Box 2
Container
Contains 16 Results:
1988 Madison's Heritage Articles, 1988
File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents
1988 features several interesting series on county people and institutions. Several articles deal with local legends Cassius M. Clay and Daniel Boone. There is also a series based on a 1906 directory which details old businesses in the county and other interesting facts. There is a good series on city schools from a 1926 bulletin, as well as a series on the Cane Spring Baptist Church. A few articles give some insight into the early history of Berea and others detail some of the treasures...
Dates:
1988
1989 Madison's Heritage Articles, 1989
File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents
The 1989 collection of Madison's Heritage features a good series on the Arlington House and the Hanger family. There is also a lengthy and interesting series profiling past Eastern faculty members based on information from professor Maude Gibson written in1936. There are also several articles on the impact of World War II on Madison County, as well as articles on buildings that once stood on Eastern's campus including Memorial Hall, Miller Gymnasium, and the faculty cottages. "Madison High...
Dates:
1989
1990 Madison's Heritage Articles, 1990
File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
Many articles in the 1990 Madison's Heritage collection deal with education in the county. There is a series on EKU's Crabbe Library and other articles about Eastern, Berea, Central University, and local high schools. "Why Did Model Disappear, Return?" gives insight into the school's struggle in the 1920s and '30s. Dr. Engle features several articles about sports in the county including the interesting articles, "District Once had Many Teams" and "All-Time High Score Remembered for 66...
Dates:
1990
1991 Madison's Heritage Articles, 1991
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: 4
Scope and Contents
Articles from the 1991 collection are characterized by variety. There is a good series about the location of county schools based on a 1934 Madison County Health Department map. There are also several articles based on information gathered from a 1939 newspaper. "Women have Played Major Role in Local History" and "Separate Hospital for Blacks Died of Financial Causes" show the influence women and African Americans have had on the county. A few articles discuss different characteristics of...
Dates:
1991
1992 Madison's Heritage Articles, 1992
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents
The 1992 collection of Madison's Heritage articles features a variety of subject matter, with articles on education, events, transportation, and government among other topics. Dr. Grise gives an overview of the tornado that hit Madison County in 1974, during the fifth year of the Madison's Heritage column. Several articles give further information on Eastern including student life, dorm life, and the founding of the Stateland Farm. "School Nicknames, Colors" gives interesting information on...
Dates:
1992
1993 Madison's Heritage Articles, 1993
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: 6
Scope and Contents
1993 features a very good series based on French Tipton's chronology, one of the most important early sets of documents on our county's early history, now housed in the EKU Library Archives. The chronology tells the history of the county from 1785-1899, and the Madison's Heritage articles published in 1993 give an overview of Tipton's information on the 1820s through the turn of the century. The authors continue to reflect on events, people, and businesses that impacted the county after the...
Dates:
1993
1994 Madison's Heritage Articles, 1994
File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: 7
Scope and Contents
The year 1994 features a series on early lawyers in Madison County based on a section of the French Tipton papers entitled "Lawyers and Lawmakers." There is also a series based on information from old 1960s Madison High Yearbooks. Several articles give background on the Blue Grass Ordnance (Army) Depot, one of the most important institutions in our county over the past century. There are also several articles on influential people in Madison County's history including Melvin E. Maddox, Green...
Dates:
1994
1995 Madison's Heritage Articles, 1995
File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents
1995 can be considered the yearbook edition of Madison's Heritage. The authors cover information gathered from yearbooks from Madison Central, Kirksville High, Waco High, and Berea High from different years from the late 1930s through the 1950s. There are also articles that feature the communities of Speedwell and Union City. A couple of articles give insight into the construction of the Clays Ferry Bridge. "Telford Center's Roots Began in Late 1890s" and "Turley House Holds Years of Local...
Dates:
1995
1996 Madison's Heritage Articles, 1996
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: 9
Scope and Contents
There is a good series based on information from several issues of the Madison-Model High newspaper The Purple and White from the years 1937-39 featured in the 1996 collection of Madison's Heritage. There is also a series based on Kingston High yearbooks from the 1950s and there are other articles on Kingston High sports. A series on the Berea public school system describes schools from 1855-1930. The village of Peytontown is described in "Peytontown has Rich History of Railroads,...
Dates:
1996
1997 Madison's Heritage Articles, 1997
File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: 10
Scope and Contents
The 1997 collection of Madison's Heritage features several articles on Kingston High School from 1939-55 based on information from a 1992 reunion booklet. The series on the Madison-Model High 1940s newspaper, Purple and White is continued from 1996. There is also a series on the Berea Foundation School in the 1950s and a series about letters written to Richmond leaders in 1922 by Judge J.A. Sullivan. Other articles concern buildings on Eastern's campus, sports in the county, tobacco, and the...
Dates:
1997