Blue Grass Army Depot (Ky.)
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Blue Grass Army Depot Cemeteries
Collection
Identifier: 0010-063
Scope and Contents
In 1941 the United States Army began purchasing land to build the Blue Grass Ordnance Depot, now known as the Blue Grass Army Depot. The army purchased two tracts of land outside the boundaries of the Depot and contracted with Sidney E. Haigh Company to remove nearly 1700 graves from dozens of family cemeteries to these tracts. Cemetery A on Highway 421 was for 'white' reinternments, and Cemetery B on Speedwell Pike was for 'colored' reinternments. During this process the Army created a...
Dates:
1942 - 1994
Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 2024A009
Scope and Contents
The Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office Records highlights the community work and information sharing accomplished by the outreach office in Madison County. The presentations, newsclippings, television news clip coverage, meeting minutes, and photographs display the ways that the outreach office was able to connect both with the public as well as with the military and the Blue Grass Army Depot. This collection displays the office’s dedication to ensuring transparency and knowledge...
Dates:
1966 - 2024; Acquisition: 2024-03-27
Citizen Action for a Safe Environment (CASE) Records
Collection
Identifier: 2012A049
Scope and Contents
CASE (Citizen Action for a Safe Environment) was formed in December 1979 in Madison County, Kentucky to address recent incidents of mishandling toxic and hazardous materials including a cloud of gas from the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) which covered the community of Peytontown. Their aim was a three-fold program of education, service and action aimed at finding solutions of problems attributed to the BGAD with the goal of protecting the community from the dangers of hazardous materials....
Dates:
1979 - 1982; Acquisition: 1984-12-03
Concerned Citizens of Madison County Records
Collection
Identifier: 2012A007
Scope and Contents
The Concerned Citizens of Madison County Collection is composed of a myriad of items that relate to the CCMC's struggle with convincing the government that on-site incineration of aging chemical weapons/agents at the Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot (LBAD) was not the ideal solution and poses a threat to the environment as well as the citizens of Madison County. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles covering the story from all over the nation, governmental reports, files...
Dates:
1983 - 1996; Acquisition: 1986-09-19
Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizen's Advisory Commission Records
Collection
Identifier: 2020A008
Scope and Contents
The Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens Advisory Committee was established by an act of Congress (Public Law No: 102-484) in 1992 to serve as a communication link between the communities surrounding the Blue Grass Army Depot and the Department of Defense relating to chemical demilitarization efforts. As a part of their mission their records consist of hundreds of publications and presentations documenting the process of determining a safe method of disposal of the chemical weapons at...
Dates:
1988 - 2013; Acquisition: 2018-08-28
Kentucky Environmental Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: 2024A005
Scope and Contents
The Kentucky Environmental Foundation (KEF) Records documents the community efforts of Madison County residents to encourage the safe disposal of chemical weapons in Madison County. This collection is largely yearly progress reports, chemical weapon risk reports prepared by the federal government, as well as reports prepared by private organizations regarding the safe disposal of chemical weapons. The collection also contains the meeting minutes, agendas, presentations, and advertisements...
Dates:
1980 - 2016; Acquisition: 2017-04-14
Carl D. Perkins Congressional Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2005A002
Abstract
Carl D. Perkins (1912-1984) served eastern Kentucky as a US Representative between 1948 and 1984. His papers contain legal documents and correspondence related to his activities in Congress and focus heavily on coal mining, flood control, education, labor and the Appalachian Region.
Dates:
1948 - 1984; Acquisition: 1984-11-29