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Rockcastle County - General History, Works Progress Administration, Robert M. Rennick

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of Rockcastle County, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration. Includes a list of post offices and place names.

Floyd County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of folk stories, folk ways, poems and songs in Floyd County, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration in the late 1930s.

Rockcastle County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of folk stories and folk ways in Rockcastle County, Kentucky by the Works Progress Administration.

Kentucky - Highways, Roads, Trails, Traces And Paths, Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of highways, roads, trails, traces and paths in Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration.

Kentucky - Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Alexander Gordon Wilson, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

A collection of articles from the Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore Series by Gordon Wilson of Western Kentucky Teachers College acquired by the Works Progress Administration from middle and late 1930s.

Leslie County - General History, Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of Leslie County, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration.

Lawrence County - General History, Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of Lawrence County, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration.

Casey County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of folk stories and folk ways in Casey County, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration in the late 1930s.

Jefferson County - Towns, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

A historic survey of towns in Jefferson County, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration.

Larue County - General History, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

A brief historical survey of LaRue County, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration.

Trigg County - General History, Works Progress Administration, Robert M. Rennick

County Histories of Kentucky

A brief historical survey of Trigg County, Kentucky along with a list of post offices and community names.

1938-02-01, Evabel To Jack, Evabel Bell

Jack P. Bell Second World War correspondence

No abstract provided.

Kentucky - U.S. Route 68, Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project

County Histories of Kentucky

A travel guide of U.S. Route 68 in Kentucky written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in 1938.

Boyd County - Historical Sketch, Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical sketch of Boyd County conducted by the Works Progress Administration in 1938.

Clinton County - General History, Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

County Histories of Kentucky

Historic survey of Clinton County, Kentucky by the Works Progress Administration.

Pike County - Pictures Of Progressive Pike County, Kentucky [1937], Pike County News (Pikeville, Ky.)

County Histories of Kentucky

Special issue of the Pike County News of Pikeville. Kentucky on the progress of the county in pictures circa 1937.

Bath County - An Economic History Of Bath County, Kentucky, Thomas Uriah Fann

County Histories of Kentucky

A thesis written by Thomas Uriah Fann on the economic history of Bath County, Kentucky submitted to the University of Kentucky in 1937.

Lewis County - Planning Problems, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

A preliminary survey of county planning problems associated with Lewis County, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration in 1937. Included with the survey are folk stories of Lewis County.

Amos Kendall In Kentucky, Kenneth Lam

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In the writing of this thesis, I have endeavored chiefly to depict the character and public works of Amos Kendall in Kentucky. In so doing, it has been my purpose to give the reader some conception of the important political questions of the time and the relation of Kendall to them. His life was one of bitter controversies, of humiliating defeats followed by brilliant victories, and toward the end, one of peace vitalized by the promotion of worthwhile public institutions. His place in history, whether good or bad, has been little understood or appreciated; and it is my sincere desire …

Young Ewing Allison, Mary Shutt

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Probably no other period in American history has been more productive of romance, strife, bravery, aggressiveness, and conflicting ideas of thought than the period from 1850 to 1865.

One who was fortunate enough to be born in the early years of that period, would have been old enough by 1865 for those various experiences to have branded his future life. Young E. Allison was so fortunate. He was born in Henderson, Kentucky, on December 23, 1853 and was named after his father, who was county judge and county clerk.

Hancock County - Scenic Views, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

Scenic views of Hancock County, Kentucky by the Works Progress Administration.

Jefferson County - Louisville Folklore, Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of folklore in Louisville, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration. It also includes point of interest in the city.

Montgomery County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

Marion County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project

County Histories of Kentucky

A brief historical survey of folk stories of Marion County, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration.

A History Of The United States Air Mail Service, Floyd M. Lawson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

When man first learned to write, his primary objective was to have his message delivered as quickly as possible. Consequently, in ancient civilizations runners transported clay tablets from city to city, and ships sailed the known seas and rivers carrying in their holds precious cargoes of the written word. As methods of transportation were improved, the speed and safety by which communication could be relayed was likewise advanced. In fact, within the evolution of transportation progress it is possible to trace the importance and the influence of the mails. Runners were succeeded by horsemen or coaches, primitive board by modern …

Rowan County - Historical And Progress Edition Of The Morehead Independent, Morehead Independent

County Histories of Kentucky

Historical and Progress Edition of the Morehead Independent published on October 10, 1934.

Isaac Shelby: Pioneer, Soldier, Statesman, Mrs. W. E. Shirley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to find the hidden facts of a man who has done much to illuminate Kentucky's greatness and glory. Yet little but his name is known to the youth of the land. As death has fixed the seal of glory on his life, history should assign to him his rank. Much of the data in this sketch has been gathered from source material.

Early State Banking In Kentucky, 1802-1830, S. Beverly Davis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the purpose of this study to examine the early state-chartered banks of Kentucky: their creation, career and dissolution. To do this it will be necessary to survey the period of Kentucky history from 1802, when the Kentucky Insurance Company was awarded its charter by the Legislature and granted banking powers, to about 1830, when all previously chartered state banks had become non-existent or were in the process of liquidation. Throughout this period it will be necessary to notice the major political trends, events and problems. These, however, will be of secondary importance, and attention primarily will be centered …

Tennessee During Secession & Reconstruction, Edward Taylor

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The present work is intended as a survey of events and conditions in Tennessee during the decade from 1860 to 1870 when the entire nation was torn by sectional strife, racial antagonism, and economic and social disorder. The writer can make no pretension of having made a comprehensive or exhaustive study of the sources. That would involve a paper far beyond the scope of the present study. At best I have only scratched the surface; merely opened avenues for future study.

The Origin, Development & Present Status Of County Government In Kentucky, Walton Reynolds

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the purpose of this study to investigate the origin and development of our present county government and to give the essentials of the present status. It is intended to present a brief outline history of the growth and changes in the administrative organization of the county from the days of the shire and the Norman Invasion of England to the reign of the Stuarts; and then to transplant that form of local government into the forested wastes of James River, and there watch it adapt itself to the frontier environment of a new world. In the process of …