Literature, History, and Fine Arts

• James Lane Allen (1849-1925) Papers inc. correspondence and reviews
• Cleanth Brooks (1906-?) Papers inc essays and reviews
• J. Winston Coleman Papers inc transcribed interviews he had w/former Ky slaves in 1935
• Janice Holt Giles (1949-1966) Papers inc. correspondence and drafts
• Joel T. Hart (1810-1877) photostats of correspondence
• Rosa Vertner Jeffrey (1828-1894) poet and novelist

Military (inc. CSA)

• Leeland Hathaway (in Hathaway family papers), bodyguard to Varina Davis
• Richard Hawes (1797-1877) papers (on reel)
• William S. Haggard 1865 diary as Confed soldier from Winchester
• Thomas Henry Hines Papers (helped Morgan esc from OH jail 1863, tried NW consp)
• James Wilkinson (1757-1825) inc defense of behavior during War of 1812

Political

• Breckinridge Family Papers (esp Robt J's ltr re Cash Clay in 1848)
• Henry Clay (1777-1852) Papers - re Colonization Society
• Laura Clay (1849-1941) papers re states rights
• Mary Elliott Flanery (1867-1933) 1^st woman elected to southern state legislature
• James Proctor Knott (1830-1911) gov 1883-87 inc ltr to Assembly re RR
• Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855) cong from Nicholas Co (1819-1828)
• Charles Morehead (1802-1868) 4 ltrs one on Whigs '52 & one on Galt House accommodations
• William Preston (1816-1887) ltrbook (1864-65) re attempts to estab dipl relatns w/Mexico
• Isaac Shelby Papers (1750-1826) inc military and pol correspondence
• John White Stevenson (1812-1886) gov 1867-71, inc diaries

Economic

• Dicken-Troutman-Balke family Papers inc. journal regarding hunt for fugitive slaves in Mich
• Francis M Goddard diary (1834-50) of Monticello discusses slaves, cattle, weather, cholera
• John W. Jones (1920-89) of Bourbon Co inc turnpike/toll collectns, local church, slaves, stock and trips to court days w/ lists of prices - inc family diaries
• Ky Assoc for the Improvement of Breeds of Stock records (1828-1935)
• Ky Patrons of Husbandry records (1873-1939) mostly of church Hill Grange in Christian Co
• Dabney W. Parrish (1836-1882) herd bk account bk and daybook/ledger of Fayette Co farmer
• Valentine Peers (1756-1830) personal and bz ltrs re saltworks and cotton mills in Maysville/Paris
• Elise Shackleford (1845-1952) horse racing/breeding correspondence

Religious

• Lewis William Burton (1852-1940), sermons of 1^st Episcopal Bishop of Diocese of Lex
• First Presbyterian Church (Louisville) minutes, 1874-75 (controversy?)
• Neal McDougal Gordon (d 1871) pastor of Ebenezer Presby Ch in Nich & founder Gordon's School for Boys inc educ of ministers for African mission + ltrs from Liberia
• Harmony Baptist Church record book (1855-1902) Bell Co
• Ky Christian Education Society minute book (1854-1921)
• Lexington and Vicinity Bible Society Records, 1816-1919
• John Lyle (1769-1825) diary on reel inc descriptions of Paris during Gr Awakening
• Newtown Temperance Society records (1831-42)
• William M Pratt (1817-1897) diaries 1838-91 Baptist minister in Lex, private school
• Providence Church (Baptist Church in Clark Co) records 1780-1833
• Shaker papers (1769-1920) inc records of manuf and use of slaves at South Union

Clubwomen

• Pearl Day Bach (1887-1968) Papers on Hazel Green Academy
• Mary Desha in Breckinridge Family Papers (founding DAR in 1893)
• Laura Clay Papers re Women's Club of Central Kentucky
• Elizabeth B. Fouse re National Christian Woman's Christian Temperance Union + Wheatley YWCA

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