Public History Commons^™

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 01/1980, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• General Meeting Notes
• Announcements & Information
• Lesbian Custody Case
• Susan B. Anthony Club
• Calendar of Events
• Poetry Corner
• Publications
• Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians
• NOW Conventions: Out of the Revolution Into the Mainstream

Louisville & Nashville Railroad Stations, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

A list on railroad station names on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 8, Number 1, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Traces Volume 7, Number 4, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter

Traces, the South Central Kentucky Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, was first published in 1973. The Society changed its name in 2016 to the Barren County Historical Society. The publication features compiled genealogies, articles on local history, single-family studies and unpublished source materials related to this area.

Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 3, Number 1, Department Of Library Special Collections

Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 2, Number 1, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Muhlenberg County Heritage

“The Muhlenberg County [Kentucky] Heritage” was published four times a year by the Muhlenberg County Genealogical Society in Greenville, Kentucky, from 1978 to 2001. The cover title sometimes appears as “The Heritage.” The publication’s purpose was to support the society and to publish information about the genealogy, culture, and history of Muhlenberg County. A separate annual index was printed each year for volumes 1-14. Afterwards, each issue was indexed separately. Generally, the index is to surnames only.

Franco-American Album, 1980 (Scrapbook #7), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Newspaper clippings with photographs of politics, schools, church, wedding anniversaries, obituaries and social events etc., in Lewiston and Auburn, Maine and Canada from 1980.

Bourbon County - Paris Post Office, Patty M. Biddle

County Histories of Kentucky

A history of the post office at Paris, Kentucky by Patty M. Biddle.

Rowan County - Rowan County News Subject Index, 1935-1959, Rowan County News

County Histories of Kentucky

An incomplete set of index cards citing articles on particular subjects in the Rowan County News from 1935 to 1959. Subjects beginning with the letters D through K are missing.

Maine Snowmobile Association Certificate Of Appreciation, Maine Snowmobile Association

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Certificate of appreciation from the Maine Snowmobile Association to Jacques Cartier Chalet c. 1980

Marriage Records, Rowan County Historical Society

Rowan County Histories Collection

Marriage records of Rowan County, Kentucky from 1880-1897 compiled in 1980.

Art Guild, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

Newspaper clippings, letters, memos, and photographs regarding the Morehead, Kentucky Art Guild from the 1970s-1990s.

1980-01-01 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.)

Morehead News Archive

Morehead News published on January 1, 1980.

0299: Osborne Family Papers, 1904-1930, Marshall University

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection contains correspondence from L. J. Corbly and J. E. Plummer, president of Marshall College and the Marshall Business College respectively, to recruit the Osburns/Osbornes to attend Marshall. This collection includes Marshall College ephemera from 1904-1906, including advertising pamphlets, a 1905 copy of The Parthenon, general course information, and empty envelopes.

The accession record states that this collection included a cylindrical photograph of the Marshall College student body in May of 1930, however, this item was not found when the collection was processed.

0314: Emma Childress Papers, 1904-1945, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of an eclectic mix of materials collected by Childers throughout her professional career. They include a 1904 letter from Principal Corbly regarding an institution not accepting Childress’ teaching certificate, a pamphlet entitled “Flood Views of Huntington, W.Va.” [1913], a 1930 Marshall commencement program, a newspaper clipping about the death of Knute Rockne, official programs for the National Education Association from 1911 and 1936, a 1928 Marshall College Directory, a program for the Huntington Women’s Club’s Freiburg Passion Play, and the envelope the collection was received in.

0302: Arvil Ernest Harris Papers, 1925-1965, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Marshall University dean of the graduate school; educator. Papers include dissertation, certificates, family history, personal papers, and files related to service on the Huntington, West Virginia, City Council.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Arvil Ernest Harris Papers, 1925-1965 here.

0297: Walter Lindsey Brown Papers, 1926-1979, Marshall University

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Papers include copies of speech and articles, memorials, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. Speeches include “Advising Management” [on legal issues] and a graduation speech from the 1926 commencement exercises from the University of Virginia. Articles include “A Substitute for the Bricker Amendment” from the Virginia Law Review and a resolution from Huntington Galleries mourning Brown. Clippings include obituaries about Brown’s death. Correspondence focuses on planning a memorial for Brown after his death, as well as the dedication of Walter L. Brown Hall at the University of Virginia School of Law.

0303: Lydia Nye Simpson Poffenbarger Papers, 1913, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

`Epitome of the life of `Ossawatomie' John Brown, including the story of his attack on Harper's Ferry and his capture...,' and `Mansion house, Point Pleasant, West Virginia,' (an inventory of furniture and artifacts with a history of the grounds and building).

0294: Thelma Pittard And Anna Williams Scrapbook, 1936-1937, Marshall University

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection is composed of a scrapbook by Thelma Pittard and Anna Williams on the topic of “Elementary School Publicity”. It is a scrapbook essay on methods of communication within schools featuring extensive ephemera, including publications, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, and charts, from Milton Elementary School. This scrapbook was prepared under the direction of Dr. Roy C. Woods.

0317: Ruth Johnson Collection, 1822-1864, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of seven nineteenth century documents, including: An 1830 account of goods sold. The two parties are P. Beirne & Co. (spelling uncertain) and Benjamin Lemasters, and it is unclear of who is selling goods to whom. Survey of Lemasters’ plot of 1135 acres in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The same mylar enclosure includes another copy of a survey from 1788 for Henry Banks. Letter dated 1835 form the War Department’s Pension Office to Lemasters relating to his service in the Revolutionary War.

An anonymously written song or poem from 1864 regarding the Battle of Cedar Crick (also …

0316: R. Lloyd Beck Papers, 1934-1960, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings about Robert Lloyd Beck and his wife Ruth Myers Beck while they were living in Huntington, West Virginia. Newspaper clippings about Robert relate to his work as a philosophy professor while newspaper clippings about Ruth primarily relate to her work in the Faculty Wives Club. Also present in the collection is a 1939 commencement program, a program for a 1965 Marshall University Theatre production of A Streetcar Named Desire, and a November 10, 1950 letter to Robert Beck from fellow professor James B. Shouse regarding a philosophy paper or project in progress by …

0315: Violette Somerville Machir, 1980, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection contains parts one and two of `Revolutionary war soldiers in Mason County, West Virginia,' which is composed of worksheets prepared for the national headquarters of the Sons of the American Revolution Graves Registry Committee. The manuscript lists all known Revolutionary war soldiers buried in Mason County and approximate place of burial.

Estella P. Mccormick

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Aaron Rich

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Carrie Mcbride

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Elena Henry Banner

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

1979-12-28 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.)

Morehead News Archive

Morehead News published on December 28, 1979.

Sister Fannie Mae Boyd

African American Funeral Programs

Sister_Fannie_-Mae-_Boyd.pdf - Funeral program for Sister Fannie Mae Boyd

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 1 Index, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Muhlenberg County Heritage

“The Muhlenberg County [Kentucky] Heritage” was published four times a year by the Muhlenberg County Genealogical Society in Greenville, Kentucky, from 1978 to 2001. The cover title sometimes appears as “The Heritage.” The publication’s purpose was to support the society and to publish information about the genealogy, culture, and history of Muhlenberg County. A separate annual index was printed each year for volumes 1-14. Afterwards, each issue was indexed separately. Generally, the index is to surnames only.

1979-12-21 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.)

Morehead News Archive

Morehead News published on December 21, 1979.