Politics, Practical

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The Broadsides and Posters Collections was created to provide access to related materials that were found in the collections. These materials range from sale bills to political treatises to advertisements.

Scope and Contents Curtis Field Burnam was a well-respected lawyer, judge, and statesman from Richmond, KY. He was a refined orator, as well, and numerous items in the collection are copies of addresses and orations which he presented to a variety of audiences. Much of the material has to do with the Civil War in Kentucky and in general. Many aspects of the Civil War, such as secession, abolition, and slavery, are reflected in the collection via newspaper articles, correspondence, and addresses. His daughter,...

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This collection consists of Lillian Chestnut's correspondence with various public officials and professionals over the period of 1950-1978. In her letters, she exhibits a radical point of view on topics like Russia and communism. She also discusses Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement, and her opposition to desegregation. Toward the end of the Vietnam War period, Chestnut discusses her opposition to the anti-war demonstrations and her opinions on President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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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.

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The Keen Johnson Papers provide information to researchers interested in twentieth century Kentucky newspaper history and its relationship to the often confusing course of state politics.

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This collection consists of the newsletter of the League of Women Voters, Berea and Madison County. The newsletter documents issues that the league was interested in and activities they conducted. The issues examined are local, state, national and global.

Scope and Contents The Lilly Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, legal material, publications, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and genealogical information. Much of the material in this collection deals with the many organizations with which the Lillys were involved, such as Democratic clubs, Daughters of the American Revolution, or the Gas Consumers' League. In addition to materials involving organizations, there is also an abundance of legal documents which attest to Grant Lilly's service as a lawyer...

Scope and Contents Lora Mae Harlow 'Pat' Martin was a Champion for Peace. She was a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and was active in many other organizations. She also owned a business, Martin Service Company, with her husband, Harry Martin, who died in 1940. Collection consists mostly of correspondence with the President of the United States and his staff, her representatives in Congress, family photographs as well as photos of EKU faculty and staff in 1919, newspaper...

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Carl D. Perkins (1912-1984) served eastern Kentucky as a US Representative between 1948 and 1984. His papers contain legal documents and correspondence related to his activities in Congress and focus heavily on coal mining, flood control, education, labor and the Appalachian Region.