Correspondence, 1959

The Correspondence Series consists of three boxes of materials covering the years 1926-1976. As mentioned in the introduction to this inventory, the records of the Pioneer National Monument Association and the Fort Boonesborough State Park Association have been interfiled and are arranged in chronological order. The records contain articles of incorporation, minutes of meetings, newspaper articles, deeds and contracts, publications and promotional materials, correspondence, and financial records. The correspondence of Dr. J. T. Dorris, long time president of the Pioneer National Monument Association, is particularly illuminating. Dorris worked tirelessly to promote the cause of Boonesborough. He received correspondence from Kentucky governors A. B. "Happy" Chandler through Edward T. Breathitt and letters from Kentucky's United States senators Alben W. Barkley, Earle C. Clements, John Sherman Cooper, and Thruston B. Morton and representative John C. Watts. Of particular interest is the lobbying efforts the associations carried on with various representatives of state government.