moved to Lexington and became an active Kentucky genealogist and club woman. She served as historian of the Former Students Association beginning in 1940 and was president, 1951-1952. The papers pertain primarily with the activities of the Former Students Association of Hazel Green Academy. Material present includes correspondence representing almost half of the collection; historical and biographical sketches of the Academy, which was founded in 1880, the Association, and alumni of the Academy; list and records of the Association including memorial, member and alumni lists, records of meetings, committee reports, and financial statements; photographs of the Academy and students; and data on the Kentucky Mountain Club. Also present are clippings on the Academy and the Association. An unpublished inventory is available. Bank of Kentucky Records, 1812-1836Collection Numbers: 60M133; 60M21; 51M61; 53M57: 55M34 (.15 cubic ft.)Letters, receipts, notes, and documents of the bank in Lexington and records of branches in Danville, Winchester, Richmond and Frankfort are represented. Baptist Church of Jesus Christ (Sharpsburg, KY.) Records, 1842-1968Collection Number: Microfilm No. 71M-721 Barkley, Alben W. (1877-1956) Papers, 1900-1956Collection Number: 63M143 (167 cubic ft.)These are the papers of Graves County native, Alben W. Barkley, U.S. Vice-President (1949-1953), U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1927-1949 and 1955-1956). Barkley also served as Majority Leader in the Senate (1937-1947). The manuscripts are divided into three files: general, political, and speeches. The collection covers his public career and the period from 1953 to 1955 when Barkley held no office. The materials include personal and political correspondences; family photographs; speeches; scrapbooks; original C.K. and Jim Berryman political cartoons; the manuscript of Barkley's memoirs, That Reminds Me, which was published in 1954; and clippings on politics. In addition, the papers include the correspondence of Jane Rucker Barkley, his second wife, and the manuscript of her memoirs, I Married The VEEP. Correspondents include Dean Acheson, Bernard Baruch, James A. Farley, Herbert Hoover, Cordell Hull, John L. Lewis, George C. Marshall, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Adlai Stevenson, Fred M. Vinson, and Henry Wallace. An unpublished inventory is available. See also: Jane Rucker Barkley scrapbooks, 1936-1956; Alben W. Barkley Statue Advisory Committee Papers (66M15); and the Alben W. Barkley file from Truman presidential papers, 1945-1952 (Microfilm No. 62M-591). Barlow, Thomas Harris (1791-1865) Papers, 1845-1955Collection Number: 68M99 (.2 cubic ft.)Papers on inventors Thomas Barlow and his son, Milton, from Nicholas County, Kentucky. Compiled by Dwight Mikkelson, the papers include copies of patents for several inventions including a device for rotting hemp and flax. In addition, the Barlows designed a planetarium. Barrow Unit Papers, 1899-1957Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-320 (1 reel)This collection consists of papers from a volunteer medical unit comprised mostly of central Kentuckians who served in England during World War One. The unit was named for Dr. David Barrow of Lexington, Kentucky. The Barrow Unit provided medical services to personnel of the U.S. Army. Included are military communications and some of Dr. Barrow's correspondence. Barton, Edward E. (1870-1951) Barton Genealogical Collection, n.d.Collection Number: Microfilm No. M-566 (97 reels)This substantial genealogical collection was compiled by attorney and historian Edward E. Barton. Barton served as dean of the Pendleton County, Kentucky bar, and also devoted time to collecting historical data on that county, especially family files dating back to the eighteenth century. His original documents are in the Pendleton County Public Library, Falmouth, Kentucky. This collection concentrates on Pendleton County, Kentucky but includes genealogical information on numerous northern Kentucky families. Fact sheets provide, when available; name, dates, education, military service, children, parents, burial location, church affiliation, legal and financial records, and general notes. Several reels are devoted to cemeteries in Pendleton County and church records from Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, Pleasant Hill Christian Church, and Boone's Creek Baptist Church. Historical data on Union and Grant counties is included, as are indices to Pendleton County marriages. Miscellaneous historical notes on the state are also here. Housed in the Archives is a non-comprehensive, alphabetically arranged surname index/card catalog generated by Barton which lists the names of individuals covered in the collection. Bate, R. Alexander Papers, 1937-1948Collection Numbers: 62M47; 62M48The semi-centennial of the Louisville Society of Medicine is the topic of the typescript in Collection Number 62M47. Collection Number 62M48 is a typescript on Kentucky pioneer, Col. Richard Calloway. Baynham Drugstore (Providence, KY.) Ledgers, 1924-1945Collection Number: 62M170 (6 volumes) Beard, Robert Papers, 1785-1875Collection Number: 65M185 (37 pieces)Papers of a Breckinridge County landowner. Bedford, Edwin Green (1814-1900) Papers, 1812-1902Collection Number; 48M19 (1.4 cubic ft.)Papers of a Bourbon County, Kentucky stockbreeder noted for his interest in breeding shorthorn cattle and hogs. An unpublished inventory is available. Berry, James et al. vs. Robert Gunnell, 1780-1802Collection Number: 65W2 (23 items)Depositions taken in Montgomery and Bourbon counties in Kentucky relating to a lawsuit involving land rights near the Licking River in central Kentucky. Bethel Baptist Church (Parmieysville, KY.) Records, 1810-1976Collection Number: Microfilm No. 84M-788 (1 reel) Black, Creed Carter (1925- ) Papers, 1969-1970Collection Number: 79M1 (4 cubic ft.)These materials pertain to Creed Black's service as Assistant Secretary for Legislation in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare from 1969-1970. There are three major units of files in this collection: Chronological, Reading, and News Items. The latter give a comprehensive account of the activities of the department as reported in the nation's leading newspapers. Other files include appointment books, a legislative briefing book prepared for Secretary Richardson, miscellaneous correspondence, photographs, policies, reports, speeches, and weekly memos to and from the White House. Among topics covered are emergency school aid, general organization and operation, grants, annual budget of HEW, hearings and legislation, House and Senate hearings, humor, political breakdown by offices, several files on student unrest, and testimony before House and Senate committees. Approximately 75% of these materials consist of correspondence and departmental policy papers. These papers are of interest for the insight they give into the workings of the first Nixon administration, and the legislative relations of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in particular. They show the relationship of partisan political considerations and the development of public policy, particularly regarding the Nixon administration's response to student unrest in the late 1960s. An unpublished inventory is available. Blanton, James Account of the Raids Made in Kentucky by General Morgan and Captain Hines, n.d.Collection Number: 62M71 (Typescript)This typescript is an account of raids in Kentucky made by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and Captain Thomas Hines. Included are details of actions in which a number of well-known Civil War personalities took part, including General Albert Sidney Johnston, General Ambrose E. Burnside, General John Breckinridge, and General Braxton Bragg. Bledsoe, Moses Transcript of Land Records, 1789-1894Collection Number: 52W85 (101 leaves)Typed transcripts of court records from Fayette County, Kentucky. Bledsoe, William vs. William Tandy Papers, 1779-1802Collection Number; 52W83 (24 items)Preemptions, land grants, surveys, and depositions concerning the location of Hunter's Trace emanating from Bryan's or Bryan Station. Blue Licks Battlefield Papers, 1774-1946Collection Number: 51W8 (1.6 cubic ft.)Judge Samuel M. Wilson's research papers on the Battle of Blue Licks during the Revolutionary War. Boone Bicentennial Commission Records, 1931-1937Collection Number: 61W11 (.4 cubic ft.)Records of the plans to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Daniel Boone. Bourbon County Agricultural Society Board of Directors Records, 1875-1887Collection Number: 47M52 (1 volume)The records consist of the minutes of the Board of Directors meetings and shed light on the operation and function of local agricultural societies in late 19th century Kentucky and document the agricultural history of Bourbon County. An unpublished inventory is available. Braden, Carl and Anne Papers, 1954-1964Collection Numbers: 66M38 (.25 cubic ft.) Microfilm No. 55M-616 (3 reels)The Braden Papers record the activities of social activists Carl and Anne Braden who were involved in housing integration in Shively, Kentucky. They went to trial on sedition charges over a case involving the sale of a home to an African-American family. The Bradens assisted Andrew Wade, an African-American electrician, to buy a house in an all-white neighborhood by purchasing the home themselves and transferring it to Wade and his wife. The transcripts of the trial proceedings are held in Microfilm Collection Number 55M-616. Bradford, John (1747-1830) Papers, 1780-1830Collection Number: 49W37; 51W17 (2.5 cubic ft.)This collection consists of Judge Samuel M. Wilson's research papers on Bradford, the first printer in Kentucky and founder of the Kentucky Gazette. Bradley Family Papers, 1839- 1911Collection Number: 87M64 (4 cubic ft.)Correspondence of Katherine Bradley, Scott County, Kentucky court examiner, including letters to her from state representative, Caleb Powers. Many of the Powers letters concern fund-raising for his defense in his numerous trials relating to the assassination of Governor William Goebel. There is also correspondence of Katherine Bradley's brother and father. Bradley, William O'Connell (1847-1914) Letters, 1897, 1910Collection Numbers: 59W20 (1 piece); 60M76 (1 piece) Scrapbooks, 1870-1911 Collection Number: 50M10 (4 cubic ft.)Bradley was the first Republican governor of Kentucky. He also served as U.S. Senator from 1909 to 1914. The collection contains a letter regarding Bradley's election as governor in 1895, and 23 scrapbooks with clippings regarding his political career. Breckinridge Family Papers, 1759-1959Collection Numbers: 68M106; 49W44; 49W45; 49W46; 57W15;59W6; 74W2 (.45 cubic ft.)Since the 1700s members of the Breckinridge family have served their state and nation as political, military and social leaders. Several letters in the Breckinridge papers date from the time of John Breckinridge (1760-1806), the first family member to settle in Kentucky. Breckinridge was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates before moving to Kentucky in 1793. In Kentucky he served as State Attorney General, Speaker of the House, U.S. Senator, and later as U.S. Attorney General under President Thomas Jefferson. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871) was the son of John and Polly Cabell Breckinridge. A Presbyterian minister and an ardent Union supporter, Robert Breckinridge wrote, among other things, of Cassius M. Clay's activities in Kentucky in a letter dated 1848. Robert Breckinridge's son, General Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) fought on the Union side during the Civil War, while his brothers Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. (1834-1915) and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837-1904) fought on the Confederate side. Included in the collection is an 1862 Fayette County, Kentucky indictment against Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. for treason against the State of Kentucky. Throughout this collection and other Breckinridge collections in the Archives are numerous materials of a genealogical nature. The family names Breckinridge, Dudley, Floyd, Scott, Preston, and Littell are included. An unpublished inventory is available. Breckinridge, Desha and Chalkley Family Papers, 1883-1912Collection Number: 46M9 (.8 cubic ft. and 8 volumes)This collection contains scrapbooks and correspondence by and relating to generations of the Breckinridge family. Scrapbooks include letters and letter fragments, personal items, news clippings (including obituaries), poems, stories, and general news. The collection includes useful information on the founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mary Desha, sister-in-law of W.C.P. Breckinridge, was one of the three founders of the DAR in 1893. Breckinridge, John Bayne (1913-1979) Papers, 1931-1979Collection Number: 96M1John Bayne Breckinridge was born November 29, 1913, the son of Dr. Scott Dudley and Gertrude Ashby Bayne Breckinridge. He received his A.B. degree in 1937 and LL.B. degree in 1939 from the University of Kentucky. During World War Two he served in the Army, attaining the rank of colonel. After establishing a law practice in Lexington after the war, he became a special attorney in the office of the U.S. Attorney General. A Democrat, he was first elected to the Kentucky General Assembly in 1956, and was re-elected in 1958. Known as an independent legislator, he joined the legislative "Rebels" who opposed many of Governor A.B. "Happy" Chandler's legislative proposals. In 1960 Breckinridge ran for Kentucky Attorney General and was elected on the Democratic ticket with Governor Bert T. Combs and Lieutenant Governor Wilson W. Wyatt. He was re-elected Attorney General in 1967 and served under a Republican Governor. Louis B. Nunn. While Attorney General, he was honored with the National Association of Attorneys General Wyman Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the office and country. Breckinridge was elected to Congress in 1972, 1974, and 1976 and served Kentucky's 6th District. He was the sixth Breckinridge to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Although he did not introduce many new bills while in Congress, he was known for his behind-the-scenes committee work. He was a member of the Agriculture Committee, and served on three of its subcommittees: Family Farms, Rural Development, and Special Studies; Department Investigations, Oversight, and Research; and of particular importance to the Kentucky economy, the Tobacco Subcommittee. He was also a member of the Small Business Committee and was Chair of its Subcommittee on Anti-Trust, Consumers, and Employment. He was defeated for re-election in the 1978 Democratic primary, and died of a sudden heart attack in July of 1979. This collection pertains mainly to his political career, beginning with his two terms of service as Attorney General of Kentucky and leading through his three terms as Congressmen. Of particular interest in this collection are the materials concerning the Newport, Kentucky indictments, civil rights issues, student unrest during the Vietnam War, national defense issues, tobacco issues, and Watergate. An unpublished, bound inventory available. Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell (1872-1920) Papers, N.D.Collection Numbers: 52M3; 60M49 (1.8 cubic ft.)Suffragist and social reformer, Madeline McDowell was born at Woodlake in Franklin County, Kentucky in 1872. She married Desha Breckinridge in 1898. Mrs. Breckinridge was president of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association from 1912 to 1915, and again in 1919. She was second vice-president of the National Woman Suffrage Association from 1913 to 1914. She served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fayette County, Kentucky Tuberculosis Sanitarium; was a director of the Fayette County Public Health Nursing Association, Fayette County Associated Charities; on the executive committee and as president of the Lexington Civic League; she was vice-president of the Kentucky Child Labor Commission; and chair for four years of the Legislative Committee of the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs. This collection consists almost entirely of printed materials reflecting Madeline Breckinridge's interests and involvement in the social issues of the day. Included are pamphlets, broadsides, clippings, and a few letters. Over one-third of the materials relate to woman suffrage; there are also several folders each of material on child labor and tuberculosis. Other folders contain materials on birth control, education, the Lincoln School (a public school in Fayette County Mrs. Breckinridge was instrumental in founding), and the anti-suffrage movement. Additional papers of Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the McDowell family are now on deposit from Ashland and are uncataloged. An unpublished inventory is available. Breckinridge, Mary Burch Papers, 1826-1907Collection Number; 59M64 (9 pieces)This collection contains letters written by Mary Burch Breckinridge starting at the end of the Civil War and continuing during much of the time she spent in exile with her husband, John C. Breckinridge, who had served two terms as a U.S. Congressman and as Vice-President under President James Buchanan. Breckinridge lost the presidential election of 1860 to Abraham Lincoln and continued to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate until he entered the Confederate Army where he rose to the rank of general. After serving as Secretary of War for the Confederacy at the end of the conflict, Breckinridge was forced to flee into exile in England and Canada. Breckinridge, W.C.P. Scrapbook, 1904-1922Collection Number;59M115 (1vol.) Newsclippings on the death of lawyer, congressman and editor of the Lexington MORNING HERALD. Bristow, General Benjamin Helm Papers, 1854-1876Collection Numbers: 64M7 Microfilm No. 64M-578Accession 64M7 is a typescript of a manuscript used for a pamphlet by the Republican Party in 1876 to support Bristow's nomination for President. Accession 64M-578 consists of personal letters written by Bristow and members of his family. Broadway Methodist Church (Paducah) Records, 1852-1962Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-456 (5 reels) Brooks, Cleanth (1906- ) Papers, 1954-1966Collection Numbers: 62M67; 63M368; 64M104; 64M106; 87M37 (2 cubic ft.)Born in Murray, Kentucky, author and noted literary critic Cleanth Brooks was the founder of The Southern Review. Included in his papers are typescripts, reviews, and drafts of published and unpublished writings, lectures, and essays. Among the literary figures who are topics of these essays are W.H. Auden, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, A.E. Housman, Thomas Percy, Sir Walter Scott, William Wordsworth, Robert Penn Warren, and William Butler Yeats. Bullitt Family Papers, 1833-1882Collection Number: 53M3 (.4 cubic ft.) Genealogical Papers and Scrapbook, 1900-1909 Collection Number: Microfilm No. 58M-294 (16 reels)Letters in this collection describe Kentucky college and social life. The genealogical papers and scrapbooks contain clippings on the Bullitt and Logan families of Kentucky. Bullock Family Papers, 1812-1818; 1852-1907Collection Number: 62M104 (400 pieces)The earlier group of papers in this collection contains court orders, accounts, and lists creditors in Mason County, Kentucky. The later materials contain letters written or received by the Bullock family, especially John R. Bullock and his son, William Rice Bullock. Letters from William's friend and Covington native, George W. Williams, note the latter's experiences in the Battle of Fort Donelson, at the Union prison camp located at Camp Morton in Indiana, and conditions in Richmond, Virginia after the Civil War. Burbridge, Stephen Gano (1831-1894) Papers, 1862-1865Collection Number: Microfilm No. 50M-6 (1 reel)Correspondence of a Union officer from Scott County, Kentucky, who was appointed a brigadier-general of the Army of Ohio in 1862. Burbridge defeated John Hunt Morgan's forces in June, 1864. His papers include letters from Brutus J. Clay, Robert J. Breckinridge, and others. The letters discuss the treatment of Kentucky citizens during the military occupation, and the situation of former slaves. Burley Tobacco Cooperative Records, 1904-1923Collection Number: 47M62 (4.5 cubic ft. and 100 vols.)This collection includes materials from the Burley Tobacco Growers Company, the Kentucky Tobacco Redrying Company, the Burley Loose Leaf Tobacco Sales Association, the Burley Tobacco Society, the Burley Tobacco and Insurance Company, and the Strater Brothers Tobacco Company branch of the Burley Tobacco Company, Inc. The Burley Tobacco Society was founded under the auspices of the American Society of Equity in the "Burley Belt" of Kentucky in the early years of the twentieth century to combat the tobacco trusts which controlled prices. Under the moderate leadership of Clarence LeBus, a tobacco farmer from Cynthiana, Kentucky, the society was able to bring its members temporary relief from low prices. In 1910 the society formed the Burley Tobacco and Insurance Company for the purpose of manufacturing, marketing, and insuring the tobacco crop of its members. At the height of its activities, the company owned seventeen warehouses and the Strater Brothers tobacco factory in Louisville, Kentucky, which manufactured several brands of chewing and smoking tobacco. By 1923 the company had divested itself of its storage facilities, sold its manufacturing interests to the R.J. Reynolds Company, and was dissolved. This collection contains articles of incorporation, minutes of boards of directors' and stockholders' meetings, stock registers, cash books, general daily statement books, purchase and stock ledgers, leaf purchases books, warehouse receipt books, a record of averages paid for various grades of tobacco sold at the Lexington warehouse of the Burley Tobacco Company, shipping records, storage ledgers, credit journals, bank books, letterbooks, etc., covering the period from 1909 to 1923. An unpublished inventory is available. Burman, Ben Lucien (1896-1984) Papers, 1896-1984Collection Numbers: 50M39, 51M27, 51M28 (7.5 cubic ft.), 52M11 (169 leaves), 52M58 (3 volumes), 55M72 (4 volumes), 57M25 (13 cubic ft.), 58M28 (54 leaves), 59M12 (12 pieces), 61M1 (1.8 cubic ft.)These papers consist of drafts and proofs of many works by Covington, Kentucky born author and journalist Ben Lucien Burman, including The Four Lives of Munday Tolliver, Rooster Crows For Day, and It's a Big Continent. There are also articles and stories, drafts of articles published in the Saturday Review of Literature, and original drawings by his wife, Alice Caddy. For Collection Numbers 55M72 and 57M25 there are unpublished inventories available. Burt and Brabb Lumber Company Records, 1890-1939Collection Number: 73W4 (3.6 cubic ft.)The collection consists largely of a variety of business records and correspondence, detailing the development and operation of a Kentucky lumber company. Established in 1890 as the Asher Lumber Company, the corporation, which was incorporated in Michigan, changed its name in 1896 to the Burt and Brabb Lumber Company when Marvil I. Brabb and the Wellington R. Burt family assumed control. A major group of papers in the collection, dating from 1895, consists of the correspondence of Charles W. Burt. The company maintained operations at Ford, a community in Clark County, Kentucky, operating two saw mills, a planing mill, a box factory, dry kilns, and a yard at the Ford site, which was near the point where the Cincinnati-Knoxville division of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad crosses the Kentucky River. In addition to the Clark County property, the company maintained several flumes on the Kentucky River and its tributaries, and owned property and timber rights in the Appalachian counties of Madison, Leslie, Harlan, Letcher, Perry, Knott, Bell, Clay, and Breathitt. Included in the company records are a variety of ledger account books, journals, check registers, and sharebooks of the company and its predecessor, dating from 1890 to 1912; legal papers, including litigation records; land title abstracts; correspondence of Samuel Wilson with the Burt family in his capacity as legal advisor, dating from 1903 to 1939; and a group of miscellaneous business records, including company articles of association and by-laws, minutes of stockholders and board of directors meetings, proxies, a surveyor's map, seven copy prints of company facilities, records of land grants and warrants, abstracts of land tracts and other papers. The company ceased business gradually and began to liquidate itself around 1906 when it became clear that its timber holdings had become depleted. An unpublished inventory is available. Burton Family Scrapbooks, 1859-1931Collection Number: 71M2 (12 volumes)These scrapbooks offer a detailed history of the Burton family, including Lewis William Burton, the first Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, organized in 1896. An unpublished inventory is available. Burton, Lewis William (1852-1940) Papers, 1870-1940Collection Number: 59M106 (12 cubic ft.)Sermons by an Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington. Cabin Creek Presbyterian Church (Lewis County, KY) Records, 1805-1835Collection Number: Microfilm No. 82M-789 Cadle, Dean (1920-1998) Papers, 1935-1990Collection Number: 87M46 (5 cubic ft.) The papers of a Kentucky writer, photographer, teacher, and librarian. Cadle was a prolific bio-bibliographer of Kentucky writer James Still. The collection consists of Cadle's collection of Still materials, as well as his own manuscripts, published works, and correspondence. Also included are photographs (transferred to the Photograph Archives) of Still, Harriette Arnow, Rebecca Caudill, and Jesse Stuart. There are also several audio tapes (transferred to Audio-Visual Archives) of Still reading. An unpublished inventory is available. Cahill Family Papers, 1885-1935Collection Number: 66M32 (.15 cubic ft.) The papers of a family that owned a Fayette County, Kentucky dairy farm. Calmes, Samuel Record Book, 1814-1892Collection Number: 57W1 (1 volume) The papers of a livestock breeder and hemp farmer in central Kentucky. Camargo and Grassy Lick Methodist Episcopal Churches (Montgomery County, KY) Records, 1887-1956Collection Number: Microfilm No. 59M-308 (3 reels) Cantrill, James Campbell (1870-1923) Papers, 1910-1923Collection Numbers; Microfilm No. 60M-321 (3 reels), 63M50 (3 pieces) Kentucky politician James C. Cantrill served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1897 to 1901, and in the Kentucky Senate from 1901 to 1905. He represented the 7th Kentucky District in the United States Congress from 1909 to 1921. He defeated Alben W. Barkley in the 1923 Democratic gubernatorial primary. The papers consist of scrapbooks relating to Cantrill's activities with the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, government documents, and printed materials. Cantrill's letters are to constituents in Lexington concerning the Telepost Company bill. Carr, Paul E. (1909-1988) Farm Journals, 1956-1978Collection Number: 1998MS007 (1.3 cubic ft.) The farm journals of 250-acre Richlawn Farm in Carroll County, Kentucky. Carraco was a University of Kentucky College of Agriculture graduate (1937), and served as president of the Carroll County Farm Bureau, the Carroll County Fair Board, and the Kentucky Ohio Valley Artificial Breeding Association. He was also a founding member of the Kentucky Polled Hereford Association, and served on the board of the First National Bank in Carrollton, Kentucky. He also owned the Sixth Street Tobacco Warehouse and the Golden Burley Tobacco Warehouse. In 1986 the Polled Hereford Livestock Show at the North American International Livestock Exhibition was named after Carraco. These journals document the daily activities of Richlawn Farm and Carraco's daily life. The collection also contains farm photographs transferred to Photograph Archives) as well as a film of members of the Cincinnati Reds at an outing at the farm in the late 1930s or early 1940s (transferred to the Audio-Visual Archives). See also the oral history interview with Carraco in the Oral History Program Collection. Carson, T.H. Account Books, 1832-1879Collection Number: 62M100 (4 volumes) These account books are business records of a Bourbon County, Kentucky tailor. Carter, Daniel Drake (1837-1886) Papers, 1879Collection Number: 46M135 (.5 cubic ft.) Carter was a physician and surgeon in the Confederate Army. These papers report on the scarlet fever epidemic of 1876 to 1879 in Woodford, Scott, and Fayette counties in Kentucky. An unpublished inventory is available. Carter, Joseph Coleman (1808-1876) Papers, 1859-1871Collection Number: 53M7 (1.2 cubic ft.) Records of patients treated by a Woodford County, Kentucky physician. Cassidy, Massillon Alexander (1856-1928) Papers, 1915-1925Collection Number: 50M33 (.25 cubic ft.) Letters to a Fayette County, Kentucky educator, from author James Lane Allen. Caswall Family Papers, 1821-1965Collection Number: 63M257 (.4 cubic ft.) These papers pertain to the Reverend Henry Caswall and the Reverend Robert Clark Caswall, members of the Episcopal clergy in Lexington, Kentucky. An unpublished inventory is available. Caudill, Anne (n.d.) and Harry (1922-1990) Papers, ca. 1945-1990Collection Number: 91M2 (36 cubic ft.) This collection consists primarily of the papers of Appalachian historian, lawyer, state legislator, and social critic, Harry Monroe Caudill. A native of Letcher County, Kentucky, Caudill was an Army veteran of World War Two. After the war, he graduated from the University of Kentucky Law School in 1948 and set up practice in Whitesburg, Kentucky. In 1954 he was elected to the Kentucky General Assembly and served three terms. He published his first book, Night Comes to the Cumberlands in 1963 that brought the use of broad form deeds by coal operators to national attention, and laid the foundation for the creation of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Caudill became a national spokesperson for the exploitation of the Appalachian region and its people, and a leader of grassroots movements in opposition to the broad form deed and strip mining. Other published works by Caudill include My Land Is Dying (1971), The Watches of the Night (1976), The Mountain, the Miner and the Lord (1980), and Theirs Be The Power (1983). These papers document Caudill's career as an author, legislator, and social activist. The collection includes news clippings, correspondence, biographical materials, published articles, manuscripts, book reviews of Caudill's work, photographs, and Appalachian research files. There are also correspondence and other files of Anne Caudill included in the collection. An unpublished inventory is available. Caudill, Rebecca (1899-1985) PapersCollection Numbers: Microfilm No. 64M-557 (1 reel), 81M1 (60 cubic ft.) Author Rebecca Caudill was born in Harlan County, Kentucky and frequently drew upon her Appalachian background for material in her writings. After attending Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, and Vanderbilt University, she taught in Tennessee and Brazil, and worked as an editor in Nashville, Tennessee. She married James S. Ayars in 1931, and it was only after their children were in school that she began her career as an author of children's books. This collection consists primarily of materials related to Caudill's work as a writer. It includes drafts and final versions of stories, including many written for The Portal, magazine articles, and her published novels, Barrie and Daughter, Happy Little Family, Tree of Freedom, Schoolhouse in the Woods, Up and Down the River, Saturday Cousins, The House of the Fifers, Susan Cornish, Schoolroom in the Parlor, Time for Lissa, Higgins and the Great Big Scare, The Best-Loved Doll, The Far-Off Land, A Pocketful of Cricket, A Certain Small Shepherd, Did You Carry the Flag Today?, Charley?, Contrary Jenkins, Come Along, and Somebody Go and Bang a Drum. Also included are the manuscripts of eight unpublished works; Arthur's Girl, Big Bear Hunt, Children of Appalachia, Davy Crocket, House That Jack Lived In, Red Dawn, Still No Room, and Where Are You Crow? Her non-fiction work, My Appalachia, and a book of poems entitled Wind, Sand and Sky are included as are correspondence with editors and publishers, book reviews, radio scripts adapted from her works, lecture notes, personal correspondence, biographical materials, photographs (transferred to the Photograph Archives), clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and twelve reels of taped interviews conducted by Ms. Caudill as part of her research for My Appalachia. An unpublished inventory is available. Centenary Methodist Church (Shelbyville, KY) Records, 1823-1932Collection Number: Microfilm No. 65M-614 (1 reel) Central Christian Church (Lexington, KY) Records, 1853-1952Collection Numbers: Microfilm No. 52M-69 (4 reels), 70M15 (3 volumes and 17 pieces) An unpublished inventory is available. Central Kentucky Concert and Lecture Association Papers, 1932-1981Collection Number: 68M101 (4 cubic ft.) Founded in 1950 through the merger of the Central Kentucky Community Concert Association (1932) and the Lexington Public Forum (1935), this organization annually presented four lectures and eight concerts, until the 1984-1985 season when the Association disbanded. Included in the collection are membership lists, minutes of meetings, leaflets, programs, clippings of concerts and lectures, photographs (transferred to the Photograph Archives) and correspondence from 1937 to 1981. There are also financial statements and audit reports documenting administrative decision-making and the organization's history. An unpublished inventory is available. Chaffin, Lillie PapersCollection Number: 87M11 (15.8 cubic ft.) Correspondence and manuscripts by Chaffin, a native of Pike County, Kentucky. She is the author of poems, short stories, and children's stories which reflect her Appalachian heritage. Chandler, Albert B. "Happy" (1898-1991) Papers, 1920-1985Collection Number: 77M1 (257 cubic ft.) These are the personal and political papers of Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler who served as state senator, lieutenant governor, twice governor of Kentucky, U.S. Senator, and Commissioner of Baseball. A native of Henderson County, Kentucky, Chandler attended Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, Harvard Law School, and the University of Kentucky Law School. During the 1920s he coached football at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. In 1925 he established a law practice in Versailles, Kentucky. Chandler served as lieutenant governor under Governor Ruby Laffoon from 1931 to 1935. In 1935 he was elected governor. In 1938 he challenged U.S. Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley for Barkley's Senate seat and was defeated. When Kentucky's other Senator, M.M. Logan, died in 1939, Chandler resigned as governor and was appointed by his successor, Keen Johnson, to the vacancy. Chandler won the special election for the seat in 1940 and won a full term in 1942. He resigned from the U.S. Senate in 1945 when he was offered the position of Commissioner of Baseball, and served in that capacity from 1945 until his contract was not renewed by the major league owners in 1951. During his tenure as Commissioner of Baseball, African-Americans were permitted to play in the major leagues and a players' pension fund was established. Chandler won a second term as Governor of Kentucky in 1955, and his name was placed in nomination for President at the 1956 Democratic National Convention and received 36 1/2 first ballot votes. After leaving the governorship in 1959, he sought the office three more times, losing twice in Democratic primaries and once as an independent. Each series in this collection contains personal, political, and general papers, legal papers, and a subject file. The various files include papers from Chandler's law career during the 1920s, papers from his terms as governor, a few papers from his term as senator, and Baseball Commissioner. Files in the gubernatorial series deal with the Harlan County, Kentucky miners' strike in 1939, education, and highways, among many topics. There are also series from the 1950s and 1960s, as well as personal, family, and miscellaneous series. Correspondents in the VIP series include Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Richard M. Nixon. There are also some film reels, plaques, certificates, political cartoons, photographs, and memorabilia with the collection. Oral history interviews with and about Chandler are also available. A published inventory is available. Chapman, Virgil Munday (1895-1951) Papers, 1940-1950Collection Number: 56M283 (54 pieces) These papers represent a small portion of Chapman's correspondence while serving as a U.S. Congressman (1925-1929, 1931-1949) and as a U.S. Senator (1949-1951). Much of the correspondence is with John M. Berry, Sr., a New Castle, Kentucky lawyer. Subjects covered in the papers include agricultural matters (especially tobacco and orchard grass seed) and appointment of personnel to the Central Intelligence Agency (1950). Chenault-Bowmar Family Papers, 1852-1942Collection Number: 53M89 (8 volumes) This collection contains records (1860-1892) of physician R.C. Chenault, records from the Woodford Sun (1895-1942), a diary kept by Mary Chenault Bowmar, and a ledger (1852-1853) from a Versailles, Kentucky store. Christ Church Episcopal Records, 1808-1878Collection Number: Microfilm No. 80M-791 (1 reel) Cincinnati, Louisville and East Tennessee Railroad Records, 1858-1891Collection Number: 58M1 (431 pieces) Railroad business records. City Roller Mills (Lexington, KY) Records, 1834-1879Collection Number: 59M34 (17 volumes) This collection is comprised of the various business record books and ledgers (1852-1879) of a woolen mill (1834-1870) and later a flour mill (1892-1897) in Lexington. Included are cash books, daybooks, journals and ledgers; a grain book, an invoice book, an order book, a ticket book and an account book which may be a distillery record. The books record daily financial transactions related to the businesses. Clark, Billy C. (1928- ) Papers, 1956-1968Collection Number: 94M3 (.3 cubic ft.) Collection of biographical clippings, book reviews, manuscripts, published work, and promotional materials from the writing career of this Catlettsburg, Kentucky native. Clay, Brutus J. (1808-1878) Papers, 1859-1864Collection Number: Microfilm No. 59M-227 (1 reel) Congressman, agriculturalist, and the second son of General Green Clay, Brutus Junius Clay was a member of the Kentucky General Assembly in 1840 and again in 1860 and 1861. He won election as a Union Democrat to the U.S. Congress in 1863. Despite his strong support of the Union during the Civil War, three of his five children sided with the Confederacy. The papers contain Clay's correspondence pertaining to the election of 1863, and Clay's service in Congress. Clay, Cassius Marcellus (1810-1903) Papers, 1843-1902Collection Numbers: See below This collection contains letters and papers of emancipationist Cassius M. Clay, son of wealthy Kentucky slave owner Green Clay. More than twenty Collections make up the Cassius Clay papers. Information on these collections and their Collection Numbers is available at the archive. Included are several items in which Clay expresses his antislavery views; two broadsides relating to the dissolution of Clay's newspaper, The True American (56M89, 60M92), letters to Pliny Warren in 1846 (55M8), and to Gerritt Smith regarding the newspaper in 1845 (60M91). Several letters relate to Clay's tenure as Minister to Russia in St. Petersburg. There is an interesting letter dated 1852 to Mrs. E.O. Smith in which Clay praises the Hungarian revolutionary Lajos Kossuth and says he supports equality in civil and political rights for women (63M325). The microfilm portion of the collection (Microfilm No. 59M-350) is a large and heterogeneous collection of letters to Clay. Included are (Reels 16 and 17) letters from Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Samuel F.B. Morse, Leo Tolstoy, and other well-known writers, reformers, and politicians. Also included are several speeches and newspaper articles by Clay, as well as his scrapbook on slavery and a defense of Abraham Lincoln. Microfilm No. 55M-168, Freedom's battle: The life of Cassius M. Clay, is a two-volume revised version of Clay's autobiography. It was begun by Clay and continued by H. Clay Howard, but was never published. The original copy is located in the Clay Family Papers, Collection Number: 82M7. Clay, Cassius Marcellus (1846-1913) Papers, 1863-1913Collection Numbers: 56M315 (7.8 cubic ft.) 47M79 (1 volume) Agriculturalist and politician Cassius M. Clay was the youngest son of Brutus Clay. Like his namesake, the younger Cassius attended Yale University, graduating in the class of 1866. He served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly in the 1870s and 1880s. He presided at the convention held in 1890 and 1891 which wrote a new state constitution. In 1891 he became a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, but was defeated in great measure by the railroad interest, and was again defeated for the nomination in 1895. In 1902 he was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the State University, a position he held until his death in 1913. These are Clay's political, personal and business papers. They are concerned with the gubernatorial election of 1895, the Farmer's Alliance, the free silver issue, the tobacco war, and the University of Kentucky. Collection Number: 47M79 is a photostat of Clay's personal scrapbook which includes the text of speeches, campaign documents, handbills, and clippings of articles written by Clay. An unpublished inventory is available. Clay Family Papers, 1780-1959Collection Number: 82M7 (97.6 cubic ft.) This branch of the Clay family of Kentucky (cousins to statesman Henry Clay) was founded by Green Clay, who emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky in 1777. Clay was a surveyor, and through his position as Deputy Surveyor of Kentucky, he accumulated a vast estate. He also began a tradition of public service which his descendants maintained, retaining a role in Kentucky and national political affairs into the twentieth century. These are the personal and business papers of the Clays. Included are materials relating to General Green Clay, his sister, Martha Clay Lewis, his sons Brutus (who was instrumental in establishing the county fair movement in Kentucky) and Cassius Marcellus, Brutus' son Cassius M. Clay, and his wife Mary Harris Clay, and their children, Junius Brutus, Samuel Henry, and Cassius M. Clay III. Also included are papers of Ezekiel Field, who was Brutus Clay's father-in-law, a collection of papers relating to a levee fund in Mississippi administered by Brutus's brother-in-law, C.I. Field, and a collection of letters to Francis Preston Blair, editor of the Washington Globe during the administrations of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. As the family's main business was agriculture, the collection contains many letters dealing with farming, livestock, and slavery. An original version of Cassius M. Clay's autobiography, Freedom's battle: the life of Cassius M. Clay is also in this collection. An unpublished inventory is available. Clay, Green (1757-1826) Papers, 1808, 1813Collection Numbers: 51W21, 59M78 (27 pieces), 56M296 (1 piece) This collection consists of papers relating to the military career of Green Clay. Included are twenty-five receipts for military supplies and equipment dated from May to July of 1813, and signed by or for Clay. Also present is an order book containing copies of general and brigade orders relating to the troops under Clay's commands at the fort. The orders concern court-martial; the discipline, drill, and dress of troops; regulations about settlers, the items they could sell and the prices they could charge; promotions; care of the sick; commendations for meritorious conduct; and guard duty. Collection Number: 56M296 is a letter of reprimand to Generals South and Kennedy, written while Clay was Speaker of the Kentucky State Senate. Clay, Henry (1777-1852) PapersCollection Numbers: See below Several hundred individual Collections make up this collection. The few Collections noted here are intended to serve only as an introduction to the Clay Papers. Information about these Collections is available at the archive. Kentucky politician and agriculturalist born in Virginia, Clay studied law there and moved to Lexington in 1797 where he became a prominent spokesperson for the West. He was a member (1803-1806) and Speaker (1807-1810) of the Kentucky General Assembly; represented Kentucky as a U.S. Senator (1806-1807, 1810-1811, 1831-1842, 1849-1852) and as a Congressman (1811-1814, 1815-1821, 1823-1824), where he served as Speaker during all but one of his years of service in the House of Representatives. He also became John Quincy Adams' Secretary of State (1825-1829) after an unsuccessful 1824 campaign for the Presidency as the Whig Party candidate. His efforts to avoid dissolution of the Union over the slavery issue included the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850. In one letter Clay wrote to Adam Beatty about the war with Mexico and Zachary Taylor's presidential candidacy (51M52). His letters include one to his son about coming home (60M204), noting horses (60M68), relating to management of the crops and slaves (56M268) and about his jackass (56M262). He wrote Robert L. Chilton regarding the omission of a clause in the Treaty of Ghent forbidding the impressment of seamen (60M96) and Mason Brown concerning a case in the Louisiana Supreme Court (60M125). One letter (60M125) contains Clay's resignation as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. In a letter to G.W. Anderson of Louisville, Kentucky, Clay gave advice on trust property. The personal letters relate to family matters (50W26), invitations, cough remedies (73W2), and debts (73W1). The political letters refer to politics in general, independent governments in South America (75W1), abolition of slavery (64W1), and campaigns and speeches (50W19). One letter considers the legal ramifications of a property assignment. A speech to the citizens of Pittsburgh and Allegheny (50W24) is also included. Clay served as president of the American Colonization Society from 1837 until his death. Several Collections consist of letters relating to Clay's efforts as ACS president (64W1, 75W4). In a letter written in Washington in 1842 Clay noted his disapproval of President Tyler's currency plan (63M228). In a confidential letter to President Madison, Clay offers his advice about the Internal Improvement Bill (50W15). Clay warned of a coming war with England in a letter to preacher and U.S. Senator Jesse Bledsoe written in June of 1812 (50W22). From Washington in 1834 Clay wrote to Alexander Coffin and commented that Jacksonism is "worse than the cholera . . . [it] has poisoned the whole community" (71M10). An extensive collection of letters by Henry Clay to Francis Taliaferro Brooke of Fredericksburg, Virginia date from 1801 to 1843. The 73 letters pertain almost exclusively with legal matters and personal business. Clay, Laura (1849-1941) Papers, 1882-1941Collection Number: 46M4 (6 cubic ft.) Suffragist and social reformer Laura Clay was the daughter of emancipationist Cassius M. Clay and his first wife, Mary Jane Warfield Clay. As a result of her parents' divorce and the inequitable property settlement which followed, Miss Clay decided to devote herself to improving "the unworthy position of women" (diary entry, 1874). Laura Clay's efforts on behalf of women's suffrage are reflected in the correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries and other materials in this collection. Clay was a founder of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association. Holdings in this collection include the Association's programs, addresses, and minutes. Recognized as a national leader in the women's suffrage movement, Clay believed that suffrage should be granted at the state level, so she left the ranks of the national movement as the Nineteenth Amendment was about to be ratified. The collection includes much correspondence Clay had with other suffragists, including Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, Anna Howard Shaw, and Harriet Taylor Upton. Yearbooks of the Women's Club of Central Kentucky and membership lists of various suffrage groups are also among the papers. A number of pamphlets and newsletters pertain to issues which concerned Miss Clay: women's suffrage, the peace movement during World War One, child welfare, civil service reform, education for women, and temperance. There is correspondence from other members of the Clay family and from Breckinridge family members. Three scrapbooks filled with clippings and speeches were kept by Miss Clay from 1897 to 1913 and are among the holdings, as is a diary she kept from 1864 to 1880 which reveals her strong religious faith. Documents and letters express her devotion to the Episcopal Church. A few documents relate to her unsuccessful bid for the Kentucky State Senate in 1923. The collection also includes photographs. An unpublished inventory is available. Clay-Russell Family Papers, 1788-1929Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-461 (2 reels) These are the microfilm copies of letters written by the families of Henry Clay and Robert Spottswood Russell and their descendants. The papers that relate to Henry Clay pertain primarily with agricultural interests. There are also a few letters to Clay from friends which discuss politics and several letters written by Clay to his wife, Lucretia, about family matters. The remainder of the collection consists of Russell family letters, a farm account book of Clay's, a letterbook belonging to Josephine Russell Erwin Clay, and three historical sketches written by unidentified members of the family. The latter include a biographical sketch of Lucretia Hart Clay, the history of two Russell family homes in Lexington, Kentucky, and reminiscences of life at Ashland. An unpublished inventory is available. Clayton, John M. (1796-1856) Papers, 1843-1851Collection Number: Microfilm No. 59M-302 This collection contains a portion of the official correspondence of John J. Crittenden and Leslie Combs to U.S. Senator and Secretary of State John M. Clayton. The collection includes copies of letters from Crittenden and Combs on political issues of the day. Clements, Earle C. (1896-1985) Papers, 1940-1978Collection Numbers: 76M2, 82M6, 84M2 (134.4 cubic ft.) These are the personal and political papers of Governor, U.S. Senator, and Congressman Earle C. Clements. Born in Morganfield, Kentucky, Clements became a judge in Union County, Kentucky in 1934, and was elected as a Democrat to Congress in 1944. He resigned his Congressional seat in 1947 to run for governor where he defeated Eldon Dummit. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1950 to 1957. He served as Acting Majority Leader in the Senate during the illness of his friend, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, in 1955. Most series in this collection consist of personal, political, and legal papers on topics from agriculture (particularly tobacco) through watersheds. The Congressional Series focuses on post war economic readjustment and agricultural matters. There is also a congratulatory letter from General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Gubernatorial Series contains correspondence with President Harry S. Truman regarding a Federal Aid to Education Bill in 1949, and an offer of assistance from A.B. "Happy" Chandler. The Senatorial Series has material pertaining to Clements' stint as Acting Senate Majority Leader in 1955. Letters from Senator John F. Kennedy deal with dispersal of Democratic Party campaign funds. The Post Senatorial Series documents Clements' service as head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, including a letter from John Watts urging him to take the position. The Political Series contains campaign files with folders on friends such as Thomas R. Underwood. Other materials in the collection include the Constitutional Revision Assembly (82M6) and the American Tobacco Institute (84M2). The papers are also comprised of memorabilia, political cartoons, photographs, sound recordings, and a campaign film. A published inventory is available. See also the Earle C. Clements Oral History Project. Coal Information Network of Kentucky Archives, 1981-1986Collection Number: 87M41 (.67 cubic ft.) The business records and publications of an organization created in 1981 at the Institute for Mining and Minerals Research in Lexington, Kentucky to promote communication among groups interested in coal information. An unpublished inventory is available. Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury (1876-1944) Papers, 1921-1942Collection Numbers: 56M8, 56M271, 61M18, 61M32, 65M129, 66W1, 61M47, 62M161, 63M126, 63M224, 65M100 (.4 cubic ft.) Journalist, author, and entertainer, Irvin S. Cobb was born in Paducah, Kentucky. After a successful career contributing to various newspapers and magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post (1911-1922) and Cosmopolitan (1922-1932), Cobb worked as a writer and actor in Hollywood. Personal correspondence provides details on Cobb's books and other writings. There are also photographs and typescripts. Coke Family Papers, 1822-1936Collection Number: 71M29 (1.4 cubic ft., 1 volume) This collection contains family correspondence, a scrapbook, legal papers, genealogical notes, farm and household accounts relating to the family of Louisville lawyer and politician James Guthrie Coke. Much of the collection pertains to the Dark Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association of Hopkinsville. An unpublished inventory is available. Colbert, Richard J. (1918- ) Scrapbooks, 1959-1963Collection Number: Microfilm No. 83M-790 (1 reel) Scrapbooks kept by Richard J. Colbert during his term as mayor of Lexington, Kentucky include photographs, correspondence, clippings, and certificates/awards. Coleman, J. Winston (1898-1983) Papers, 1780-1965Collection Number: 87M32 (6.3 cubic ft.) Scrapbooks, 1779-1983 Collection Number: Microfilm No. 87M-820 (6 reels) Papers on Slavery In Kentucky, 1780-1940 Collection Number: 46M53 (.9 cubic ft.) Stagecoach Days Papers, 1803-1935 Collection Number: 51M12 (.45 cubic ft.) Coleman's manuscript collection consists primarily of correspondence about his writings on Kentucky history. Many letters are from politicians, writers, historians, librarians and publishers. There are a few 18th and 19th century documents and letters, photographs (removed to the Photographic Archives) and biographical information about Coleman. There are frequent references to Coleman's publications on Kentucky history, including his publication on masonry in the Commonwealth (1933) and his book, Stagecoach Days In The Bluegrass (1935). Some of the correspondents include Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Jesse Stuart, Governors Keen Johnson, Ruby Laffoon, Simeon Willis, Earle Clements, Lawrence Wetherby, and Bert T. Combs. Also included are letters from Senators John Sherman Cooper and Thruston B. Morton, Vice President Alben W. Barkley, Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed, and writer Robert Penn Warren. Sixty scrapbooks compiled by Coleman include clippings, printed material, photographs, correspondence and documents relating to Kentucky history. Among the items are letters by James Lane Allen, Henry Clay, and Governor Thomas Metcalfe. Some of the many subjects noted in the scrapbooks are Camp Ella Bishop, William "King" Solomon, Cassius Clay, historic Lexington houses, the Hatfield-McCoy feud, Coleman's publications, Belle Brezing, Joel T. Hart, Man O' War, and Otto A. Rothert. The originals are housed at Transylvania University. Collections 46M53 and 51M12 contain Coleman's research notes for his books, Stagecoach Days In The Bluegrass (1935) and Slavery Times In Kentucky (1940). They contain correspondence, original and photocopied documents, photographs, drafts and galleys. Of note is a volume of transcribed interviews Coleman had with former Kentucky slaves in 1935. Collins Family Letters, 1808-1895Collection Number: 51M13 (1.2 cubic ft.) This collection consists mainly of letters received by Mary Cox Collins, wife of lawyer, editor and author, Richard H. Collins, the son of Lewis Collins, author of Historical Sketches of Kentucky (1848). Richard Collins graduated from Centre College and later from the Transylvania University School of Law. He edited The Maysville Eagle from 1845 to 1850, and again from 1853 to 1857. In addition, he practiced law in Maysville from 1851 to 1853, and in Cincinnati from 1862 to 1871. He traveled extensively in Kentucky and Tennessee and further south during the Civil War. Some of Richard Collins' letters provide insights into his publishing ventures, and one group of his letters, written during a business trip to Wisconsin in 1857-1858 concerns economic conditions and land speculation there. In 1874 he published Collins' History Of Kentucky which was based on his father's earlier work. Many letters are from Mary Cox to her husband. There are also numerous letters from her children and some from her English uncle, Alfred Cox. A group of over two hundred letters written by college girls gives a lively picture of the education of women during the 19th century. Many letters were written during the Civil War and contain comments on the war. Letters from Alfred Cox, a hosiery manufacturer, include remarks on politics in England and America, Napoleon III, and Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. An unpublished inventory is available. Combs, Bert T. (1911-1991) Papers, 1949-1991Collection Number: 96M7 (55 cubic ft.) This collection consists of the papers of a Clay County, Kentucky native considered by many historians to be one of state's most progressive twentieth century governors. After graduating with a law degree from the University of Kentucky in 1937 and serving in the Army during World War Two, Combs began his political career. Serving as a judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, he ran unsuccessfully for the governor's office in 1955. In 1959 he ran again and became Kentucky's 46th governor. Under his leadership, the state legislature enacted a three percent sales tax which made possible many of the programs initiated during his administration. New roads such as the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, the creation of the Community College system, Appalachian development, and aid to education are some of the areas associated with his tenure as governor. Following his term as governor, Combs served as a judge on the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals from 1967 to 1971. He made an unsuccessful attempt to reclaim the governor's chair in 1971, whereupon he returned to the private practice of law where he became a partner in the firm of Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs. He became the lead counsel for the lawsuit that culminated in the Kentucky Supreme Court ruling the state's system for funding public education to be unconstitutional. The court decision led to the passage of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990. The collection documents primarily Combs' term as Governor of Kentucky from 1959 to 1963, but also covers, to a lesser extent, his other political activities as well. Campaign material, photographs, official correspondence, executive orders, speeches, and audio-visual recordings make up the bulk of the collection. Oral history interviews with Combs regarding a variety of subjects are located in the Oral History Collection. An unpublished inventory is available. Combs, Leslie (1793-1881) Letters, 1810-1857Collection Numbers: 56M258, 56M261, 60M147 (3 pieces) These collections contain copies of three letters written by Kentucky politician and legislator, Leslie Combs. One describes how Henry Clay handled defeat in the 1844 presidential election. Commercial Printing Company Records, 1926-1952Collection Number: 54M28 (2.4 cubic ft.) Financial records of a Lexington commercial printing business. Confederate Soldiers Home and Widows and Orphans Asylum Records, 1880-1887Collection Number: 76M15 (1 volume & 8 pieces) Record books and miscellaneous items of home and asylum in Scott County, Kentucky. Confederate Veteran Association of Kentucky Records, 1890-1915Collection Number: 71M28 (1 volume) Minute book of the Association. Connelly, William Elsey (1855-1930) Typescript, 1929Collection Number: 94M1 (352 leaves) Typescript of the novel MacGregor of the Kentucky hills. Cooper, John Sherman (1901-1991) Papers, 1927-1972Collection Number: 80M1 (399 cubic ft.) These are the personal and political papers of U.S. Senator from Kentucky, John Sherman Cooper. Each of twelve series contains personal, political, and general papers within one or more subject files. Cooper, a Republican, was first elected to the Senate in a special election held in 1946 to fill an unexpired term. In 1948 his bid for re-election was thwarted by Democrat Virgil Chapman. The next year he was appointed a delegate to the United Nations. He also served as advisor to Dean Acheson on NATO matters. Cooper was again elected to the Senate in 1952 to fill another unexpired term. In 1954, however, he was defeated for re-election again by Alben W. Barkley. In 1955 he was appointed ambassador to India and Nepal. The collection includes only one box of material on Cooper's service as ambassador as these files are kept by the State Department. Cooper became a candidate for the Senate again in 1956. Defeating former Kentucky Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby in the general election, Cooper then served in the Senate until his retirement in 1972. He served as ambassador to East Germany from 1974 to 1976 and was involved in many liberal causes such as promoting civil rights, coal mine safety, and labor legislation. He was also an active opponent of the Vietnam War. The two senatorial series include voting records, hearings and files on numerous subjects including the Economic Development Administration in Kentucky, the Ohio, Cumberland and Big Sandy rivers, Appalachia, the U.S. Post Office Department, Department of Agriculture, jobs, tobacco, veterans' cases and Vietnam. Other series include press releases, statements made by Cooper on the floor of the Senate, audio-visual materials, photographs and memorabilia. Correspondents include Alben W. Barkley, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Henry Cabot Lodge, Thruston B. Morton, Nelson Rockefeller, Nehru, John Foster Dulles, Brent Spence, Harry S. Truman, Thomas Underwood, and John Watts. See also the John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project. A published guide is available. Cooper-Phillips Family Papers, 1831-1911Collection Number: 66M37 (200 pieces) Business records and personal letters, some dating from the Civil War, relating to the family of Spencer Cooper, a Methodist clergyman in Lexington, Kentucky. Country Life Schools in Kentucky Scrapbooks, 1912-1950Collection Number: 95M1 (3 volumes) The scrapbooks focus on the Hindman Settlement School (formerly the WCTU Settlement School), and Pine Mountain Settlement School. The material was collected by J. Christian Bay, a librarian at the John Crerar Library in Chicago, Illinois, and contain reports, maps, photographs, pamphlets, and communications from school officials and teachers. An unpublished inventory is available. Cozine Family Papers, 1800-1974Collection Number: 54M39 (38 pieces) The significant item in this collection is a diary authored by John C. Cozine in which he describes his 1828 round trip from Harrodsburg, Kentucky to Baltimore, Maryland. The purpose of the trip was to research the Cozine family history in an attempt to connect the family to the descendants of Anneke Jans, a settler who came to America from Amsterdam in 1630. When she died in 1663 her will provided for the division of the proceeds of the farm she settled in New Amsterdam (situated in lower Manhatten). After transferring through many hands, the farm eventually fell to the crown and was subsequently leased to Trinity (Protestant Episcopal) Church in New York City. The descendants of Anneke Jans have often sued the Trinity Church Corporation for the disputed land. In Cozine's diary he mentions Wolfert Webber who had been linked to Anneke Jans. Other materials include a variety of documentation carried out between 1968 and 1974 on establishing a link between Wolfert Webber and Anneke Jans. Crittenden, John J. (1787-1863) Papers, 1782-1888Collection Numbers: See Below Fifty collections comprise the papers of politician and lawyer John Crittenden, who is most often remembered for the anti-secessionist compromise which bears his name. He was Territorial Attorney General of Illinois (1809-1810) and twice Attorney General of the United States. He served four times in the U.S. Senate between 1817 and 1861, was Governor of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850, twice Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, and served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, among other offices. Two of his sons served as major generals on opposite sides during the Civil War. The papers consist of letters, many to Kentucky Governor Leslie Combs, legal papers principally relating to land title suits, papers dealing with the boundary line between Kentucky and Tennessee, and some speeches. General correspondence, which is the bulk of the collection, covers Crittenden's career as U.S. Senator from Kentucky, U.S. Attorney General, and Governor of Kentucky. The focus of this correspondence is upon national politics in the decades before the Civil War, particularly on the southern Whig point of view, tariff and banking matters, the issue of slavery, Texas and Mexico. Crittenden's relations with Henry Clay and Kentucky law and politics are among subjects well represented. The compromise measure brought forward by Crittenden in December of 1861 resulted in a considerable amount of correspondence that reflected sentiment for the same kind of legislation. One letter concerns the Russellville Bank. One group of materials contains two notes and a printed portrait. Subjects discussed in the correspondence include personal requests and recommendations from the Secretary of the Navy and others (62M156, 63M155, 63M236, 64M134 and others), the location of an agency to inspect and purchase water-rolled hemp (63M244), Congressional consideration of the annexation of Texas (63M100), and Leslie Combs' petition to recover lost bonds (63M100). Crittenden, Thomas Theodore (1832-1909) Report on the Battle of Murfreesboro Tennessee, July 13, 1862Collection Number: 87M20 (1 volume) Shelby County, Kentucky native T.T. Crittenden was a lawyer, Civil War officer, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Missouri, and Consul General to Mexico. This is an official report sent by Crittenden to Washington, D.C. on the first engagement at Murfreesboro, Tennessee which resulted in the surrender of three divisions of the Union Army during the Civil War. Dale, William Stone (1907- ) Farm Journals, 1928-1990Collection Number: 1998MS006 (3 cubic ft.) The farm journals of Sunny Slope Farm in Jessamine County, Kentucky. These journals document the daily activities and life of William Stone Dale and his family, including crops grown and acreage, as well as price received for crops and livestock. Daily accounts of farm activities are documented in individual entries. See also the oral history interviews with Dale in the Oral History Program Collection. Darbishire Family Papers, 1751-1948Collection Number: 62M68 (13 cubic ft.) These are the papers from six generations of the Shelby and Darbishire family of Kentucky. The earliest papers pertain to Isaac Shelby (1750-1828), first governor of the Commonwealth, and include letters and legal documents concerning land titles. In a letter to his son dated 1815, Shelby writes of the Battle of New Orleans. There are letters from Henry Clay and Thomas Hart Clay concerning legal matters and the family. There are two groups of Civil War correspondence. The first consists of official orders and reports of Captain Isaac Shelby, Jr., chief of the Commissary Department, Buckner's Division, Army of Tennessee, C.S.A. The second group includes family letters from the war years. The bulk of the collection consists of family correspondence of the Darbishire family of England and America. Topics include travel accounts from Europe and the Near East. There are also business and personal papers, financial records, pamphlets and photographs. An unpublished inventory is available. Darnell, Marvin Nell (1880-1957) Papers, 1928-1932Collection Number: 57M18 (2.8 cubic ft.) State official and club woman's papers relating to the Kentucky State Parks Commission. Darnell, a native of Adair County, was director and executive secretary of the first Kentucky State Park Commission (1928). Minutes, commission business, speeches, letters and financial records are included. An unpublished inventory is available. David's Fork Baptist Church Records, 1802-1937Collection Number: Microfilm No. 78M-794 (1 reel) Daviess County Distilling Company Records, 1850-1964Collection Number: Microfilm No. 67M-621 (14 reels) Business records of a distilling company in Daviess County, Kentucky. Dawson, Charles I. (1881-1969) Papers, 1924-1969Collection Number: 1997MS113 (.5 cubic ft., 1 volume) These are the political and legal papers of Judge Charles I. Dawson, a Logan County, Kentucky native. Dawson was admitted to the bar in 1905 and was elected as a Democrat to the Kentucky General Assembly the same year. Shortly thereafter he changed his party affiliation to the Republican party. In 1909 he was elected county attorney for Bell County, Kentucky, after running as an independent, and was reelected twice on the Republican ticket. In 1919 Dawson was elected commonwealth's attorney general, and in 1923 he ran for governor but was defeated by William J. Fields. Dawson was appointed a U.S. district judge for the Western District of Kentucky in 1925 by President Calvin Coolidge, a position he held until 1935. He was known as a strict constitutional constructionist. In 1935 he left the bench to practice law in Louisville, Kentucky, and in 1950 he ran for the U.S. Senate and was defeated by Earle C. Clements. He continued to practice law until just a few months before his death. Democratic Party Papers, 1896-1952Collection Number: 50W28 (6.4 cubic ft.) The political correspondence of Judge Samuel M. Wilson and his wife, Mary Shelby Wilson, comprise the manuscript portion of this collection. Much of this pertains to Wilson's role as state Democratic campaign chairman in the Presidential election of 1924. In 1920 Mrs. Wilson chaired the Kentucky Women's Democratic Convention and was president of the National Democratic Victory Club of Lexington. Papers relating to women's political groups are included in the collection. Democratic Party papers include pamphlets, clippings, reports, circulars, and campaign memorabilia. An unpublished inventory is available. Diane Naser Memorial Collection, 1967-1974Collection Number: 75M23 (3 cubic ft.) These papers provide a record of the women's movement and equal employment at the University of Kentucky. Dicken-Troutman-Blake Family Papers, 1816-1945Collection Number: 56M316 (51 volumes) Papers reflect this Bourbon County family's business, personal and agricultural interests. Included are the personal and business papers of Francis Troutman, George Dicken, and their families. Record books contain lists of subscribers to railroad companies, banking transactions and accounts of Francis Troutman's Louisiana plantation. Photographs have been transferred to the Audio-Visual Archives. An unpublished inventory is available. Dickerson Brothers Wholesale and Retail Druggists Records, 1889-1906Collection Number: 53M87 (1 volume) Nicholasville (Jessamine County), Kentucky drugstore business records. Dickey, John Jay (1842-1934) Diary, 1882-1933Collection Number: Microfilm No. 51M-5 (7 reels) A circuit riding Methodist minister and educator, Dickey was born in Fleming County, Kentucky. He helped found the Jackson Academy in Jackson (Breathitt County), Kentucky, and served as its principal until 1891. This is a reproduction of a manuscript copy of Dickey's diary which details his career as a minister and educator in eastern Kentucky. He comments on the Methodist Church in Jackson and other towns, and on the people and families of the area. Dickey also recorded genealogical information about many Kentucky families. He writes on the feuds and the floods in eastern Kentucky, and comments about national and international events such as the Spanish-American War and the Near East Relief Expedition of the 1920s. Included are the front pages of the Jackson Times dated April 5, 1934 which contains a photograph and the obituary of Brother Dickey, and his autobiographical sketch covering his life up to November, 1882, when he began keeping the diary. The manuscript copy of Dickey's diary was apparently made by Sam E. Hager. An unpublished inventory and comprehensive name index is available. District Superior Court of Kentucky Records, 1783-1786, 1785-1799, 1890-1891Collection Numbers: Microfilm No. M-46, 47M81, 46M157 (2 volumes) These papers include early records of the Superior Court when Kentucky was still a district of Virginia. Dobbins Family Papers, 1808-1878Collection Number: 55M44 (.4 cubic ft.) This collection is composed of the papers of Joseph Dobbins, a northern Kentucky builder who worked primarily in the Covington and Newport area. Included are contracts, invoices, receipts, and two account books. An unpublished inventory is available. Douglass, George L. (1808-1889) Papers, 1825-1924Collection Number: Microfilm No. 59M-272 (4 reels) Papers of a land developer from Louisville, Kentucky. Drake, Leah Bodine (1904-1964) Papers, 1918-1964Collection Numbers: 56M3 (31 volumes), 68M100 (110 pieces) Poet Drake's scrapbooks and books of poems. An unpublished inventory is available. Draper, Lyman C. (1815-1891) Letters to Ruben Thomas Durrett, 1882-1886Collection Number: 62M124 (68 pieces) Historian's letters to Louisvillian, Ruben T. Durrett, founder of the Filson Club. Dummit, Eldon Steven (1896-1973) Papers, 1917-1972Collection Number: 79M2 (4 cubic ft.) Dummit, a native of Missouri, received his law degree from the University of Kentucky in 1920. He became a prominent member of the Republican party in Kentucky during the 1940s and 1950s, serving as State Attorney General during the administration of Governor Simeon Willis (1943-1947). The Dummit Papers reflect his years as Attorney General and his unsuccessful bid for governor in 1947. Included in the collection are legal opinions and actions, election documents, news clippings, telegrams, speeches, documents relating to the Optimist Club International (of which Dummit was president in 1941-1942), photographs and memorabilia. Among the correspondents are John Sherman Cooper, Thruston B. Morton, and Kentucky Governors Flem Sampson and Simeon Willis. An unpublished inventory is available. Duncan Family Papers, 1803-1862Collection Number: 71M38 (.6 cubic ft.) A Bourbon County, Kentucky family's letters pertaining to the Civil War, slavery, railroads, politics, health, and the Depression of 1857. Duncan, George Brand (1861-1950) Reminiscences, 1886-1919Collection Number: 49W18 (2 volumes) Two volumes contain the typescript memoirs of U.S. Army General George Brand Duncan. They cover his early career including his observations on Native Americans and political dissidents, participation in the Spanish-American War, service in the Philippines, and his experiences in World War One. Duncan was born in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1886, then served at various posts in the United States until 1893. His participation in the Spanish-American War led to an assignment in the Philippines where he served until 1905. In 1916 Duncan was serving on the general staff in the office of the Chief of Staff along with Douglas MacArthur who was then a major. During World War One, Duncan went to France where he commanded the 77th Division and was promoted to Major General. It was then that Duncan became associated with Samuel M. Wilson who served as Judge Advocate for the Division. Duncan received several medals for his leadership and retired from the service in 1925. Duncan, Samuel M. Diary, 1856, 1864Collection Number: 52M68 (197 leaves) Historian's accounts of events in Nicholasville (Jessamine County), Kentucky. Except for one entry, the diary is from 1856. Collection Names: E-H East Hickman Baptist Church and Marble Creek Church (Fayette County, KY) Records, 1781-1842Collection Number: 75M5 (.1 cubic ft.) Eastern State Hospital Records, 1827-1891Collection Number: Microfilm No. 59M-296 (2 reels) Fayette County, Kentucky psychiatric hospital records. Ebenezer Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and Clear Creek Presbyterian Church (Jessamine County, KY) Records, 1840-1933Collection Number: Microfilm No. 53M-266 (1 reel) Elizaville Presbyterian Church Records, 1852-1986Collection Number: Microfilm No. 86M-795 (1 reel) Elkton, Kentucky City Council Records, 1922-1984Collection Number: 84M-796 (1 reel) Embry, Carolos (1906- ) Papers, 1945-1964Collection Number: 65M143 (682 pieces & 2 volumes) Papers of newspaperman and state senator (1946-1950) include political and literary correspondence. An unpublished inventory is available. Emergency Fund and Service, Incorporated Collection, 1966-1975Collection Number: 96M10 (8 cubic ft.) Established in 1966, the Emergency Fund and Service, Incorporated (EFSI) was an attempt to counter poverty in Knox County, Kentucky. The guiding principle of the organization was that the poor be allowed to exchange work for economic assistance. This approach was centered around two operations, a Charge-Card store and a crafts business. The Charge-Card store operated on a system of credit for work done by its customers. People using the store were also encouraged to make handmade crafts to be sold in EFSI's Kentucky Krafts Store, the value of which was deducted from their balance at the Charge-Card Store. EFSI grew out of the Knox County Economic Opportunity Council, which was funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity, a federal War on Poverty agency established in 1964. EFSI remains in operation. The Charge-Card Store no longer remains in operation, but participants in the program are given vouchers which are exchanged in area stores. The collection is arranged into two primary categories. The first, Project Files, includes documents about the organization's history and goals, Social Service Reports, board meeting minutes, correspondence, and the director's notes. The second category, EFSI's financial Records, include cancelled checks and ledgers documenting receipts and expenditures. The collection also contains over 500 photographs and negatives (transferred to the Photographic Archives). All materials in this collection are restricted and are accessible only with permission of the director or assistant director of Special Collections and Archives. Engle, Mary Edith Bach (1916- ) Papers, 1940-1945Collection Number: 66M26 (.2 cubic ft.) Mary Engle, a native of Lexington, served as a Women's Air Force Service Pilot (WASP) during World War Two. She was part of the Fifth Ferrying Group stationed at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. This is a collection of military records and memorabilia related to Engle's service as a WASP during the Second World War. Included are her operations orders and flight records dating from September, 1943 to December, 1944 which document her travel and delivery of airplanes for the Army Air Corps, miscellaneous training papers, and printed materials. Included in the papers are editions of the WASP Newsletter and Songbook, the Final Report On Women Pilot Program by Jacqueline Cochran, and Wings Over America, a book containing facts about the Fifth Ferrying Group. English Family Papers, 1884-1986Collection Number: 87M33 (13 cubic ft.) These are the papers of folksinger, composer, actor, playwright and poet Logan Eberhardt English, his father, Logan B. English (1928-1983), and his grandfather, Frederick W. Eberhardt, both Baptist ministers. The collection includes the personal papers and religious writings of Frederick Eberhardt. Logan B. English's papers consist of diaries and sermons. Miscellaneous papers include several account books belonging to the LaRue family of Bourbon County. Logan Eberhardt English's papers consist of typescripts, poems including his noted work "No land where I have traveled," music scores, photographs (transferred to the Photographic Archives) and records (transferred to the Audio-Visual Archives), notes and sketches by English. There are also unfinished, typescript drafts of a play about Cassius M. Clay commissioned by the Actor's Theatre of Louisville. An unpublished inventory is available. Episcopal Church Diocese of Lexington, KY Records, 1895-1981Collection Number: Unaccessioned These materials were assembled by historiographers of the diocese. There is also material on the Louisville diocese. The records include periodicals, registers of clergy and parishes, convention journals, vestry minutes, bulletins, newsletters and other documents. Records from Christ Church Episcopal in Lexington comprise 5.4 cubic feet of this collection. Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Church (Lincoln County, KY) Records, 1884-1960Collection Number: Microfilm No. 84M-808 Evans, Catherine and Howard Papers, 1724-1968 Collection Number: 72M15 (10 cubic ft.) Robert Peter Papers, 1828-1905 Collection Number: 47M68 (28 volumes & 339 pieces) Catherine Peter Evans was the granddaughter of Dr. Robert Peter (1805-1894), a nineteenth century Lexington physician, chemist and professor in the Medical Department of Transylvania and in the Louisville Medical School. Dr. Peter, a native of Great Britain, arrived in Lexington in 1832 where he was soon appointed as professor of chemistry at Transylvania, receiving a medical degree from that institution in 1834. In 1835 he married Frances Paca Dallam, daughter of early Kentucky settler, Major William S. Dallam. Peter traveled to England and France in 1839 to obtain scientific supplies for Transylvania. The collection includes mementos and correspondence between Dr. and Mrs. Peter which contain accounts of his trip. Dr. Peter's correspondence during the Civil War document his activities while serving as acting assistant surgeon in charge of military hospitals in Lexington. In addition to the papers of Dr. Peter, the Evans collection includes papers by Major William S. Dallam. Of particular interest is a travel diary written by Dallam in 1794-1795 in which he described people, places and events in France, Holland and England. In an entry for May of 1795 at the height of the French Revolution, he wrote that he witnessed the execution of sixteen men. Additional correspondence in the Dallam materials contains items dealing with the sale and leasing of slaves, including contracts for leasing slaves for duty in Negro regiments during the Civil War. Two Civil War-era diaries are included. One was kept by the Peter's daughter, Frances Dallam Peter (1838-1864). The other was penned by her friend, Miriam Gratz. Frances' diary covers the period from January 1862 to April 1864. It provides "one of the most perceptive eyewitness accounts of the Civil War in Kentucky" (see Window on the War, edited by John David Smith and William Cooper, Jr., 1976). The diary reveals Frances' strong Union sympathies. Among the entries are records of the divided loyalties in the city, General Morgan's arrival in Lexington in 1862, and economic conditions in the area. Two of Peters' sons, Robert and Benjamin, lived in Colorado and worked in the gold mines near Boulder. The life of the average miner is revealed in the documents and correspondence held in the collection. Letters by Benjamin Peter give detailed information about actual mining practices during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Architect Thomas Lewinski's proposed design for the Peter villa in Lexington is in the collection. Included are drawings, general specifications and a cost estimate. Personal papers and genealogical data on the Peter, Dallam, Dudley, Frazier, Garland, and Gratz families are among the papers. Unpublished short stories by Catherine and Howard Evans and Johanna Peter are also included. Collection number 47M68 includes three boxes of additional Peter papers. It consists primarily of Dr. Peter's laboratory notebooks and correspondence about his work. Peter served as chemist for the first and second geological surveys of Kentucky in 1854, and for the surveys of Indiana and Arkansas in 1859-1860. Laboratory notebooks and loose, random notes from these surveys are in this collection, as are catalogs of plants Peter identified in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area from 1828 to 1833 and in Lexington from 1833 to 1835. An unpublished inventory is available. Evans, Herndon (1895-1976) Papers, 1929-1967Collection Number: 82M1 (2.3 cubic ft.) Evans was the editor of the Pineville Sun and local correspondent for the Associated Press in the early 1930s, a period of unrest in the eastern Kentucky coal fields. He followed events in the area, particularly strikes and attempts by various groups, such as the Communist Party, the National Miners Union, and the United Mine Workers of America to organize the miners and investigate conditions in the coal mines particularly in Bell and Harlan counties. He collected handbills, leaflets, pamphlets, clippings and other material related to the strikes. An unpublished inventory is available. F.B. Moss and Company Account Book, 1841-1851Collection Number: 53M16 (1 volume) Account book of a Winchester (Clark County, Kentucky) general store. Fackler Family Papers, 1792-1984Collection Numbers: 54M68 (44 pieces) Microfilm No. 53M-77 (1 reel) Boyle County, Kentucky family history, cemetery records from several churches in Garrard, Boyle and Mercer counties, and news clippings from the Kentucky Advocate-Messenger. There are also typescripts and Civil War letters, some written by Confederate soldier C.W. Fackler during his confinement as a prisoner of war at Camp Morton, Indiana. Falmouth, Kentucky Board of Trustees Minutes, 1879-1883Collection Number: Microfilm No. 56M-189 (1 reel) Minutes cover the actions of the governing body of the town including the collection of taxes, payment of bills, election of officers and settlement of claims. Farnsley Family Papers, 1889-1948Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-313 (1 reel) Papers associated with the Farnsley family of Louisville, Kentucky including a letter from Cassius M. Clay dated 1891. There are letters from the 1930s to the family from James A. Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Campaign Committee. Farris, George T. (1852-1934) Papers, 1897-1934Collection Number: Microfilm No. 61M-396 (1 reel) Papers of Farris, a state senator from Lancaster, Kentucky include letters from James C. Cantrill, James B. McCreary, and A.O. Stanley. There are also photographs, clippings, and copies of legislation introduced by Farris in the General Assembly. Fayette (County, KY) Equal Rights Association Records, 1917-1920Collection Number: 49M30 (1 volume) Minute book and correspondence of the Fayette County (KY) Association dedicated to gaining women the right to vote. The records reflect the group's lobbying activities with state and federal officials. Activities during World War One are also noted. Fenley Family Papers, 1784-1958Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-462 (1 reel) Papers of a Jefferson County, Kentucky family, descendants of Isaac Fenley, include indentures, Jefferson County land surveys, correspondence and miscellaneous materials. Ferguson, Bruce Scrapbook, 1900-1902Collection Number: Microfilm No. 54M-133 (1 reel) Scrapbook on politician Ferguson compiled by William Behringer includes news clippings about the assassination of Kentucky Governor William Goebel. Ferguson, Mary L. Reminiscences of Science Hill School, 1857Collection Number: Microfilm No. 56M-232 (1 reel) Ferguson's recollections about life at this female academy in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Field, Alice Todd Diary, 1862Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-368 (1 reel) Field wrote of her experiences as a student at Rose Hill Academy in Versailles, Kentucky. Fields, William Jason (1874-1954) Scrapbooks, 1911-1923Collection Number: 59M19 (1 volume) This scrapbook was kept by Fields during his service as a U.S. Congressman from 1911 to 1923. It contains clippings and printed material on topics such as prohibition, women's suffrage and news clippings dated 1915 and 1916 opposing American intervention in World War One. Fields also served as Governor of Kentucky from 1923 to 1927. First and Second Presbyterian Churches (Danville, KY) Records, 1827-1951Collection Numbers: Microfilm Nos. 52M-74, 52M-75 (3 reels) First Baptist Church (Paris, KY) Records, 1818-1968Collection Number: Microfilm No. 78M-812 (3 reels) First Christian Church (Frankfort, KY) Records, 1803-1962Collection Number: Microfilm No. 66M-513 (30 reels) Includes the papers of Philip Slater Fall (1798-1890), the first pastor of the church, and the papers of George Darsie, another pastor, as well as church records. An unpublished inventory is available. First Christian Church (Stanford, KY) Records, 1834-1961Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-466 (1 reel) First Presbyterian Church (Flemingsburg, KY) Records, 1843-1980Collection Number: Microfilm No. 86M-797 (1 reel) First Presbyterian Church (Lexington, KY) RecordsCollection Number: 87M57 (7.2 cubic ft.) Microfilm No. 83M-804 (4 reels) First Presbyterian Church (Louisville, KY) Minutes, 1874-1875Collection Number: 49W26 (1 volume) This session record relates to the controversy involving Pastor Samuel R. Wilson in the mid-1870s. Fisher Family Papers, 1797-1895Collection Number: Microfilm No. 55M-149 (1 reel) Papers of the Fisher family of Carrollton, Kentucky include a record book of the Board of Trustees of Port William, later known as Carrollton, dated 1797 to 1819. There is also a general store ledger, a McKesson and Roberts pharmaceutical catalog and a scrapbook about Carrollton. Flanery Family Papers, 1883-1972Collection Number: 72M22 (2 cubic ft.) Mary Elliott Flanery (1867-1933) served as a news correspondent with many newspapers in Kentucky and neighboring states. In 1921 she was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives from Boyd County, the first woman elected to a southern state legislature. While in office she introduced the bill creating the Teacher's College at Morehead. The papers include materials related to her political activities and the papers of her children. Correspondents include Desha Breckinridge, William Jason Fields, Cora Wilson Stewart, and Fred M. Vinson. There are also news clippings, pamphlets, poems, scrapbooks, pictures and family genealogies. An unpublished inventory is available. Flemingsburg (KY) Presbyterian Church Session Book, 1873-1961Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-541 (1 reel) Foley Family Papers, 1811-1892Collection Number: 64M-26 (1 reel) A Fayette County, Kentucky family's papers include deeds, bills, receipts, genealogical information, and other documents relating to the family businesses, including records of Higbee Mill on South Elkhorn Creek and a general store. Forsythe Family Papers, 1841-1883Collection Number: Microfilm No. 51M-56 (1 reel) A Pikeville, Kentucky family's papers include family correspondence, financial records, and legal documents. There is an account book for a general store, miscellaneous materials, and letters about the establishment of post offices and mail routes in Pike County in the 1840s and 1850s. Foster, Stephen Collins (1826-1864) Research Papers, 1856-1946Collection Number: 50W1 (.8 cubic ft.) Judge Samuel M. Wilson's research papers on noted American songwriter Stephen Foster. Fouse Family Papers, 1914-1951Collection Number: 53M58 (1.4 cubic ft.) William Henry Fouse and his wife, Elizabeth (Lizzie) B. Fouse were actively involved in the education of African Americans in the Lexington area. Dr. Fouse, the first African American graduate of Otterbein College, was principal of Dunbar High School and president of the Kentucky Negro Education Association. Mrs. Fouse was active in the National Association of Colored Women, was president of the Kentucky Association of Colored Women, founder of the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA in Lexington, and active in the National Christian Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The Fouse family papers reflect their many interests. There are family letters, notebooks, journals, ledgers, printed materials, pamphlets, mementos, and a scrapbook with clippings dealing primarily with African American education. Fowler, Ila Earle (1876-1963) Papers, 1915-1944Collection Number: 84M42 Papers deal with the Women's Club of Central Kentucky and the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs compiled by Fowler, a teacher, lawyer and genealogist. Fox, Frances Barton (1887-1967) PapersCollection Number: 75M24, 51M4 (2.8 cubic ft.) A typescript of the novel Ridgeways, as well as short stories and poems by Fox, a Bullitt County, Kentucky native. Fox Family Papers, 1852-1962Collection Numbers: 51W22, 52W41, Microfilm No. 56M-252, 58M13, 64M122 Accession 52W41 is a typed, undated manuscript of Brer Coon In Old Kentucky, a story about raccoon hunting autographed and heavily edited by author and journalist John Fox, Jr. The bulk of the Fox family papers are located in accession 64M122 and includes John Fox Jr.'s correspondence with many literary figures including James Lane Allen, Thomas Nelson Page, James Whitcomb Riley, and Robert Burns Wilson. Letters from these authors are included in the family correspondence, as are several from Theodore Roosevelt. The major portion of the collection consists of the manuscripts for Fox's novels, articles, and short stories, including two versions each for A Mountain Europa and A Cumberland Vendetta. Accession 51W22 is a collection of some of the personal letters of John Fox, most written to George H. Yenowine of Lexington. Accessions 58M13 and 56M-252 are typed copies of letters to Louisville attorney and journalist Micajah Fible from Fox and Louisville poet Madison J. Cawein. An unpublished inventory available which includes some genealogical information on the Fox family. Franklin County Medical Society Records, 1906-1962Collection Numbers: Microfilm Nos. 64M-602 (1 reel) 67M-388 (1 reel) Accession 64M-602 is a typescript of Doctors of Franklin County authored by the Franklin County Medical Society Women's Auxiliary. Accession 67M-388 covers the period 1906 to 1935 and includes members list, minutes of meetings, and treasurer's reports. French, James Papers, 1765-1949Collection Number: 55M32 Documents collected by French on the history of Clark County, Kentucky. Frese, William Scrapbook, 1885-1901Collection Number: 62M171 (1 volume) Scrapbook about the career of German native William Frese of Louisville, Kentucky, a noted organist, music teacher and musician. The scrapbook includes clippings and performance programs. Frontier Nursing Service Delivery Logs, 1927-1976Collection Number: 96M9 (3 cubic ft.) These delivery logs were filled out by the attending midwife in a standard, preprinted midwife log book. For each delivery, the midwife recorded: the name and address of each patient; patient's age; date and time of the child's birth; whether the child was full term or premature; complications or stillbirths, when they existed; and condition of mother and child. If a doctor was called for assistance, the doctor's name was recorded. A column exists in the log book for midwife remarks. In earlier logs, this column was used to record payment by the patient. In later logs, it was used to record whether a drug was administered during delivery, specifying the drug and its dosage. The collection is arranged by the name of the Frontier Nursing Service outposts. Access to the information in these log books is restricted and can only be viewed after the user agrees to specified conditions. Frontier Nursing Service Medical Surveys, 1959-1971Collection Number: 96M8 (30 cubic ft.) These records contain birth control records, a 1971 Family Planning Survey, a study on the use and results of oral and intrauterine contraception, and a study on cancer of the breast. This collection is restricted and is accessible only with the permission of the director or assistant director of Special Collections and Archives. Frontier Nursing Service Records, 1925-1997Collection Number: 85M1 (165 cubic ft.) Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965) founded the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS), originally known as the Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, in rural Leslie County, Kentucky in 1925. She was alarmed by the high death rate of women and children in the mountains of eastern Kentucky and by the fact that there were no physicians in Leslie or Clay counties. Records in this accession detail her activities before the establishment of the FNS, as well as the activities of the organization. A member of a prominent Kentucky family, Breckinridge began her nursing career in 1907. Following the deaths of her two small children, Breckinridge became a spokesperson for the Children's Bureau in 1918. After the First World War she affiliated with the American Committee for Devastated France and began to realize the worth of combining nursing and midwifery. Upon returning to the U.S. she continued her education at Teacher's College, Columbia University, taking courses in public health nursing and she later studied midwifery at the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies. The records consist of correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, promotional materials, guestbooks, financial files, architectural plans, memorabilia, oral histories, audio-visual materials, and photographs, many by Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, related to the FNS and associated organizations such as the Kentucky State Association of Midwifery, the American Association of Nurse-Midwives, and the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery. The records of the organization include the office files for the Wendover headquarters and Beech Fork District Office, as well as financial records for other district offices. In addition to Breckinridge, the records contain the files of the following staff members: Helen E. Browne, Dorothy Buck, Freda Caffin, Nancy Dammann, Kate Ireland, Agnes Lewis, and Lucille Hodge. Also included are Ed Dabney's treasurer records. Published inventory available. Gaines, Squire a Book, 1856-1862 A Midway, Kentucky resident's record of hemp-breaking and folk medicine recipes. Gano, John Allen Papers, 1820-1887Collection Number: Microfilm No. 59M-222 (1 reel) These are the letters and records of John Allen Gano, a minister of the Disciples of Christ Church. An unpublished inventory is available. Garden Club of Kentucky Records, 1931-1973Collection Number: 56M304 (19 volumes) Includes articles, yearbooks, committee minutes and records of women's garden club. Garnett, James (1871-1939) Scrapbook, 1895-1937Collection Number: 59M120 (1 volume) Scrapbook of Kentucky Attorney General Garnett (1911-1915). An unpublished inventory is available. Gaye, June Ward (1865-1942) Papers, 1899Collection Number: 56M139 (.2 cubic ft.) Gayle was a U.S. Congressman and banker. These papers relate to his election to Congress in 1899. Georgtown Methodist Episcopal Church (Georgetown, KY) Records, 1843-1878Collection Number: Microfilm No. 65M-592 (1 reel) Gibson-Humphrey Family Papers, 1840-1955Collection Number: 61M140 (.4 cubic ft.) The majority of this collection consists of correspondence among members of this Woodford County, Kentucky family. These letters describe life in the deep South as well as Kentucky, and reflect the impact of the Civil War on living conditions. Several items reflect Sarah Humphrey's interest in equal rights for women and other social reform issues. Plantations mentioned in the letters are Greenwood, Forest Oak, Live Oak, and Magnolia. Several Woodford County homes are mentioned as well. An unpublished inventory is available that includes a genealogical chart. Giles, Janice Holt (1909-1979) Papers, 1949-1966Collection Numbers: 51M47, 53M59, 53M60, 59M38, 60M182, 61M284-61M287, 64M115-64M119 (5.7 cubic ft.) Manuscripts and correspondence by author Janice Holt Giles who wrote novels about the people and history of Adair County, Kentucky. Accessions 51M43 and 66M41 contain typescripts by Janice Holt Giles' husband, author Henry E. Giles. Goddard, Francis M. Diary, 1834-1850Collection Number: 58M16 (1 volume) Diary kept by a resident of Monticello, Kentucky. She wrote about slaves, cattle, the weather, and a cholera epidemic in 1833. Goebel Family Papers, 1865-1942Collection Number: Microfilm No. 50M-121 (2 reels) These papers consist of Kentucky Governor William Goebel's letters to his brothers, Arthur and Justus. They discuss the 1899 elections (primary and general), political issues of the 1890s, and family news. Goebel ran for governor in 1899. His Republican opponent, William S. Taylor, was certified the winner in a close race. The Democrats appealed the election results to the General Assembly. Goebel was shot and mortally wounded in front of the state capitol before a decision had been reached. Knowing that a victory by his opponent was imminent, Governor Taylor ordered the legislature to adjourn and meet in London, Kentucky. He also sought to prevent the Democratic members from assembling elsewhere in Frankfort. Nevertheless, the Democratic majority did meet and declared Goebel the winner. The dying man was sworn in, along with his lieutenant governor, J.C.W. Beckham. When Goebel died four days later of his wound, Beckham succeeded him. The Goebel family papers contain letters to William from his constituents, news clippings about the assassination, letters of condolence sent to the family, and announcements for monument fundraisers. There are also materials relating to family business, including Lowry and Goebel and the Cincinnati Ice Company. The collection includes copies of the letters exchanged by Justus Goebel and Kentucky Attorney General James Garrett regarding the issue of railroad tax assessments. Good Samaritan Hospital Records, 1889-1956Collection Number: 47M84 (.4 cubic ft.) Account book, treasurer's reports and miscellaneous material. Goodloe, William Cassius (1841-1889) Civil War Scrapbooks, 1860-1865Collection Number: 66M39 (2 volumes) These scrapbooks include news clippings about the Civil War, Cassius M. Clay, events in Europe, Abraham Lincoln, and the 1863 Kentucky gubernatorial election. Goodman-Paxton Papers, 1922-1941Collection Number: 64M1 (4.5 cubic ft.) Government official and newspaperman, George H. Goodman (1876-1961), bought the Paducah News-Democrat in 1922. He sold the paper to Edwin J. Paxton seven years later. Goodman headed the Works Progress Administration in Kentucky from 1934 to 1941 and supervised many construction and renovation projects. Papers and photographs of Goodman and Paxton comprise this collection. Much of the material concerns WPA activities in Kentucky during Goodman's tenure. The photographs document WPA projects in the state, among them the Audubon museum near Henderson, Kentucky, and the restoration of the McDowell House near Danville, Kentucky. Although views of buildings and construction activities predominate, some of the photographs show WPA employees at work. Also included in the collection are semi-monthly and annual WPA reports, and Goodman's business correspondence from 1922 to 1941. There are several letters to Goodman from humorist and author Irvin S. Cobb. A large amount of correspondence, clippings, testimony and affidavits concern charges made by Governor Albert B. "Happy" Chandler that the Kentucky WPA pressured its employees to support Alben W. Barkley in the 1938 Democratic Senatorial primary against Chandler. The remainder of the collection consists of financial statements for the News-Democrat dating from the 1920s and a small amount of Paxton's correspondence. An unpublished inventory is available. Gordon Family Papers, 1771-1924Collection Number: 51M40 (2 cubic ft.) Neal McDougal Gordon (d. 1871) served as pastor of the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church in Nicholasville from 1841 to 1871 and founded Gordon's School for Boys in 850 which trained young men for the Presbyterian ministry. This collection includes many letters relating to Neal Gordon and his interests in the education of ministers, and the colonization of African Americans in Liberia, an enterprise which included educating men for the "African Mission." Efforts to return free-born and emancipated African Americans to Africa were motivated by reform sentiment and commercial and religious interests. Between 1820 and 1861 approximately 12,000 African Americans, the majority emancipated slaves, were transported to Liberia, a country created by the American Colonization Society in 1817. Twenty-five letters, most written to Gordon, relate directly to the colonization process. Two letters of particular interest are dated 1848 and 1857. They are from a former slave, Jacob Harris, who wrote to Gordon from Monrovia, Liberia and "Kentucky in Liberia, Montasado County." He wrote of his satisfaction with his life in Africa, but also of illness and deprivation. A missionary, H.W. Erskine, was stationed at Kentucky in Africa and wrote Gordon of the beauty he found there. Several letters to Gordon notified him of the intent of slave owners who wished to free their slaves and provide them with financial support to allow them to emigrate to Liberia if they so chose. In addition, there are letters that reflect opposition to Gordon's efforts. The Gordon family papers include correspondence of Gordon family members, a number of which were written during the Civil War. An unpublished inventory is available that provides genealogical information on the Gordon family. Graham, John (1765-1835) Record Book, 1800-1820Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-361 (1 reel) Graham laid out the town of Prestonsburg, Kentucky for Col. John Preston in 1797, and ran a general store, presumably in the same area. The record book contains customer accounts and wages paid to Graham's laborers. Grahamton Manufacturing Company Records, 1832-1917Collection Number: 53M18 (130 volumes) The records of the Grahamton Manufacturing Company include 23 time books (1847-1903), 30 daybooks (1847-1905), 13 cash books (1849-1901), 18 ledger books (1842-1901), and 17 volumes of invoices. There are also numerous receipts, correspondence, bills of lading, freight bills, inventories, sales orders etc. The Grahamton Manufacturing Company was formed in 1829 in Louisville, Kentucky when Robert Graham and a Mr. Snead established a textile mill. The original mill was powered by steam, but Graham wanted to use water pressure instead. Thomas Anderson joined the partners to form Robert Graham and Company which, in 1835, bought 335 acres in Meade County, Kentucky from David Brandenburg. A stone mill was built at a site named Grahamton near Brandenburg in 1837. That same year the firm was renamed Graham, Anderson and Company after the departure of Snead. In the late 1840s Graham pulled out of the venture and the firm was renamed again to the Grahamton Manufacturing Company. Anderson and his sons, George and Orville, continued to operate the mill. About 1865 a stone flour mill was constructed, but this venture was later abandoned and the mill used as a warehouse for the textile mill. George Anderson managed the mill for several years until 1868 when Archibald M. Robinson bought a one-third interest and operated the business until his death in 1904. Hunt, Bridgeford and Company purchased the mill and sold it two years later to the McCord Company. An unpublished inventory is available. Graves, James Mitchum (1825-1917) Ledger, 1849-1877Collection Number: 68M56 (1 volume) Business records from an unidentified general store in Nicholasville, Kentucky (1849), and milling accounts kept by Graves, a Versailles, Kentucky resident from 1873 to 1877. Greathouse, Mary & Clarence Papers, 1803-1905Collection Number: 70M31 (1.2 cubic ft.) The papers contain diaries and other materials belonging to Mary Elizabeth Hancock Greathouse and her son, attorney Clarence Ridgeley Greathouse (1845-1899) of Woodford County, Kentucky. President Grover Cleveland appointed Greathouse Consul-General to Japan in 1886. The majority of the papers consist of Mrs. Greathouse's diaries kept during the years 1886 to 1905. In these volumes she described their sea voyage to Japan and life there as part of the diplomatic community, especially their social activities. Mr. Greathouse served as Consul-General until 1890 when he was named vice-president of the Home Office and Legal Advisor to the Throne by the King of Korea, Ni-Kung. Later Mrs. Greathouse's diaries detail the move to Korea and their life there. The papers also contain a document presumed to be a preliminary draft of a revised treaty of amity and commerce between Korea and the Ching dynasty of China. This treaty is written in Classical Chinese. An English synopsis has been furnished. An 1886 Tokyo court judgment written in Japanese is also included as well as some early Greathouse family correspondence. An unpublished inventory is available. Green Line System Papers, 1880-1968Collection Number: 87M9 (4 cubic ft.) Photographs and documents record the history of an urban transportation company that has served the northern Kentucky-Cincinnati area since 1876. The Green Line System is known corporately as the Cincinnati, Newport and Covington Transportation Company. The papers illustrate the system's history from its beginnings with horse-drawn streetcars, to the installation of rail lines and trams, to the introduction of bus lines. The demise of the streetcar in 1949 and trolley bus in 1958 are documented. The many photographs depict equipment, personnel, construction, street scenes, and buildings associated with the company. An unpublished inventory is available. Gregory, Noble Jones (1897-1971) Papers, 1957-1958Collection Number: 59M121 Noble Gregory was a U.S. Congressman from the 1st District in Kentucky. These papers are the office files that deal with legislation. The collection contains correspondence with constituents and publications, including clippings, concerning general legislation (agriculture, Robinson-Patman Bill, social security, taxation, etc.), and Gregory-sponsored public (H.R. 5599) and private bills (Juliette Watson bill). There are also folders on topics of special interest to Gregory's district such as sewer plant aid in Paducah. The collection contains correspondence with prominent Kentuckians and the following congressman: Harry Byrd, Willard S. Curtin, Mark Ethridge, John E. Fogerty, Oren Harris, Wilbur D. Mills, William H. Natcher, and Melvin Price. An unpublished inventory is available. Griffith, Chauncey Hawley (1879-1965) Papers, 1871-1969Collection Number: 72M31 (8.6 cubic ft.) A businessman and printer, Griffith was a native of Sheritts, Ohio, but spent his childhood in Lexington, Kentucky. He worked for the Lexington Herald before joining the Mergenthaler Linotype Company (Brooklyn, N.Y.) as a sales representative. The collection consists of correspondence, drawings, proofs and photographs compiled during Griffith's business career. Griffith eventually became vice-president in charge of typographical development. He personally designed and adapted a number of types for the linotype and brought outstanding artists such as W.A. Dwiggins and Rudolph Ruzicka to work for his company. He retired in 1950. The papers contain extensive correspondence between Griffith and Dwiggins, drawings of letters made by Dwiggins and Ruzicka, proofs of many typefaces, several portraits of Griffith, as well as photographs of houses and outdoor scenes. An unpublished inventory is available. Grundy Family Papers, 1852-1945Collection Number: 68M104 (2 cubic ft.) Papers of a state legislator, farmer, and owner of Valley Hill Farm near Springfield, Kentucky, Thomas Grundy, and his family. This collection includes legal documents, business papers, livestock breeding records, and Washington County, Kentucky, poll books for the election of 1882. An unpublished inventory is available. Guerrant Family Papers, 1850-1912Collection Number: M-95 (5 reels) Among the family's members was Edward Owings Guerrant, physician, minister and Confederate Army officer. These papers relate to his Civil War service including a few letters from John Hunt Morgan, and Guerrant's work in Appalachia. Gunn Family Papers, 1816-1926Collection Number: 73M28 (.4 cubic ft.) Correspondence, legal papers, marriage licenses and genealogical material on the Gunn family, descendants of William Gunn, an itinerant minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Henderson, Kentucky. His son, William Gunn, Jr. (1829-1915) was Chief Engineer of the U.S. Military Railroad during the Civil War. Many letters in the collection were written during that conflict. Thomas M. Gunn (1840-1917) and John T. Gunn (1837-1921), brothers of William, Jr., served in the Union Army with the 21st Kentucky Volunteers. There is correspondence with their mother, Frances Adams Gunn. There is also material on Shelby College, from which William Gunn, Jr. graduated in 1851. An unpublished inventory is available. Guthrie, Alfred Bertram, Jr. (1901- ) Papers, 1947-1986Collection Number: 86M1 (9.3 cubic ft.) Journalist and author, A.B. Guthrie, Jr. is best known for his writings about the American west. This accession includes manuscript drafts of several of the author's best-known works. This accession includes manuscript drafts of several of the author's best-known works later that year. He developed a deep affection for Montana which influenced much of his later writing. In 1926 he became a reporter for the Lexington Leader, and later became city editor and managing editor. He lived in Lexington, Kentucky, from 1926 to 1953, and taught creative writing at the University of Kentucky. In 1947 Guthrie left journalism to devote more time to his creative writing. In addition to novels, short stories and magazine articles, he wrote movie screenplays for the films Shane and The Kentuckian. The Felix Holt papers, collection number 70M42, include Holt's manuscript of The Gabriel Horn, from which Guthrie composed the screenplay for The Kentuckian. The Guthrie accession includes the script, notes and clippings relating to the film. The Guthrie collection includes manuscript drafts for The Big Sky, a novel which earned Guthrie the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished fiction. The Big Sky tells the story of a young Kentuckian named Boone Caudill and his experiences on the Rocky Mountain frontier in the 1830s and 1840s. Drafts for Murders At Moon Dance, The Way West, Playing Catch-Up, and These Thousand Hills are also in the Guthrie papers. Other materials include original drafts of short stories, reviews, editorials, galley proofs, work pages and background material for Guthrie's novels. There is also a group of letters from 1950 to 1959 between Guthrie and his agents. An unpublished inventory is available. Hager, Lawrence W., Sr. (1890-19 Papers, 1900-1997Collection Number: 1997MS501 (50 cubic ft.) These are the papers of the former owner of the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer newspaper. Lawrence W. Hager Sr. was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His first newspaper job was as a reporter for the Frankfort State Journal in the summer of 1908. After receiving a Masters of Arts from Centre College at the age of 20, he came to Owensboro to help with his father's evening newspaper, the Owensboro Inquirer. In 1913, Hager helped establish the Owensboro-Daviess County Chamber of Commerce. In 1915, he helped organize the Owensboro Rotary Club. He also founded the Goodfellows Club in 1916, which provided Christmas parties for thousands of underprivileged children. Hager became the editor and publisher of the Owensboro Inquirer in 1919. Over the next 70 years, education, health, transportation, politics, charity, and civic groups were influenced by Hager and the newspaper he headed. Hager founded the Owensboro Publishing Company in 1928, and became chairman of the board. By 1929, he consolidated Owensboro's two newspapers to form the Messenger-Inquirer. He formed the Owensboro Broadcasting Company in 1936, and in 1938 he began WOMI, the city's first radio station. As a member of Kentucky Wesleyan College's board of trustees in 1950, Hager solicited, wrote, and spoke out for Owensboro to raise one million dollars to bring Kentucky Wesleyan College to Owensboro. In 1965, he was given an honorary degree by KWC for this service to the college and community. In that same year, he was also cited by the University of Kentucky for his service to education in the state. In 1970, the Kentucky Press Association presented him with the Edwards M. Templin Award for community service through journalism. This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Hager Sr. The collection also contains materials from his father, Samuel Wilber Hager, who served as state auditor and was the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 1907, and his mother Bessie White, his brother, W. Bruce, and his sons, Lawrence Jr. and John. The collection is divided into the following series: Family Series, Media Series, Owensboro/Daviess County History Series, Personal Series, Political Series, and Public Service/Clubs and Organizations Series. There is also a large photograph collection. An unpublished inventory is available. Haggard, William S. Diary, 1865Collection Number: 63M38 (1 volume) Winchester, Kentucky resident described life as a Confederate soldier. Hall and Davis Journals, 1902-1910, 1902-1903Collection Number: 49M2 (2 volumes) Business transactions of a Shelbyville, Kentucky, lumber company. Hall, Tom T. (1936- ) Typescript, 1982Collection Number: 87M8 A typescript of The Laughing Man of Woodmont Coves written by songwriter and country music recording artist, Tom T. Hall, a native of Olive Hill, Kentucky. Hallam Family Papers, 1858-1951Collection Number: 60M16 (6 cubic ft.) Personal and business papers of a Covington, Kentucky family that included Theodore F. Hallam, a Confederate officer, attorney, and state senator. He led the political faction which opposed William Goebel in the 1890s. The papers contain his legal correspondence and many legal documents. This collection also contains the papers of Hallem's daughter, Alice S. Hallam, who was a successful author. Her papers include letters from Irvin S. Cobb, Eleanor Roosevelt, Alben W. Barkley, Lord Halifax, Andrei Gromyko, and Brent Spence. An unpublished inventory is available. Halley Family Papers, 1817-1903Collection Number: Microfilm No. 74M-771 (1 reel) 64M-727 (1 reel) Papers of a family who lived in Madison and Scott counties, Kentucky, and include land grants, slave bills of sale, descriptions of medical treatment and life during the Civil War. Halley, John Journal, 1789 AND 1791Collection Number: 49W31 (1 volume) Journal of trips to New Orleans, 1789 and 1791. This Boonesborough merchant describes the shipment of tobacco to Louisiana. Haly, Percy Scrapbook, 1900-1937Collection Number: Microfilm No. 54M-137 (1 reel) A scrapbook kept by a Kentucky politician containing photographs and clippings about his career and family. It also contains clippings on the Goebel-Taylor gubernatorial election in 1900. Harbeson Family Scrapbook, 1878-1914Collection Number: Microfilm No. 54M-182 (1 reel) Bourbon County, Kentucky, family's scrapbook includes mostly items related to Judge James Paxton Harbeson. Hardin, Lizzie Diary, 1860-1865Collection Number: Microfilm No. 55M-181 (1 reel) A Harrodsburg, Kentucky, resident described life during the Civil War including a description of a raid by John Hunt Morgan near Harrodsburg in 1862. Hardwick, Elizabeth Manuscript, ca. 1955Collection Number: 55M51 (1 volume) Typescript of The Simple truth. Harkins Family Papers, 1860-1954Collection Number: 63M46 (10.8 cubic ft.) The Harkins family first settled the Big Sandy area of eastern Kentucky about 1835. Hugh Harkins opened a law office in Prestonsburg (Floyd County). His son, John, became a member of the bar in 1857, and at one time held the position of Court Commissioner. John's son, Walter Scott, also practiced law in Prestonsburg, and with his wife, Josephine Davidson Harkins, established a bank there in 1890 called the Bank Josephine which is still in existence. The family was also involved in developing transportation and natural resources in the Big Sandy area. The family papers consist of business and legal papers generated by the Harkins' business interests and professional activities. The first part of the collection consists of business correspondence, receipts, etc., relating to many businesses in eastern Kentucky. The second major portion of the papers contains legal briefs, depositions and notes from various cases handled primarily by Harkins and Harkins, the family's law firm. Among the many business and legal documents are files on coal, gas and oil companies, timber and construction companies, railroads and banks. There are also miscellaneous files containing family memorabilia. Among the topics of interest are files on the Hindman Settlement School (ca. 1950) and land in eastern Kentucky. Harlan County, U.S.A. Production Logs, 1972-1976Collection Number: 87M1 (1 cubic ft.) The production logs from the Academy Award-winning film Harlan County, U.S.A., produced and directed by Barbara Kopple. The film was about the striking miners at Eastover Mining Company in Brookside, Kentucky. The logs illuminate the film and filmmaking process. Harmony Baptist Church (Bell County, KY) Record Book, 1855-1902Collection Number: 46M141 (1 volume) Harrison, Joseph Cabell, 1793-1860 Sermons (no dates)Collection Number: Microfilm No. 63M-205 (1 reel) This minister established Presbyterian churches in Boone County, Kentucky. Harrodsburg, Kentucky Trustees Minutes, 1786-1875Collection Number: Microfilm No. 66M-622 (1 reel) Meeting minutes and public records. Hart Family Papers, 1787-1919Collection Number: 60M196 (1 cubic foot, 38 volumes) Dr. R.S. Hart practiced medicine in the community of Pisgah in Woodford County, Kentucky. These miscellaneous materials deal with Hart and the Wasan family. In addition to Hart's daybooks and account books, one volume describes cattle and hog pedigrees. The Wasan family material, dated 1835-1856, contains medical case histories and directions for making simple medical remedies. Early surveys, land indentures and other materials in the papers carry the names of John Fowler, George and Robert Moffet, and Moses McIlvain, all early settlers, and General James Wilkinson, the founder of Frankfort, Kentucky, who figured in the Spanish Conspiracy of the late eighteenth century. An unpublished inventory is available. Hart, James G. Medical Records, 1873-1900Collection Number: Microfilm No. 57M-249 (1 reel) James G. Hart was a physician in Murray, Kentucky, and this collection consists of his medical records and a minute book of the Calloway County Medical Society. Hart, Joel T. (1810-1877) Papers and Scrapbook, 1839-1947Collection Number: 56M285 (18 pieces) 50M64 (1volume) This collection consists of Photostat copies of letters by noted Kentucky sculptor Joel Hart and others, Hart's will, and two poems he authored. The scrapbook contains news clippings about Hart by Mrs. Strother Mitchell. Hart, Thomas (1730-1808) Papers, 1767-1831Collection Number: 52W111 (.25 cubic ft.) Land agent Thomas Hart was one of the organizers of the Transylvania Company, dedicated to the establishment of settlements and commerce along the Kentucky frontier. He aided in the negotiation of the treaty through which the company purchased parts of Virginia and North Carolina and the greater portions of Kentucky and Tennessee from the Cherokees for approximately ten thousand pounds sterling. Hart was connected with Kentucky's prominent families. His daughter, Lucretia, married Henry Clay, and his niece, Susanna Hart, married Isaac Shelby, Kentucky's first governor. This collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, and other materials relating to Hart's family and business interests, including correspondence with Isaac Shelby, letters from Walter Alves, legal documents signed by Henry Clay, and accounts of the Transylvania Company. Hartman, Margaret Srebel Papers, ca. 1962Collection Numbers: 63M175, 65M130 (2 volumes These papers consist of a typescript of Tradesmen in Newport, a history of Newport, Kentucky, and a printed copy of La Grande Tour of La Belle Rivere (sic), a script to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America on a trip that more or less followed the Ohio River. Hathaway Family Papers, ca. 1860sCollection Numbers: 59M113 Microfilm No. M-20, (53 pieces, 4 volumes, 1 reel) Leeland Hathaway was a Confederate officer during the Civil War. He volunteered to serve as a bodyguard for Varina Howell Davis, the wife of Jefferson Davis. He was captured with the Davises and imprisoned in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and in Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. The family papers include letters by Hathaway that pertain to his imprisonment. There are also letters by his wife, Mattie, and daughter, Carrie Lee Hathaway who lived in Lexington, Kentucky. Included are the Bible that Hathaway carried with him during the war, diaries, scrapbooks and photographs of Jefferson Davis, Varina Davis, and other Confederate officials. An autochrome of Carrie Hathaway was added to the collection in 1968. Undated speeches of Leeland Hathaway are preserved on a reel of microfilm. Hawes Family Papers, 1823-1928Collection Number: 69M33 (.25 cubic ft.) Among the topics discussed are travel on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, life in Texas, and the assassination of Kentucky Governor William Goebel. An unpublished inventory is available. Hawes, Richard (1797-1877) Papers, 1826-1877Collection Number: Microfilm No. 67M-729 (1 reel) Letters from Henry Clay are among the papers of Richard Hawes, governor of the short-lived provisional Confederate government in Kentucky during the Civil War. The documents and letters relate his activities during the war. There is also a broadside printed with an address Hawes gave as provisional governor. Hawkins Heirs vs. Hart Heirs Papers, 1779-1823Collection Number: 52W104 (.15 cubic ft.) These papers pertain to a land dispute in Kentucky. Haycraft Family Papers, 1841-1930Collection Number: Microfilm No. 69M-690 (2 reels) This collection consists primarily of the correspondence of Samuel Haycraft, a prominent Elizabethtown, Kentucky, citizen who served as clerk of both the circuit and county courts of Hardin County. He was a Kentucky state senator from 1858 to 1862. The papers include both business and personal documents and letters. An unpublished inventory is available. Hazel Green First Presbyterian Church Session Book, 1882-1901Collection Number: Microfilm No. 53M-82 (1 reel) Hedden, H.W. Ledger, 1899Collection Number: 60M105 (1 volume) A Finchville, Kentucky (Shelby County) general store ledger. Heintz, Fred J. Daybook, 1905-1930Collection Number: 53M75 (1 volume) Business daybook kept by Lexington jeweler, Fred J. Heintz. Henderson, John Howard (1894-1945) Papers, 1933-1944Collection Number: 64M76 (.5 cubic ft.) Papers of journalist John Henderson, a native of Ballard County, Kentucky. Included are clippings of articles and columns from the Louisville Courier-Journal for which Henderson worked from 1923 to 1945. Hickman County (KY) Militia Roll, 1868-1875Collection Number: Microfilm No. 63M-534 (1 reel) Hickman Family Papers, 1781-1917Collection Number: Microfilm No. 66M-626 (1 reel) The personal papers of a Frankfort, Kentucky family. This collection includes letters, surveys, and contracts. Higgins, Richard (d. 1868) Records, 1842-1867Collection Number: 61M152 (2 volumes) Letterbook and livestock records of Castleton Farm in Fayette County, Kentucky. Hillenmeyer Family Papers, 1830-1947Collection Numbers: Microfilm No. 59M-306 (1 reel) Papers of horticulturist Francis R. Hillenmeyer pertaining to his work in Georgia and Fayette County, Kentucky. Hilton Family Diaries, 1840-1904Collection Number: 65M131 (27 volumes) A collection of diaries kept by Martin Tobey Hilton and his daughter. Hilton wrote of his work as a surveyor and engineer in Ashland, Kentucky. Hines, Thomas Henry (1838-1898) Papers, 1786-1954Collection Number: 46M97 (10 volumes, 467 pieces) In 1864 Hines was commissioned by the Confederate government to plan and execute a revolt against the U.S. government in the Northwest among disaffected Union troops. However, U.S. agents learned of the so-called Northwest Conspiracy and the plan could not be implemented. Scrapbooks in the collection include clippings about the conspiracy. After the war, Hines studied law in Canada with John Cabell Breckinridge, where he remained until March, 1866. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to edit The Daily Appeal, and finish his law studies. Scrapbooks also contain clippings of Hines' editorials. Diaries in the collection provide descriptions of life in Memphis during Reconstruction. In 1867 Hines moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he established his law practice. He was elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1878, and presided as Chief Justice from 1884 to 1885 when he retired. Hines married Nannie Sproule in 1864, and their daughter, Alice Thomas Hines, married Delano B. Walcutt. Hines' papers include his correspondence, diaries, news clippings, pamphlets, notebooks, maps, several broadsides, scrapbooks, and family papers. His correspondents included John Breckinridge Castleman, John C. Breckinridge, Basil Duke, Varina Howell Davis (wife of Jefferson Davis), and his future wife, Nannie Sproule. Family papers include early land papers and correspondence belonging to the Hines and Sproule families, and later correspondence and news clippings of the Hines, Miller, and Walcutt families. An unpublished inventory is available. Hobson, Edward Henry (1825-1901) Papers and Letterbook, 1787-1913Collection Numbers: 51M41 (1 volume, 402 pieces) Microfilm Nos. 54M-116, 65M284 (2 reels) These accessions include a letterbook, account books, and news clippings on the career of Hobson, a businessman and Union Army officer from Greensburg, Kentucky. His papers include letters and business documents kept during the Mexican War and American Civil War. The collection also contains documents pertaining to Kentucky politics during the nineteenth century. Holland, Cecil Fletcher (1907- ) Papers, 1862-1951Collection Number: 73M9 (1 cubic ft.) This collection consists of a typescript and galley proofs of Holland's Morgan and His Raiders, a biography of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, and research materials including correspondence (1937-1940) between Holland and members of the Morgan and Basil W. Duke families. The collection also contains news clippings (1903-1938), articles from history journals, photographic negatives of documents pertaining to Morgan, prints of photographs and portraits of Morgan family members, and transcripts of Morgan's correspondence and military directives. An unpublished inventory is available. Holt, Felix (1897-1954) Papers, 1903-1979Collection Number: 70M42 (7.5 cubic ft.) These are the personal and professional papers of author, cartoonist, and newspaperman, Felix Holt, a native of Murray, Kentucky. Included are manuscripts of The Gabriel Horn and Dan'l Boone Kissed Me, along with radio scripts for episodes of The Lone Ranger and scripts for Cimmaron Tavern. Genealogical material on the Holt family is also present as well as correspondence with H.L. Mencken, Wendell Willkie, Fran Striker (creator of The Lone Ranger) and others. An unpublished inventory is available. Horine, Emmet Field (1885-1964) Papers, 1788-1962Collection Number: 67M149 (10.4 cubic ft.) Physician, historian and collector, Emmet F. Horine, was a cardiologist in Louisville, Kentucky, and an historian by avocation. He researched the life of Daniel Drake (1785-1852), the noted pioneer physician and medical writer who taught at the Transylvania University Medical Department, the Medical College of Ohio (that he helped found), and the Louisville Medical Institute. Horine edited and published a corrected edition of Drake's letters to his children, Pioneer Life in Kentucky, and published a biography of Drake in 1961. In addition to his historical writing, Horine published numerous articles on the human heart and its function. This collection of papers was assembled by Dr. Horine in the course of his historical and medical research. The Drake materials consist of Horine's research notes and correspondence about Drake, along with various manuscript versions of his books and articles on Drake and his contemporaries. Also included are some Drake family genealogical materials. The McDowell papers were originally assembled by August Schachner whose biography of McDowell, the pioneering abdominal surgeon, was published in 1921. These papers include Schachner's research correspondence, particularly with Mrs. William Irvine, McDowell's granddaughter, and with the family of McDowell's patient in the first successful ovariotomy, Jane Todd Crawford. There are also news clippings, photographs of McDowell's house in Danville, Kentucky, McDowell family portraits, and Photostat copies of McDowell family letters. The papers in the "Medicine" series include information on the Kentucky State Medical Association. Horine was historian of the KSMA. Also included are materials on medical libraries in Kentucky and on Doctors Dudley Sharpe Reynolds, Joshua Barker Flint, and Philip Thornberry. Horine's articles on the function of the human heart are also found in this group. The Horine family papers consist of correspondence (1835-1840, 1860-1865), numerous booksellers' catalogs, and a bibliography of early travels. An unpublished inventory is available. Hubbell, William Scrapbook, 1934-1936Collection Number: 56M1 (1 volume) This is a scrapbook entitled, In old Kentucky, and includes news clippings on Kentucky history and sketches of buildings in Louisville, Kentucky, by Walter H. Kiser. Hulette and Uttinger Records, 1844-1854 Collection Number: 62M168 (1 volume) </unittitle></did><c03><did><unittitle>Account book and receipts of a Lexington, Kentucky, building supply firm. </unittitle></did></c03> </c02> <c02> <did><unittitle><title> Hunt, Josephine Drummond (1878-1962) Papers, 1910-1946Collection Number: 75M11 (61 pieces) Letters received by a Lexington physician from friends and relatives who served in the military during World War Two. Hunt-Bullock Family Papers, 1822-1937Collection Number: Microfilm No. 83M-806 (1 reel) Joseph D. Bullock (1838-1920) was a Lexington, Kentucky attorney and Civil War soldier who served under the command of John Hunt Morgan. Between 1868 and 1873 he was Lexington city attorney and was appointed circuit judge in 1874. His family papers include photographs, certificates, and correspondence with several Kentucky literary figures including James Lane Allen, John Fox, and Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, and historian Charles Richard Staples. Hunt-Morgan Family Papers, 1784-1949Collection Numbers: 63M202 (16.2 cubic ft.) Microfilm No. 56M-239 (1 reel) John Wesley Hunt (1773-1849) came to Lexington, Kentucky from Trenton, New Jersey in 1796. He opened a general store and later became an influential businessman and wholesale trader in cotton, tobacco, saltpeter, and especially hemp. He was also involved in horsebreeding and banking. This collection includes Hunt's business records and the correspondence of John and Abijah Hunt which pertains to riverboat trade on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, business conditions in Cincinnati, Lexington and New Orleans. Tobacco, hemp, bagging and stock items for Hunt's general store are documented. Hunt's daughter, Henrietta, married Calvin Cogswell Morgan. Their son, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864) became famous during the Civil War for his daring raids. Diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings in the collection include references to the exploits of General Morgan during the Civil War, including his imprisonment in the Ohio State Penitentiary in 1863. In one letter written to his brother in 1860, Morgan wrote that he hoped Kentucky would not secede from the Union and that he thought Lincoln would be a good president. Henrietta's grandson, zoologist Thomas Hunt Morgan, won the 1933 Nobel Prize for medicine for his discoveries regarding the laws and mechanisms of heredity. Materials in the collection include Thomas Hunt Morgan's childhood letters and the letters he wrote to his mother. There are scrapbooks, letters pertaining to the Morgan Heir's Land Company, ledgers, genealogical information, and a group of family portraits. Five Henry Clay business letters (1819-1831) are included in the Hunt-Morgan papers. Accession 56M-239 is a microfilmed collection of Hunt-Morgan family papers. It includes business letters and miscellaneous documents. There is additional material from the Hunt-Morgan House on deposit. An unpublished inventory is available. Hunter, George (1834-1920) Typescript, 1909Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-327 (1 reel) Memoirs of Hunter's work in law enforcement, especially in the Bardstown, Kentucky area. Collection Names: I-L Independent Order of Odd Fellows Flemingsburg, Kentucky Records, 1901-1915Collection Numbers: Microfilm Nos. 63M-482 63M-552 (2 reels) Minute books and receipts document the activities of Anchor Encampment No. 54 in Flemingsburg. There is also a scrapbook of the Rebekah Lodge No. 30. Informal Club (Lexington, KY) Papers, 1929-1985Collection Number: 72M16 (14 volumes) Minutes, history, and papers of a Lexington social club dedicated to "fellowship and mutual stimulus." Innes, Harry (1752-1816) Papers, 1775-1815Collection Numbers: 52W18, 52W19, 52W96, 52W128, 58W8, 65M138, 67M142 (15 pieces) Judge, attorney, and politician, Virginia native Harry Innes served as attorney-general for that state's western district, Kentucky, and was later appointed a U.S. District judge. He was implicated in the conspiracies linked to General James Wilkinson, who sought to separate Kentucky not only from Virginia but from the United States as well. Congress did not impeach Innes and he pressed libel suits against his accusers. This collection contains an account book and miscellaneous papers including letters which belonged to Harry Innes. The account book (52W96) lists business transactions, including some with noted Kentuckians Daniel Boone, Green Clay, George Rogers Clark, and General Wilkinson. Letters in the collection include one to John Brown (58W8), in which Innes discusses relations between state and federal courts, and one addressed to a commander in Mason County (67M142) with suggestions for combating Indian attacks. There are also surveys, court records, and the will of Innes' father, Hugh Innes (52W18). Also included is one legal document pertaining to the libel suits involving Innes after the Wilkinson episode (52W128), and other legal cases. International Typographical Union of North America Union No. 10 Records, 1866-1951Collection Number: 63M6 (24 volumes, 650 pieces) Records of a Louisville union that include minutes of meetings, financial records, and legal documents pertaining to striking workers. Irvin vs. Callaway Papers, 1780-1827Collection Number: 54M32 (36 pieces) Among the legal documents in this collection are materials pertaining to a lawsuit filed by Christopher Irvin over a land dispute with Richard Callaway. Green Clay is noted as plaintiff. James, John J. Notebooks, 1940, 1960Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-332 (1 reel) Reminiscences of Cassius M. Clay. Notebooks and clippings pertain to Clay's marriage to Dora Richardson. James, Ollie M. (1871-1918) Papers, 1909-1914Collection Numbers: 58M10 (24 pieces), 66M9 (97 pieces, 2 volumes), Microfilm Nos. 55M-212, 57M-244 (2 reels) These are two accessions of the papers of Congressman (1903-1913) and Senator (1913-1918) Ollie M. James. Accession 58M10 includes news clippings and correspondence with Joseph Tumulty, Champ Clark, Lucius Pinkham, Henry Watterson, and Woodrow Wilson. Accession 66M9 consists of campaign literature, speeches, official reports, and news clippings. It contains Democratic Party material pertaining to Woodrow Wilson's record early in his first administration. Speeches by James pertain to such topics as African American voting rights, the Underwood-Simmons tariff, the U.S. Navy, and the Wilson administration. Jeffery Family Papers, 1818-1903Collection Number: 46M137 (1.4 cubic ft.) The papers of poet and novelist Rosa Vertner Jeffrey (1828-1894) and records of the family gas plant business are included. The family operated gas companies in many U.S. cities including Lexington, Louisville, and Frankfort, Kentucky. There are two ledgers from the Lexington Gas Company (1852-1853) and correspondence from Leslie Combs, Thomas Lewinski, John J. Crittenden and others. An unpublished inventory is available. Jeffries, Luther Papers, 1848-1891Collection Number: Microfilm No. 56M-188 (2 reels) The papers of the Jeffries family of Montgomery County, Kentucky include poems, news clippings, diaries, correspondence, and political memorabilia pertaining to the 1876 presidential election and several Kentucky elections. Jerusalem Baptist Church (Breathitt County, KY) & Sinking Springs Baptist Church (Laurel County, KY) Records, 1853-1870Collection Number: Microfilm No. 63M-485 (1 reel) Jessamine County (KY) Turnpike Contractors Bonds, 1898-1916Collection Number: 65M118 (1 volume) Lists of bonds of turnpike contractors issued by Jessamine County Fiscal Court. Jillson, Willard Rouse (1890-1975) Papers, 1918-1963Collection Numbers: Available Upon Request This is an artificially constructed collection of some of geologist and historian Jillson's writings which is comprised of 103 separate accessions. Jillson served as State Geologist from 1919 to 1932. Most of the writings deal with Kentucky geology and history. John P. Morton and Company Records, 1852-1943Collection Number: (336 volumes) These are the business records of Louisville, Kentucky publisher John P. Morton and Company. During its history, the firm was known as the Louisville Book Store (1822-1827), Morton and Company (1827-1831), Morton and Smith (1831-1838), and Morton and Griswold. After 1860 the name was changed to John P. Morton and Company. The records include ledgers, invoice books, letter books, business correspondence, credit books, and miscellaneous files. John V. Upington and Brothers Carriage Company Records, 1872-1891Collection Number: 62M101 (3 volumes) This accession consists of two account journals and one letter book related to this Lexington, Kentucky carriage company. Johnson, Thomas Letters, 1857-1968Collection Number: Microfilm No. M-43 Letters by Johnson and others written during the Civil War. Johnson was a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army's Second Kentucky Battalion. The letters addressed to him are from Georgia and other Confederate states. There is also correspondence between General R. W. Hanson and his wife whose letters are addressed from Baltimore, Maryland. Johnston, James and Thomas Papers, 1802-1891Collection Number: Microfilm No. 56M-234 (1 reel) These papers contain account books and miscellaneous materials, including a list of slaves belonging to the Johnstons, who were apparently from Adair County, Kentucky. Jones, Edward Stewart (1888-1934) Letters, 1918-1919Collection Number: 66M13 (58 pieces) Letters from a World War One medical corpsman from Lexington, Kentucky, attached to the Barrow unit stationed in England. Jones, John W. (1820-1889) Diaries and Papers, 1857-1896Collection Number: 75M26 (.8 cubic ft., 34 volumes) Microfilm No. M-147 (4 reels) This collection consists primarily of diaries kept by John W. Jones and his family of Bourbon County, Kentucky. The diaries have information about the building of the turnpike and toll collections, local church life, family events, slaves, and local news. They include stock breeding records, data on the employment of farm hands, and loan records. Descriptions of trips to court days in surrounding communities resulted in a continuing record of prices of commodities. Accession M-147 consists of Jones family diaries pertaining to farm operations. An unpublished inventory is available. Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. Records, 1822-1949Collection Number: Microfilm No. 66M-758 (4 reels) Letter books, account journals, and miscellaneous material related to Kentucky distilleries and the production of whiskey. The letter books (1870-1874) are those of Robert Perry Pepper, president of R.P. Pepper Distilleries, and concern business and financial matters. An account ledger (1822-1823) kept by James McGillcuddy documents the financial records of an early Kentucky distillery. Miscellaneous materials include numerous historical sketches of Kentucky distilleries, Kentucky regulations, a lawsuit concerned with trademarks and proceedings to establish an exact meaning for the term "whiskey." Seagram has these distillery records in its possession and gave permission for their filming. Jouett Family Legal Papers, 1785-1832Collection Numbers: 52W63, 62W64 (88 pieces) These papers relate to two lawsuits brought by John Jouett and members of his family. One lawsuit pertains to a land dispute in Clark County, Kentucky. The other lawsuit deals with a mill and distillery in Woodford County, Kentucky. Jouett, a close friend of Thomas Jefferson, was the man who warned Jefferson, then governor of Virginia, that he risked capture by the British as they advanced on Charlottesville in 1781. After the war, Jouett moved to Kentucky. His son, Matthew Harris Jouett, became a noted portrait painter. Julian, Charles (1774-1837) Journal, 1800-1869Collection Number: Microfilm No. 56M-246 (1 reel) Charles Julian was born in Virginia and moved to Kentucky in 1812 with his wife, Jennie Moore, and their children. A farmer, he became one of the directors of the Commonwealth Bank and the Bank of Kentucky. His journal includes hints on farming, diagrams of planting, including contour plowing, statements on the best procedures for journeying westward, and family genealogical notes. Julius Marks Sanitorium Records, 1955-1962Collection Number: 75M22 (.5 cubic ft.) Papers relate primarily to the 1960 closing of the hospital for tuberculosis patients in Fayette County, Kentucky. Junior League of Lexington, (KY) Papers, 1924-1986Collection Number: 87M30 (79 cubic ft.) These are the records of a Lexington volunteer women's club dedicated to promoting education. The collection is divided into three parts; (1) the records of the Board of Directors that include committee minutes, correspondence, work schedules, reports and monthly newsletters, etc. (2) materials related to the League horse show, and (3) League headquarters records that include historical information about the Bullock House in Lexington, Kentucky. There is also some audio-visual material. Kaufman, Moses (1843-1924) Papers, 1873-1924Collection Number: 87M49 (1.6 cubic ft., 1 volume) Scrapbooks and news clippings accumulated by a Lexington, Kentucky, businessman, city official, and Hebrew scholar. Many of the news clippings relate to the activities of the Lexington City Council during the last quarter of the 19th century. Printed essays by Kaufman include several on Jewish history. Other materials present are letters, obituaries, and scrapbooks. Poems and correspondence by Kentucky poet Cotton Noe are also included. Kavanaugh, Hubbard Hinde (1836-1892) Letters, 1864-1865Collection Number: Microfilm No. 67M-62 (1 reel) A Methodist minister described his anti-war sentiments in letters to his wife while serving as a Confederate chaplain with the 6th Kentucky Infantry known as the "Orphan Brigade." Kelly, James Frazier Daybook, 1829-1879Collection Number: 67M220 (1 volume) Daybook of a New Castle, Kentucky, merchant includes sketches by Charlie LeCompte. Kendall, John Wilkerson (1834-1892) Scrapbook, 1870-1904Collection Number: 54M36 (1 volume) This scrapbook covers the career of a politician and lawyer from Morgan County, Kentucky. Kentark Land and Timber Company Records, 1913-1920Collection Number: 62M65 (1 volume) The business records of a Louisville-based firm with land holdings in Kentucky and Arkansas. Kenton vs. McConnell and Keene Depositions, 1789-1795Collection Number: 52W94 (13 pieces) Depositions submitted to a court in Danville, Kentucky, regarding a land dispute. Kentucky Academy of Science Records, 1892-1953Collection Number: 49M38 (1 volume, 1075 pieces) Papers, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and one volume. Kentucky Association for the Improvement of Breeds Stock Records, ca. 1828-1935Collection Number: 58M17 (736 pieces) These papers are concerned with the operation of the Association established to encourage breeding of thoroughbred horses and racing in the Bluegrass area. An unpublished inventory is available. Kentucky Association of Deans of Women Records, 1921-1950Collection Number: 51M7 (1 volume) Records of the organization founded in 1921 as an auxiliary to the National Conference of Deans. Kentucky Botanic Garden Papers, 1927-1950Collection Number: 53M99 (1 volume, ca. 220 pieces) These are the records of a group interested in horticulture. Included are correspondence, news clippings, financial records, and radio addresses. Kentucky Christian Education Society Minute Book, 1854-1921Collection Number: 70M13 (1 volume) Minutes of meetings of a group dedicated to promoting the education of young men for the ministry, and the Louisville District Education Society. Kentucky Constitutional Revision Assembly Records, 1964-1967Collection Number: 67M159 (7.6 cubic ft.) These records, compiled by Grace Cruikshank, a member of the Assembly, contain minutes of meetings of the Constitutional Revision Assembly, as well as committees and sub-committees. There are also reports and letters from Kentucky governors Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt and A.B. "Happy" Chandler. There are news clippings, scrapbooks, and articles pertaining to the campaigns in 1947 and 1966 regarding the question of a new state constitution. There is also a speech by former governor and U.S. senator Earle C. Clements. An unpublished inventory is available. Kentucky Constitutional Revision Records, 1937-1966Collection Number: 74M3 (6.25 cubic ft.) These records contain correspondence, news clippings, articles and speeches, promotional literature, reports, posters and other materials pertaining to unsuccessful attempts to revise Kentucky's 1891 constitution. The news clippings include information on the Constitution Revision Assembly, as well as other political activities related to the revision of the constitution. A portion of the records is devoted to the correspondence, news releases, membership lists, polls, and other material of Kentuckians for a Better Constitution. Much material is included relating to the activities of Gilbert Kingsbury, the educational coordinator for the organization. An unpublished inventory is available. Kentucky Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club Records, 1921-1953Collection Number: Microfilm No. 64M-563 (2 reels) Correspondence, minutes, financial records, and meeting programs of a federation that united five chapters and encouraged the development of more chapters across the state. Kentucky Journal Publishing Company Records, 1902-1905Collection Number: 48M5 (1 volume) Minutes of a Frankfort, Kentucky company's meetings. Kentucky Land Office Records, n.d.Collection Number: 52M60 (12 pieces) Undated portion of a record book. Kentucky Militia Records, 1809-1891Collection Number: 60M83 (135 pieces) 55M1 (27 pieces) Receipts, supply records, and correspondence. Kentucky Park to Park Committee Reports, 1935Collection Number: 54M16 (2 volumes) Two reports give the committee's views on the need for a Kentucky highway and the federal funding necessary to construct it. Kentucky Patrons of Husbandry Records, 1873-1939Collection Number: 66M10 (18 volumes, 36 pieces) Records of several granges in Kentucky, particularly Church Hill Grange in Christian County. Records include minute books, stock sale and financial records. Kentucky Sesquicentennial Commission Papers, 1924-1943Collection Number: 51W13 (2.2 cubic ft.) This collection is comprised of the correspondence of Judge Samuel M. Wilson concerning the commission's activities. Kentucky State Federation of Labor Records, 1914-1947Collection Number: Microfilm Nos. 60M-343, 60M-344 (2 reels) Includes an index to reports of official proceedings of conventions during 1914-1939 and 1946-1947. Kentucky State Guard Enlistment Records, 1894-1895Collection Number: 63M208 (30 pieces) An unpublished inventory is available. Kentucky Union Land Company Records, 1783-1918Collection Number: 59M110 (2.7 cubic ft.) Records of a subsidiary of the Kentucky Union Railroad Company include land surveys in Fayette and Madison (Kentucky) counties, as well as business records. Kentucky Women's and Feminist Collection, ca. 1970s-1980sCollection Number: 94M4 (.68 cubic ft.) This collection consists of materials related to services for and activities of women and feminists primarily in Kentucky. Included are activities of the Lexington Socialist/Feminist Alliance, Rape Crisis Center of Lexington, Women's Center of Central Kentucky (formerly Alternatives for Women), and the University of Kentucky. The papers consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, newsletters, flyers, handbooks, news clippings, brochures, and periodical articles. Kephart, Bill Collection, 1978-1980Collection Number: 88M7 (1 cubic ft.) Wheelwright, Kentucky, located in southern Floyd County, was owned and operated by three coal companies--Elk Horn Coal, Inland Steel, and Island Creek Coal--from 1911 until 1966 when Island Creek Coal sold the town properties to the Mountain Investment Company. This collection primarily illustrates the roles which three interrelated organizations had in the transfer of ownership of the town from Mountain Investment Company to the citizens of Wheelwright: the Kentucky Housing Corporation, a state agency which executed the purchase of the town; the Planning Advisory Committee (or Commission), a group of local volunteers and professional planners who were instrumental in building renovations, jail reconstruction, and revision of zoning laws; and, the Wheelwright Board of Trustees, the official governing body, who acted upon the recommendations of the Planning Advisory Committee. See also the Kephart Photograph Collection (PA88M7), and the Wheelwright Collection (88M6). Kinder, Alice J. and Justice, William M. Collection, n.d.Collection Number: 97M1 (1.3 cubic ft.) Born on November 27, 1893, in Pike County, Kentucky, William McKinley Justice was an eastern Kentucky educator for forty years, a published writer, and a lecturer. Responsibility for helping his family with farm work prevented him from attending school for much of his childhood, and he did not attend regularly until he was fourteen. By age eighteen, however, he had earned an eighth grade teaching certificate and became a county schoolteacher. Justice continued his education by taking high school courses when the county schools were not in session and graduated from Pikeville High School in 1926. Justice then attended Berea College, where he graduated with a B.A. in 1919. According to area newspapers, Justice was a well-known writer in eastern Kentucky, and his poems appeared in various journals, magazines, and collections. One of his patriotic poems was read by Adlai Stevenson before the United Nations assembly. He was the author of five books of poetry: Tears and Laughter and Other Poems, A Man, a Woman, and God, Acorns of Gold, This Way Lies Peace, and Take Time to Stroll. He died in 1968. Justice's daughter, Alice J. Kinder, followed in her father's footsteps. She is also an educator and a writer. She has published thirteen books on mountain people and eastern Kentucky culture, including Willie-Boy, and The Call of the Kentucky Mountains, which she adapted using her father's unpublished manuscript, "The Midnights Are Mine." Her published works are Climbing Steps: A History of the Grace Baptist Church, Mama's Kitchen Window, Papa's Neighbors, Old-Fashioned Mountain Mothers, Mama's Pathway to Heaven, Mountain Seasons, Mountain Mothers, Papa's Walking Shoes, William C. Hambley: The Mayor Who Loved a Mountain, and Pikeville College Looks to the Hills 100 Years. This collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, news clippings, photographs, booklets, and manuscripts. An unpublished inventory is available. King, Denny and Company Daybook, 1845-1854Collection Number: 64M109 (1 volume) Business records of general merchants in Oldham County, Kentucky, and an unidentified firm in Brownsboro, Kentucky. King, Isabel P. Civil Defense Notes, 1941-1945Collection Number: 65M195 (1 volume, 6 pieces) A notebook pertaining to civil defense preparations during World War Two. Kingsbury, Gilbert W. (1909- ) Papers, 1952-1964Collection Number: 85M2 (6 cubic ft.) Gilbert Kingsbury, a journalist born in Covington, Kentucky, was active in promoting Democratic party candidates both nationwide and in Kentucky. He participated in the successful gubernatorial campaigns of Bert T. Combs (1959) and Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt (1963). Found in the Correspondence Series are folders on the Kentucky Department of Highways, Cattie Lou Miller, and Morehead State College. The Subject Series contains folders on the Breathitt gubernatorial campaign, the Christopher Gist Historical Society, the Bert T. Combs gubernatorial administration, the Council on Higher Education, the University of Kentucky Northern Center, and many other topics. The "Personalities in Government" scripts in the Radio Series contain profiles of many important Kentuckians or national figures including E.T. Benson, Harold H. Burton, Robert Byrd, Frank Chelf, Earle C. Clements, Mamie Eisenhower, J. Edgar Hoover, Lyndon B. Johnson, Henry Cabot Lodge, Claire Booth Luce, Arch A. Moore, Rogers C.B. Morton, Thruston B. Morton, William Natcher, Richard M. Nixon, Gene Snyder, Brent Spence, Elvis Stahr, and John C. Watts. An unpublished inventory is available. Kinkhead Family Papers, 1793-1935Collection Number: 72M27 (1.2 cubic ft.) Diaries, account books, and correspondence of a Lexington, Kentucky, family who operated a restaurant and bar. Kinkhead, George Blackburn (1849-1940) Memoirs & Papers, 1905-1940Collection Numbers: 64M101 (3 volumes) Microfilm No. 60M-329 (1 reel) Addresses, financial records, and scrapbooks by and about this Lexington, Kentucky, attorney. The memoirs include genealogical information on the Kinkead family. An unpublished inventory is available for accession number 60M-329. Knight Grant C. (1893-1956) Papers, 1924-1955Collection Numbers: 50M9, 52M59, 64M77, 73M26 (2.6 cubic ft.) Author and University of Kentucky English professor, Knight often wrote on American literature. The papers include letters from many notable literary figures including Robert Penn Warren, Van Wyck Brooks, Bennett Cerf, Norman Cousins, Theodore Dreiser, Max Eastman, Hamlin Garland, Elizabeth Hardwick, Helen Keller, Christopher Morley, and Elizabeth Madox Roberts. An unpublished inventory is available. Knott, James Proctor (1830-1911) Papers, 1868-1908Collection Numbers: 47M5, 56M166, 61M34, 61M83, 61M191, 62M115, 62M116, 62M119, 67M137 (1 volume, 11 pieces) These papers consist of a letter book and individual letters by J. Proctor Knott, congressman (1867-1871), Kentucky governor (1883-1887), attorney and educator. Two of the letters were written while he was a professor at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky (62M116 and 67M137). The latter deals with legislation to repeal the act incorporating the Southern Pacific Company. The letter book (47M5) contains letters (1885-1886) from Governor Knott to the Kentucky General Assembly dealing with matters as mundane as the appointment of notaries and as significant as the governor's reaction to railroad legislation. The back of the letter book also contains a list of legislation for the years covered by the letters. Labor Unions Newspaper Transcripts & Papers, 1831-1965Collection Numbers: 71M33 (1.8 cubic ft.) 73M5 (1.8 cubic ft.) Lair Presbyterian Church (Bourbon County, KY) Records, 1908-1939Collection Number: Microfilm No. 53M-89 (1 reel) Lancaster Family Papers, 1869-1916Collection Number: 65M200 (2 volumes) Letters and business papers of the Lancaster family of Georgetown (Scott County), Kentucky, who operated a hotel and dry goods store. Lancaster, Kentucky Freemasons Records, 1853-1894Collection Number: Microfilm No. 50M-37 (1 reel) Record book includes minutes and membership list. Land, Charles Green Journal, 1844-1864Collection Number: Microfilm No. 61M-414 (1 reel) Journal of a trip from Kentucky to Missouri, and a letter written during the Civil War that describes conditions in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Land's Chapel Methodist Church (Spears, KY) Records, 1893-1927Collection Number: 70M35 (8 volumes) Landsdowne Family Papers, 1830-1920Collection Number: 58M4 (.4 cubic ft.) Land titles and business receipts pertaining to the Lansdownes of Carter County, Kentucky. Includes several letters from Congressman Champ Clark. Lansill, John Scott (1895-1976) Papers, 1922-1940Collection Number: 65M19 (13.4 cubic ft.) Lexington, Kentucky, native John Scott Lansill's papers consist of records from the U.S. Resettlement Administration's Division of Suburban Resettlement, a New Deal agency he directed. The Resettlement Administration was established by executive order in 1935. It was absorbed into the Department of Agriculture as the Farm Security Administration in 1938 with some activities taken over by the Department of the Interior. The majority of the materials pertain to the Greenbelt Town Program. This project relocated destitute or low-income families in newly constructed, planned communities and provided construction jobs for the unemployed. Among the papers are correspondence, reports, photographs, drawings, and publicity papers relating to four model Greenbelt towns: Greenbelt (Maryland), Greenbrook (New Jersey), Greendale (Wisconsin), and Greenhills (Ohio). These materials, especially the photographs, reveal the state of housing before governmental intervention in these locations. An unpublished inventory is available. League of Women Voters of Kentucky Records, 1920-1983Collection Numbers: 49M20, 65M147 (approx. 50 cubic ft.) This collection includes correspondence regarding national conventions (especially the 1930 meeting held in Louisville, Kentucky), the organization of the league in Kentucky, and policy issues (i.e. peace movement in 1920s and 1930s). There are copies of budgets, bylaws, and reports from the national organization. Materials from local chapters of the league in Kentucky include minutes, budgets, reports, bylaws, correspondence, scrapbooks, and convention programs. A broadside urged voters to use their power wisely (49M20). This collection is ongoing, and a partial, unpublished inventory is available. Lee and Lashbrooke Company Records, 1790-1898Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-436 (3 reels) Daybooks and ledgers of a Washington, Kentucky, general store. There are some early land grants, plats of Maysville, Washington and Lewisburg, all in Mason County. Lester, William Stuart Letters, 1952Collection Number: Microfilm No. 53M-109 (1 reel) Correspondence about the assassination of Governor William Goebel in 1900. The letters were sent to W.S. Lester of Silver Spring, Maryland, as part of his research on the subject. The materials include a paper on the assassination written by a member of the Christopher Gist Historical Society and several letters from Kentucky geologist, Lucien Beckner, and historian Tom Wallace, who was then editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper. Letcher, Robert Perkins (1788-1861) Letters, 1825-1845Collection Numbers: 59W26, 62M11, 62M12, 63M94, 77M6 (5 pieces) Five letters written by Robert Perkins Letcher, governor of Kentucky from 1840 to 1844. Included are two letters to John J. Crittenden about political matters. One, dated 1828, is in regard to observations Crittenden had made to Francis P. Blair about the election of 1824 (62M12). The other, dated 1840, at the beginning of Letcher's term as governor, contains his impressions of John C. Calhoun, and of the Kentucky General Assembly (62M11). Also part of the collection are two letters to Leslie Combs, a Kentucky Whig who managed Henry Clay's Presidential campaigns, during the 1840s (63M94, 77M6). The last letter, dated 1825, is addressed to Samuel L. Southard, Secretary of the Navy, and requests a midshipman's appointment for a friend of Letcher's (59W26). Lewinski, Thomas (1802-1882) Account and Log Books, 1845-1847Collection Numbers: 42W12, 72M10 (2 volumes) Prominent Lexington, Kentucky architect Thomas Lewinski recorded information about his projects including references to work at Ashland (home of Henry Clay), Eastern State Lunatic Asylum, and Christ Church Episcopal. Accession 49W12 is Judge Samuel M. Wilson's typescript of Major Lewinski's account book. Lewis, Jesse Kitchen (1900-1962) Papers, 1925-1962Collection Number: 64M2 (14.8 cubic ft.) This is a collection of the personal and business papers of lawyer and assistant attorney general of Kentucky (1937-1944), Jesse Kitchen Lewis. It contains his official correspondence as assistant attorney general for the State of Kentucky, and opinions Lewis issued. Personal correspondence is included, as are campaign materials, audio recordings, news clippings, and several photographs. This collection is restricted with literary rights residing with Mrs. Jesse K. Lewis and her heirs. An unpublished inventory is available. Lewis, Joseph Horace Papers, 1865-1904Collection Number: Microfilm No. 55M-177 (1 reel) A native of Barren County, Kentucky, Joseph H. Lewis was a Confederate general and Kentucky politician. He served as a colonel in the 6th Regiment of the Kentucky Infantry, and commanded the famous "Orphan Brigade". He returned to the Kentucky General Assembly in 1868, and won election to Congress in 1870. In 1880 he became a circuit court judge, and later became a justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. These papers include letters and news clippings about Lewis' career. Lexington and Georgetown Turnpike Company Records, 1834-1899Collection Number: 71M27 (1 volume, 1 piece) Minutes of the company's board meetings and a stock certificate. Lexington and Newtown Pike (KY) Turnpike Company Records, 1858-1901Collection Number: 73M30 (2 volumes) Stockholders' book and treasurer's book. Lexington (KY) and Vicinity Bible Society Records, 1816-1919Collection Number: 50M43 (1 volume, 10 pieces) Records of the Lexington and Vicinity Bible Society and its predecessor, the Bible Society of Kentucky. These groups circulated Bibles and religious tracts. Lexington (KY) Board of Park Commissioners and Civic League Minutes, 1922-1956Collection Number: Microfilm No. 56M-208 (1 reel) This collection includes minutes of the Civic League and the Board of Park Commissioners, both organizations concerned with parks in Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington (KY) Cemetary Records, 1849-1958Collection Numbers: 87M10 (14 cubic ft.) Microfilm No. 87M-792 (1 reel) Cemetery records include time books, financial records, section books, lot diagrams, index volumes of lot ownership (87M10), and an account book listing early subscribers (87M-792). Among the early subscribers were Leslie Combs, Robert J. Breckinridge, Robert Wickliffe, David Sayre, and Benjamin Gratz. An unpublished inventory is available. Lexington (KY) Committee on Religion and Human Rights Records, 1963-1967Collection Number: 75M10 (1 volume, 48 pieces) Minutes and other documents of this committee established in 1963 to combat racial and religious discrimination. Lexington (KY) Filter Center Scrapbooks, 1950-1958Collection Number: 59M39 (2 volumes) The Lexington Filter Center was a volunteer civil defense group responsible for coordinating groups of volunteers who reported low-flying aircraft or missiles. The group was organized in 1950 as part of a national program and was supervised by the U.S. Air Force. The collection also includes photographs. Lexington (KY) Hydraulic and Manufacturing Company Records, 1903-1910Collection Numbers: 51W3 (1 volume) 60M11 (250 pieces) These records consist of court transcripts and papers pertaining to a lawsuit between the City of Lexington and the company. Lexington, Kentucky Board of Trustees Records, 1780-1826Collection Numbers: 52W21, 52W22 (4 pieces) 52W12 (8 pieces) Accessions 52W21 and 52W22 contain Trustees records of an 1815 survey to determine the center of Main Street, and three documents related to the case of the Trustees vs. Richard Sharp that detail the laying out of the town and the standards established for town lots. Accession 52W12 contains additional material pertaining to the law case. Of particular interest is a plat of early Lexington. Lexington, Kentucky Board of Trustees Records, 1781-1854Collection Number: 49W6 (2 volumes) Microfilm No. 57M-224 (3 reels) The microfilm copy contains minutes regarding lots bought, sold and rented, the election of officers, town taxes and tithes, improvements made in the town, and the passing of laws and ordinances. An unpublished inventory is available. Lexington, Kentucky City-County Planning Commission Records, 1928-1974Collection Number: Microfilm No. 66M-642 (35 reels) These records include commission minutes from 1928 to 1973, Board of Adjustment minutes from 1928 to 1973, past planning studies issued from 1931 to 1966, and research reports issued between 1963 and 1964. There are also filmed copies of zoning ordinances from the 1960s and 1970s, maps, atlases, scrapbooks, neighborhood plans, and publications. Lexington, Kentucky Lesbian and Gay Community Collection, 1990-1997Collection Number: 95M2 (.38 cubic ft.) This collection includes pamphlets, flyers, business cards, and issues of the Pink Pages, "Central Kentucky's Business Directory and Resource Guide for the Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Community." These materials reflect aspects of lesbian and gay life primarily in the Lexington, Kentucky area. Lexington, Kentucky Letterheads from 1897 and 1898Collection Number: 53M123 (28 pieces) Bills sent to Edward L. Graves include letterheads of many businesses in Lexington. Lexington (KY) Parks and Recreation Department Scrapbook and Photo Album, 1917-1929Collection Number: Microfilm No. 76M-775 (1 reel) Lexington (KY) Public Library Records, ca. 1900-1950Collection Number: 51W60 (.8 cubic ft.) Papers pertaining to the library accumulated by Judge Samuel M. Wilson who served as a trustee, secretary, and treasurer. Lexington (KY) Steam Fire Department Board of Supervisors Record Book, 1864-1868Collection Number: 49M42 (1 volume) Minutes of board meetings and notes. Liberty Baptist Church (Estill County, KY) Records, 1885-1964Collection Number: Microfilm No. 65M-607 (1 reel) Lindsay Family Papers, 1794-1932Collection Number: 54M59 (20.3 cubic ft.) Virginia native, William Lindsay (1835-1909), moved to Kentucky in 1854. A member of the Kentucky state senate from 1867 to 1870, he was elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, becoming chief justice in 1876. He served again as state senator from 1889 to 1893 and as a U.S. senator from 1893 to 1901. His senatorial office and his judicial career are reflected in the correspondence from the years 1867 to 1909. About half of the documents pertain to legal cases under Lindsay's consideration, and the remainder with Kentucky politics, job applications, and personal matters. Many of the letters from 1896 to 1900 relate to the Populist movement in the Democratic party. Included among the many correspondents are: Desha Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., W.C.P. Breckinridge, John Young Brown, Brutus Clay, Laura Clay, William Goebel, Ollie M. James, James Proctor Knott, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft. The correspondence of Lindsay's wife, Eleanor Holmes Lindsay, extends from 1883 to 1930. Half of this material pertains to her work with the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1900 to 1930. The remaining material consists of personal correspondence, bills, receipts, and miscellaneous items. An unpublished inventory is available that includes Lindsay family genealogical information. Lindsay vs. Lexington (KY) Trustees Records, 1813-1820Collection Number: 52W32 (14 pieces) Legal papers from land dispute provide insights into the laying out and assignment of town lots in Lexington, Kentucky. Linville, Morgan Papers, 1765-1807Collection Number: 56M294 (63 pieces) A Bourbon County, Kentucky, family's business and personal papers. Litsey, Edwin Carlile (1874-1970) Papers, 1898-1970Collection Number: 70M12 (3.8 cubic ft.) Edwin Carlile Litsey worked for more than seventy years as a banker with the Marion National Bank of Lebanon, Kentucky. As an avocation he wrote poetry, short stories, and novels. This accession includes ten book-length typescripts, numerous poems, and short stories by Litsey, and news clippings about him and his work. A prolific writer, Litsey was chosen by the state legislature as Poet Laureate of Central Kentucky in 1954. Typescripts of Litsey's nine novels are among the collection holdings, including Grist (1927). Numerous news clippings include reviews of this novel. The typescript of Stones For Bread, considered Litsey's best work, is also included. Litsey, Sarah (1903- ) Papers, 1957Collection Numbers: 57M7, 57M11 (.5 cubic ft.) This collection includes manuscripts for her book of poetry, The Oldest April, and her novel, The Intimate Illusion. Logan, Joseph and Archibald Papers, 1815-1828Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-319 (1 reel) A daybook and journal of two Lexington, Kentucky tanners. Logan, Marvel Mills (1874-1939) Papers, 1933-1939Collection Number: 96M5 Marvel Mills Logan, jurist and U.S. Senator, was born on January 7, 1874 in Brownsville, Kentucky. He received his early education at public and private schools in Edmonson County and studied law under A.A. Sturgeon. He passed the Kentucky bar examination in 1896 and set up his law practice in Brownsville. He was elected chair of the town's board of trustees in 1897. Four years later he became county attorney, and in 1910 was elected county judge. Logan became attorney general of Kentucky in 1915, and in 1917 chair of the first Kentucky State Tax Commission. He resigned from the commission in 1918 and returned to private practice, first in Louisville, and in 1922 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In 1926 he was elected to the Kentucky state court of appeals, where he served until March, 1931 and was chief justice for several months. In 1930, Logan ran for the U.S. Senate on the Democratic ticket, and defeated the Republican nominee, John M. Robsion. He was reelected in 1936. At the time of his death in 1939, Logan was the ranking member of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Chair of the Claims Committee, and a member of the Judiciary Committee. This collection consists of personal papers, speeches, photographs, and news clippings. An unpublished inventory is available. Lonsdale, Walton and Company Records, 1834-1873Collection Number: Microfilm No. 55M-166 (1 reel) Ledgers and correspondence of a general merchandise firm located in Louisville, Kentucky. Lott Family Letters, 1914Collection Number: 63M139 (19 pieces) Letters from Simon Buckner Lott, from Hancock County, Kentucky, to his family written while he served in the Kentucky General Assembly. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company and Eastern Railway Company Records, ca. 1884-1917Collection Numbers: 46M143, 51W14, 59M117 (13.3 cubic ft.) This is a collection of materials, largely legal papers, relating to the L & N and the L & E railroad companies, which were collected by Judge Samuel M. Wilson, who served as counsel to the L & E, a subsidiary of the L & N. The largest part of the collection (51W14) consists of legal cases that contain copies of court proceedings and documents, other legal papers, and correspondence between Wilson and L & N and L & E officials. Also included are a pamphlet and five periodicals (59M117) relating to the L & N, and an 1884 broadside announcing a special train to Louisville to view the flooding Ohio River (46M143). An unpublished inventory is available. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company Board of Directors Minutes, 1851-1884Collection Number: Microfilm No. 65M-643 (2 reels) In addition to the minutes, there is a history prepared in accordance with the requirements of valuation order issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1915. Louisville Federation of Labor Minutes, 1903-1909Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-328 (1 reel) Two minute books include lists of committees and their members, notes on worker grievances, and financial assistance to strikers. Lyle Family Papers, 1787-1944Collection Numbers: 62M49 (ca. 2,500 pieces) Microfilm No. 52M-16 (1 reel) Descendants of John Lyle (1746-1815) of Virginia, include his sons, the Rev. John Lyle (1769-1825), a Presbyterian minister, and Joel Reid Lyle, who came to Kentucky in the early 19th century. John Lyle operated private schools in Bourbon County, and a printing shop in Paris, Kentucky, in addition to his pastoral duties. Joel Lyle taught school in Bourbon County, and published the Western Citizen in Paris, Kentucky. Upon his retirement, he turned the paper over to his son, William C. Lyle. Another son, Joel Kenney Lyle, was also a Presbyterian minister. His wife was Maria Nourse Lyle. The family papers include sermons, genealogical material on the Lyle and Nourse families, indentures, diaries, daybooks, scrapbooks, broadsides, photographs, and newspapers. Correspondence includes comments on such topics as religion, politics, education, slavery, abolition, and the Civil War. Among the correspondents are Archibald Alexander, Robert J. Breckinridge, Presbyterian historian Robert Davidson, author and educator W.H. McGuffey, and religious historian William B. Sprague. John Lyle's diary (52M-16) includes his descriptions of sermons, camp meetings, and religious events in Paris, Kentucky, during the Great Awakening Period. An unpublished inventory is available. Collection Names: M-P Mabry, John Record Book, 1833-1925Collection Number: Microfilm No. 63M-510 (1 reel) News clippings and business records of a Trigg County, Kentucky, general merchant. McAfee, Robert B. (1784-1849) Papers, 1807-1922Collection Numbers: 52W16, 62W6, 67M205 (2 pieces, 2 volumes) Letters and papers pertaining to a Kentucky lawyer and politician from Mercer County. McBeath, Thomas Robert (1839-1915) Papers, 1860-1911Collection Number: 63M296 (105 pieces) The Civil War letters and records of a Union Army soldier from Leitchfield, Kentucky, who served as quartermaster for his regiment. McBeath was also an attorney. McCarty, H.M. Letterbook, 1883-1885Collection Number: 47M6 (1 volume) Official correspondence of the assistant secretary of state for the Commonwealth of Kentucky during the administration of Governor James Proctor Knott. McConnell, William Papers, 1784-1819Collection Numbers: 52W26, 52W29, 52W30, 52W33, 61M110 (55 pieces) Primarily legal papers about land disputes in Lexington, Kentucky that involved McConnell and his heirs. McCord, George L. Papers, 1862-1959Collection Number: Microfilm No. 59M-405 (1 reel) Commission, discharge papers, pension, regimental muster rolls, and photographs pertaining to a Union Army soldier. McCormack's (Baptist) Church (Lincoln County, KY) Records, 1829-1904Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-331 (1 reel) McDonald Family Correspondence, 1887-1902Collection Number: 71M34 (645 pieces, 1 volume) Letters written by members of this Louisville family including a letter describing the recruitment of a regiment in Louisville for the Spanish-American war. Julia McDonald was the first wife of John W. Davis, Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 1924. An unpublished inventory is available. McDowell, Anne Smith Clay (1837-1917) Papers, 1851-1858Collection Number: Microfilm No. 54M-754 (1 reel) Diaries and personal letters written by the granddaughter of Henry Clay. McDowell Family Papers, 1779-1924Collection Numbers: 51M20, 52W131 (1.3 cubic ft.) Two distinct accessions make up the McDowell family papers. Included are depositions and other legal documents pertaining to a trial in Fayette County Court over land disputed between Samuel McDowell, James McGinty and others, dating from 1802 to 1805, and a number of speeches and other papers concerning Ephraim McDowell, that were written by Judge Samuel M. Wilson in the 1920s (52W131). The majority of the collection, however, contains papers relating to later members of the McDowell family, particularly William C. McDowell and his farming interests and activities, family correspondence, and legal papers such as deeds and indentures (51M20). McIntire Family Papers, 1782-1849Collection Number: 47M55 (34 pieces) Letters, deeds, and indentures of a Fayette County, Kentucky, merchant's family. McKenna's Distillery (Fairfield, KY) Records, 1824-1945Collection Number: Microfilm No. 65M-593 (6 reels) This Nelson County, Kentucky, distillery records include McKenna family papers, ledgers, daybooks, correspondence, government reports, licenses, and permits. The distillery was established by Henry McKenna, an immigrant from Ireland, in 1855. It ceased operation about 1975. Mackoy Family Papers, 1784-1943Collection Number: 54M58 (2454 pieces, 23 volumes) The papers of this Kenton County, Kentucky, family include the papers of William Hardin Mackoy and his son, Harry Brent Mackoy, both successful lawyers. Correspondence, family histories, diaries, and a group of land grants signed by John Quincy Adams, Benjamin Harrison, Patrick Henry, Henry Lee, James Madison, James Monroe, Edmund Randolph, and Isaac Shelby are also included. There is also information on Joel T. Hart and on the history of Covington and Kenton County. An unpublished inventory is available. McMeekin, Clark Papers, ca. 1940-1950Collection Numbers: 46M72, 49M21, 50M57, 50M68 (4 volumes) Manuscript typescripts of three novels, Show me a land, City of the flag, Kentucky Derby winner, written by two different authors, Dorothy Clark and Isabel McMeekin, who wrote under the pseudonym Clark McMeekin. McReynolds Family Papers, 1823-1939Collection Numbers: 55M28, 62M152 (35 pieces, 3 volumes) These papers pertain to the McReynolds family whose members included U.S. Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds. John McReynolds, a Louisville attorney, was the great-uncle of the Supreme Court justice. There is also a typescript of a diary by Benjamin McReynolds (1823). Mammoth Cave National Park Association Campaign, 1927-1928Collection Number: 54M15 (1 volume) This bound volume contains sample forms, lists of contributors, broadsides etc., used in the campaign to have Mammoth Cave declared a National Park. Manning-Biggs Family Papers, 1863-1939Collection Number: Microfilm No. 61M-371 (1 reel) Contained in this collection are two letters from a Confederate soldier held prisoner at Camp Douglas, Illinois, written to his wife. There is also a letter by Lawrence W. Manning in 1900 in which he relates his experiences on a trip from Kentucky through the West and on board a ship bound for the Pacific islands. The remainder of the collection consists of wedding announcements from family members in Louisville and Ashland, Kentucky. Marcossan, Isaac Frederick (1876-1961) Manuscript Typescript ca. 1951Collection Number: 52M65 (1 volume) Typescript of Marse Henry, Marcosson's memoirs of Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Marion County, Kentucky Court and Medical Records, ca. 1860sCollection Number: 53M85 (2 volumes) Summonses issued by the court in Marion County and a record book of an unidentified physician. Markham, Lucia Clark (1870-1967) Papers, 1901-1962Collection Numbers: 53M93, 54M7, 60M116, 61M282, 62M83 (1.2 cubic ft.) Lucia Clark Markham, a physician, teacher and poet, lived in Lexington, Kentucky, most of her life. The collection contains her manuscript draft of Sonnets To The Beloved, a book of poetry (60M116), and Meadow Beyond The Mountain, a novel told in verse (62M83). There are also a number of letters from literary and theatrical personalities including James Lane Allen, Madison Cawein, Ronald Colman, William Dean Howells, Walter Huston, Alice Hegan Rice, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, and H.G. Wells (54M7). The collection contains a volume of clippings of Ms. Markham's poetry published from 1903 to 1929 (61M282), and 12 scrapbooks about Kentucky (53M93). An unpublished inventory is available. Marks Coal Company Records, 1907-1908Collection Number: 63M352 (3 volumes, 7 pieces) Minutes and financial records of a Webster County, Kentucky, coal business. Marshall, Alexander Keith Papers, 1856-1861Collection Number: Microfilm No. 70M-709 (1 reel) Livestock buyer's diary and account book of a trip from Maysville, Kentucky, to Europe from January 24 to April 30, 1856. It is largely a record of his travels with notes on prices paid for stock. Later entries, written after his return to the United States, note his expenses and accounts. Martin, Samuel Davis (1791-1882) Records, 1834-1868Collection Numbers: 46M151, 51M5 (3 volumes) Samuel Davis Martin was a physician and farmer in Clark County, Kentucky. These are his farm and medical records. One volume is a herd book for the years 1834-1850 (46M151). Another volume contains weather notes, observations on crops, and a monthly summary of public affairs, covering the years 1862-1868 (51M5). There is also an account book, 1857-1868, of Martin's medical practice, which includes diagnoses and medicines prescribed for some patients, and a record of his stock of drugs (51M5). Martin, Sherrill (1927-1962) Papers, 1940-1954Collection Number: 87M1 (.5 cubic ft.) Illustrator Sherrill Martin was a student at Vicco High School in Perry County, Kentucky, when he created cartoons for the Carrs Fork Coal Company newsletter that emphasized mine safety. The drawings, many done during World War Two, often relate mine safety to patriotism. Mathews and Gaines Daybooks, 1854-1856Collection Number: 60M103 (2 volumes) Business records of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, general store merchants. Mathews, Joseph Bruce (1862-1959) Papers, 1899-1929Collection Numbers: 62M98, 64M108 (7 volumes, 10 pieces) This collection includes a letter book from Mathews' service with the Alabama Great Southern Railway, and nine photographs pertaining to Governor William Goebel's assassination. Maxwell, John (1747-1819) Legal Papers, 1780-1818Collection Numbers: 51W113, 52W110, 52W115 (35 pieces) Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church (Lexington, KY) Records, 1892-1984Collection Number: Microfilm No. 84M-799 (1 reel) May, John vs. Mary Owen Todd Russell Papers, 1780-1825Collection Number: 55W4 (44 pieces) Legal papers from a land dispute in Fayette County, Kentucky. Means and Seaton Family Papers, 1788-1966Collection Numbers: 56M301 (3,792 pieces, 40 volumes), 56M307 (1,729 pieces, 158 volumes), Microfilm No. 57M-191 (1 reel) These collections are the papers of the Means and Seaton families of Ashland, Kentucky. The donors represent two branches of the family and have requested that the papers be kept separately. The Means family played a prominent role in the development of the iron industry in southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky. They were also involved in the development of both river and rail transportation in the area and in the formation and development of Ashland as an industrial city. These are primarily the papers of John Means (1821-1910) and his family, including his grandfather, Colonel John Means (1770-1837), who was largely responsible for the creation and operation of one of the first iron furnaces in the Hanging Rock region of Ohio. William Biggs Seaton (1855-1927) was the son-in-law of John Means. Personal correspondence and business records are contained in the Means collection (56M301 & 57M-191), with correspondence comprising the largest part. Of note among the personal papers are several letters from Archibald Means, an officer in the Union Army, that describe in detail the fighting around Prestonsburg, Kentucky, in January, 1862, and the flight of Confederate forces through the Cumberland Gap into Tennessee. Letters from John Means' brother, William, an iron dealer, bank president, and one-time mayor of Cincinnati, discuss the Panic of 1837. Family letters give accounts of travels in Europe and the U.S. Other letters include a description of the flood of 1884 in Marietta, Ohio, correspondence with Booker T. Washington concerning the establishment of a scholarship at Tuskegee Institute by Margaret A. Means in her father's memory, and World War One letters from an American women working with the YMCA in France. Business papers pertain to the family's many financial interests and include daybooks, cash books, and journals. Scrapbooks compiled by John Means between 1857 and 1873 include news clippings on Kentucky politics, the Civil War in the Upper Ohio Valley, transportation, and manufacturing. There are also letters and genealogical information on the Barber, Blaisdell, Boswell, Campbell, Cooke, Cresap, Ellison, Hildreth, Howland, Ladd, Means, Merrill, Moore, Parker, Prescott, Ringo, and Williamson families. In the Seaton family papers materials of interest include the papers of Col. John Means pertaining to his work as attorney and land agent for financier and statesman Albert Gallatin. Correspondence of John and Hugh Means regarding the purchase of stock in the Lexington and Big Sandy Railway by the Kentucky Iron, Coal and Mining Company is included in the Seaton papers, as are records revealing the condition of the Ashland Iron and Mining Company and the iron industry in general in the years just before World War One. The effects of the war on the iron industry are documented in these records, including the impact of government restrictions and price regulation on the economy. Diaries, scrapbooks, and other papers cover the family's myriad business and financial interests which included establishment of the Kentucky Iron, Coal and Manufacturing Company, the Cincinnati and Big Sandy Packet Company, Ashland Coal and Iron Railway, and several banking institutions. There are papers concerning the donation of land for a public school by John Means, the affairs of the Peoples' Telephone Company, and the Ashland Fire and Brick Company. Maps of Kentucky, primarily of Means land holdings in the eastern part of the state, are included. There are also 56 items relating to the Daughters of the American Revolution, including correspondence, news clippings, reports, and printed materials. The collection also contains many photographs. An unpublished inventory is available. Menifee Memorial (Presbyterian) Church (Owingsville, KY) Records, 1876-1902Collection Number: Microfilm No. 54M-103 (1 reel) Menifee vs. Hedge, et al. Papers, 1853Collection Number: 65M167 (.1 cubic ft.) Court documents of a case tried in Bourbon County, Kentucky, involving legal ownership of slaves. Merton, Thomas (1915-1968) Collection, 1947-1968Collection Numbers: 55M43, 75M28, 66M28 (5.3 cubic ft., 16 pieces) Monk and author, Thomas Merton was the son of two artists. He attended Columbia University in New York, obtaining B.A. and M.A. degrees. He converted to Catholicism in 1938 and found himself drawn to the contemplative life of the Trappist monks, whose ranks he joined in December, 1941. Merton served as Master of Scholastics and as Master of Novices at the order's monastery in Kentucky, Our Lady of Gethsemani, before being allowed to live as a hermit in 1965. He left the monastery in 1968 to attend a conference in Bangkok, Thailand, where he died on December 10 in an electrical accident. Merton had won acclaim for his books, poems, and articles, beginning with the publication of the autobiographical Seven Storey Mountain in 1948. In the 1960s he was known for his concern about peace, civil rights, and other social issues. Merton was a prolific writer, producing many books, pamphlets, and articles for magazines and newspapers. This collection consists of papers by and about Merton. Included are correspondence with Erich Fromm, Boris Pasternak, and Dalsetz Suzuki, and Merton's friends, Robert Lax and Carolyn and Victor Hammer. The literary manuscripts form the bulk of the collection. There are holographs and typescripts, carbon copies and mimeographs. Among Merton's prose writings represented here in draft form are The Ascent To Truth, My Argument With The Gestapo, No Man Is An Island, and The Secular Journal of Thomas Merton. Numerous drafts of Merton articles are included as are many news clippings and articles about him. Several of Merton's book reviews, forewords, and prefaces to books, encyclopedias, and journal articles are well represented by primary source material. Of even greater interest are Merton's poetry worksheets. Of particular note are the manuscript poems from part of the work Emblems Of A Season Of Fury. Also included in the collection are letters from Merton to Louisville composer, Clifford Shaw (66M28). Merton wrote of his work and spiritual beliefs. An autographed copy of Merton's Boris Pasternak and the People With Watch Chains, and a carbon copy typescript of Merton's poem, "Love winter when the plant says nothing" are found here. An unpublished inventory is available. All literary rights to the manuscripts in the collection are vested in the Merton Legacy Trust. Metcalfe, Thomas (1780-1855) Letters, 1807-1841Collection Numbers: 59W18, 56M231, 61M104, 61M111, 61M112, 61M113, 62M37, 64M130, 68M72 (9 pieces) Letters by Metcalfe, a Kentucky politician and U.S. Congressman (1819-1828) from Nicholas County, Kentucky, that discuss politics in the Commonwealth. Methodist Episcopal Church South (Murray, KY Circuit) Records, 1855-1912Collection Number: Microfilm No. 57M-230 (1 reel) Midway (KY) Presbyterian Church Records, 1832-1948Collection Number: Microfilm No. 53M-73 (1 reel) Midwifery Programs Collection, 1926-1939Collection Number: 94M2 (.2 cubic ft.) This collection consists of information mainly pertaining to Carter and Cumberland counties in Kentucky, and general information about the practice of midwifery. The collection is divided into staff reports and rules and regulations for midwives and related activities. The staff reports consist mainly of weekly and monthly statistical and narrative reports about midwifery programs conducted in eastern Kentucky. The rules and regulations document the laws and standards governing midwives and related services provided for children. Miles, Robert Whitfield (1890-1952) Papers, 1907-1964Collection Numbers: 61M101, 61M276, 75M17 (8.2 cubic ft.) Robert Whitfield Miles was a prominent minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Kentucky. The collection includes correspondence, most of which concern church business after 1921. There are also sermons, photographs, diaries, account books, correspondence pertaining to Centre College, biographical information, and the draft of and notes for the first nine chapters of a Robert J. Breckinridge biography (61M101) Miles was writing at the time of his death. An unpublished inventories available for accessions 61M276 and 75M17. Milward, Joseph Usher Diary, 1892-1893Collection Numbers: 68M61 (1 volume), Microfilm No. 56M-221 (1 reel) Diary kept by a Lexington, Kentucky, furniture dealer. Mohr Family Papers, 1870-1889Collection Number: 54M65 (14 pieces) Letters concerning German colonization enterprises in Lincoln and Simpson counties in Kentucky. Amber Moon Collection, 1979-1984Collection Number: 92M2 Amber Moon was a nonprofit educational and cultural organization which produced events and workshops featuring women artists. It began in 1979 as a collective of four women in Lexington, Kentucky. The group formed out of shared purpose which was to bring to the Lexington area cultural arts events of particular interest to (but not exclusively for) women. Named for a phase of the moon, members espoused the rising moon as a symbol of women gaining political strength. The collective dissolved in the mid-1980s as a result of waning community and financial support. This collection consists of the organization's articles of incorporation, bylaws, published articles on the organization, minutes and agendas of meetings, reports, financial information, publicity materials, fundraising activities, photographs, and programming. An unpublished inventory is available. Moore Family Papers, 1835-1962Collection Number: 71M29 (1 volume, 600 pieces) Correspondence, papers, and photographs of the Moore and Brent families of central Kentucky. Correspondents include James A. Garfield and James Lane Allen. Some letters date from the Civil War era and describe living conditions and politics in Kentucky and Missouri. There are a few letters written by or to Charles Chilton Moore. Moore was the grandson of Barton W. Stone, founder of the Disciples of Christ church. At one time a minister, Moore later promoted atheism and free thought. He published the Blue Grass Blade in Lexington, Kentucky, and in 1899 served five months in the federal prison in Columbus, Ohio, for blasphemy and the advocacy of "free love." He was pardoned by President William McKinley. Morehead, Charles Slaugher (1802-1868) Papers, 1838-1857Collection Numbers: 61M125, 62M9, 63M96, 64M73 (4 pieces) These four letters were written by Morehead while serving as a member of Congress (1848-1851) and governor of Kentucky (1855-1859). One letter is from Morehead to Daniel Webster promising support for the 1852 Whig presidential nomination (64M73). A letter written in 1838 to J.J. Crittenden discussed Henry Clay's presidential prospects (62M9), and another to Leslie Combs in 1848 analyzed Crittenden's resignation from the U.S. Senate (63M96). The fourth letter pertained to accommodations at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky (61M9). Morgan Family Papers, 1856-1940Collection Number: 60M193 (2.8 cubic ft.) Personal and business papers of the family of Calvin Cogswell Morgan. Included are legal papers pertaining to lawsuits over lands claimed by the Morgan family, particularly in Menifee County. An unpublished inventory is available. Morrow, Edwin Porch (1877-1935) Papers, 1902-1935Collection Numbers: 67M148 (57 pieces), Microfilm No. 63M-581 (1 reel) Speeches, letters, scrapbooks, and photographs of Morrow, governor of Kentucky from 1919 to 1923, and as a U.S. district attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Morton, Rogers. C.B. (1914-1979) Papers, 1939-1976Collection Number: 84M1 (171 cubic ft.) These papers contain the office files of Louisville, Kentucky, native Rogers Morton while he served as a member of Congress from Maryland, Republican National Committee Chairman (1969-1971), Secretary of the Interior and Commerce, and advisor to the presidential campaign of Gerald R. Ford. The papers contain correspondence, photographs, oral histories, scrapbooks, and memorabilia. Important correspondents include: Spiro Agnew, John Anderson, J. Glenn Beall, George Bush, Marlowe Cook, John Sherman Cooper, Everett Dirksen, Robert Dole, John Ehrlichman, Gerald Ford, Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson, Melvin Laird, Marvin Mandel, Charles Mathias, Thruston Morton, Richard Nixon, Charles Percy, Ronald Reagan, Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, Hugh Scott, J. Millard Tawes, Joseph Tydings, and Stewart Udall. These papers provide valuable information on the presidency of Richard M. Nixon. A published guide is available. Morton School Notes, ca. 1897-1935Collection Number: Microfilm No. 49M-91 (1 reel) This collection includes a history of the school and its benefactor, William Morton. Morton, Thruston B. (1907-1982) Papers, 1933-1969Collection Number: 69M43 (115.5 cubic ft.) These papers contain the office files of Thruston B. Morton (older brother of Rogers C.B. Morton) for the years he served in the U.S. Senate (1957-1969), and as chairman of the Republican National Committee (1959-1961). The papers are primarily composed of correspondence divided into subgroups and series, including county constituency files, Kentucky miscellaneous, political (RNC series), letters from VIP's, a federal agency constituent file, a legislative file, and files devoted to agriculture and public works. Also present are photographs, political cartoons, and oral histories about Morton with his relatives, staff, and fellow senators. Significant correspondents include: Spiro Agnew, George Aiken, Howard Baker, Edward Breathitt, A.B. "Happy" Chandler, John Sherman Cooper, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald R. Ford, Edward M. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Rogers Morton, William Natcher, Richard M. Nixon, Louie B. Nunn, Charles Percy, Carl D. Perkins, Dean Rusk, Nelson Rockefeller, Hugh Scott, Margaret Chase Smith, John Stennis, Stewart Udall, and John C. Watts. An unpublished inventory is available. Mt. Eden (KY) Christian Church Records, 1886-1949Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-318 (1 reel) Mt. Horeb (Fayette County, KY) Presbyterian Church Records, 1827-1917Collection Number: Microfilm No. 52M-61 (1 reel) Mt. Pleasant (Jessamine County, KY) Baptist Church Records, 1801-1963Collection Number: Microfilm No. 56M-237 (1 reel) Mt. Zion (Grant County, KY) Baptist Church Records, 1897-1963Collection Number: Microfilm No. 69M-724 (1 reel) Mt. Zion (Graves County, KY) Baptist Church Records, 1835-1931Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-454 (1 reel) Mulligan, James Hilary (1844-1915) Letters, 1892-1911Collection Numbers: 53M63, 55M9, 56M217, 60M195, 61M128 (24 pieces) The papers of Lexington, Kentucky, author and lawyer, Judge James H. Mulligan, include typescripts and manuscripts of his writings, including "In Kentucky." There is correspondence with John G. Carlisle, William Goebel, J.S.C. Blackburn, Bennett Young, Robert Todd Lincoln, Henry Watterson, John T. Morgan, William Jennings Bryan, and Young E. Allison. Photographs are also included in the collection, as well as a diary and correspondence pertaining to Judge Mulligan's service as Consul-General to Samoa and his friendship with Robert Lewis Stevenson. Other family groups with the Mulligan Collection include the papers of Samuel D. Morgan, Robert N. Williams, and Judge Mulligan's wife and children. Murray Family Papers, 1800-1895Collection Number: 61M129 (49 pieces) Family letters, some from the Civil War period, written by members of the Murray family from Nelson County, Kentucky. The Civil War letters were written from Nashville, Tennessee, and pertain to the death of Corilla Murray's brother from wounds suffered in battle. Murray-DeLime Family Papers, 1801-1907Collection Number: 63M287 (2 volumes, 212 pieces) A collection of papers from the Murray and DeLime families of Kentucky. The bulk of the collection concerns the Murray family who lived in Franklin County, Kentucky. There are business and personal letters, bills, ledgers, photographs, and materials related to inventor Louis Amable DeLime. National Federation of Postal Clerks, Local No. 4 Records, 1895-1959Collection Number: 61M100 (13 volumes, 775 pieces) Minutes, financial statements, reports, and correspondence of the Allied Council of Federal Employees in Louisville to which the postal local belonged. National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Historic Homes Register/title>Collection Number: 59M114 (119 pieces) </unittitle></did><c03><did><unittitle>This accession provides descriptions of old Kentucky homes and history of iron furnaces in the commonwealth. Some of the many houses described include, for example, Whitehall in Fayette County, Springhill in Clark County, the Samuel May House near Prestonsburg, and Hopemont in Lexington. </unittitle></did></c03> </c02> <c02> <did><unittitle><title>Neuman, Fred Gus (1893- ) Typescript, ca. 1938Collection Number: 46M73 (1 volume) Typescript of Neuman's biography of Irvin S. Cobb, Irvin S. Cobb: his life and letters. Cobb was a humorist, journalist, and actor from Paducah, Kentucky. Neville, Linda (1873-1961) Family Papers, 1847-1959Collection Number: 61M158 (8.6 cubic ft.) While visiting the Hindman Settlement School at Troublesome Creek in 1908, humanitarian and teacher Linda Neville discovered the prevalence of trachoma, a contagious eye inflammation, among the students. She then began her lifelong efforts to prevent blindness and improve eyesight. As founder and treasurer of the Mountain Fund, she provided financial assistance to patients seeking eye treatment. In addition, her efforts also aided the establishment of federal hospitals and clinics to combat trachoma. In 1910 Neville founded the Kentucky Society for the Prevention of Blindness and she served as the executive secretary for most of her life. This organization, under her leadership, lobbied for social legislation to fight the causes of blindness. She also worked for a number of other public service groups, including the American Red Cross. Charles Kerr, Linda Neville's uncle by marriage, was a clerk in the law firm of W.C.P. Breckinridge and John Shelby, a lawyer in the law office of Beck and Thornton, and a Fayette Circuit Court judge. The Neville collection include general correspondence, letters pertaining to patients with eye diseases, bibliographical material, newspaper clippings, photographs, radio scripts, and pamphlets. There are numerous financial records for the Kentucky Society for the Prevention of Blindness and the Mountain Fund. Also included are papers of members of her family. The papers of Charles Kerr include correspondence with James Blythe Anderson, as well as financial and legal papers. An unpublished inventory is available. New Hope (Fleming County, KY) Presbyterian Church Records, 1824-1897Collection Number: Microfilm No. M-473 (1 reel) New Woodford Hotel (Versailles, KY) Guest Register, 1913-1915Collection Number: 51M16 (1 volume) Newborg, Ruth Foxx Collection, 1937-1941Collection Number: 82M4 (1.4 cubic ft.) Radio programming material from a program director of the University of Kentucky-sponsored radio station, WBKY, in Beattyville, Kentucky from 1940 to 1941. An unpublished inventory is available. Newton Temperance Society Records, 1831-1843Collection Number: 61M270 (1 volume) Members list and minutes of meetings. Nicholas, George (1754-1799 Papers, 1794-1911Collection Numbers: 52W105, 52W132 (27 pieces) Financial and legal papers of a state attorney general, legislator, and law professor. Nichols, Jonathan Ball Papers, 1762-1895Collection Number: Microfilm No. 64M-577 (1 reel) Early Kentucky settler's letters describe life in Kentucky. Niles, John Jacob (1892-1980) Papers, 1900-1981Collection Number: 82M9 (65.7 cubic ft.) These papers contain correspondence, musical and literary manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings, and other materials written or collected by John Jacob Niles, composer, performer, and author. Niles was born in Louisville, Kentucky and came from a musical family; he began to play the dulcimer at an early age. As a teenager he worked with a surveying team in eastern Kentucky. During this time he kept a notebook in which he recorded lyrics and music of old folk songs known in the area. Niles served as a U.S. Army pilot in World War One and made numerous reconnaissance flights until he suffered serious injuries in a plane crash. There are a number of World War One era photographs in the collection of Niles' flying group, The Lafayette Escadrille. Niles' scrapbook from the war is also present. After the war Niles studied music at the University of Lyons and the Schola Cantorium in Paris. He completed his musical education at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He renewed his search for folk songs in Appalachia as he accompanied noted photographer Doris Ulmann on her travels through the mountain region. There are photographs of Niles in the collection taken by Ulmann, as well as photographs by other well-known photographers Van Deren Coke, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and George Kossuth. Niles is known for setting traditional songs in new arrangements. In addition, he composed many original songs. Much of the correspondence in the collection is between Niles and his music publisher, G. Schirmer, Inc. Original drafts of Niles choral works, instrumental pieces, orchestral oratorios, song arrangements, and other musical compositions total approximately thirteen cubic feet. A significant portion of these materials is unpublished. Original photographs taken at the 1903 launching of Orville and Wilbur Wright's airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and various Niles family pictures are also included in the collection. Other major items include the diaries and notebooks Niles used to record the folk songs, music scores with text by Thomas Merton, autobiographical notes and drafts, original plays, radio scripts, and manuscripts of his published books. There are approximately 164 tapes of Niles performances as well as film and videotapes of three documentaries about his career. Miscellaneous materials include greeting cards and printed material on Anglo-Saxon balladry. There is also a series of materials relating to Niles' wife, Rena Lipetz Niles. This series includes personal correspondence, diaries, travel journals, and memorabilia. A published inventory is available. See also the oral history interviews in the John Jacob Niles Oral History Project in the Oral History Program Collection. Noe, Cotton (1864-1953) Papers, 1911-1949Collection Number: 49M4 (.7 cubic ft.) Poems, speeches, and typescripts of writings of Washington County, Kentucky, native Cotton Noe. Noe was a teacher, lawyer, and poet laureate of Kentucky from 1926 to 1953. Northern Bank of Kentucky Subscribers List, 1835Collection Number: 64M110 (1 volume) Subscribers to capital stock of a Lexington-based banking company. O'Bannon, J.B. Record Book, 1915-1934Collection Number: 65M117 (1 volume) A Flemingsburg, Kentucky, physician's register of narcotic drugs he dispensed. Ohio County, Kentucky Records, 1799-1924Collection Number: 76M16 (551 pieces) Public and private records of residents of Ohio County. Ohio River Valley Flood Scrapbooks, 1937Collection Numbers: 69M31, 75M1 (3 volumes) News clippings about the 1937 flood taken from the Lexington Leader, Courier-Journal, Cincinnati Post, and Lexington Herald. Old American Well Papers, 1829-1959Collection Number: 61M273 (.3 cubic ft.) Papers concerning the first commercially operated oil well in the United States in Burksville. Old Frankfort Turnpike Company Dividend Record Book, 1875-1895Collection Number: 71M32 (1 volume, 32 pieces) This collection consists of 32 receipts from banks and individuals regarding stock dividend payments, and a volume of company dividend records. Orphan Society of Lexington Recods, 1895-1978Collection Number: Microfilm No. 83M-787 (2 reels) This collection includes historical sketches, minutes of board meetings, inventories, and visiting books. Owings, John Cockey Account Book, 1790-1791Collection Number: 48M44 (1 volume) This account book is from a general store located in either Paris or Lexington, Kentucky. Owings, Thomas Dye (1776-1853) Papers, 1817-1931Collection Number: 47M14 (4 volumes, 42 pieces) Three ledgers and a daybook of a furnace operator in Bath County, Kentucky, that record transactions of three businesses. In addition to the Bath County furnaces, Owings owned a furnace store, grist mill, and blacksmith shop in Owingsville. One of Owings' furnaces, Slate Creek furnace, operated from 1798 to 1818, and another, Maria Forge, operated from 1810 to 1840. The furnace store was moved to Owingsville in 1814. An unpublished inventory is available. Paducah, Kentucky Records Collection, 1817-1946Collection Number: Microfilm No. 65M-598 (1 reel) These are records collected by Mrs. Courtland Neel. They include records of interments for the Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah covering the years 1909-1935. There are also family Bibles and a diary kept from 1917 to 1920 by Ray Smith. Other materials include Paducah city directories (1866?, 1871-1872, 1894-1895) Paducah, Kentucky City Council Minutes, 1833-1900Collection Number: Microfilm No. 70M-751 (1 reel) Paducah Junior College Scrapbooks, 1936-1963Collection Number: Microfilm No. 76M-779 (2 reels) These scrapbooks include a history of the college, newspaper clippings, programs, and other miscellaneous material. Parrish, D.W. Papers, 1836-1882Collection Number: 60M104 (3 volumes) This collection consists of a herd book, account book, and a daybook/ledger of Dabney W. Parrish (b. 1799), a Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and livestock owner. Parrish Family Papers, 1825-1889Collection Number: 70M30 (7 volumes, 57 pieces) These personal and business papers of the Parrish family includes notes on Civil War battles, hemp cultivation, stock breeding records, medical formulas and recipes. Particular Baptist Church (Williamstown, KY) Records, 1826-1983Collection Number: Microfilm No. 86M-798 (1 reel) Parton, James (1912- ) Papers, 1929-1933Collection Number: 82M3 (1 volume) Parton spent time working as a courier with the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in Leslie County, Kentucky, in 1919 and 1930. This is a scrapbook of materials on the FNS and Leslie County. See also the Frontier Nursing Service Collection. Peers, Valentine (1756-1830) Papers, 1789-1911Collection Number: 73M20 (.2 cubic ft.) These are the personal and business letters of Valentine Peers, an officer in the Revolutionary War who moved to what is now Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1803. The family settled in the Lower Blue Licks area where Peers operated a saltworks. He opened cotton mills in Maysville and Paris, and eventually moved to Paris, Kentucky. The papers consist primarily of family letters, including many between Peers and his wife. Business letters concern the saltworks and family finances. Other materials include genealogical notes on the Orr, Grayson, Powell, and Peers families. Pennington, Lee (1939- ) Papers, ca. 1976Collection Number: 82M2 (.4 cubic ft.) News clippings, notes, rough drafts, scripts and promotional materials related to Pennington's The Scotian Women, a play about the women who waited for news of their loved ones after the 1976 Scotia mine disaster in Oven Fork, Letcher County, Kentucky. An unpublished inventory is available. Pepper Family Papers, 1880-1940Collection Numbers: 53M96, 64M40 (34 volumes, 1,600 pieces) Letters concerning the operation of a livestock breeding establishment known as South Elkhorn Stock Farm near Frankfort, Kentucky, that was operated by Robert Perry Pepper and his family. This collection includes genealogical information and photographs. Perry County, Kentucky Historical Papers, 1921-1922Collection Number: 51W56 (450 pieces) Papers collected by Judge Samuel M. Wilson on the Centennial celebration held in 1921. The collection includes balance sheets for the Kentucky River Coal Corporation in Perry County, Kentucky. Perry Family Papers, 1800-1952Collection Numbers: 61M145, 70M11 (3.15 cubic ft., 1,800 pieces) The Perry family of Campbell and Gallatin counties, Kentucky, included Fountain Perry, a boat captain and commission merchant who operated flatboats and keelboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers between Cincinnati and New Orleans. He traded at various times in tobacco, pork, lard, plows, whiskey, apples, horses, and slaves, and usually operated his business from Campbell County or Natchez, Mississippi. He later moved to Gallatin County, Kentucky, where he served as a commissioner of the common schools and as a justice of the peace. The collection includes business correspondence, logs, accounts, bills of lading, receipts, etc. generated by Fountain Perry's boat operations. Fountain's son, Roderick Perry, was a miller, lawyer, and steamboat owner. He also served as an officer in the Confederate Army, was president of the Warsaw, Kentucky, bank, and served as a court clerk. He was also influential in Gallatin County politics. There are photostat copies of Roderick Perry's Civil War correspondence (61M145), along with correspondence, business vouchers, cancelled checks, legal documents, and other materials related to his personal, professional, and political careers. A descendant of the family was William P. Perry, Jr., who married Anne Talliaferro. The collection also contains school notebooks that belonged to Martha Gayle and a Rod Perry, photographs of women's fashions from the early twentieth century, and a series of letters dating from 1948 to 1952, written by Anne Talliaferro to her fiance, William P. Perry, Jr. An unpublished inventory is available. Pettit, Thomas Stevenson (1843-1931) Papers, 1864-1932Collection Numbers: 87M36 (.4 cubic ft.) Microfilm No. 56M-202 (1 reel) These papers of a Kentucky politician consist of correspondence, documents, speeches, a scrapbook, and an autograph album. Correspondence comprises most of the papers focusing primarily on political topics. Included are letters and documents related to his Civil War arrest, and letters from John Young Brown, Cassius M. Clay Jr., Senator Marion Butler, William Randolph Hearst, P.H. Hopkins of Glasgow, Kentucky, and James McCreary. Of particular interest is an exchange of letters between Pettit and William Goebel when the latter was the Democratic candidate for governor in 1899. There are also a number of letters from the national People's party concerning the 1900 presidential campaign and their candidate, William Jennings Bryan, another Democratic nominee. The papers also contain a scrapbook and an autograph album from the 1890-1891 constitutional convention. The speeches pertain to religion, education, and politics. Three letters from Governor J.C.W. Beckham concern Pettit's appointment and other political matters. Pisgah Presbyterian Church (Woodford County, KY) Records, 1808-1965Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-317 (2 reels) Includes records of the Pisgah Bible Society. Polk, William Harrison (ca. 1843-1920) Papers, 1780-1920Collection Number: 53M1 (7 cubic ft.) Genealogical papers on Polk and Ballard families of Louisville, and correspondence on Early vs. Blue Lick Springs Company (1867-1908), a land dispute in Nicholas County. Polsgrove, James H. Papers, 1894-1942Collection Number: Microfilm No. 57M-125 (1 reel) These papers consist of scrapbooks kept by a Franklin County, Kentucky, judge on Kentucky politics, especially in Franklin County. Pond Creek, Kentucky, Ku Klux Klan Clan No. 117 Membership Roll, 1926-1928Collection Number: Microfilm No. 59M-59 (1 reel) Membership lists of the Klan in Pike County, Kentucky, that include names, details of physical appearance, and occupation of Klansmen. Most identify themselves as miners. Postlethwait's Tavern Daybook, 1797-1803Collection Number: 53M95 (1 volume) Lists purchases and amounts paid by such noted individuals as John Bradford, Henry Clay, Levi Todd, among others. Powers, Caleb (1869-1932) Papers, 1900-1908Collection Numbers: 51W15 (1.6 cubic ft.) Microfilm No. 56M-204 (1 reel) Correspondence and legal documents in this collection concern the four trials of this Kentucky congressman, Kentucky secretary of state, and state legislator on the charge of conspiracy in the assassination of Kentucky Governor William Goebel. Judge Samuel M. Wilson served with Powers' defense and collected the manuscript materials. The microfilm contains letters written by Powers to Lulie Clay Brock, who worked to raise money for Powers' legal fees. An unpublished inventory is available. See also the Bradley Family Papers (87M64). Pratt, William Moody (1817-1897) Diaries, 1838-1891Collection Number: 46M79 (5 volumes) Pratt was minister of the First Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, from 1845 to 1863. While there, he served as school commissioner, operated a private school, and had charge of the Sunday School and book division of the Baptist Church. He also spent time in Louisville and Shelbyville. the diaries contain accounts of his activities and his impressions of local and national affairs. Yearly synopsis of activities and events are available. Predestinarian Baptist Church (Lyon County, KY) Records, 1807-1891Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-455 (1 reel) Presbyterian Church in the United States Records of Presbyteries in Kentucky, 1799-1951Collection Number: Microfilm No. 51M-4 (22 reels) An unpublished inventory is available. Presbyterian Church Papers, 1903-1947Collection Number: 50W2 (ca. 1,000 pieces) Judge Samuel M. Wilson's research papers include materials on the Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, historical sketches of the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington, early Clark County churches, and the Springfield Church in Bath County, Kentucky. Presbyterian Church Paris, KY Records, 1822-1933Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-315 (1 reel) Presbyterian Church Transylvania Presbytery Records, 1787-1951Collection Number: Microfilm No. 52M-67 (5 reels) Preston, William (1816-1887) Records, 1864-1882Collection Numbers: 87M21, 64M120 (1 volume, 153 leafs) These records consist of a Texas Association notebook, 1873-1882 (1 volume) and a letterbook spanning the dates February 13, 1864 to January 31, 1865. The notebook contains diplomat Preston's notes on the Texas Association, an organization that sought to reclaim Texas lands once owned by the Association. It includes shareholders' meeting announcements, news clippings, and a map. Preston's comments include points of argument, cited cases, and supporting evidence to the Association's claim to the Mercer Colony in southwest Texas. These notes were likely the basis for the legal brief Preston submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1882, which ruled against the Association. The letterbook (64M120) contains Preston's copies of letters to Jefferson Davis, Judah P. Benjamin, John Slidell, James A. Seddon, and other Confederate officials written from Havana, Cuba, and Nassau, Bahamas, regarding Preston's attempts to establish diplomatic relations between the Confederacy and Mexico. See also the Wickliffe-Preston Papers, 63M349. Preston-Johnston Family Papers, 1755-1962Collection Numbers: 60M150 (60.9 cubic ft.) 87M29 (8 volumes), Microfilm No. M-768 (1 reel) These materials reflect over two hundred years of this noted family's history. One of the most celebrated family members, Confederate General and diplomat, William Preston (1816-1887), is well-represented in this collection. Unlike the Wickliffe-Preston Papers (63M349), which document the general's military and professional career, the Preston-Johnston Papers reflect the personal side of his family life. This collection includes many items relating to Preston's personal, domestic and financial dealings. Several items are legal and military documents that belonged to General Preston's father, Revolutionary War officer and Congressman Major William Preston. Also included are a variety of documents and correspondence generated by or relating to relatives and descendants of General Preston. The papers of Preston's daughter-in-law, Sarah Brant McDowell Preston, and his granddaughter, Margaret Preston Johnston, comprise a large portion of the collection. These papers offer insights into the personal and professional lives of these nineteenth and twentieth century Kentuckians. Their mementos, photographs, letters, diaries, and business records provide a glimpse of their religious beliefs and their attitudes toward family, war, and politics. The Preston-Johnston papers are organized into series by personal name. The eleven series cover Preston, his son, Wickliffe Preston, his daughter-in-law, Sarah Brant McDowell Preston, Presbyterian minister William S. Potts of St. Louis, Joshua and Sarah Benton Brant, five members of the McDowell family, including James McDowell, Congressman and Governor of Virginia, Philip Preston Johnston, Philip Preston Johnston II, Margaret Preston Johnston, Wickliffe Johnston, and Philip Preston Johnston III. The wide variety of material includes the will of Congressman Benjamin Howard, broadsides, news clippings, church records from the Second Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, and the diaries of William Potts, Margaret Preston Johnston, and Sarah Brant McDowell Preston. There are numerous personal and public correspondences, including several letters written to his son by James McDowell while serving in Congress. There are journals, scrapbooks, and photographs. Of particular interest are Civil War letters written by Eugene Johnston (surgeon, Union Army) that describe conditions at Chattanooga, and letters relating to the Agricultural and Mechanical College and Kentucky State. The papers of Civil War major, Lexington attorney, and Kentucky Adjutant General Philip Preston Johnston are also here. There is an additional box of materials that includes several Johnston family diaries. Two diaries by Dr. Marius E. Johnston chronicle trips he made to the Arctic and Africa in 1910. A World War Two diary by American Field Serviceman R. W. P. Johnston records the North African campaign of 1941 and 1942. An unpublished inventory is available. Price, Louis Singleton Papers, 1860-1866Collection Number: 87M27 (59 pieces) This Nicholasville, Kentucky, native entered the Confederate Army while still a minor. Captured by Union forces, he was held prisoner, first at Camp Chase, Ohio, then at Camp Douglass, Illinois. He escaped from Camp Douglass and fled to Canada where he spent time in Toronto under an alias. These photocopies of his letters, most to his mother, recount his imprisonment, escape attempts, and Confederate raids into Canada. Miscellaneous material includes a letter from Price's mother and his obituary. He died shortly after he returned to Nicholasville in October 1867, and is buried in Lexington Cemetery. Price, Samuel Woodson (1828-1918) Papers, 1861-1951Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-445 (1 reel) Price was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, and studied painting and portraiture under Oliver Frazer. During the Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Union Army, commanding the 21st Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers. He was wounded at the Battle of Kenesaw Mountain in 1864, and in 1865 was promoted to brevet brigadier general. After the war he achieved prominence as a portrait painter. These papers reflect primarily Price's military service. An unpublished inventory is available. Providence Church (Baptist Church, Clark County, KY) Records, 1780-1833Collection Number: 47M22 (1 volume) Pusey, Robert Burns (1836-1889) Records, 1863-1889Collection Number: 47M12 (12 volumes) Daybooks and ledgers of a medical practice in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Collection Names: Q-T Rash, Otway Watkins Papers, 1896-1965Collection Number: 74M1 (10 cubic ft.) Correspondence and financial papers of Rash, a physician and hospital administrator at the Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital. Rash practiced medicine into his nineties. An unpublished inventory is available. Red River Gorge Papers, 1958-1978Collection Number: 87M23 (5 cubic ft.) These papers reflect more than twenty years of the controversy regarding the Army Corps of Engineers efforts to alleviate flooding by constructing a dam in the Red River Gorge area in east central Kentucky. Congress initially authorized the construction in 1962. The papers include reports, news clippings, and correspondence by concerned groups which took an active role in protesting the dam for environmental reasons. The actions of the Sierra Club, Kentucky Audubon Society, Red River Gorge Legal Defense Fund, biologists, geologists, and many others are reflected in the reports, correspondence, addresses, impact statements, studies, and printed materials. Political and environmental issues are addressed in the government reports and correspondence from the Interior Department, Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other government representatives. There are also photographs, magazines, numerous news clippings, maps, a cassette tape interview with Gorge residents, and miscellaneous material. See also oral history interviews in the Kentucky Conservationists Oral History Project, and the John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project. Reed, Stanley F. Papers, 1926-1977Collection Number: 81M3 (170 cubic ft.) Born in Minerva, Kentucky, Stanley Forman Reed began his service in the government in 1911 when he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives. The earliest documentation in the Reed papers records the activities of Reed's law firm and the firm's principal clients, the C & O Railroad and the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association (1926-1940). From 1929-1932, Reed served as General Counsel of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, President Herbert Hoover's chief agency designed to ease the economic depression by granting loans to banks and businesses. President Roosevelt retained Reed in that position. While serving with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Reed successfully argued the Gold Clause case before the Supreme Court. The first of the eleven series of the Reed papers covers this period in Reed's career. In 1935 Roosevelt appointed Reed Solicitor General of the United States. He served three years in this post, defending the constitutionality of the New Deal's experimental legislation. The second series of the Reed papers includes argued and published cases from 1934-1937. The bulk of the Reed papers date from his tenure as a Supreme Court justice. Reed was nominated to replace retiring Justice George Sutherland in 1938. He served on the court until his retirement in 1957, serving under four chief justices: Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan Stone, Fred Vinson and Earl Warren, all of whom are represented in the Reed papers correspondence. In addition to correspondence, there are memo files, docket books, opinion files, a special master file, and published cases. Among the many cases documented in the Reed papers are Rosenberg vs. U.S., the Alger Hiss trials, and Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Also included are majority opinions written by Reed for such historical cases as Jones vs. Opelika, a case involving religious freedom, and Smith vs. Allwright, a landmark case in black voting rights. Following his retirement from the Supreme Court, President Dwight D. Eisenhower named Reed to be chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, but because he was still subject to call as a federal judge, Reed soon resigned. He remained active in federal service by sitting on lower federal courts. He accepted numerous assignments to hear cases in the Court of Claims and the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Two series in the Reed papers cover his service in the lower courts. These consist of opinion and record files. The other series in the Reed papers include personal, miscellaneous, photograph, publication and memorabilia series, including seminar files, news clipping files, campaign material, awards, committee files, legal journals and memorabilia. Some of the material consists of correspondence by his wife, Winifred Egin Reed. In addition to the four chief justices already noted, other correspondents include: Hugo Black, Louis Brandeis, William J. Brennan, Warren Burger, Harold Burton, Thomas C. Clark, William O. Douglass, Felix Frankfurter, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman. A published inventory is available. See also the oral history interviews in the Stanley F. Reed Oral History Project in the Oral History Program Collection. Registered Pharmacists, Local No. 48 and Retail Clerks International Protective Association, Local No. 64 Records, 1940-1943Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-345 (1 reel) This collection contains meeting minutes, membership rolls, and other records of the pharmacists' union in Louisville, Kentucky, and the charter of the Retail Clerks' union and meeting minutes. Regular Baptist Church (Quicksand, KY) Records, 1858-1898Collection Number: Microfilm No. 53M-79 (1 reel) Rhea, Albert Gallatin Papers, 1822-1928Collection Number: Microfilm No. 54M-139 (1 reel) Clippings, correspondence, legal documents of banker and editor of the Russellville Democrat. Rice, Cale Young Papers, 1927-1939Collection Numbers: 62M32, 64M49, 46M5 (15 pieces, 4 volumes) Papers contain correspondence, typescripts, galley proofs, notes and drafts relating to Rice's career as an author. Eight notebooks by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice (1870-1947) comprise accession 50M32. They contain her literary notes. Rice, David Sermons, 1762-1798Collection Number: Microfilm No. 63M-506 (1 reel) Though active in Kentucky politics and a member of the first Constitutional Convention in Kentucky, these sermons by Rice, a Presbyterian minister, deal mostly with profanity, drinking, and other activities Rice considered immoral. Rice, known as the "father of Kentucky Presbyterianism," was born in Hanover County, Virginia. He moved to Danville, Kentucky, in 1783. An unpublished inventory is available. Richardson, James M. Papers, 1881-1919Collection Number: Microfilm No. 55M-211 (1 reel) Letters and postcards of Richardson, a state legislator from Barren County, Kentucky. Richmond and Louisville Railroad Collection, 1881-1885Collection Number: 87M34 (2 cubic ft.) The Richmond and Louisville Railroad Company was formed on January 30, 1882, when the Richmond and Southwestern Railway Company merged with the Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio Narrow Gauge Railroad. This collection contains some of their early records. The larger portion of the collection consists of technical documents, such as records of deeds, level books, and transit books when the Richmond and Louisville rail lines were being established. These records include information regarding names of property owners, place names, topographical notes, and local economic descriptions. The Richmond and Louisville Railroad records include important organizational and financial documents such as meeting minutes, a paymaster's book, and an account book. Richwood Presbyterian Church (Walton, KY) Records, 1834-1979Collection Numbers: Microfilm No. M-470 (1reel), Microfilm No. 80M-800 (1 reel) Ripy Family Papers, 1888-1963Collection Number: Microfilm No. 66M-725 (1 reel) The Ripy family has owned several distilleries in Anderson County, Kentucky, since 1868. At one time they operated the largest sour mash distillery in the world at Tyron, near Lawrenceburg. The Ripy papers include material on Thomas B. Ripy, whiskey making, distillery tariff rates in Kentucky, Anderson County, and the Lawrenceburg National Bank. Rothert, Otto Arthur Papers, 1903-1956Collection Numbers: 73M5, 66M14 (4.2 cubic ft,) News clippings, correspondence relating to the career of historian and author, Otto A Rothert, secretary of The Filson Club in Louisville, 1917-1945. An unpublished inventory is available. Rudy, Winchester Byron Diary, 1861-1864Collection Number: 1998MS003 (1 volume) This is a diary kept by a Union soldier during the Civil War. Rudy, a Maysville, Kentucky, native, enlisted in Company "C" of the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry on August 10, 1861, and served in the army until January 27, 1865. The 16th Kentucky was mustered into Union service on January 27, 1862. In January 1864, he was reassigned to the 13th Kentucky, 23rd Army Corps, for which he served in a division headquarters' position until his discharge. In his diary he documents camp life, combat, and troop movements during the war. He also comments on various commanders in the Union Army. Rust, Jacob Ward Papers, n.d.Collection Number: Microfilm No. 58M-258 (1 reel) Mr. Ward was an author and a president of Bethel College in Rushville, Kentucky. Rust's autobiography contains comments on the history of education in Western Kentucky. St. John's Reformed Lutheran Church (Ottenheim, KY) Records: 1881-1981Collection Number: Microfilm No. 84M-807 (1 reel) St Joseph's College Account with W.H.H. Witherell for Wells Huston Papers, 1859-1860Collection Number: Microfilm No. 58M-419 (1 reel) Account book of school expenses for a college established by the Jesuits in Bardstown, Kentucky. St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Hickman, KY) Records, 1843-1956Collection Number: Microfilm No. 63M-535 (1 reel) Salem Presbyterian Church (Clark County, KY) Records, 1811-1955 Collection Number: Microfilm No. 55M-184 (1 reel) Sanders, George Nicholas (1812-1873) Letters, 1842-1873Collection Number: 52W136 (11 pieces) This collection consists of letters to Kentucky politician George Nicholas Sanders from personal friends and political figures. The letters pertain chiefly to politics and public affairs. Among the correspondents are Vice-President Richard M. Johnson, Congressman William Preston, Governor of Georgia Hershel V. Johnson, Senator Reverdy Johnson, and Kentucky Governor John White Stevenson. Sanders, Robert Stuart Typescripts, 1963-1968 Collection Numbers: 63M350, 64M45, 70M32 (12 volumes) Historical and biographical sketches of Presbyterian churches and clergymen in Kentucky. Sandford, Kate M. vs. William Goebel Papers 1898Collection Number: Microfilm No. 54M-141 (1 reel) Legal papers pertaining to a lawsuit filed by Sandford against William Goebel in the death of her husband. Goebel and Sandford were bitter political rivals in the Covington and Kenton County area in the 1890s. Goebel wrote an insulting newspaper article about Sandford's attempt to gain a pardon for a relative convicted of fraud. A few months later, in April 1895, Goebel and Sandford, meeting on the street in Covington, exchanged words about the article, then each fired a shot at the other. Sandford was fatally wounded. Goebel was not hit. Goebel was cleared of criminal charges, as it could not be proved who shot first. In 1898 Kate M. Sandford filed against Goebel, asking $100,000 in damages. She lost her case in the circuit court, and lost again on appeal to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Sardis Baptist Church (Boone County, KY) Records, 1868-1902Collection Number: Microfilm No. 66M-215 (1 reel) Savary, Henry Papers, 1827-1856Collection Number: 63M365 (25 pieces) Personal and business papers of Savary, and documents relating to the Winchester and Lexington Turnpike Company. Savary was a businessman who served as treasurer of the company in 1846 and 1853. Sawyier, Paul Letters, 1910-1916Collection Numbers: 64M111, 52M48 (14 pieces) Letters by a noted Kentucky artist, many discussing his work. One group of letters is from Sawyier to John Wilson Townsend. Another group was written to J.J. King of Frankfort. Sayre School Records, 1854-1947Collection Number: 51W55 (500 pieces) Founded in Lexington, Kentucky, by David Sayre in 1854, Sayre School was known as the Transylvania Female Seminary until 1855. The school's records include correspondence (1899-1917) concerned with the raising of funds for new buildings and equipment, commencement programs, school catalogs (1900-1903), brochures (1904-1910), and financial records (1904). School District No. One Clerk's Book, 1845-1858Collection Number: 46M145 (1 volume) Warren County, Kentucky, School District records. Scott, Charles Papers, 1777-1828Collection Numbers: 55W13, 55W17, 62M143, 61M201, 53M118, 54M6 (109 pieces) These papers are correspondence and documents of soldier, legislator and Kentucky Governor Charles Scott. Corespondents (54M6) included Thomas Barbee, James Barnett, Arthur Campbell, John Connolly, Christopher Greenup, Henry Lee, Robert Breckinridge McAfee, Isaac Shelby, Anthony Wayne and James Wilkinson. These letters concern Indian-fighting (primarily with the Cherokees), military matters, land development, westward expansion, business enterprises and politics. There is a map of the Northwest Territory, and muster rolls for John Dyal's company and the Fayette County militia. Two broadsides are photostat reproductions of a call to arms in 1808 (53M118) and an amendment to a land act in 1811 (62M143). One original broadside (61M201) offers a reward for a runaway slave. Also, in that accession are letters from Scott's brother concerning the gold rush in California. A document remitting a fine in 1810 is included in another accession (55W13). One accession (55W17) contains Scott's appointment as brigadier general, a land indenture, and two letters from John Evans. There is also a photograph of Scott (transferred to the Photograph Archives). An unpublished inventory is available. Scott Family Papers, ca. 1700-1962Collection Number: 64M98 (11 cubic ft.) Robert Augustine Thornton (ca. 1843-1915) was born in Virginia and served in the Confederate Army. He practiced law in Lexington at various times in partnership with U.S. Congressman and Senator John C. Breckinridge, James B. Beck, and Charles Kerr. The papers consist of legal correspondence, the papers of Thornton, his family and clients. Included are letterbooks, Kentucky Court of Appeals decisions, genealogical material on the Howard and Wickliffe families, and a law notebook belonging to General William Preston (1881). One box contains the Robert Innes papers. These include genealogical material and business letters. A significant portion of the Scott family papers consists of the papers of family member Catherine G. Reid. Her papers include financial and personal documents dating from 1890 to 1912. The collection also contains the Hunt family papers. George Hunt married Robert Thornton's daughter, Margaret. Their papers date from 1904 to 1962 and include personal and business documents. Scott, John (1767-1847) Papers, 1821-1915Collection Number: Microfilm No. 59M-301 (1 reel) Pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church (1803-1833) and Baptist Church at Ghent, Kentucky, Scott's correspondence related to religious matters, land transactions, and the opening of a ferry Ghent. Letters in the collection are addressed to Stephen Burbridge and deal with the recruitment of black soldiers and political activities of the military in Kentucky during the Civil War. Scott, Robert Wilmont Journals, 1829-1836Collection Number: 87M35 (2 volumes) Lawyer, politician and farmer, Robert Scott was a native of Bourbon County, Kentucky. Soon after beginning his law practice in Frankfort then in Mercer County, Scott made a trip through the eastern states. The earlier journal consists of two parts, the first entitled "notes on law books read by me," and the second part, Scott's "Memoranda Itineris" of his journey. He describes his trip from Lexington, through West Virginia and Virginia. He notes meetings with James Madison, James Monroe, John Randolph, and John Marshall. He details a boat trip from Chesapeake Bay to New York. Scott describes many of the sights he visited in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. He provides lengthy descriptions of his activities in Washington, D.C., including a visit to Congress. Volume two begins with his return trip through Pennsylvania to Kentucky. Though Scott never mentions the purpose of his journey, he does seem to have been particularly interested in visiting prisons. He notes conditions in several such institutions. He also describes several colleges, including Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), the University of Virginia, and Princeton, among others. Also noted are many towns, businesses, factories, law courts and museums he visited. Second Presbyterian Church (Lexington, KY) Records, 1818-1956Collection Number: Microfilm No. 64M-584 (2 reels) Also includes minutes of the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington (1866-1869). Semple, Ellen Churchill (1863-1932) Papers, 1900-1932Collection Number: 46M139 (78 volumes, 84 pieces) Geographer, writer, and teacher born in Louisville, Kentucky, Semple spent some years teaching in Louisville while studying independently for a master's degree, which she received from Vassar in 1891. She pursued her studies at the University of Leipzig under the renowned Friedrich Ratzel, 1891-1892, the only female student among five hundred men. After leaving Leipzig, Semple published numerous articles in scholarly journals mainly on the subject of anthropogeography, the study of the effect of geographic conditions on human history. After publishing her first book in 1903, Semple continued to travel in order to conduct research and write. Semple's writings are well represented. Present are her manuscripts and notes for three influential books: American History and Its Geographic Conditions, Influences of Geographic Environment, and The Geography of the Mediterranean Region. Included are reprints of some of Semple's articles, notes for articles, a scrapbook containing news clippings about Semple, reviews of her books, photographs, and maps. Memorabilia includes Semple's academic gown, academic hood, and two gold medals: the Collum Geographic Medal awarded in 1914 by the American Geographical Society of New York, and the Helen Culver Medal, awarded her by the Geographic Society of Chicago in 1931. Fellow geologist, Ruth E. Baugh's biographical sketch of Semple is also included. An unpublished inventory is available. Sesquicentennial Celebration Records, 1925Collection Numbers: 51W52, 56M27 (.4 cubic ft.) Plans for the sesquicentennial celebration in Lexington, Kentucky, compiled by Judge Samuel M. Wilson. Shackleford, Elise Papers, 1845-1952Collection Number: 58M47 (413 pieces, 2 volumes) Active in horse racing and breeding in the Lexington, Kentucky area, Shackleford's papers include records of pedigrees of horses, correspondence including a letter from Henry Clay, and many photographs (transferred to the Photograph Archives). Shakers Papers, 1769-1920Collection Numbers: 53M11 (842 pieces), 87M31 (1.8 cubic ft.) Accession 53M11 consists of photostat copies of Shaker papers from South Union in Logan County, Kentucky. Included are a will, agreements among members, records, receipts, surveys, expense accounts, records of manufacturing and of the use of slaves. There is little information on Shaker religious beliefs. Additional material on deposit from Shakertown at Pleasant Hill (87M31) contains other papers. These include covenants, diaries, journals, registers, hymnals, poems, account books, legal papers, broadsides, and correspondence. There are also microfilms of this material available (Microfilm No. 86M-824). Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Hotel Register, 1896-1951Collection Number: Microfilm No. 61M-410 (1 reel) Shelby, Alfred (1804-1832) Papers, 1831-1852 Collection Number: 51W3 (51 pieces) Legal records of suits concerning Shelby's estate and family holdings in Lincoln County, Kentucky, including land and slaves. Shelby Family Papers, 1789-1947Collection Numbers: 59M56 (8 cubic ft.), 50W3 (1.4 cubic ft.) 50W39 (444 pieces) The Shelby family of Kentucky descended from Isaac Shelby, the first governor of the Commonwealth. Family members included his son, Thomas Hart Shelby (1789-1869), the first central Kentuckian to ship beef to England. His sons, Isaac P. Shelby, Thomas H. Shelby, and other family members continued the family farming interests. Among the family papers are membership certificates in the American Colonization Society for Isaac P. and Thomas H. Shelby, both signed by Henry Clay, correspondence, photographs (transferred to the Photograph Archives), financial records, personal mementos, Bibles, autograph albums and scrapbooks. Accession 50W39 consists of notes compiled by Judge Samuel M. Wilson while researching the Shelby family. Shelby, Isaac (1750-1826) Papers, 1765-1911Collection Numbers: See below More than thirty accessions make up the Isaac Shelby papers. This guide serves only as an introduction to those holdings. Information regarding accession numbers, content and sources is available at the repository. Most accessions are part of Judge Samuel M. Wilson's bequest. More than thirty accessions make up the Isaac Shelby papers. This guide serves only as an introduction to those holdings. Information regarding accession numbers, content and sources is available at the repository. Most accessions are part of Judge Samuel M. Wilson's bequest. Shelby was called from retirement in 1812 because of the war with Great Britain and was again elected governor. He personally led the Kentucky Volunteers in General William Henry Harrison's invasion of Canada that resulted in a victory at the Battle of the Thames. In an 1813 letter to his son, Thomas (68M105), Shelby discussed plans for a rendezvous at Newport, Kentucky, of Kentucky volunteers who were to be marshaled to fight in the Canadian campaign The majority of the Shelby papers consists of correspondence, both personal and professional. Among the many correspondents are William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson, Harry Innes, Levi Todd, Robert B. McAfee, Ephraim McDowell, Matthew Jouett, James Monroe, James Madison, John Crittenden, Robert Wickliffe, John Breckinridge, and Christopher Greenup. Documents in the Shelby papers include broadsides, the appointment of Thomas Barbee, et. al. as justices of the peace in Mercer County in 1793 (71W1), and a certificate appointing Harry Innes as Chief Justice of Kentucky in 1792 (50W32). There are muster rolls from the 4th regiment of militia under the command of Lt. George Ewing in 1795, surveys, certificates relating to slaves owned by Shelby, and a daybook of Shelby's company stationed on Bever Creek in 1776 (Microfilm No. 62M-590). In a letter to Henry Clay dated May 16, 1813, Shelby wrote at length of the siege at Fort Meigs on the Maumee River in Ohio (67M213). Judge Samuel M. Wilson's typescripts of two letterbooks include copies of Shelby's official correspondence during his second term as governor (50W35, 50W36). Shelby, William Kinkhead (1861-1900) Papers, 1890-1900Collection Numbers: 59M98 (1 volume), 62M167 (3 pieces) Memorandum book and correspondence of Shelby, first principal of the Johnston School in Lexington, Kentucky. Short, Charles Wilkins (1794-1863) Papers, 1816-1852 Collection Numbers: 61M212, 65M173 (23 pieces) Letters chronicle a trip Dr. Short, a physician and botanist, made down the Ohio River. Short was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, and practiced medicine in Lexington. He then taught at his alma mater, Transylvania University, and at the University of Louisville Medical School. Shouse, Jouett (1879-1968) Papers, 1911-1967Collection Number: 59M61 (6 cubic ft., 270 volumes) Kentucky native Jouett Shouse was on the staff of the Lexington Herald from 1898 to 1904. In 1911 he moved to Kansas and was elected to Congress from the 7th Kansas District in 1915. President Woodrow Wilson named Shouse assistant secretary of the Treasury in 1919. Shouse served as chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee from 1929 to 1932, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment from 1932 to 1933, and president of the American Liberty League from 1934 to 1938. The bulk of the Shouse Papers reflect his interests beginning in 1915. There are folders devoted to correspondence with Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin Roosevelt. Other correspondents include Bernard Baruch, General Omar Bradley, Harry Byrd, Champ Clark, James Cox, Charles Curtis, Josephus Daniels, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, James Farley, Vice- President John N. Garner, Carter Glass, Senator Barry Goldwater, Cordell Hull, President Lyndon B. Johnson, William Gibbs McAdoo, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, and Wendell Wilkie. Correspondence with John W. Davis comments on the presidential elections of 1936 and 1943. The collection includes the following scrapbooks: Personal 1912-1928 (13 volumes), Democratic National Committee 1929-1932 (131 volumes), Association Against the Prohibition Amendment 1933-1935 (5 volumes), and the American Liberty League 1934-1941 (121 volumes). Numerous folders contain Shouse's speeches, and there is a collection of American Liberty League pamphlets that present an anti-New Deal perspective. An unpublished inventory is available. Shryock, Cincinnatus (1816-1888) Scrapbook, 1879-1960Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-360 (1 reel) This scrapbook contains news clippings about Lexington, Kentucky, architect Shryock, and includes notes on the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington designed by him. Sinking Springs Baptist Church (Calloway County, KY) Records, 1831-1956Collection Number: 61M217 (57 pieces) Slaughter, Gabriel Stout Journal, 1838-1897Collection Number: 63M165 (1 volume) An account book of a Harrodsburg, Kentucky, businessman. It includes business receipts, farm hints, and recipes for folk medicine. Smith, Benjamin Bosworth (1794-1884) Papers, 1822-1883Collection Numbers: 46M99, 56M160, 56M209, 56M228, 63M65, 64M146 (26 pieces), Microfilm No. 55M-210 (1 reel) Correspondence, sermons, essays, a broadside, and records of a Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Kentucky. Smith, Joshua Soule Papers, 1865-1903Collection Number: 52M1 (1.6 cubic ft., 12 volumes) News clippings, essays, and short stories by Smith, a Florida native and journalist, attorney and Confederate Civil War veteran. Smith developed the recipe for the Mint Julep while living in Lexington, Kentucky. An unpublished inventory is available. Smithland, Kentucky Board of Trustees Records, 1853-1963Collection Number: Microfilm No. 63M-508 (1 reel) Minutes of meetings of Smithland's elected officials. South Elkhorn Baptist Church (Lexington, KY) Records, 1902-1978Collection Number: Microfilm No. 80M-801 (1 reel) South Frankfort Presbyterian Church and Lower Benson Presbyterian Church Scrapbook, 1830-1963Collection Number: Microfilm No. 65M-615 (1 reel) South Union Baptist Church (Hopkinsville, KY) Records, 1873-1962Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-467 (1 reel) Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative Records, 1976-1979Collection Number: 82M5 (1 cubic ft.) These papers include newsletters, correspondence, membership lists, and financial records. Spence, Brent (1874-1967) Papers, 1930-1962Collection Number: 63M300 (90 cubic ft.) Elected as a Democratic representative to the 72nd Congress from the old 6th Congressional District in Kentucky in 1930, Spence went on to serve sixteen consecutive terms until his retirement in 1962. In 1943 he became chair of the Committee on Banking and Currency, an office he held until his retirement, except during the Republican controlled 80th and 83rd Congresses, when he was the ranking minority member of this committee. Constituent correspondence comprises part of this collection, as do files on service academy appointments and Veterans Administration records. There is considerable material on general legislation and papers related to the work of the Committee on Banking and Currency. Among the many correspondents represented in the Spence Papers are Dean Acheson, Vice President Alben W. Barkley, Bernard Baruch, James F. Byrnes, John Sherman Cooper, Douglas Dillon, James A. Farley, Averill Harriman, J. Edgar Hoover, Cordell Hull, Estes Kefauver, President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Fiorella LaGuardia, Scott W. Lucas, Speaker of the House John W. McCormack, George Meany, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Nelson Rockefeller, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adlai E. Stevenson, President Harry S Truman, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, and various Kentucky governors and politicians. An unpublished inventory is available. Spencer Family Papers, 1878-1981Collection Number: 87M16 (.4 cubic ft.) Benjamin F. Spencer (b. 1853) was probably the first African American born to a slave to receive accreditation as a teacher in what had been a slave state (Kentucky). The Spencer Papers include his teaching certificate, signed and dated in Scott County, Kentucky on March 16, 1878. After teaching for six years Spencer opened a boot shop in Frankfort, Kentucky. This business was continued by Spencer's descendants into the twentieth century. In addition to photographs of the family business, there are copies of diplomas, printed materials and certificates related to various members of the Spencer family. Spencer, George Burroughs Papers, 1906-1920Collection Number: 48M13 (2 volumes, 8 pieces) A Carlisle, Kentucky, physician's patient records and other documents, including a letter from Kentucky Congressman Ollie James concerning Spencer's application for a postmaster's appointment. Springfield Presbyterian Church (Bath County, KY) Records, 1837-1870Collection Number: 50W5 (1 volume, 5 pieces) Spurr, Richard Alexander (1835-1898) Papers, 1844-1960Collection Numbers: 47M59, 55M23, 69M44 (1.2 cubic ft.) During the Civil War, Spurr served under Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. At war's end, he returned to his farm in Fayette County, Kentucky. Spurr was elected to two terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives (1875-1878) and also served in the state Senate (1881-1885). The papers consist of correspondence, financial records, genealogical sketches, autograph albums, photographs, recipe books, and news clippings. One letter (55M23), addressed to William H. Polk of Frankfort, Kentucky relates to Kentucky politics. One accession of four pieces (47M59) consists of two copies of a circular letter issued by the Louisville Journal on October 1, 1859 dealing with political issues, a report from James K. Patterson on the income of the A & M College (ca. 1879), and a note from Julia Spurr. Accession 69M44 includes material related to Spurr's daughter, Laura Spurr Welch. Stanley, Augustus Owsley (1867-1958) Papers, 1844-1958Collection Number: 63M144 (20 cubic ft.) Born in Shelbyville, legislator and Kentucky Governor, A.O. Stanley was elected to Congress from the 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky in 1902, and was re-elected for five successive terms. In 1915 he was elected governor of Kentucky, resigning in May of 1919 after being elected to the United States Senate. He was defeated for re-election to the Senate in 1924. In 1930 President Herbert Hoover named him to the International Joint Commission, a post he held until 1954, serving as chairman of the United States Section from 1933 until his retirement. His chief activity in Congress was in anti-trust legislation. He was chairman of the congressional committee appointed to investigate the United States Steel Corporation, and is credited with being the principal draftsman of the Clayton Anti-Trust Act. He also championed the cause of the tobacco growers in a dispute with the American Tobacco Company. This collection includes correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs (transferred to the Photograph Archives), news clippings, and books. The papers focus on Stanley's public career. They relate to Kentucky political campaigns, tobacco issues, Prohibition, the congressional investigation of U.S. Steel, affairs of the International Joint Commission, and family matters. Among the papers are letters from President Woodrow Wilson, author Irvin S. Cobb, Andrew Carnegie, Cora Wilson Stewart, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Family letters include correspondence with Stanley's mother, Amanda Owsley Stanley, and his wife, Sue Soaper Stanley. An unpublished inventory is available. Staples, Charles Richard (1875-1954) Papers, 1912-1947Collection Numbers: Microfilm No. 49M-39, 53M12 (504 pieces) 50W42 (1 volume), 50W48 (1 volume), 84M23 (3.7 cubic ft.) Accession 49M-39 pertains to memorandum and a history, and contains information on feuds in Bath and Menifee counties in Kentucky, as well as Civil War recollections of T.S. Logan. Staples was an historian and genealogist. His research materials, correspondence, and genealogical materials are in this collection. Stearns Coal Mining Company Strike Information Files, 1975-1984Collection Number: Microfilm No. 87M-816 (1 reel) The Stearns Coal Mining Company, a subsidiary of the Blue Diamond Coal Company, established the coal-mining town of Stearns in McCreary County, Kentucky. Between July 7, 1976 and May 3, 1979, the town was the site of a bitter and often violent strike by the miners over the issues of safety, union recognition, and benefits. The information files contain news clippings, handbills, posters, and other items relating to the strike. These records were copied from the Highlander Center files. Stevens Store and Mill Records (no date)Collection Number: Microfilm No. M-597 (1 reel) Financial records of a family-owned store, sawmill and ferry in Boonesborough, Kentucky. Stevenson, Frederick D. (1884-1964) Papers, 1903-1963Collection Number: 67M225 (18 cubic ft.) Sermons, news clippings, and other documents relating to this pastor of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. in Corbin, Kentucky. Stevenson served as pastor from 1940 to 1956. An unpublished inventory is available. Stevenson, John White (1812-1886) Papers, 1869-1885Collection Numbers: 56M188, 58M3, 61M216, 63M95 (2 cubic ft.) Governor of Kentucky (1867-1871) and United States Senator (1871-1877), Stevenson served as chairman of the Democratic National Convention in 1880, and in 1884 was elected president of the American Bar Association. The papers contain diaries, letterbooks, letters, news clippings, receipts, and his will. Stevenson's diaries (9 volumes) cover his later years in Covington, Kentucky (1877-1885), and are predominantly personal. Visits from notable people are recorded, however, as are contemporary political issues. The letterbooks (6 volumes) are of the same period (1877-1884) and contain much information on Kentucky politics and on the affairs of the Episcopal Church with which the deeply religious Stevenson was involved. Many of the letters are related to the 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden. Among the topics noted in the papers are Stevenson's visit to Louisiana as one of the "visiting statesmen" who went to examine the election returns, discussions about President Hayes, and the nomination of the Democratic candidate for president in 1880. Stevenson's letter to Leslie Combs (63M216) assures Combs of his popularity in northern Kentucky. Stewart, Cora Wilson (1875-1958) Papers, 1900-1940Collection Number: 58M25 (36 cubic ft.) Reflected in the papers of this Kentucky educator is her lifelong devotion to the elimination of illiteracy among adults in Kentucky and in the United States as a whole. Born in Powell County, Kentucky, and educated at Morehead Normal School, the National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio, and the University of Kentucky, Stewart witnessed first-hand the high rate of illiteracy in eastern Kentucky. In 1911 while serving as superintendent of the Rowan County Schools, she established an adult education program known as the Moonlight Schools, a name derived from the fact that most of the students were employed during the day and could attend school only at night. In 1914 she was appointed as head of the newly formed Kentucky Illiteracy Commission. During this time she generally received favorable support from the state and especially from the press in Kentucky, as evidenced by many letters in the Stewart Papers. Diaries and scrapbooks chronicle her successes and failures. They are filled with glowing praises and sharp criticisms of her efforts. Stewart's papers illustrate how she capitalized on patriotic sentiments during World War One and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. She encouraged the education of illiterate soldiers and warned of the susceptibility of unlettered individuals to communism. Revealed in the vast amounts of correspondence and documentation are her efforts on behalf of the illiteracy Commission of the National Education Association, the National Illiteracy Crusade, the World Federation of Educational Associations and other agencies active through the 1920s and 1930s. In letters from 1920 and 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt comments on Stewart's advice for speeches and committee appointments. Correspondence from the 1920s and 1930s includes letters from William Jason Fields, Calvin Coolidge, James M. Cox, Alben W. Barkley, and President Herbert Hoover. In addition to correspondence, the papers include articles and unpublished manuscripts by Stewart, photographs, school materials, financial records, speeches, and notes related to her work. Stewart did not neglect minorities. She sought to establish standards of literacy in the black and Native American populations as well. Several boxes of materials relate directly to the education of Native Americans including photographs and writing examples. In the mid-1930s, she became less involved with education, devoting her attention to the Oxford Group, a religious organization that believed that an individual's life should be guided directly by Divine instruction. An unpublished inventory is available. Still, James (1906- ) Papers, ca. 1915-1997Collection Number: 87M12 (12 cubic ft.) A native of Alabama, this author spent most of his life in the Hindman Settlement of Knott County, Kentucky. In addition to his writing, Still worked as a farmer, librarian, and teacher. Winner of many literary awards, including two Guggenheim fellowships, he has published novels, short stories, and poems that reflect his passionate feelings for the Kentucky mountains. The Still Papers include typescripts, many with Still's handwritten comments, for such noted works as River of Earth (Still's first novel), Hounds On The Mountain (a book of poems), On Troublesome Creek, Spotty Creek, and many others. Files in this collection include printed copies of his published works, biographical information, correspondence dating from the 1930s to 1997, photographs, book reviews, and news clippings. There are materials on the Hindman Settlement School where Still served as librarian (1932-1939 and 1951-1961), and Morehead State College where he taught. Files of printed materials relate to Lincoln Memorial University, Vanderbilt, and the University of Illinois, schools from which Still received degrees in English and library science. Access to the Still Papers is restricted. Stinnett Family Papers, 1872-1949Collection Numbers: 52M7 (.4 cubic ft.), 61M214 (32 pieces) Financial records and business correspondence concerning this family's store in Lewisburg, Kentucky, and the files of Dr. Karan P. Sutton, including this physician's correspondence. Stone, William Johnson (1841-1923) Papers, 1864-1953Collection Number: Microfilm No. 54M-131 (1 reel) Correspondence, news clippings, and other materials related to this Lyon County, Kentucky, native who joined the Confederate Army and served under General John Hunt Morgan. After the war, he served in the Kentucky General Assembly and in 1884 was elected to represent Kentucky's 1st Congressional District. Kentucky Governor James B. McCreary named him commissioner of the Confederate Pension Department in 1914. Strader, Robert Simms (1869-1955) Papers, 1864-1955Collection Number: 73M29 (.8 cubic ft., 1 volume) Papers collected by a Lexington stockbreeder that relate to breeding, selling, training, and racing horses. Strater Brothers Tobacco Company (Branch Burley Tobacco Company) Records, 1891-1919Collection Number: 76M17 (3.2 cubic ft., 5 volumes) Business records of a Louisville tobacco company that reflect dealings with suppliers and distributors. Tax and inventory forms indicate the extent of government involvement during the early 20th century. The relationship between independent tobacco companies and a trade association, Trade Mark Association of Plug Tobacco Manufacturers, is illustrated in correspondence. Correspondence during the years 1914 to 1918 relate to difficulties imposed by a wartime economy. A small percentage of the collection dates from the Strater Brothers Company before its purchase by the Burley Tobacco Company in April 1912. See also the Burley Tobacco Cooperatives Records (47M62). Stuart, Jesse Hilton (1907-1984) Papers, 1933-1979Collection Numbers: 59M31 (.5 cubic ft.), 76W1 (1 piece), 87M19 (28 pieces) This son of an illiterate tenant farmer and coal miner was born in W-Hollow near Riverton in Greenup County, Kentucky. With a reputation as an outstanding regional author, Stuart gained recognition for his novels, poetry, essays, and short stories, but only with personal sacrifice was he able to acquire an education. In 1929 he received an A.B. degree from Lincoln Memorial University. He studied at Vanderbilt University in 1931-1932 during the period of "The Fugitives." When his 19-stanza poem Elegy For Mitch Stuart was published by American Mercury in January of 1933, Stuart credited Robert Penn Warren and Donald Davidson for encouraging him to submit his work. A typescript of the poem, the first for which Stuart earned money, is among the four volumes comprising accession 59M31. Also in this accession are Three Hundred Acres of Elbow Room, Hair, and Toes. This manuscript was also published in American Mercury in 1934 and in the Yale Review in 1935. Hair appeared in The Best Short Stories of 1937. That same year Stuart's short story Toes was translated into Russian while Stuart was studying in Europe as a Guggenheim Fellow. Accession 76W1 contains a typescript of Stuart's poem Summer Has Faded. It is dated June 26, 1971, inscribed to William J. Luetge with an autograph. Other accessions have not been fully processed but are available for use. These include papers, photographs, and correspondence with the University Press of Kentucky, Mark Bittner, Lawrence Thompson, Herbert Jenkins, and Paul Neal. One accession contains broadsides of two Stuart poems, Call In God and Hell. Stubblefield Family Papers, 1797-1892Collection Number: Microfilm No. M-119 (1 reel), 63M275 (7 pieces) Personal and business papers of a Mason County, Kentucky family include slave bills of sale, correspondence, indentures, tax receipts, and an account book of a Maysville, Kentucky metal worker. Stubblefield, Vernon C. Papers, 1902-1942Collection Number: Microfilm No. 56M-192 (1 reel) Correspondence, patent applications, news clippings, drawings and photographs relating to Nathan B. Stubblefield's invention of the "wireless telephone" or radio. News clippings document the efforts of individuals in Murray, Kentucky, including Stubblefield's son, Vernon, to prove his father was the inventor of the radio instead of Marconi. Swinford, Mac (1899-1975) Collection, 1932-1975Collection Number: 96M4 (36 cubic ft.) Mac Swinford was born on December 22, 1899, in Cynthiana, Kentucky. Upon graduating from Cynthiana High School in 1919, he attended the University of Virginia. He began law practice with his father, M.C. Swinford, after attaining his law degree in 1925. Like his father, Swinford served as a Kentucky state representative from Harrison County in the Kentucky General Assembly from 1926 to 1928. He was appointed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky in 1933, and was named United States Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937. In 1963 Swinford became chief judge of the Eastern District of Kentucky. He stepped down in 1969, although he continued to hear cases in the Eastern District until his death in 1975. These papers contain family genealogy, legal papers, political correspondence, as well as personal papers and memorabilia. Also included are copies of Swinford's humorous book titled Kentucky Lawyer. Swinford's 38-year judicial career stands as one of the longest of any federal judge. An unpublished inventory is available. See also the oral history interview with Swinford in the Fred M. Vinson Oral History Project located in the Oral History Program Collection. Swope, King (1893-1961) Papers, 1884-1950Collection Number: 61M248 (39 volumes, 100 pieces) These are the scrapbooks, pamphlets, speeches, posters, photographs, and correspondence of King Swope, U.S. Congressman, lawyer, and judge. Swope, a native of Boyle County, Kentucky, began practicing law in Lexington. After World War One, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1919-1921) from Kentucky's 8th Congressional District. When he failed to win re-election, he returned to his law practice. In 1931 Governor Flem D. Sampson appointed Swope to a judgeship in the Fayette County Circuit Court. He served in that capacity until 1940, when he again resumed his private law practice. In 1935, as the Republican nominee, he lost the gubernatorial election to Lieutenant Governor A.B. "Happy" Chandler, and in 1939 he again became the Republican nominee for governor by defeating John Sherman Cooper in the primary. The scrapbooks reflect Swope's activity in Republican party politics. They are filled with news clippings of almost every political event, speech, or individual that was deemed reportable at the time and thus offer an excellent picture of media coverage of political events from 1920 to 1950. An unpublished inventory is available. Talbert Family Papers, 1809-1893Collection Number: 56M284 (.4 cubic ft.) Correspondence, legal documents, and financial records generated by this family of Bourbon and Nicholas county natives, including records of slave sales and Sims and Heath Stock Company materials. Tanner, Joseph M. Typescript, no dateCollection Number: 59M28 (160 leaves) This Lexington, Kentucky, lawyer recorded his recollections of Lexington between 1875 and 1925, noting houses, businesses, politics, practicing attorneys in the city, and city council members. Tarvin, A. H. Scrapbook, 1920-1939Collection Number: Microfilm No. 54M-124 (1 reel) Scrapbook includes news clippings on Kentucky and U.S. politics, the theater in Louisville, baseball, and trivia about Louisville and its history. Tarvin, a journalist, wrote for the Louisville Herald Post and News and Enquirer. Included are news clippings on the senatorial campaign between Richard P. Ernest and J.C.W. Beckham, a contest noted for its attempts to appeal to first-time women voters. Taul, Micah (1785-1850) Memoirs, 1848-1850Collection Number: 65M116 (64 leaves) Typescript of memoirs of a U.S. Congressman from Kentucky from 1814 to 1816. Includes descriptions of his service during the War of 1812. Taylor, Hubbard (1760-1840) Papers, 1772-1858Collection Number: 61M139 (1 cubic ft.) Kentucky state senator and surveyor of Lincoln County, Kentucky, Taylor's papers include letters, survey reports, bills of sale, maps related to land surveys and transfers. Includes letters by General James Taylor, the founder of Newport, Kentucky, and Kentucky Senator George M. Bibb. An unpublished inventory is available. Taylor, James H. (1871-1957) Papers, 1895-1900Collection Number: 72M28 (40 pieces) Papers of a Kentucky Attorney General and Republican nominee for the 1899 gubernatorial election. Most materials relate to that controversial election. Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850) Papers, 1812-1850Collection Numbers: 60M127, 61M242, 62M35, 62M80, 62M81, 63M55, 63M59, 63M102, 87M3, 87M17 (18 pieces) A Virginian by birth, Taylor, soldier and 12th President of the United States, was raised in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He pursued a military career and received a commission as a first lieutenant of infantry in 1808. A captain in 1812, Taylor successfully defended Fort Harrison on the Wabash River in Indiana, the first American land victory in the War of 1812. This accomplishment won him the brevet of major. Two letters in the Taylor Papers date from 1812. In the earliest, to General James Taylor at Newport, Kentucky, Zachary Taylor commented on strategies for troop movement from Frankfort to Louisville and Newport and on to Fort Harrison to relieve Captain Josiah Snelling. Three weeks later he wrote to General Thomas H. Cushing from Vincennes, Indiana, regarding his limited success in recruiting soldiers. In the late 1830s Taylor served two years in Florida fighting the Seminole Indians. In a letter of 1839 written from Fort King, Florida, Taylor commented on the need for the troops due to arrive from Newport, Kentucky. In the late 1830s Taylor served two years in Florida fighting the Seminole Indians. In a letter of 1839 written from Fort King, Florida, Taylor commented on the need for the troops due to arrive from Newport, Kentucky. Taylor maintained homes in Louisville and owned plantations in Louisiana and Mississippi. He wrote to Colonel M. White of New Orleans of cotton sales and floods on his property in a letter dated 1842. In the years before the Mexican War, Taylor was involved in guarding frontier settlements and maintaining his agricultural and property interests. During the Mexican War, Taylor had his most significant victory during the Battle of Buena Vista in February of 1847. In a letter to Dr. R.G. Wood written from Aqua Nueva, Mexico, on March 1, 1847, Taylor discussed "the bloody and hard fought battle" and its aftermath. Due in part to his triumphs in Mexico, Taylor was nominated for the presidency by the Whig party in 1848. In another letter to Dr. Wood (87M17) written by Taylor in Monterey, Mexico, on October 12, 1847, he discussed the Mexican War. Taylor also commented on his feelings regarding his presidential aspirations and on Henry Clay's role in the election of 1848. In a letter written from Brassos Island, Texas, to Congressman Andrew Stewart in 1847, Taylor discussed his feelings toward the nomination. In two letters of July 1848 he commented further on his candidacy and on a biographical sketch about his life. One letter dates from Taylor's brief term as President. On July 5, 1850, four days before he died, Taylor wrote to a gentleman in Boston thanking him for some fish he had sent. Teagarden and Shryock Records, 1817-1819Collection Number: 63M148 (1 volume) Account ledger kept by dry goods merchants William Teagarden and Jacob Shryock of Lexington, Kentucky. Tharp, Everette Papers, 1958-1976Collection Number: 87M13 (.5 cubic ft.) These are primarily photocopies of materials loaned by union activist Everette Tharp, relating to the Appalachian Committee for Full Employment and the LKLP (Letcher, Knott, Leslie, Perry counties in Kentucky) Community Action Council. Included is information on the Roving Picket Movement, organized in the early 1960s by coal miners in protest of United Mine Workers retirement policies. For more information about the roving picket movement, see the Roving Pickets Coal Mining Oral History Project in the Oral History Program. Theobald, Edward S. Papers, 1862-1863Collection Number: 69M25 (16 pieces) State financial agent Theobald went to Washington, D.C. to plead for federal aid for maintenance of Kentucky's Unionist militia during the Civil War. Correspondence dates from his trip and includes an envelope on which both President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton wrote notes. In a letter to his wife, Theobald gave a detailed account of his interviews with the president and secretary of war. Thomas, Jean (1881-1982) ScrapbookCollection Number: 87M47 (1 volume) Jean Thomas, the "Traipsin Woman," was a folklorist who published nine books covering various aspects of eastern Kentucky folklore. She also started the American Folk Song Festival in 1930 that was held annually near her home in Ashland, Kentucky, until 1972. This scrapbook, subtitled "The Life and the Legend," was compiled by a University of Kentucky student, Jerry Groce, whose home is also in Ashland. Thompson, May Ringo (1868-1940) Papers, 1780-1940Collection Number: 47M83 (.4 cubic ft.) Thompson, a Fleming County, Kentucky, native, served as superintendent of Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, and was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution. Materials include correspondence, legal documents, photographs, and financial papers relating to the Ringo family and her work with the DAR. An unpublished inventory is available. Thomson Family Papers, 1838-1901Collection Number: 63M364 (9 pieces) Collection includes deeds, receipts of slave transactions, bills and a list of Clark County, Kentucky, men who enlisted in the Confederate Army. Thornton, David L. (1844-1923) Papers, 1864-1902Collection Number: 61M256 (2.7 cubic ft.) Correspondence, a Civil War diary, military records, and legal documents that pertain to the career of this Woodford County, Kentucky, native who served under Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, then worked as an attorney in Versailles, Kentucky. He also served a term in the Kentucky General Assembly (1885-1886), and as president of the Kentucky Bar Association (1905-1906). Correspondents include W.C.P. Breckinridge, James K. Patterson, and Caleb Powers. An unpublished inventory is available. Thurman, Burrell H. (1809-1895) Papers, 1836-1895Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-312 (2 reels) Correspondence, business papers, and records of a lumber businessman and president of the Louisville Chair and Furniture Manufacturing Company. An unpublished inventory is available. Titler, George J. (1895-1976) Collection, 1966-1974Collection Number: 87M59 (6 cubic ft.) George J. Titler is perhaps best known as the author of Hell in Harlan, an account of his union organizing activities in Harlan County, Kentucky, during the late 1930s. But Titler also served as vice-president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1966 to 1972. It was during his term, and that of President Tony Boyle, that many UMWA miners began challenging the union management. Initially, the rebelling miners focused on electing Joseph "Jock" Yablonski as the reform candidate for president of the UMWA in the 1969 election, but Boyle and Titler won. Yablonski challenged the legality of the election. Before the U.S Department of Labor began its investigation, Yablonski, his wife, and daughter were murdered. Following Yablonski's death a more radical mood dominated, and the Miners for Democracy movement emerged from the rank and file. The material in this collection deals primarily with this period of reform in the UMWA. In addition to office records and personal papers, the collection also contains photographs (transferred to the Photograph Archives). Todd Family Papers, 1842-1884Collection Numbers: 58W9 (3 pieces), 62M40 (120 pieces) A Shelby County, Kentucky, family's letters and documents that describe life at Science Hill Academy. An unpublished inventory is available. Todd, John (d. 1782) Papers, 1779-1802Collection Number: 55W23 (9 pieces) Land transactions of Todd who was a lawyer, soldier, and frontiersman in Kentucky. Todd, Robert Papers, 1780-1852Collection Numbers: 49W25 (32 pieces), 55W32 (10 pieces) Fragments of legal cases concerning the settlement of the estates of the Todd and Parker families of Lexington, Kentucky. Includes a document signed by Abraham Lincoln, Robert Todd's son-in-law. Todd, Thomas vs. William Bush, 1780-1809Collection Number: 49W25 (39 pieces) Legal documents relating to a suit concerning a land dispute case heard in Fayette County, Kentucky, about 1,200 acres of land in Madison County, Kentucky. "underline">Townsend, John Wilson (1885-1968) Papers, 1908-1936Collection Numbers: Microfilm No. 50M-55 (1 reel), 53M120 (portfolio), 54M51 (1 volume), 63M160 (28 pieces), 73M3 (200 leaves) Papers of an author and historian. Collection includes a scrapbook (54M51), news clippings, memorabilia, drafts of publications, typescripts, and galley proofs of articles. Accession 53M120 contains the Ambrose Barbour and Idleberg papers. Toynbee, Arnold Joseph Letters, 1909-1948Collection Number: Microfilm No. 75M-770 (1 reel) Letters by English historian Arnold Toynbee to his childhood friend, fellow student, and Kentucky native Robert Shelby Darbishire (1886-1949). These letters describe travel and personal matters and provide little on Toynbee's professional career. rline">Trabue Family Papers, 1700-1899Collection Numbers: 51M2 (2.3 cubic ft.), 52W66 (4 pieces) Legal documents, land grants, surveys, correspondence, and financial records of the Trabue family of Woodford, Bourbon, Franklin, and Adair counties in Kentucky. Also included is a document signed by Daniel Boone. An unpublished inventory is available. Transylvania Company Records, 1790-1834Collection Number: 55W45 (6 pieces) Legal documents, correspondence, and news clippings on a land dispute involving Richard Henderson and the Transylvania Company. Transylvania University Records, 1780-1839Collection Numbers: Microfilm No. M-36 (2 reels), 55W47 (11 leaves) Legal documents, legislative material, minutes, resolutions, and financial records relating to the founding of Transylvania Seminary (now University) in Lexington, Kentucky, the oldest institution of higher learning west of the Alleghenies. Many documents pertain to the acquisition of land. Trustees records are also included. Troutman Family Papers, 1729-1885Collection Number: 55M7 (.8 cubic ft.) Correspondence, financial and business records of a family who operated a tannery and farm in Nelson County, Kentucky. There is also a list of slaves owned by the family. An unpublished inventory is available. Troy Presbyterian Church (Woodford County, KY) Records, 1875-1954Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-353 (1 reel) True, Clinton Jones Papers, 1861-1892Collection Numbers: 59M46, 59M47, 62M99 (82 pieces) Correspondence, broadsides, photographs, and military papers pertaining to a Union Army officer who served with the 40th and 53rd regiments of the Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and as a diplomatic counsel on the island of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Turner, Daniel Papers, 1796-1908Collection Number: Microfilm No. 56M-207 (1 reel) Correspondence and business records related to tobacco shipping and agriculture. Most of the material originated with Turner, a resident of Green County. Turner, Thomas O. Papers, 1872-1953Collection Numbers: 55M70 (1.8 cubic ft., 50 volumes), Microfilm No. M-161 (1 reel) A merchant at Cerulean Springs, Kentucky, and a state senator from the Third District (1928-1938), Turner participated in the legislation for free textbooks and the fight against the sales tax. His papers relate primarily to his legislative career, and include correspondence with A.B. "Happy" Chandler, Ollie M. James, Marvel Mills Logan, Thomas Underwood, A.O. Stanley, Simeon Willis, and others. Microfilm accession M-161 contains letters relating to public affairs, Murray, Kentucky, and Muddy Fork Church (1895-1912). An unpublished inventory is available. Tuttle, John W. Diary, 1860-1867Collection Numbers: 69M40 ( 1 volume), Microfilm No. 51M-45 (1 reel) Volume contains a bound typescript of a diary that Tuttle, a Wayne County, Kentucky, lawyer, kept during the Civil War while serving in the Union Army. He saw combat at the battles of Shiloh, Lookout Mountain, and Atlanta. Twyman Brothers Records, 1886-1894Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-440 (1 reel) Indexed account ledger of Versailles grocery store. Collection Names: U-X Underwood Family Papers, 1838-1894Collection Number: Microfilm No. 59M-355 (1 reel) Collection of a McLean County, Kentucky, family, including papers of a militia soldier (ca. 1840's-1850's), and farmer Granville Underwood (1816-1894). Underwood, Thomas Rust Papers, 1896-1956Collection Number: 61M274 (8,000 pieces, 6 volumes) The various interests of a Hopkinsville, Kentucky, native. Underwood worked for the Lexington Herald from 1916 to 1956, serving as editor between 1935 and 1956. Much of his writing for the Herald was in the form of political columns. Correspondence, speeches, editorial materials, news clippings, scrapbooks, pamphlets and picture are among the holdings and reflect the issues that influenced Underwood. He also served as president of the Kentucky Press Association (1939), secretary of the National Association of State Racing Commissioners, and in Washington as an assistant to Fred M. Vinson, then director of the Office of Economic Stabilization. Active in Kentucky politics, Underwood was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1948 and reelected in 1950. He was named to the U.S. Senate in 1951 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Virgil M. Chapman. There is little in this collection from Underwood's congressional years. There are two groups of papers: a general file and a political file. Much of the general file consists of editorial material and correspondence. Broad subjects covered in the general file pertain to Kentucky issues, including tobacco, legislation, and speeches. The political papers are in two groups: a chronological file and a name file. The chronological file covers Democratic campaigns in Kentucky at various levels from 1923 to 1956. The name file consists of folders that include correspondence and biographical material about the person listed. Correspondents represented in the Underwood papers include: Alben W. Barkley, Desha Breckinridge, Virgil Chapman, Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Earle C. Clements, James M. Cox, James Farley, Albert Gore Sr., Keen Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Estes Kefauver, Thruston B. Morton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Richard B. Russell, Jouett Shouse, A.O. Stanley, Harry S Truman, and Fred M. Vinson. An unpublished inventory is available. Union Baptist Church (Harrison County, KY) Records, 1801-1909Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-465 (1 reel) United Baptist Church of Jesus Christ (Mays Lick, KY) Records, 1788-1947Collection Number: Microfilm No. 71M-722 (1 reel) United States Post Office (Lexington, KY) Account BookCollection Number: 62M122 (1 cubic ft.) Postmaster's account book details arrivals and departures in the Lexington post office. Uttinger, George M. Account Books, 1859-1872Collection Number: 46M156 (4 volumes)A Lexington area carpenter and builder who operated shops on Upper and Third Streets. Van Cleve, L. F. Journal, 1850-1852Collection Number: Microfilm No. 64M-587 (1 reel) Journal kept by a Methodist minister in the northeast region of Kentucky around Maysville and Springfield. Journal entries note travel, sermons, and family life. Van Meter, Mary E. Diary, 1862-1863Collection Number: Microfilm No. 54M-98 (1 reel) When the Union Army entered Bowling Green, Kentucky, Van Meter, her family, and slaves fled south to Tennessee and Alabama. This transcription of her diary provides descriptions of the family's flight, Nashville, Tennessee, after the loss of Fort Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, and civilian life during the war. Veterinary Remedy Company (Lexington, KY) Cashbook, 1890-1897Collection Number: 60M106 (1 volume) Vinson, Frederick Moore Papers, 1907-1953Collection Number: 72M2 (189 cubic ft.) Papers and documents relating to attorney, congressman, and thirteenth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Frederick Moore Vinson offers researchers a wealth of information about such topics as Kentucky politics, the New Deal era, the World War Two years, postwar economic readjustment, and the work of the postwar Supreme Court as it established the ground work for future opinions regarding civil rights and other issues. Correspondence, photographs, court decisions, agency reports, government documents, press releases, statistics, and executive orders are among the holdings in this collection. Vinson was born in Louisa, Kentucky, and served as commonwealth attorney for the 32nd District of Kentucky from 1921 to 1924. He was elected from the Ninth District to two consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1924-1928. In 1930, he was voted into the office again. He continued in that capacity until 1937, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Vinson associate justice of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, a post Vinson held from 1938 to 1943. In addition, he was chief judge of the Emergency Court of Appeals from 1942-1943. Vinson resigned from the Judiciary in 1943 to accept an appointment as director of the Board of Economic Stabilization. In March 1945, he was appointed Federal Loan Administrator; less than a month later, Roosevelt named Vinson War Mobilization and Reconstruction Director. From 1945 until 1946, Vinson served as Secretary of the Treasury, and from 1946 until his death in 1953, as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Vinson papers are divided into twenty-five series which relate to the many offices Vinson held in the three branches of the government. Among the most frequently represented correspondents are Louis Arnett, Alben W. Barkley, Hugo Black, Harold Burton, Harry F. Byrd, Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Virgil M. Chapman, Thomas C. Clark, Clark Clifford, William O. Minton, Stanley F. Reed, A. Willis Robertson, Harry S Truman, and Thomas R. Underwood. An unpublished inventory is available. Wait, Cyrenius Papers, 1790-1950Collection Numbers: 73M6 (3 volumes, 337 pieces), Microfilm No. 51M-17 (1 reel) Land grants and business correspondence of a landowner in Pulaski County, Kentucky, who was engaged in salt making, coal mining, and farming. Walby, Lucy E. Papers, 1878-1931Collection Number: 73M8 (1.8 cubic ft.) These are the papers of the first kindergarten principal at Morton School in Lexington, Kentucky. She became the head of Maxwell School when it opened in 1903, and stayed there until her retirement in 1931. The papers are in two sections: the larger part concern her work in the kindergartens of Lexington, while the smaller portion deals with the Girls Friendly Society of the Episcopal Church and the Mission School at Proctor in Lee County, Kentucky. The collection includes photographs. Warren, Robert Penn Papers, ca. 1929-1971Collection Number: 78M1 (28 cubic ft.) Prize winning author Robert Penn Warren donated numerous manuscript items to the University of Kentucky. Combined with several boxes of deposit items, the collection reflects over 40 years of Warren's prolific literary career. The collection is divided into thirteen series: (1) fiction, (2) short fiction, (3) manuscripts of plays (4) manuscripts of poems, (5) manuscripts of non-fiction, (6) manuscripts of articles and essays, ((7) manuscripts of book reviews, (8) manuscripts of speeches, lectures and tributes, (9) manuscripts of textbooks, (10) manuscripts of interviews and tapes, (11) miscellaneous material, and manuscripts of deposit items. Included in these series are typescripts, usually carbon, of Warren's literary production. Born in 1905 in Guthrie, a small town in southwest Kentucky, Warren was active in the fields of literary criticism and poetry. He was considered a preeminent American poet and was named Poet Laureate in 1986. Warren has been recognized for high achievement in many genres of literature. In 1947, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for All the King's Men, a classic novel of political power in the South. The typescript introduction to the Time edition (1936) of All the King's Men is among the fiction holdings. There are also typescripts for The Cave (1959), Band of Angels (1955), Flood: A Romance of Our Time (1963), Wilderness (1961), portions of So Clear, O Victory, and one untitled manuscript dated 1933-1934. Warren won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1957 for Now and Then: Poems 1954-1956, and again in 1979 for Promises: Poems 1976-1978s. One box of material consists of poems, most dating from the late 1950s. As a Rhodes Scholar, Warren earned a Bachelor of Letters degree from Oxford in 1930. He had already been granted a B.A. from Vanderbilt (1925) and a M.A. from the University of California at Berkley (1927). Among the earliest writings in the Warren Collection is a typescript of his 1930 Oxford thesis, "A Study of John Marston's Satires." Warren published his first book, John Brown: The Making of a Martyr, in 1929. The collection includes a map "sketching" for this book which Warren initialed. Between 1930 and 1932, Warren wrote God's Own Time, a novel set in Kentucky in 1910-1914. The collection contains the first revised draft of this unpublished manuscript. An unpublished inventory is available. Washington, Kentucky Trustees Minutes, 1794-1849Collection Number: Microfilm No. 82M-793 (1 reel) Washington Presbyterian Church (Mason County, KY) Record Book, 1882-1906Collection Number: Microfilm No. 62M-436 (1 reel) Watterson, Henry Papers, 1867-1921Collection Numbers: 56M219, 56M220, 59M17, 63M199, 64M99, 67M93, 71M4 (9 pieces) This Tennessee native wrote for such publications as Harper's Weekly, the New York Times, and the New York Tribune. After serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, he re-established the Republican Banner newspaper of Nashville before becoming managing editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1868. For fifty years he retained this position and was one of the most influential and respected newspapermen of his time, taking strong positions devoted to Jeffersonian philosophy. These materials consist of autograph letters and editorials by Henry Watterson, along with various newspaper articles. The letters are from Watterson to Henry Wilder Allen (64M199), General Brice (67M93), Augustus Thomas (56M119), and the English publisher, Alexander Macmillan (71M4). Watterson sent Macmillan a copy of the Republican Banner. Several editorials by Watterson from the Courier-Journal are included (59M17). Newspaper articles on Kentucky history are also contained in the papers, as are obituaries, and a memorial pamphlet written on the death of Watterson (63M199). Watts, Edward Combs Papers, 1929-1952Collection Numbers: Microfilm Nos. 52M-78, M-87 (2 reels) These materials were assembled by Watts, minister of the Simpsonville Methodist Church. They concern Methodism in Kentucky. Watts, John C. Papers, 1948-1971Collection Numbers: 73M7 (97.2 cubic ft.), Microfilm No. M-87 (2 reels) Born in Nicholasville, this attorney was active in state politics from 1928 until 1951, when he was elected to the U.S. Congress to represent Kentucky's Sixth District. He remained in this position until his death 20 years later. As a Democratic congressman, Watts proved to be a moderate conservative who strongly supported the tobacco and whiskey industries. Among the committees on which Watts served were the Committee on Agriculture, the Public Works Committee, and the Ways and Means Committee, of which he was the second ranking member at the time of his death. These are Watts' congressional papers. The legislative series contains Watts' committee files (including Ways and Means Committee and others), speeches, voting record, and bills introduced to Congress. The presidents' messages to Congress are also in the Legislative Series. The Subject Series contains a variety of topics that were significant during Watts' terms in the U.S. Congress. Documents of several governmental agencies are present in the series. The agencies that are best represented in these documents include the Army, Navy, Veteran's Administration, Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and the Post Office Department. Watts' copious correspondence with Senator Thruston B. Morton, Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, and other Kentucky politicians cover such topics as U.S. Post office appointments, veterans' affairs, tobacco, and the Railroad Retirement Bill. The Miscellaneous series consists of newsletters, news releases, news clippings, personal files that contain Watts' speeches and voting record, and papers relating to the service academies. These materials give insight into Watts' positions on various issues. There are photographs scattered throughout various series. An unpublished inventory is available. Wetherby, Lawrence W. Papers, 1926-1958Collection Number: 82M8 (19.8 cubic ft.) Born in Middletown, Kentucky, Wetherby was elected lieutenant governor of Kentucky in 1947, and became the state's 48th governor in 1950 when then-Governor Earle C. Clements was elected to the U.S. Senate. The following year, Wetherby was elected to a full term, during which time he encouraged public education, conservation measures, and mental health reform. These are primarily the papers from Wetherby's term as governor. The materials consist of correspondence, speeches, executive orders, photographs, press releases, news clippings, editorials, election results, campaign literature, political cartoons, scrapbooks, appointment books, printed books, and other miscellaneous documents. The correspondence covers a wide range of topics with green carbon copies of letters to Earle C. Clements, Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, John Sherman Cooper, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Estes Kefauver, Carl D. Perkins, Thomas R. Underwood, Fred M. Vinson, John C. Watts, Garrett Withers, and many others. The topics listed in the subject file include: Attorney General, executive budget, campaigns, insurance, legislature, politics, senatorial vacancy, and toll roads. A few executive orders and copies of letters written by Wetherby's predecessor, Earle C. Clements, are also included. The photographs portray Alben W. Barkley, Clements, Mrs. Helen Wetherby, Emerson "Doc" Beauchamp, and others fraternizing with Wetherby at sporting and political events, as well as family gatherings. The thirteen scrapbooks, compiled by Frank G. Drewry, use articles from the Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times to document Governor Wetherby's administration. A published inventory is available. Wheeler, Charles K. (1863-1933) Papers, 1879-1933Collection Number: 92M4 (3.5 cubic ft.) Wheeler was born in Christian County, Kentucky, on the plantation of his father, Dr. James Wheeler. His education was largely by tutors or private instruction until he attended Law School at Lebanon, Tennessee. After his graduation from law school at the age of seventeen, the Kentucky legislature passed a special act which "relieved Charles K. Wheeler, of Christian County, of the disabilities of infancy." As a result, Wheeler was able to begin the practice of law. Wheeler moved to Paducah, Kentucky, and formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, James Campbell. He became Corporation Counsel of the City of Paducah during the first term of Mayor Dr. D.A. Yeiser. In 1896, at the age of 33, Wheeler ran for the U.S. House of Representatives against the incumbent, John K. Hendrick. He served three terms in Congress before retiring to practice law once again. Certain incidents of Wheeler's public service were widely publicized. After the termination of the Spanish-American War, he opposed the appropriation of twenty million dollars to be paid to Spain for ceding the Philippine Islands to the United States. He was opposed to the United States becoming involved as a colonial power, encumbered with remote possessions. During the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, Prince Henry of Prussia, the brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II, visited the United States in order to receive a yacht that had been manufactured there. This incident and the proposed participation by the United States government and members of the president's family in the coronation of King Edward VII of England, caused Wheeler to express his discontent with the situation on the floor of the House of Representatives. In his speech, Wheeler announced his disapproval of the "flunkeyism, toadyism, and snobbery" of the Roosevelt administration, claiming favoritism toward foreign kings and princes, particularly Prince Henry. The opposition sought to make political capital of the event, and nationwide comment and publicity resulted. The enormous mail that Wheeler received after his speech ranged from high commendation to threats of assassination. The incident was recalled and publicized again during World War One when it was suggested that Prince Henry's visit was the beginning of German propaganda efforts in the United States. During his service in Congress, Wheeler formed a partnership with Mark Worten. Later, after his retirement from Congress, he formed a partnership with D.H. Hughes and W.A. Berry. The firm of Wheeler, Hughes and Berry represented the railroads and utilities serving Paducah and enjoyed an active practice. The firm later became Wheeler and Hughes after the retirement of Judge Berry. In 1911, Wheeler's son, James, became a member of the firm of Wheeler and Hughes. In 1930, Hughes retired and Wheeler formed a new firm with Roy M. Shelbourne of Bardwell, Kentucky. The firm Wheeler and Shelbourne continued until Wheeler's death in 1933. During his legal career, Wheeler argued cases in the state and federal courts of western Kentucky, the Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. This collection consists of correspondence from across the country related to his speech on "flunkeyism", legal documents and cases, and personal material. An unpublished inventory is available. Wheeler, James G. Papers, 1919-1947Collection Number: 92M3 (15 cubic ft.) These are the legal papers of James G. Wheeler, son of Charles K. Wheeler. James Wheeler began the practice of law in 1911 in his father's firm of Wheeler and Hughes, and specialized in utility, coal, and transportation litigation. There is some interesting material pertaining to citizens' military training camps in the late 1930s, and the Kentucky League for British Victory in the early 1940s. This collection consists of legal documents, correspondence, reports, and newsletters dealing with the National Coal Association, Bituminous Coal Commission, Gulf Transport Company, and Kentucky Railroad Association, as well as legal cases Wheeler participated in. An unpublished inventory is available. Wheelwright, Kentucky Collection, 1945-1979Collection Number: 88M6 (ca. 135 cubic ft.) Wheelwright, located in eastern Kentucky's Floyd County, is a town created by the coal industry. According to Stephen King's historical account, Wheelwright began to take shape in 1911, the same year the railroad line into town was completed. Elk Horn Coal Corporation developed Wheelwright as a coal camp, just as it had nearby Weeksbury several years earlier. Incorporated in 1917, the town was named after the president of Consolidation Coal Company, Jere Hungerford Wheelwright; Elk Horn bought its properties from Consolidation. In 1930, Inland Steel purchased the Wheelwright coal camp because the nearby seams were rich with metallurgical coal. The company immediately began development of its captive mines and town and retained E.R. "Jack" Price as manager of coal properties. Price believed, like other welfare capitalists, that it was a good investment to be interested in community welfare and improvement as well as mine safety and efficiency. Under Price's direction, Inland modernized Wheelwright's coal operations and properties. In fact, many referred to Wheelwright as "the town that Jack built." Wheelwright grew and prospered, boasting such services as a hotel, library, hospital, golf course, movie theatre, bowling alley, and department store. However, by the mid-1960s conditions deteriorated in Wheelwright due to the change in coal markets. Inland Steel sold the "model" town and its mines in January, 1966, to Island Creek Coal. Within eleven months Island Creek, keeping the mines, sold the town properties to Mountain Investment Company. By the early 1970s, Island Creek closed down its mining operations, leaving Wheelwright with a severe employment crisis. This collection contains records from three of the companies that owned Wheelwright: Inland Steel, Island Creek Coal, and Mountain Investment Company. The Inland Steel section contains little about the mining operations but is rich in detail about the town itself. House and building improvements and maintenance records, monthly and annual reports on the properties and general office files covering topics from "air conditioners" to "Women's Club," create a vivid picture of company town life--from the company's perspective. These records cover primarily the 1950s and 1960s. Two other important groups of records document the history of Wheelwright residents during Inland's ownership. Medical records from the 1930s to the 1960s contain daily and yearly medical reports made by company doctors, accident reports, individual doctor's files, and employee files. (These records are restricted. For more information see the Director or Assistant Director of Special Collections and Archives). Employee retirement files, while limited to those retiring in the 1960s, are often revealing of the company's attitudes towards the miners, and offer glimpses into individual work histories. The Island Creek records are primarily those of the coal operations, containing daily time reports, records of employee earnings, mine reports, and office files. The Mountain Investment Company section thoroughly records that company's ownership of Wheelwright from 1966 until 1979 when it sold the town to the Kentucky Housing Corporation, a state agency. The documentation includes utility files--from meter readings to financial records; accounts payable; an extensive house and building file containing everything from maintenance to payment records; and office files. An unpublished inventory is available. Whitehead, William Account Books, 1843-1846Collection Number: 62M111 (4 volumes) Records of sales of farm equipment and blacksmithing in Frankfort. Wickliffe-Preston Family Papers, 1753-1897Collection Number: 63M349 (80 cubic ft.) The Wickliffe-Preston papers are divided into two groups-- the Robert Wickliffe Papers and the William Preston Papers. Robert Wickliffe (1775-1859) was a successful attorney and early settler of Kentucky. He served in the state legislature as a representative from Fayette County in 1819, 1823, and 1825, and as a state senator from 1825 to 1833. This group includes his personal, business and professional papers that document the early settlement of Kentucky. Wickliffe corresponded or had legal and business dealings with a number of noted politicians, lawyers, and businessmen. There are documents from statesmen John C. Breckinridge and Henry Clay, and artist Joel Tanner Hart. Zachary Taylor wrote to Wickliffe from Monterey, Mexico, of his reluctance to become a presidential candidate (1847). Land on the Cumberland River is the topic of a document by explorer George Rogers Clark. Also included is a memorandum by Wickliffe's son Robert Wickliffe Jr., that provides the terms under which he fought a duel with Cassius M. Clay in 1840. There is also a will written by the younger Wickliffe the night before the duel. Among the Wickliffe papers are many letters, bills of sale, and contracts concerning slaves owned by Wickliffe, the largest slave holder in the state. There are indentures, receipts, legal and household documents which reveal the family's standard of living and daily activities. In 1840 Wickliffe's daughter, Margaret, married General William Preston (1816-1887) whose papers comprise the second group of this collection. Preston, a native Kentuckian, served as lieutenant-colonel of the 4th Kentucky Infantry in the Mexican War, was elected to several state offices, and served in Congress. In 1858 he was appointed envoy to Spain, but returned to this country in 1861 and joined the Confederate Army. During the Civil War he served as Confederate States Minister to Mexico, a mission which ultimately failed. In 1866 he and his family returned to Fayette County from their government-imposed exile in Canada. In 1875 Preston was elected president of the Texas Association, a post held previously by his uncle, George Hancock. This organization sought to reclaim Texas lands once held by the Association. Under Preston's leadership litigation regarding the Association's claim on Texas land eventually reached the Supreme Court. An 1883 decision ruled against the claim. Preston's papers include a journal in which he described his tour of duty during the Mexican War. Entries from November 1847 to May 1848 give details of various battles, descriptions of places and events, and notes and conversations with General Taylor. The Preston diaries and family correspondence dating from the Civil War and Reconstruction period illustrate his personal view of war and include many references to Confederate politics and relations with Mexico. There are papers from Preston's career in Congress. Numerous letters are from his Louisville constituency, including references to the 1855 'Bloody Monday" riots in Louisville. There are poll books and campaign literature, and a Senate bill which divides Kentucky into Congressional districts. From Preston's tenure as envoy to Spain, there are financial, business, and personal correspondences, including private letters from the U.S. Consul. Correspondence from political, legal and military figures include Thomas Hart Benton, Cassius M. Clay, and many others. There are several documents signed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. One is Davis' appointment of Preston as Minister to Mexico. A letter to Mrs. Preston from Mary Todd Lincoln notes their friendship. Included is Andrew Johnson's pardon and amnesty to Preston dated 1868. The Texas Association papers include letters, contracts, stock certificate books, surveys, maps, etc. Included with the Wickliffe-Preston papers are the Christy-Hepburn papers, George Hancock papers, Jason Rogers papers, Wickliffe Executor's papers, and Woolley Family papers. An unpublished inventory is available. The following additional Preston papers may be consulted: 75M4, 64M95, 64M124, 64M120, and 60M1501. Wilkinson, James Papers, 1784-1824Collection Number: 55W30 (29 pieces) Correspondence of James Wilkinson, a soldier and politician during the American Revolution and early republic, comprise this accession. Wilkinson served under Generals Benedict Arnold, Horatio Gates, and George Washington, and after being promoted to brigadier general, served as secretary of the Board of War and Clothier General. In 1789 he came to Kentucky and served with George Rogers Clark, and after several questionable business ventures reentered the army under General Anthony Wayne. After Wayne's death, he was transferred to the Southern frontier where he served as governor of Louisiana. Wilkinson became involved with Aaron Burr and at Burr's trail barely escaped indictment. In 1809 a Congressional inquiry investigated Wikinson's entire career, and in 1811 President Madison requested a court martial and later approved the "not guilty" verdict "with regret". After a disastrous campaign in Canada during the War of 1812, Wilkinson was ordered back to Washington for another inquiry, and again was acquitted. Letters in this collection present evidence of some of Wilkinson's actions. For example, a letter to Anthony Wayne of February, 1794, urges Wayne to use Federal troops to stop George Rogers Clark, and warns that if he does not, the town in question "must all be victims of a lawless usurpation." Letters to Solomon Van Rennselaer, a captain under Wayne and later member of Congress, concern land purchases, court martial, and Wilkinson's defense of his behavior during the War of 1812. Willis, Albert Shelby Political Scrapbooks, 1866-1886Collection Number: Microfilm No. 60M-393 (1 reel) Willis, a lawyer, politician, and congressman, kept these scrapbooks relating to politics in Jefferson County and the nation. Willis, Simeon Slavens Papers, 1915-1959Collection Number: 69M9 (3.8 cubic ft.) These are some of the papers accumulated by Simeon S. Willis while he served as judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (1927-1932), and as governor of Kentucky (1943-1947). Correspondence covers a wide range of political topics, and include endorsements, petitions, and resolutions. The large number of letters from the year 1943 are primarily congratulatory notes to Willis. In addition to correspondence, there are budget reports, financial receipts, and texts of speeches given by Willis on a variety of topics. Among the political ephemera are materials such as election pamphlets and flyers, ballots, election returns, invitations, convention programs, and Republican party publications. Miscellaneous items include photographs, a scrapbook that concerns Mrs. Willis' trip to Harlan (March 1946), and news clippings mostly documenting Willis' gubernatorial administration. An unpublished inventory is available. Wilson Stewart Lodge Freemasons Minute Book, 1851-1913Collection Number: 53M6 (3 volumes) Minute books of a Freemasons lodge in Louisville, Kentucky. The first two volumes are written in German. Wilson, E. Reed Papers, 1935-1945Collection Number: 61M269 (4 cubic ft.) Letters, news clippings, photographs, and reports concerning Reed, who was elected mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, in 1935. Wilson, J. E. Papers, 1817-1948Collection Number: 62M108 (2.4 cubic ft.) Materials relate to the medical career and family life of Wilson, a Falmouth, Kentucky, physician and civic official. Wilson, Samuel MacKay Classified Papers, 1748-1941;World War One Papers, 1916-1941Collection Number: 51W`11 (32 cubic ft.);Collection Number: 51W20 (7.2 cubic ft.) Lawyer and historian, Judge Samuel M. Wilson was a Lexington attorney, World War One veteran, writer, church and civil leader, as well as a collector of books and manuscripts. One of his special interests was Kentucky history. After his death in 1946, the majority of Wilson's collection came to the University of Kentucky Library. When Mrs. Wilson died in 1959, the remaining books and manuscripts were added to the collection. Wilson's classified papers are arranged by subject and cover such topics as the American Legion, the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation, Genet Mission, Kappa Alpha, Kentucky Union Company, Transylvania Company, and Woodrow Wilson. These papers include lawsuits, legal papers, bank notes, church papers, correspondence, addresses, research notes, and genealogies. The papers on World War One include Wilson's personal and official correspondence, general orders, documents of the Judge Advocate Department, 77th Division, in which Wilson served, court martial decisions, maps, programs, magazines, postcards, pamphlets, pictures and insignia all relating to the war. An unpublished inventory is available. Winchester, James Logbook, 1812Collection Number: 87M14 This logbook is the daily journal and accounts of Brigadier General James Winchester. It records his orders and events of the Northwest Army of the U.S. commanded by Winchester from August 27 to November 9, 1812, preceding the massacre at the River Raisin (January 2, 1813) at Frenchtown, Michigan. Logbook entries are signed by Winchester, General John Payne, and Nathaniel F. Adams of the adjutant general department. Winchester and his troops were surprised by an attack of a combined force of British soldiers and Indians that either captured or killed his entire army in the massacre. Many of Winchester's men were from Kentucky. Winchester, Kentucky Board of Trustees 1795-1806Collection Number: 71M3, Microfilm No. M-31 (1 reel) Both the typed transcript (71M3) and the microfilm of the original volume (M-31) of the first minute book include records relating to funding for public buildings, resolutions concerning public laws, and land sales. A subject/name index has been added to the transcript. Withers Family Papers, 1816-1935Collection Number: 69M45 (.2 cubic ft.) Papers include business transactions and financial records and property holdings of Lewis Withers of Garnettsville in Meade County, Kentucky. Also contains materials from his sons who lived in Muldraugh, Kentucky. Withers, Garrett Lee (1884-1953) Papers, 1933-1953Collection Number: 77M8 (1.4 cubic ft.) These papers deal primarily with Withers' career in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate from 1949 to 1953. They contain correspondence, news releases, speeches made in the Senate and at different events by Withers and A.O. Stanley, and the memorial address delivered in Congress upon Withers' death. Autographed photographs of his congressional colleagues from 1950 are included, as well as a Pictorial Directory of the 81st Congress (1949). Withers' campaign materials, such as cards and posters, are also found in this collection, as well as various invitations and awards received from 1934 to 1953. News clippings, many of which are included in three scrapbooks, chronicle Withers' career in public office. A few personal letters written by Withers, his pencil drawings and sketches, and two tape recorded interviews of Withers (transferred to the Audio-Visual Archives) are also part of the collection. An unpublished inventory is available. Women's Democratic Club Papers, 1910-1945Collection Number: 50W29 (approximately 1,000 pieces) Chiefly the papers of Mary Shelby Wilson ( wife of Judge Samuel M. Wilson), a leader in women's political activities in Kentucky. An unpublished inventory is available. Woodson, Urey (1859-1939) PAPERS, 1898-1939Collection Number: Microfilm No. 55M-165 (1 reel), 55M40 (2.8 cubic ft.) This collection contains the correspondence and other papers of this newspaperman and politician, dating primarily from 1929 to 1939. Born in Madisonville, Kentucky, Woodson had a long and varied career in publishing and in politics. He was editor and publisher of the Owensboro Messenger from 1888 to 1929. Active in the Democratic party at both the state and national levels, he actively supported the careers of Alben W. Barkley, William Jennings Bryan, and William Goebel. He served on the Democratic National Committee from 1896 to 1916, and again from 1924 to 1928. He was rewarded for his services to Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1932 presidential election with the post of Alien Property Commissioner, a position he held from 1933 to 1939. Woodson's papers include many letters from Kentucky and national Democratic politicians and powerbrokers including Alben W. Barkley, Cordell Hull, James A. Farley, among others. There are a few letters from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, A.B. "Happy" Chandler, Young E. Allison, Josephus Daniels, Governor Keen Johnson, columnist Arthur Krock, Governor Ruby Laffoon, H.L. Mencken, and Lowell Thomas. Materials from 1938 and 1939 relate to Woodson's book on Kentucky Governor William Goebel, The First New Dealer, published shortly after Woodson's death. An unpublished inventory is available. Wooley Family ACCOUNT BOOKS, 1859-1902Collection Number: 47M10 (.4 cubic ft.) Account books of a miller in Lexington, Kentucky. Worster, Levi Diaries, 1863-1864Collection Number: 87M18 (2 volumes) In his two diaries, Worster provides an eyewitness account of life as a Union soldier during the Civil War. A Grant County, Kentucky, native, Worster served in Company G, 7th Regiment of Kentucky Cavalry. When not in combat, his duties as a corporal included picket and scouting assignments, as well as building and protecting camps. Diary entries describe ordinary events and marches through Kentucky and Tennessee. They also include vivid accounts of combat at Chickamauga and Stone River (Murfreesboro), harsh weather, and details of wounded and ill soldiers. Work Projects Administraion Writers' Program in Kentucky Kentucky: a guide to the Bluegrass State Typescript, 1939Collection Number: 46M55 (.4 cubic ft.) Wyatt, Wilson W. (1905-1996) Papers, 1926-1992Collection Number: 96M7 (150 cubic ft.) Wilson W. Wyatt was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1905. A graduate of Louisville's Male High School and the Jefferson School of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1927 and began his practice in Louisville. In 1930 he married Anne Kinnaird Duncan. He served as secretary to the Kentucky Bar Association from 1930 to 1934 before founding the law firm of Peter, Heyburn, Marshall and Wyatt in 1935. Wyatt became the principal legal counsel for the largest Kentucky newspaper, the Louisville Courier-Journal, and a friend of the newspaper's owner, Robert Worth Bingham. At Bingham's urging, Wyatt successfully ran for mayor of Louisville in 1941, and took office only days before the United States' entry into World War Two. As an ardent New Deal Democratic mayor, Wyatt oversaw the transformation of Louisville's business district to a wartime footing, and worked with the Kentucky General Assembly to modernize and streamline Louisville's city government. During the war years, Wyatt became a leading spokesperson for many national civic and public service organizations including the American Society of Planning Officials and the National Municipal League. He became the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles that detailed his ideas on government and municipal planning, which came to the attention of the White House. In the spring of 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped Wyatt to head an important mission to North Africa on behalf of the Board of Economic Warfare to draw up plans to coordinate economic development in that region to aid the war effort. After his mayoral term ended, President Harry S Truman appointed Wyatt housing expeditor in the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion in January 1946. Wyatt's New Deal philosophy in dealing with the problem of affordable housing for returning veterans came under fire from the Republican-controlled Congress. Upon receiving little support from the White House, Wyatt resigned as housing expeditor in December 1946. Upon his return to Louisville, Wyatt founded the law firm Wyatt and Grafton, and although a successful practicing attorney, he maintained his involvement in national politics. In 1947 he became the first chairman of Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), an organization founded by Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe Rauh, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Wyatt, and other leading liberals, to keep alive the spirit of the New Deal against the backlash of the policies of the Republican-controlled Congress. In 1952 Wyatt continued his involvement in national politics by managing Adlai Stevenson's unsuccessful campaign for the presidency against General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Wyatt was also a close advisor during Stevenson's 1956 presidential campaign. In 1958 Wyatt declared his candidacy for the office of governor of Kentucky. In the spring of 1959 in a move to enhance unity within the Democratic party, he withdrew from the governor's race and agreed to run for lieutenant governor on a united Democratic ticket with Bert T. Combs. The Combs-Wyatt ticket defeated Harry Lee Waterfield in the Democratic primary, and won handily in the fall election. During his term as lieutenant governor, Wyatt served as chairman of the Kentucky Economic Development Commission which provided new impetus in drawing new industry and businesses to Kentucky. Wyatt also was the force behind the establishment of the Spindletop Research Center, a think-tank/technology center affiliated with the University of Kentucky. In 1962 Wyatt ran for the U.S. Senate against the Republican incumbent, Thruston B. Morton. In a hard fought and often bitter campaign, Wyatt narrowly lost the election. In 1963 President John F. Kennedy sent Wyatt to Indonesia to mediate a dispute between U.S. oil companies and Indonesian President Sukarno. Sukarno had threatened to nationalize foreign oil operations, but after delivering a personnel message from President Kennedy, Wyatt was successful in negotiating an agreement. After his term as lieutenant governor ended, Wyatt returned to Louisville and established one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the state, the firm Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs. A close friend of Huber H. Humphrey since their tenure as mayors, Wyatt was asked to play an important role at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Under his guidance, a compromise was reached between the hawks and the doves regarding the Democratic party's Vietnam War plank. After leaving public office, Wyatt remained a civic leader in Louisville, and an advisor to presidential candidates, governors, and mayors until his death in 1996. This collection has been divided into nine series: Legal Series (1927-1978), Political Series (1928-1993), Personal Series (1940-1992), Anne D. Wyatt Series (1826-1964), Memorabilia Series (1928-1978), Photograph Series, Scrapbook and Guest Register Series, and Audio-Visual Series. An unpublished inventory is available. See also the oral history interviews with Wyatt in the Oral History Program Collection. Collection Names: Y-Z Yarberry, M. Rey Papers, 1807-1939Collection Numbers: 55M71 (180 pieces), 62M90 (10 pieces) Lawyer and member of the Kentucky General Assembly from Adair County, Kentucky, Mont Rey Yarberry served as secret service operative with the Internal Revenue Service. He returned to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1913, and in 1927 was selected by the Louisville Board of Public Safety to be chief detective. The papers include correspondence, news clippings, and journals on Yarberry and his career, most relating to his years as chief of detectives. An unpublished inventory is available. Young, E.G. Papers, 1792-1962Collection Number: 62M173 (2 cubic ft.) Personal and business papers of a Kentucky state representative from Warren County, Kentucky. Includes materials on Bowling Green, Kentucky. Zollinger, Rudolph Gottifried (1857-1902) Diary, 1885-1902Collection Number: Microfilm No. M-627 (1 reel) This Swiss bookbinder and printer writes in German of life at the Shaker community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, while he worked there from 1886 to 1887. An unpublished inventory is available.