Courtship

Scope and Contents Dr. Thomas H. Appleton, Jr. started regularly collecting historical Kentucky materials after he started working at the Kentucky Historical Society in the 1980s. The collection he continues to build consists of materials such as correspondence, ephemera, publications, legal documents and other items, which span over 200 years of Kentucky history. Some notable figures mentioned in the correspondence include Henry Clay, Charles S. Morehead, A.B. 'Happy' Chandler, Phyllis George Brown, Alben...

Scope and Contents This is a personal diary written by Velma Fay Nisius, around three years before her marriage to William Luxon Wallace, referred to in the diary as Bill Wallace. The diary holds the point of view of a young woman involved in post-war American culture within Kentucky. This point of view touches particularly on dating culture of the time, Velma's personal view of marriage, and some hints to early flapper culture, showing the culture and events that surrounded both William Wallace and Velma...

Scope and Contents Through correspondence, diaries, speeches, photographs, news clippings, and other primary source materials the public career and personal life of William Luxon Wallace and his family are documented. Glimpses of late nineteenth century Richmond, KY social and political life can be found in the correspondence of Wallace's father, Coleman Covington Wallace. In addition, due to Wallace's significance as an organizer in the Kentucky Republican Party, the collection sheds some light on the party's...