The Cook Family

The Richard Alexander Edwards Collection documents the Cook and Gatewood families of Trimble County, KY, of which Pauline Cook, Edwards's wife, is a descendant. In addition to these family documents dating back to the early 19th century, there are scrapbooks documenting farm activities and daily life. R.A. Edwards added to the scrapbook collection with his notes on bee-keeping. School notes and teaching materials document the education and career of Edwards, especially related to the selection of textbooks. Some materials in this collection were donated throughout his tenure at EKU and were cataloged as a part of the book collection. These have been removed from the catalog and added to this collection to provide a single point of access for family materials.