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Adlake Kero Lantern (10) (C&O), Adams & Westlake Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Adlake Kero Lantern, circa. 1923. This lantern appears to be one of the early versions of the Adlake Kero economic styled lanterns. The economic bell bottom models of the "kero" line of lanterns are among the most recognized railroad lanterns, they were used in large numbers by Canadian railways. This particular lantern is stamped on the cap and globe with the initials C.&.O which signals its use by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway system.

Sears Elgin Lantern (2), Undetermined

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Sears Elgin Lantern, circa 1939. It is estimated that this lantern was produced for the Sears company during 1939. It is unknown which company was the producer of this lantern. Sources refer to this lantern as being purposed for use as a barn lantern.

Embury Little Supreme Lantern (1), Embury Manufacturing Comapny

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Embury Little Supreme Lantern, circa. 1939. This general use lantern was original designed and produced by the Embury Manufacturing Company. It is estimated that this lantern was produced before the buying of the Embury company by the R. E. Dietz Manufacturing Company in 1953, but was most likely continuously produced after that date. The red globe of this lantern would have been used to signal stop or danger in official signaling terms.

Unidentified Dietz Lantern (N.Y.L.O), R. E. Dietz Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

The exact design of the lantern is unknown, it closely resembles the Dietz Monarch and Paulls. The globe is a LOC-NOB, LOC-NOB refers to the pair of ears on a Dietz lantern globe used to keep the globe from falling out when tilting the globe plate for lighting or trimming the wick.

Stamped on the fuel container is the initials N.Y.L.O which is once again unidentifiable, but is estimated to be some form of New York railroad or traffic organization.

Dietz No. 8 Air Pilot Lantern (2), R. E. Dietz Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Dietz No. 8 Air Pilot Lantern, circa. 1953. After the purchasing of the Embury company by Dietz in 1953 the No. 8 Air Pilot replaced the Embury No.2 and No. 1 as the main model for the air pilot models. Production of this model for a time was centered in Mexico and can be identified by Aztec stamps. This model is estimated to be produced in the US as there is no such Aztec stamp.

The globe of this lantern is green which would have been used to signal that it was safe for the vehicle or train to proceed …

Feuerhand Germany Baby #275 Lantern, Feuerhand Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Feuerhand Germany Baby lantern, circa. 1950. The Feuerhand Manufacturing company was a West Germany based manufacturer of hurricane lanterns. The "Baby" model of lanterns was one of the most popular models produced by the company during World War II and production continues under the new Petromax group who acquired the Feuerhand trademark in 2014.

Such Hard And Severe Service, Dan Clendaniel

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

An excerpt from Dan Clendaniel's Such Hard and Severe Service: The 85th Pennsylvania in the Civil War, Volume II ~ 1864-1865 detailing the regiments expedition to Whitemarsh Island in Georgia.

Clendaniel, Dan. Such Hard and Severe Service: The 85th Pennsylvania in the Civil War, Volume II ~ 1864-1865. Vol. 2. Monongahela Books, 2021.

Ossabow Island Chronology, Ossabaw Island Foundation.

Guarding Ossabaw Island: History and Archaeology of the 47th N.Y.V.I. Camp

A chronology on the history of Ossabaw Island by the Ossabaw Island Foundation.

Mallie Cody Turner Collection, Mallie Cody Turner, Lawrence Carr Turner

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Rowan County Kentucky World War I Veterans, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

Contains biographical and military service information on veterans that served in the First World War from Rowan County, Kentucky.

World War Ii Casualties Of Rowan County And Kentucky, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

Contains biographical and military service information on veterans that were killed, wounded or listed missing during the Second World War from Rowan County, Kentucky.

Early African History Of Rowan County, Kentucky, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of census records, death certificates, school forms, and obituaries of African Americans that resided and worked in Rowan County, Kentucky from 1856 to the 1940s

History Of Cave Run Lake, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

A history of Kentucky's Cave Run Lake with a collection of surveys, photographs, newspaper clippings, and snippets of other publications related to the construction of the dam.

Rowan County, Kentucky Officials, 1856-Present, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

Consist of biographical and historical information on government officials from Rowan County, Kentucky from 1856 to 2020.

Louis Bailey Photographic Negatives, Francis Louis Bailey

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Byron Wentz Papers, Byron Emerson Wentz

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Ethel Ellington Collection, Ethel Lee Ellington

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Huesman Family Scrapbook, George Martin Huesman, Hilary John Huesman

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Photograph - Steve And Elizabeth Virostko (Colorized), Unknown

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

Photographs of Steve and Elizabeth Virostko that were used for their passports. Steve served at Fort Ontario in 1943. The photographs were digitally colorized by the Special Collections and Archives at Morehead State University.

Government Document – Steve Virostko And Alzbeta Kutalekova, Unknown

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

Steve and his wife Alzbeta's passports and naturalization paperwork. The letter at the end is a translation of the proceeding letter witch was written in Czech. Steve served at Fort Ontario in 1943.

Interview With Michael Embry, Michael Embry

Morehead State Student Poll Archive

A written response to questions related to the anti-war movement at Morehead State University by one the editors of the Student Poll newsletter. The interview was conducted in March of 2019.

Bourbon County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names for Bourbon County, Kentucky.

Robert M. Rennick Papers, Robert M. Rennick, Elizabeth Mccombs Rennick

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Rowan County News Subject Index, 1935-1959, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Vintage Fiddlers Oral History Project Collection, Marynell Young, Clela Belle Alfrey, Virgil Alfrey, Alfred Clark Bailey, Chillson Leach, J. P. Fraley, Annadeen Fraley, David Sizemore, Hiram Stamper, Clyde Davenport

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Caroline R. Miller Taulbee Research Papers, Caroline R. Miller

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Mccomb Family Letters, Mccomb Family., Millington Barnett Mccomb, Hugo Arthur Muller, Laura Barnett Muller, Elizabeth Mccomb, Mary Easton Barnett, Stanford Elwood Moses

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Japanese Intentions For The Pearl Harbor Bombing, Shelbey Chappell, Hannah Hart, William Pruitt, Chris Linneman, Alex Vermillion, Colby Belcher, John Ernst

Celebration of Student Scholarship Poster Sessions Archive

No abstract provided.

No Place Like Home: How Japanese Internment Revoked The Identity Of Japanese-American/Japanese-Canadian Descendants, Nathaniel Baker, Rebecca Brindle, Dani Wilson, Gabby Townsend

Celebration of Student Scholarship Poster Sessions Archive

No abstract provided.

Helen Price Stacy Papers, Helen Price Stacy

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.