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Pace Family Papers (Mss 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 458. Pace family documents (chiefly related to land transactions) including deeds, land grants, mortgages; as well as Bible records for the Pace and related families (click on "Additional Files" below for scans), and probate records. A significant portion of the collection documents the garden club activities of Lillian (Tynes) Pace and her efforts to have the Viceroy butterfly designated as the Kentucky state butterfly.

Omer, Charles Henry, 1865-1937 (Mss 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 436. Personal journals of Charles Henry Omer of Union County, Kentucky. In this daily record Omer records information about his farming, family and church activities, the weather, as well as prices for food, timber and farm supplies.

Craig, James Harvey, 1842-1929 (Sc 240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 240. Photocopy of autobiography written by James H. Craig, possibly in 1917. He was a native of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, although he was an Arkansas resident for several years. The autobiography contains much Craig family data. In addition, there is a photocopy of Craig's essay denouncing the evils of alcohol, possibly to be delivered as a speech

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Mabry, John, Sr., 1764-1845 (Sc 652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 652. Journal (40 pages) kept by John Mabry, Sr., Trigg County, Kentucky, which contains records of the Mabry, Mitchell, and Smith families, farming activities, land transactions, death, his will, and associated data.