Education--Kentucky.

Scope and Contents Aimee Hines Alexander was an associate professor at Eastern Kentucky University from 1961-1983 in the Department of English. This collection includes documents regarding the various committees Alexander served on during her time at EKU. These include meeting minutes and rules and activities for the student organizations she was involved with. These organizations include Greek life and honors societies on campus. Dr. Alexander's role in the national Higher Education Act of 1966 are also...

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Ephemeral items documenting the history and culture of Eastern Kentucky. There is much emphasis on education particularly through the settlement schools and religious schools. Also some materials on businesses and disasters.

Scope and Contents The Jennie Jeffers Ashby papers are useful for researchers studying education, especially in Muhlenberg and Ohio counties. Mrs. Ashby writes about her teaching career and the schools where she taught. She also kept photographs from many of those schools. As an alumni of Kentucky State Normal School Eastern Division (now Eastern Kentucky University) she also writes about faculty and events while she was there. Strong points of the collection are the school photographs and her memoir in which...

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This collection of scrapbooks documents the career of Emma Case, longtime Dean of Women at Eastern. As Dean of Women Mrs. Case instituted several initiatives to recognize the achievements of female students such as the Women's Honor Program and the Senior Women's Dinner and these events are documented, as well. She was very active in the cultural activities of the college and the invitations, programs and other ephemera she collected document student life on Eastern's campus.

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This is a collection of scrapbooks created by John G. Crabbe. The subject of all the news clippings is either education in Kentucky in the early part of the 20th century or the career of John Grant Crabbe.

Scope and Contents 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...

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This collection includes letters, documents, and newspaper clippings from the time in which Dr. Aughtum Howard served as a faculty memeber at both Kentucky Wesleyan College and Eastern Kentucky University.

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This small collection includes photos taken on Eastern's campus in the 1920s. There are also photos of friends, field trips to locations such as Shakertown and Natural Bridge and the Rural Training School on Lancaster Avenue. Also included are a small autograph album signed by her friends at Eastern and a lesson plan for teaching art to children in grades 1-8.

Scope and Contents The materials in this collection demonstrate the development of the KCPT/KY PTA as an organization and the evolving goals of the organization over time. Consistent with the aims of the organization, one can find material that focuses primarily on the well-being of children in terms of education, health, and safety. The collection consists mostly of meeting minutes, annual reports, and bulletins which kept the public up to date on the activities of the organization. The collection also...

Scope and Contents The bulk of the Kunkel Family Papers was compiled by Mabel Kunkel and consists of educational essays she wrote or materials she collected to use in the classroom. There is some personal correspondence scattered through the collection as well. Collected materials cover a wide variety of topics across the entire state of Kentucky and consist of state reports, brochures, pamphlets and more. A manuscript about Thoroughbred horses and horse farms of the Bluegrass is also included. However, most...