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Circulars/Flyers Collection
Collection
Identifier: 0050-005
Scope and Contents
This artificial collection consists of flyers and circulars relating to Kentucky events, places and businesses.
Dates:
1855 - 1900
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
Citizens' Assembly for Critical Thinking about the United States (CACTUS) Records
Collection
Identifier: 2022A005
Scope and Contents
This collection includes final reports and video recordings from the EKU CACTUS program. Final reports are included for each of the following topics--the electoral college, the drinking age, the death penalty, presidential war powers, presidential debates, marijuana laws, and guns. Video recordings cover most class meetings for the electoral college and drinking age assemblies.
Dates:
2008 - 2013; Acquisition: 2022-09-27
Civil War Collection (Subject)
Collection
Identifier: 0010-001
Scope and Contents
The Civil War Collection (1861-1865) is an artificial collection of correspondence, documents and printed material relating to the American Civil War. The Collection is comprised of a variety of items donated or purchased primarily because of their relationship to the war; some of the material predates, or postdates, the Civil War. The reason for their collection had mainly to do with the war or to a person closely associated with the war. Rather than create a number of small collections,...
Dates:
1849 - 1914; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1865
Minor Clark Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1981A005
Scope and Contents
The Minor Clark Papers were donated to the Eastern Kentucky University Archives by Mrs. Ray Hardesty, the sister of Mr. Clark. Much of he collection was damaged extensively in the December, 1978 Frankfort, Kentucky flood, requiring fumigation.
The collection consists of four series: Correspondence, Financial, Miscellaneous and Memorabilia. Most of the material dates from Clark's tenure as Commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources for the state of Kentucky, and almost all...
Dates:
1935 - 1978; Acquisition: 1980-06-30
Cassius M. Clay Collection
Collection
Identifier: 0010-006
Scope and Contents
This is an artificial collection brought together from several different sources. The bulk of the material is in scrapbook form. These were put together by C.M. Clay and cover many different subjects. They consist mostly of news clippings about C.M. Clay or articles and editorial comments about political issues that were relevant at the time. Also included is correspondence including letters from his mother and sister as well as other individuals such as J. Reid of the ...
Dates:
1827 - 1901
Green Clay Collection
Collection
Identifier: 0010-007
Scope and Contents
The Green Clay collection is an artificial collection that consists of four documents; photocopies of originals are found in this collection, along with transcriptions of each. Three of the four documents are correspondence to or from Green Clay. Two letters are correspondence with Thomas Jefferson regarding a questionable treaty with the Cherokee Indians. The other letter is from J. Bledsoe to Green Clay. The fourth document is General Green Clay's General Order book during the War of...
Dates:
1810 - 1823
Green Clay Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2007A002
Scope and Contents
The strength of the Green Clay collection is the photographs, which were mostly taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Although there are some portraits, there are also many photos of Madison county, including historic sites, river scenes, historic homes and even a moonshine still. The collection also includes some of his published historical articles and other Madison County publications.
Dates:
1890 - 1954
Henry Clay Collection
Collection
Identifier: 0010-008
Scope and Contents
An artificial collection of correspondence, cancelled checks and legal documents relating to Henry Clay.
Dates:
1818 - 1842
William Hume and Genevieve Johnston Clay Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2023A003
Scope and Contents
The William Hume and Genevieve Johnston Clay Family Papers are a collection of personal papers from both the Clay and Johnston families. This collection is separated into 2 series. William Hume Clay is from Winchester, Kentucky and became a tenured professor in the EKU Social Science Department. Genevieve Johnston Clay was born in Tennessee but spent most of her life in Kentucky where she worked in the EKU Library. Her family is from South Carolina and includes several Presbyterian...
Dates:
1790-1980; Acquisition: 2022-02-01