Chronicle - Winter '12

WINTER 2012

Kentucky Doctor Shares Family Heirloom SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & LIBRARY

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PROVIDING FUEL FOR RESEARCHERS KHS Historymobile CRISS-CROSSES KENTUCKY

The Kentucky Historical Society & the Frankfort Convention Center Present

In honor of the

2012 NAIA DIVISION I WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Featuring the stories of women who influenced the game from its start in 1891 to today.

Shoot hoops with a basketball from around 1900, and then compare it to modern rules and equipment.

On exhibit now through May 5 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Image courtesy Stanford University.

This exhibit is a “Let’s Move: Museums and Gardens” event, an initiative of First Lady Michelle Obama and the Institute for Museums and Libraries.

The Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Historical Society are agencies of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet.

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your family ? history

The staff at the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library is available to assist you with genealogical queries.

Resources Online access to HeritageQuest, Fold3, KHS digital collections and more Over 90,000 print materials and publications Archival resources: manuscripts, photographs and oral histories

100 W. Broadway | Frankfort, KY 40601 502-564-1792 | www.history.ky.gov

Court records, wills, newspapers, census data and more on microfilm The Kentucky Historical Society is an agency of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet.

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Special Collections & Library P R OV I D I N G F U E L F O R R E S E A R C H E R S

Kentucky Doctor Shares Family Heirloom R A R E S W O R D P L AC E D O N D I S P L AY I N M U S E U M

KHS HistoryMobile Criss-crosses Kentucky G OA L I S TO V I S I T E V E RY C O U N T Y

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Cover: Sword presented to Gen. William O. Butler for his service during the War of 1812. www.history.ky.gov

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Executive Director Kentucky Historical Society Kent Whitworth Assistant Director Kentucky Historical Society Scott Alvey Director of Communications Lisa Summers Cleveland Editor Lisa Summers Cleveland Assistant Editor Chelsea Compton Contributors Jody Blankenship, Dana Bauer Cox, Mike Deetsch, Julie Kemper Elizabeth J. Van Allen Creative Director Charley Pallos Design Kelli Thompson Photography Creative Services James Johnson Charley Pallos Sam Richardson

2011 KHS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BOARD President, Sheila Mason Burton, Frankfort First Vice President, J. McCauley Brown, Louisville Second Vice President, John Kleber, Ph.D., Louisville Third Vice President, Brian Mefford, Bowling Green Constance Alexander, Murray; Bill Bartleman, Paducah; Dawn Browning, Maysville; Marion Forcht, Corbin; Mike Hammons, Park Hills; Derrick Hord, Lexington; David Lee, Ph.D., Bowling Green; Gerry Montgomery, Paducah; Patti Mullins, Corbin; Nancy O’Malley, Paris; Wayne Onkst, Erlanger; Laurie Risch, California; Renee Shaw, Lexington; Nancy Smith, Paris; Sue Speed, Louisville; Louis Stout, Lexington; Tommy Turner, Magnolia; Sharon Withers, Lexington 2011 KHS FOUNDATION BOARD President, John R. Hall, Lexington First Vice-President, Ann Rosenstein Giles, Lexington Second Vice-President, Buckner Woodford IV, Paris Secretary, Kent Whitworth, Frankfort Treasurer, Dennis Dorton, Paintsville Bruce Cotton, Lexington; James T. Crain Jr., Louisville; Robert M. “Mike” Duncan, Inez; Thomas P. Dupree, Sr., Lexington; John S. Greenebaum, Louisville; Frank Hamilton, Georgetown; Jamie Hargrove, Louisville; Raymond R. Hornback, Ed.D., Lexington; Elizabeth Lloyd Jones, Midway; James C. Klotter, Ph.D., Lexington; Nancy Lampton, Louisville; Hon. Crit Luallen, Frankfort; Robert E. Rich, Covington; Gerald L. Smith, Ph.D., Lexington; Charles Stewart, Frankfort; Bosworth M. Todd, Louisville J. David Smith, Lexington, pro bono counsel

Circulation Manager Leslie Miller

Winter 2012. The Chronicle is published by the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS), Frankfort, Ky. Printing fees are covered by the KHS Foundation. The Chronicle is a periodical for KHS members and friends that builds awareness of the mission of the Society as it engages people in the exploration of the diverse heritage of the commonwealth. The Chronicle reports how the comprehensive and innovative services, interpretive programs and stewardship of the Society are providing connections to the past, perspective on the present and inspiration for the future. If you are interested in making a bequest to the Society’s work, use our full legal address: Kentucky Historical Society Foundation, 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601. Send all address changes to: The Chronicle, Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601. Website: www.history.ky.gov.

E-mail: KHSmembership@ky.gov.

The Kentucky Historical Society is an agency of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet.

DIRECTOR’SLETTER KHS approaches sprin g ti m e with renewe d v i g or

As we anticipate the arrival of spring, all of us at the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) are busily working to wrap up important winter season projects. As you will read in this issue’s feature on the KHS Special Collections & Library Team, they recently completed a Kentucky county microfilm cataloging project – totaling 5,766 roles of microfilm! You also will see images of scaffolding that literally fills all of the Hilary J. Boone Commonwealth Hall from floor to ceiling as the skylights are being replaced. All the while, KHS has continued to serve groups in the library reading room and museum galleries (complete with mobile 1792 Store.) We look forward to the return of public hours for walk-in guests beginning in mid-March – complete with new roof, more KHS collections accessible, and the momentum from a most successful 2012 Annual Fund Phonathon!

Speaking of the Annual Fund Phonathon and generous donors to the KHS Foundation, this issue of the “Chronicle” includes the annual report for fiscal year 2010-2011. It always is an honor to formally recognize those individuals, foundations and corporations that support the ongoing work of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation. Your contributions are more important than ever, especially in light of the additional proposed 8.4% budget cut to KHS’s general fund appropriation. Let there be no mistake that the Kentucky Historical Society continues to progress because we are a public-private partnership!

Robert Rich

“Tip” Richmond

Dana Cox

To that end, we express our heartfelt thanks to several outgoing board members and one colleague for their respective service to KHS and the KHS Foundation. Robert E. Rich served on the KHS governing board (executive committee) from 2003 through 2011, including as president the last two years. Others rotating off the KHS Executive Committee at the end of 2011 were William Fred Brashear II, Ruth Ann Korzenborn, Karen McDaniel and Lowell Reese. Henry C.T. “Tip” Richmond served on the KHS Foundation Board from 2001 through 2011, with officer responsibilities for the last seven years.

Anita Madden also rotated off the KHS Foundation Board and William Sturgill transitioned to director emeritus. Dana Cox recently resigned as Executive Director of the KHS Foundation. We appreciate Dana’s work for the Foundation, but recognize her desire to spend more time with her family and wish her the very best.

As winter turns to spring, we thank you for continuing to turn to the Kentucky Historical Society for connections to the past, perspective on the present and inspiration for the future.

Executive Director

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K J H S to C e l e b r at e 5 0 t h A n n i v e r s a ry !

The Kentucky Junior Historical Society (KJHS) will celebrate an important milestone this year, its 50th anniversary! KJHS is a youth program that runs throughout the school year in which participants explore the commonwealth’s history through service-learning and research projects, field trips to historic sites and academic contests.

Kentucky History Day contest where they will see first-hand the impressive work that Kentucky’s students have done over the year.

Judges will help determine who will represent the commonwealth at the national contest this summer.

For more information about the annual meeting and everything else going on with KJHS, “like” KJHS on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kyjhs or contact Cheryl Caskey at cheryl.caskey@ky.gov.

2011 Kentucky History Day participants accept their award.

The year is capped off by an annual meeting and state History Day contest, the winners of which compete in a national contest in College Park, Md., each June. Students may participate as individuals or in groups such as homeschool families, school classes or a scout troop.

Participation at the annual meeting and state contest has continued to grow over the past few years. Last year, over 500 participating students were supported by an additional 350 parents, teachers and siblings for a total meeting attendance of approximately 850 people.

To commemorate KJHS’ 50th year, the Kentucky Historical Society is asking all alumni to attend the annual meeting, to be held on the KHS history campus in Frankfort April 27-28.

In addition to the traditional student events such as History Bowl, special events will be hosted for alumni throughout the weekend, including a Friday afternoon lunch and a special alumni History Bowl competition against the KJHS champions.

Alumni are also being sought to serve as judges for the

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Above: The KJHS logo has evolved over the past 50 years.

Top: Winning design from the KJHS 50th Anniversary t-shirt design contest.

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K H S to Pa rt n e r w i t h F r a n kf o rt ’ s E l e m e n ta ry E d u c ato r s This school year, the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) is piloting a multi-visit partnership program with the fourth grade at Bridgeport Elementary School in Frankfort. The goal of the program is to introduce students to KHS collections over the course of a year through educator visits to the classroom and school visits to the KHS history campus. The program is comprised of three cycles per year. Each cycle consists of a planning meeting between a KHS education team staff member and the participating fourth grade teachers; a pre-visit, where the KHS educator conducts a lesson in the classroom; and a school visit to the KHS history campus facilitated by the KHS educator.

This new partnership approach is designed to help students develop a long-term connection to KHS by building students’ historical thinking skills incrementally during each cycle. In addition to this multi-visit approach, the partnership will also focus on the development of 21st century skills and those skills related to history education, primarily critical thinking and problem solving. Also unique to this partnership is the use of “visual thinking strategies,” an open-ended, open-response questioning strategy for analyzing photographs, paintings and prints, which is being utilized by Kentucky teachers in the classroom to improve reading comprehension.

Yo u n g W o m e n f r o m Ac r o s s t h e S tat e Pa rt i c i pat e i n “ S tag i n g Vo i c e s ” “This project is a great example of the new approaches we are making in the education department to attract and engage teens,” said Greg Hardison, KHS student programs administrator.

Ten young women were chosen from a pool of applicants, representing diverse counties in the commonwealth ranging from Kenton to Marion and Jefferson to Wayne. During the year-long project, the participants will attend several workshops and sessions designed to teach the basics of documenting the past and the process of creating a new theatre production.

Students participanting in a “Staging Voices” workshop at KHS. The Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) has awarded the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation $4,500 to lead workshops and create a theatre production based on oral history interviews by high school girls with Kentucky women.

This project, “Staging Voices,” is designed to help inspire a new generation of women to discover their voices and to promote change through artistic performances. KFW, which was formed by Louisville writer Sallie Bingham in 1985, recently awarded 32 grants totaling $100,000 to Kentucky artists and organizations to promote positive social change through feminist-led, arts-based activities in communities throughout the commonwealth.

On Dec. 17, they met with Sarah Milligan, administrator of the Kentucky Oral History Commission, to learn how to conduct oral history interviews with Kentucky women who experienced gender discrimination. The information and stories collected from their interviews will be the foundation for a new play they create with a professional theatre artist. The teens will continue to meet with Milligan, other KHS staff and women in their communities throughout the year. The final product of “Staging Voices” should help inspire a new generation of women to discover their voices and promote change.

To learn more about Staging Voices and other student programs at KHS, contact Greg Hardison at greg.hardison@ky.gov or 502-564-1792 ext. 4454.

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IN THE WORKS... “ C I V I L WA R : M Y B R OT H E R , M Y E N E M Y ” E X H I B I T T R AV E L S TO F R A N K F O RT The Frazier History Museum’s popular exhibit “Civil War: My Brother, My Enemy” closes at the Louisville museum in early April, but it won’t be gone for long. Just in time for the Kentucky Historical Society’s (KHS) annual Boone Day event on Saturday, June 2, the exhibit will be open to the public once more, this time in the Keeneland Changing Exhibits Gallery at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in downtown Frankfort.

The War Between the States pitted brother against brother. In Kentucky, family lines were often the battle lines. “The war was rough on Kentucky,” explains the exhibit’s curator Kelly Wilkerson. “People literally woke up one morning and were living in enemy territory– Kentucky was treated like a traitor by both sides. No one could be trusted.”

The exhibit examines not only the chronological events of the Civil War, but the people behind the events and personal stories that divided families all over the commonwealth.

“My Brother My Enemy” was designed with students and families in mind. Its over 100 artifacts are accompanied by hands-on activities and interactivity with smart phones.

KHS serves as administrator for the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. For more information about events and exhibitions commemorating the Civil War, visit www.history.ky.gov/civilwar.

Sponsored by WKYT

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W E N E E D YO U !

VO L U N T E E R S S O U G H T F O R K H S The Kentucky Historical Society is seeking volunteers for its history campus again this year.

A variety of opportunities exist, so whatever your interests or talents may be, KHS likely has a place for you! School and community groups continue to visit the KHS history campus, and volunteers often fill the role of informative and engaging tour guides. Volunteers also fill valuable roles in the administrative, special collections and museum collections departments.

For more information on these and other volunteer and internship opportunities, contact Phyllis Gilman at 502-564-1792, ext. 4422 or phyllis.gilman@ky.gov.

“ Over the past two years I have met people from all over the United States as well as every continent. I have led school groups, church groups and preservation groups. I have served in the upper chambers on Boone Day. But just as important as serving as a docent and attempting to be a goodwill ambassador for our commonwealth, I have been able to learn more about the history the commonwealth and that of the United States of America.�

-Russ Wright, KHS volunteer since 2008

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Women in Basketball E x a m i n e s S p o rt f r o m t h e F e m a l e P e r s p e c t i v e

“Women in Basketball” opens to the public this spring at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History.

The exhibition offers a look at the sport from the female perspective and features the stories of women who influenced the game from its start to today. Visitors will have a chance to experience women’s basketball from around 1900, including using a ball with a seam, and then shoot some hoops with modern rules and equipment.

Women started playing basketball soon after it was invented in 1891. Their rules, however, did not allow dribbling, jumping, running, pushing or stealing. Changes in women’s basketball reflected society’s trends and expectations of women. A college basketball game in the 1910s was more akin to a social gathering with a game played afterward. In the 1950s, it was not unusual for members of a traveling women’s team to participate in a beauty contest before the game.

For many years, women’s basketball allowed for six players per team. The players were assigned to one of three zones and could not leave that area.

KHS Collections.

All of that changed in 1972, with the passage of Title IX. Title IX requires educational institutions to offer female athletes the same opportunities as male athletes.

Today, over 400,000 young women play high school basketball. “Women in Basketball” allows visitors to see not only the changes in the game, but also who influenced them.

“Women in Basketball” was developed in partnership with the Frankfort Convention Center, which is hosting the 2012 NAIA Division I tournament. The exhibition will be on display through May 5.

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C o m m o n w e a lt h H a l l u n e r g o e s e x t e n s i v e r e n ovat i o n Recent visitors to the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History may have noticed that some big changes are in the works! In January 2012, construction began in Commonwealth Hall to replace the massive skylight with a new roof. Scaffolding filled the entirety of the hall, re-routing foot traffic for family history workshops and visiting groups to the Ann St. entrance. Both “A Kentucky Journey” and the Keenelenad Changing Exhibits Gallery remained accessible by back entrances near the BrownForman room. The Stewart Home School 1792 Store was blocked, but visitors could still buy their favorite items from “mobile” 1792 Store sites inside the Old State Capitol and “A Kentucky Journey.” This project should be completed in mid-March, when the KHS history campus returns to its regular hours of operation.

The project was finanaced by the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet.

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Special Collections & Library PROVIDIN G FUEL FOR RESEARCHERS

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The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) is a multifaceted history organization, dedicated to the promotion of historical understanding and history education in the commonwealth.To achieve this ambitious mission, KHS programs and activities are developed, implemented and managed by a number of functional divisions with many activities requiring cooperative planning, expertise and coordination of staff from across the organization.This is the third in a series of profiles highlighting the programs and activities currently underway within KHS’s seven functional teams.

SHIRLEY ACKERMAN

CHERI DANIELS

JEN DUPLAGA

HEATHER FOX

JAMIE HOLT

JENNIFER HOWARD

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LOUISE JONES

JONATHAN MILLER

SARAH MILLIGAN

DAN PeYTON

rom the outside, the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library looks peaceful. Stacks of books, rows of orderly tables and chairs and traditional reference desks bring back memories of libraries from childhood school days. These were quiet places, where the librarians sometimes insisted upon proper behavior through a brusque glance directed toward unruly patrons.

But looks can be deceptive. Scratch just beneath the surface, and one will find that the research library at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History is anything but quiet.

Library staff is working feverishly to catalog collections in order to make them available to patrons. They threw a party recently to celebrate a major milestone in their work – the cataloging of 5,766 rolls of microfilm from all 120 Kentucky counties.

BRENDA SMITH

HEATHER STONE

The team’s primary objective is to make the KHS collections more accessible to a broader audience in the library and online.

Louise Jones, the Kentucky Historical Society’s (KHS) director of special collections and library services, said the “goal is enduser knowledge. The push is always to get that stuff out so that people can use it.” www.history.ky.gov

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Fac e b o o k o f the Pa st: M e m o ry B o ok Do cume n ts H i g h S c h o o l life Every now and then, researchers come across a real gem in the collections. That was the case when library team members discovered Virginia Louise Hart’s high school memory book from 1921.

The KHS library team is made up of 10 full-time employees, two grant-funded staff members and one intern. Unlike a traditional library, members of this team do a little bit of everything. Every team member catalogs, performs reference work, acts as conservators and participates in the public service aspect of the library. Jones said the nature of their work requires that team members have a broader focus on work, although many of them do have specialized knowledge in particular areas.

“In a traditional library, you would find reference staff, catalogers, technicians, conservators and administrators,” Jones explained. “At KHS, you find all of those things, but everyone does a wide range of work.” Jones said the library team does have individuals who are fast, accurate catalogers who understand that rule-based world, but those same people also perform reference-related duties.

Reference work includes everything from answering patrons’ emails and phone calls to assisting with one-on-one research questions. Another big part of the library team’s work deals with conservation. Because KHS has permanent collections – many of which date back to previous centuries – conservation is an on-going challenge.

“This book offers a light-hearted glimpse into that period,” said Jones. “It’s filled with funny stuff.”

The book was given to Hart by her aunt at Christmas 1919 so that Hart could document special moments and events during her senior year at Paducah High School. Hart filled it with information about all of her classmates, as well as school cheers, autographs and playbills. She even made reference to all the boys who had given her pieces of Wrigley’s gum, apparently a flirtatious tool of that time.

“Paper isn’t permanent,” said Jones. “It’s always in the process of falling apart.”

The research library contains a wide variety of materials from Kentucky’s past, including books, manuscripts, microfilm and oral histories. All of these items require careful cataloging in order to make them useful to researchers. This has been the focus of the library team over the last two winters. Team members painstakingly combed through thousands of rolls of microfilm, making sure that accurate descriptions existed for the contents of those rolls in order to make them searchable.

The microfilm rolls are a treasure trove for family history researchers. They contain information from all of Kentucky’s counties, including marriage records, court records, deeds and more. Each three-inch roll of microfilm can store as many as 1,000 pages of historic records.

“It’s an amazing medium,” said Jones. Once records are on microfilm, they’re much more stable. It’s a great way to store material, but if it isn’t organized, it can be difficult to get to that information.”

Jones acknowledges that the work can be tedious at times, saying “you have to take it in batches.”

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S mall Tow n Doctor Documents Life in Paris, K y.

Another find in the KHS collections is an account book from D.D. Martin, a doctor in Paris, Ky. from 1848-1849.

From the outside, the book could be construed as a straightforward account of payments, but the contents inside are much more valuable. The book is actually a visitation record that includes births, deaths and even altercations from a small town doctor who likely served most everyone in Paris during that time period.

weeks and months. Two smaller batches of microfilm are next in line for cataloging. One series of approximately 150 rolls chronicles vital records from the 19th century, documenting birth, deaths and marriages. A second batch of microfilm made up of approximately 600 rolls, contains tax records from the 19th century.

“What makes KHS unique is that we collect the records of individuals both great and small,” said Jones.

“Just to call it a ledger would make you think it’s an account of business transactions,” said Louise Jones, director of special collections and library services at the Kentucky Historical Society. “In fact, it catches a snippet of time in the life of that community.”

Those records are priceless in the search for family history. But they also document Kentucky’s past in a myriad of other ways.

The library team’s work is always on-going, as new collections are brought in and older collections require conservation. Jones said the team still has to tackle its manuscript collections, which contain wills and other significant legal documents.

First impressions aside, Jones said that the library team’s work is really about access and responsible stewardship. “You’re unlikely to be shushed in our library,” said Jones. “If we are viewed as gatekeepers, it’s only so that patrons’ great-grandchildren will have access to the same materials that they had access to.” 3

She says the book is “gold mine” for people who had ancestors who lived in Paris during that time.

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N E W A N D N E W LY D I S C OV E R E D D O N AT I O N S A N D AC QU I S I T I O N S TO T H E K E N T U C K Y H I S TO R I C A L S O C I E T Y C O L L E C T I O N S Fishing Reel, 1858 Made in Frankfort, Ky., this Meek & Milam fishing reel carries its history with it. The name of each owner and the date they received it is engraved on the side of this beautiful silver reel: Reverend Phillip Fall, 1858; George L. Payne, 1885; Albert B. Blanton, 1941; Robert S. Howell, 1954.

Donated by Robert S. Howell in memory of Albert B. Blanton, 2011.80.

Firefighter’s Helmet, 2001 Bill Callinan, chief of a volunteer fire department in Liberty, Ky., wore this helmet while working rescue and recovery in New York City in September 2001. Callinan and his crew of 10 volunteers took with them donations of money, food and 15 cases of first-aid supplies from Casey and surrounding counties. While cataloging the helmet, curators discovered dust from Ground Zero embedded in the crevasses.

Donated by Bill Callinan, 2011.99

Hat, 1916 Photograph, 1916 This hat was worn by A.B (Bige) Combs who was sheriff of Hazard, Ky., from 1914 until 1918.

Combs never carried a weapon, using his large size instead to enforce the laws of Perry County.

This photograph shows him astride his Tennessee Walking Horse, Billy.

Donated by Jim Combs in memory of Abijah Benjamin Combs (Bige), 2011.98

Diary, 1864-65 Civil War diary of Confederate soldier Henry L. Stone, who captured the journal from an unknown Union soldier on Valentine’s Day 1865. Stone served with the 9th Kentucky Cavalry from 1862-1865 and used the remaining pages of the diary to document his service for the final four months of the war, as well as his travel experiences as he was trying to get back home to Bath County, Ky. In the diary, he details troop movements, foraging missions and his unit’s escort of President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet after Lee’s Surrender. The diary supplements a published speech by “Colonel” Stone from 1919, held by KHS, in which he gives an in-depth description of his experience as a soldier under the command of John Hunt Morgan.

Diary of Henry Lane Stone, KHS Collections, SC 879

Memory Book, 1919-21 High School memory book of Virginia Louise Hart, a student of the 1921 graduating class of Paducah High School. This memory book was given to Virginia by her aunt at Christmas the previous year so Virginia could fill it with her most precious senior year memories. Virginia’s documented memories include cheers, events, autographs, playbills and songs and dances of note.

However,Virginia embellished this volume with numerous photographs, labels and other colorful mementos of her senior year.

Virginia Louise Hart Memory Book, KHS Collections, SC 679

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Annual Report MMX - MMX I

2011 KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS President John R. Hall, Lexington 1st Vice President Ann Rosenstein Giles, Lexington 2nd Vice President Henry C. T. Richmond III, Lexington Secretary Kent Whitworth, Frankfort Treasurer Buckner Woodford IV, Paris Bruce Cotton, Lexington James T. Crain Jr., Louisville Dennis T. Dorton, Paintsville Robert M. “Mike” Duncan, Inez Thomas Dupree, Lexington Jo M. Ferguson, Louisville John Greenbaum, Louisville Frank Hamilton, Georgetown Jamie Hargrove, Louisville Raymond R. Hornback, Ed.D., Lexington Elizabeth Lloyd Jones, Midway Nancy Lampton, Louisville Crit Luallen, Frankfort Anita Madden, Lexington Margaret Patterson, Frankfort Warren W. Rosenthal, Lexington James W. Shepherd, Georgetown Gerald L. Smith, Ph.D., Lexington Charles W. Stewart, Frankfort John P. Stewart, M.D., Frankfort William B. Sturgill, Lexington Bosworth Todd, Louisville James M. Wiseman, Erlanger

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CONTENTS Foundation Director’s Report Revenues by Source & Fund Disbursement Gifts from Individuals Gifts from Corporations Gifts in Memorial Gifts in Honor Abraham Lincoln Society Members New Members

Robert E. Rich, Cincinnati, Ex Officio J. David Smith, Pro Bono Counsel

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Inspired by the self-supporting stairway designed in Kentucky’s Old State Capitol (1830) by Gideon Shyrock, this graphic element is also reminiscent of a similar architectural feature in the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History 1999.

On the cover (clockwise from top left): Kentucky History Day winners travel to Washington D.C. to compete in National History Day, tour historic sites, and visit with Kentucky legislators on Capitol Hill; the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort, home to KHS and the KHS Foundation; high school students in the Governor’s Scholar Program learn about the research resources of the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library and Special Collections; the Kentucky Military History Museum reopens at the State Arsenal; seven of the eight living Kentucky governors attended the 2010 Boone Day celebration and the reopening of the Toyota Kentucky Hall of Governors after extensive renovations; a young Kentuckian enjoys the KHS hobby horse races at the Governor’s Derby Breakfast; students from the KHS Camp Arty Fact demonstrate their projects; KHS History Awards honor outstanding projects, publications, and professional service to Kentucky history; 14 History Awards were presented in November 2010 at the Old State Capitol thanks to funding from KHSF; tours of the Old State Capitol provide meaningful insight into Kentucky’s political and social history.

Donors are Key to Success at KHS October 2011 For more than 20 years, the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation has been a solid keystone for the Kentucky Historical Society, offering researchers, students and visitors the resources to unlock connections to the past, perspective on the present and inspiration for the future. Donors to the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation enable KHS to thrive.

In this 2011 KHS Foundation Annual Report, we acknowledge and thank those individuals, corporations and foundations who gave to more than 30 different programs and activities this year at KHS. By giving to the 2011 KHS Foundation’s Annual Fund, Elizabeth Lloyd “Libby” Jones Student Scholarship Fund, the Kentucky Treasures Fund, or any number of KHS Foundation restricted initiatives, donors bring Kentucky history to life and keep it alive for generations to come.

We are proud of the work that the Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Historical Society Foundation accomplish together. We are especially proud of and thankful for the donors who support the ongoing and important work of preserving and collecting the commonwealth’s heritage so that all generations of Kentuckians can know, understand and cherish their history now and well into the future.

Together, KHS and the KHS Foundation are entrusted with an important statewide mission to preserve, present and protect the vital historic resources of our state. We are honored by the generosity of those who joined with us to make this year a success.

Sincerely,

John R. Hall President, KHS Foundation 2010-2011

Robert E. Rich President, KHS 2010-2011

Making Donor History with Increasing Numbers As executive director of the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) Foundation, I am pleased to present the 2011 KHS Foundation Annual Report. We take this opportunity to thank those who have supported us this past year through their financial contributions and also, to present some of the ways in which your contributions have advanced the mission of KHS so that “all Kentuckians can know their roots in time and in place,” as Dr. Thomas D. Clark envisioned.

We hope you will take time to review this annual report and come to understand how critical private donations of all sizes are to the success of the Kentucky Historical Society. We are pleased to note that the KHS Foundation this year received more total gifts than ever before, with 934 people and organizations contributing 1,141 donations to KHSF in fiscal year 2011, including 228 new donors. We are extremely grateful to those who continue to support KHS and the KHS Foundation even in difficult financial times. Private contributions enable KHS to carry out its statewide mission of preserving, collecting and presenting Kentucky’s heritage for all age groups, all across Kentucky.

Each year, the Elizabeth Lloyd “Libby” Jones Student Scholarship Fund supports school field trips to the KHS history campus for qualifying schools and their teachers. Named for former KHS president and current KHS Foundation board member Elizabeth Lloyd “Libby” Jones, this scholarship paid the admission fees for 8,417 students and their teachers in fiscal year 2011. In addition, the Kentucky Treasures Fund helped KHS acquire an important photograph documenting the individuals associated with a key Civil War artifact in the KHS Collections. You can read about this artifact on the back cover of this Annual Report.

Gifts to the KHS Foundation’s Annual Fund this year supported approximately 30 different programs and activities at KHS, including new educational programming for teachers and students as well as an annual summer internship program to provide experiential training to the next generation of public historians, librarians and museum professionals. The KHS Foundation is also extremely proud of the fellowship support we offer to scholars and historians to visit KHS to study and utilize our collections in their writings and research. The role of a state historical society is to promote historical knowledge and understanding, and the KHS Research Fellows program makes a lasting impact on the future of Kentucky history. The KHS Foundation also provided support for the successful opening of the newly renovated “Toyota Kentucky Hall of Governors” exhibition with financial assistance to one of the most memorable Boone Day celebrations in KHS history. Seven of the eight living Kentucky governors participated in a panel discussion as part of Boone Day 2011, which was moderated and broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television. For many of us, the 2011 Boone Day program showed the best of KHS in providing a forum where history can be shared, discussed and understood in new contexts.

Please take a few moments to celebrate what you helped KHS achieve in 2010-2011.

Sincerely,

KHS Foundation Executive Director

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REVENUE BY SOURCE KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY LEADERSHIP TEAM Amount

Percentage

Individuals Earned Income Foundations Corporations Organizations

$207,764 $57,574 $44,325 $41,729 $37,282

53% 15% 11% 11% 10%

TOTAL

$358,674

Kent Whitworth Executive Director Kentucky Historical Society Dana Bauer Cox Executive Director Kentucky Historical Society Foundation

Earned Income 15% Foundations 11%

Scott Alvey Director of Design Studio

Corporations 11%

Organizations 10%

Individuals 53%

Jody Blankenship Director of Education Lisa S. Cleveland Director of Communications Louise Jones Director of Library and Special Collections Trevor Jones Director of Museum Collections and Exhibitions R. Darrell Meadows, Ph.D. Director of Research and Interpretation Linda Redmon Director of Finance and Human Resources

FUND DISBURSEMENT

Theresa Young Executive Assistant

Programs funded by grants in prior years.

Programmatic Operating Fundraising Uncollectible pledges TOTAL

Amount

Percentage

$321,579 $152,787 $79,363 $115,540 $557,887

48% 22% 12% 18%

OUR MISSION Operating 22%

Fundraising 12%

The Kentucky Historical Society engages people in the exploration of the commonwealth’s diverse heritage.

Through comprehensive and innovative services, interpretive programs and stewardship, we provide connections to the past, perspective on the present and inspiration for the future.

OUR VISION

Programmatic 48%

Uncollectible pledges 18%

The Kentucky Historical Society will be the recognized leader in helping people understand, cherish and share Kentucky’s stories.

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Kentucky Historical Society Foundation

GIFTS FROM INDIVIDUALS July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011 Each year, the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation recognizes the generosity of KHS members and friends who make gifts to benefit KHS programs and services through annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, grants and corporate matching gifts. Please note: This report reflects only those gifts received by the Foundation during the period July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011. The outstanding balance on multi-year pledges is not reflected in this report.

Gifts of $10,000 - $49,999 Mr. Thomas P. Dupree, Sr. + Mr. Owsley B. Frazier + Mr.+ and Mrs. John R. Hall Mr. Robert E. Rich + Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Ms. Sandra Frazier Mr. and Mrs. John E. Tobe Gifts of $1,000 - $4,999 Mr.+ and Mrs. James E. Bassett III Mr.+ and Mrs. J. McCauley Brown Mr. and Mrs.** James Cox Mr.+ and Mrs. James T. Crain, Jr. Mr.+ and Mrs. Robert M. Duncan General+ and Mrs. Jo M. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs.+ Terry Forcht Gen. (Ret.)+ and Mrs. Richard L. Frymire Mr. and Mrs.+ William Giles Col. David B. Grover Mr.+ and Mrs. Frank Hamilton Jr. Ms. Catherine Hargreaves Mr.+ Frank B. Hower, Jr. Mrs. Mary Doyle Johnson Ms. Nancy Lampton+ Mr. William Lussky Mr. and Mrs. Richard Masson Mr. Brian R. Mefford+ Mr. and Mrs.+ William S. Patterson Mr.+ and Mrs. Henry C. T. Richmond III Mr.+ and Mrs. Warren Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Jack Russell Dr. and Mrs. David B. Stevens Dr.+ and Mrs. John P. Stewart Mr. Mark L. Thornewill Mr.+ and Mrs. Bosworth Todd Mr.+ and Mrs. Buckner Woodford IV KHS Onsite Donation Boxes Gifts of $500 - $999 Anonymous Mr. Jody Blankenship** and Mrs. Barbara Walden Mr. and Mrs. James R. Boyd Mrs. Jane V. Brown Mr.+ and Mrs. Bruce Cotton Mr. and Mrs. Norwood Cowgill, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose W. Givens, Sr. Ms. Geraldine Gordon Mr. Trevor Jones** and Ms. Katherine McDougall Mr. and Mrs.+ Charles L. Korzenborn Dr. R. Wathen Medley, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Franklin Moosnick Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roche Mrs. Charlotte H. Stagner Mr. and Mrs. William R. Stamler

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Mr. John O. Venable Mr. and Mrs. William C. White III Mr. Michael R. Whitley Mr.**+ and Mrs. Kent Whitworth Mrs. Holly B. Wiedemann Dr. William E. Wise Ms. Marilyn Zoidis** Gifts of $1 - $499 Anonymous Mr. William G. Adams Jeanie A. Adams Donn and Joan Adrian Ms. Dorothy Alexander Ms. Patricia J. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Ray Allen Dr. and Mrs. John R. Allen Mr.** and Mrs. Scott Alvey Ms. Jean N. Anderson Ms. Linda A. Anderson** Mr. William M. Andrews Ms. Juanita Antone Dr. + and Mrs. Lindsey Apple Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arensberg Ms. Florence Ayers Violetta Jean Ayulo Mr. David Bailey Mrs. Nancy D. Baird+ Jerry E. Baker Mrs. Walter A. Baker Ms. Amy Ballard Mr. and Mrs. Fontaine Banks, Jr. Ms. Rogers R. Barde Ms. Elizabeth S. Barr Mrs. Frances K. Barr Mr. and Mrs. Garland H. Barr III Mr.c+ and Mrs. J. William Bartleman Mr. and Mrs. Mike Barton Mr. Gardner D. Beach Leondus Beach Mr. Richard T. Bealmear Jerry Beard Mr. Thomas Beatty Mr. Robert Beck Mr. Paul Begley Mrs. Betty L. Bell Mr. Donald Bell Mrs. Linda O. Bell George J. Bellamy Mrs. June C. Bertram Mr. and Mrs. William Bevins Ms. Patricia Billings Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Dr. James D. Birchfield Dr. Robert Blake Mr. Madison V. Blanton Mrs. Nancy Blazer C. J. Blevins Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Blum John Boh

Ms. Helen R. Bolce Ms. Elizabeth K. Bolling Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bonar Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Boone Ms. Shirley Booze Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Boram Mr. Nathan C. Bowen Jr. Mr. William Bowker Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Bowles Mr. Stanley R. Bradbury Jack and Brenda Brammer Mr.+ and Mrs. William F. Brashear II Thomas Braun Mrs. Helen B. Breckinridge Dr. McHenry N. Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Brewer Mr. David T. Brown Frank and Martha Brown Mr. Jim Brown Meredith M. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Philip Brown Mr. Preston Brown Virginia L. Brown Ms. Elizabeth Browning Mrs. Mildred P. Browning Mr. Ray Brundige Mr. Roy A. Bryan Nancy O. Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Bullard Mr. Jack D. Bunnell Bernard Burch Ms Marilyn F. Burchett Mr. and Mrs. Greg Burns Mr. Tom Burns Ms. Sheila Mason Burton+ Mr. Joseph Busemeyer Ms. Maria Bush Mrs. Mildred M. Buster Ms. Laura Lee Smith Butler Ms. Cynthia S. Buttorff James and Marilyn Cain Dr. Glyn Caldwell Ms. Cornelia Calhoun Mrs. Deborah J. Campisano Colette Cardwell Mr. Bruce Carender Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Carlisle Carol Carpenter Mr. Vincent A. Carrafiello Mr. Jeffrey D. Carruthers Ms. Annie Carter Ms. Kathy Carter L. Curtis Cary, M.D. Mr. Lindy Casebier Ms. Sharon Cates Mrs. Anne F. Caudill Mr. and Mrs. Proc Caudill Mr. Richard D. Cawby Mr. D. D. Cayce III Ms. Anne Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Garland Certain Mr. Glen Chaney Mr. Dennis L. Chapman C. H. Chelf The Honorable James S. Chenault George M. Chescheir, III Mr. + and Mrs. Bennett Clark Ms. Cheryl Clark Mrs. Genevieve Clark Mr. Richard T. Clark Mr. Robert S. Clark Mrs. Thomas D. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Danny W. Clay Mr.+and Mrs. James C. Claypool, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs.** Larry Cleveland Ms. Madgel Cleveland

Mrs. Barbara G. Clifton Ms. Lynda W. Closson Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Codell Mr. L. Coleman Coffey Mr. and Mrs. William D. Coffey Dr. Mac Coffman Mrs. Carole L. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Everett L. Coleman Mrs. Laura Coleman Prichard** Ms. Constance L. Collins Mrs. Jane M. Collins Lisa Collins W. Ernest and Mary Lynn Collins Mr. and Mrs. Terry Collis Mrs. Jane K. Colten Mr. and Mrs. James R. Columbia Ms. Catherine Conder Walton Conn Ms. Irene Cook Ms. Katelyn Cooper Mr. Alan Corbitt Ms. Mary P. Cothrun Dr. Thomas A. Courtenay Mrs. Nash Cox Mr. John M. Craig Ms. Ruth N. Craig Ms. Deborah Crocker** Mr. Alvin M. Cross Ms. Mary Jo Cross Dr. and Mrs. Ward Crowe Mrs. Lou Currie John and Marilyn Curry Mrs. Julia Curry** Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Curtis Mr. Anthony P. Curtis** Dr. and Mrs. W. Lisle Dalton Sr. Mr. Don Dampier Mr. Ed Dance Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Daniels Ms. Betty R. Darnell

Mr. Allen R. David Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Davis Ms. Helen Davis Louis and Ann Dawers Mr. & Mrs. C. Leslie Dawson Ms. Diane Dawson Dr. and Mrs. Nelson** Dawson Mr. Lloyd Dean Ms. Anna L. Dearinger Mr. David B. Dearinger Mr. and Mrs. Richard DeCamp Mr. and Mrs. Larry C. Deener Mr. Mike Deetsch** Mrs. Alice H. Delambre Mr. and Mrs. William H. Denham Ms. Vicki Dennis Mr. G. Michael Dew Ms. Joanne DeWitt Ms. Heloise C. Di Ricco Miss Alice V. Dodd Mrs. Dorothy G. Dodson Douglas and Rose Doerting Mr. Steve Dooley Mrs. Susan Downing Mr. Ron Dryden Mr. Gail A. Duggins Mr. and Mrs. Donald O. Dulude Mr. and Mrs. George A. Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dungan Ms. Debbie Dunn Meredeth S. Durr Eddie and Susan Dyer Mrs. Melissa Earnest Barbara Ecton Ms. Brenda S. Edwards Ms. Helen Edwards Joe and Bramblett Elam Mr. and Mrs.** John Elliott Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ellis Mr. William L. Ellison Jr

Mr. George Ely Mr. Tom Emberton The Honorable+ and Mrs. William Engle II Mr. James Ey Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Verna Fairchild+ & Maj. Byrnes Fairchild Dr. Mary Fallat Ms. Jean Y. Farrisee Ms. Marilyn Faughn Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Feld Mr. Walter B. Ferguson Ms. Sharon Fields Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Finney Mrs. Joyce Fischer Mr. and Mrs. James L. Fishback Ms. Rhonda Fister Mrs. Virginia P. Flanagan** James R. Fleenor Mrs. Jean C. Fleischer Ms. Sarah R. Fleming Winona L. Fletcher Ph. D Mrs. Barbara B. Flores Mr. and Mrs. James A. Foerster Edwin S. Foote Dr. Margaret Foote Betty H. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fowler Mr. Donald Fowler Mary P. Fox, M.D. Mr. and Mrs.+ Cabell Francis II Mrs. Sandra G. Frazier Dr. Robert E. French Ms. Brenda Fritz Ms. Connie Fry Ms. Clara M. Fulkerson Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Futrell Mr. Tim Futrell Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Gable Mrs. Linda Gaby Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gardner Mr. Lewis E. Garrison Ms. Elizabeth Gaskins Mr. Mark Gaskins Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Gatewood Sheree Gatliff Mr. George W. Gayhart Ms. Susan A. George Mrs. Jo-Ann Geringer Ms. Anne M. Gibbs Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Gibbs Mr. Douglas Gibson Mrs. Wilma J. Gibson Stella Gieseler Dr. James M. Gifford, Ph.D. James Gilbert Ms. Gloria Giles Mr. James V. Gill Mr. Stephen Gillaspie Mr. Roger Givens Mr. Thomas B. Givhan Ms. Melanie Goan Mrs. Anne Bevier Goin Ms. Laura Leigh Goins Mr. Walter Gooch Dr. and Mrs. Robert Goodman Mrs. Betty M. Gorin Mr. Lance P. Gorman Mr. and Mrs.** Walt Grabon Dr. and Mrs. William J. Graul, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas S. Graver Mrs. Rollie D. Graves Mr. and Mrs. Everett Gray Dr. Scott Green Ms. June G. Greenwell Sister Theresina Greenwell Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Gregory

Mr. Lowell M. Griffin Mrs. Lois Grigsby Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gross Mr. and Mrs.+ Neil Hackworth Mr. Robert Haddad Dr. Paul C. Hager Mr. Donald Hall Mrs. Mary A. Haller Ms. Rosemary N. Hamblin James and Judith Hamilton Mr. Merrill R. Hammons Mr. Michael J. Hammons+ Ms. E. F. Hamrick Mr. and Mrs.** John Hanly Helen Happy Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hardy, Jr. Ms. Rose Gayle D. Hardy Mr.+ and Mrs. Jamie Hargrove Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Harney Mr. Charles E. Harper Col. Douglas A. Harper Ret. J. Russell Harris** Mr. Theodore Harris Mr. and Mrs. James B. Harrison Mr. Thomas S. Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Todd Hastings Mr. and Mrs. I. Michael Hatcher Mark S. Henderson Mrs. Judy B. Hendrix Mrs. Laura H. Hendrix William Herndon Kathryn J. Hickey Ms. Marsha T. Hicks Sharron Hilbrecht Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hill Ms. Nancy M. Hill Mr.** and Mrs. Charles F. Hinds Ms. Ann Hines Ms. Dorcas M. Hobbs Ms. June L. Hockenberry Ms. Theresa M. Hodge Ms. Debra A. Hoffman Mrs. Willa S. Hoge Mr. and Mrs.** David Hollingsworth Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Holton James L. Hood Ms. Mary Jane Hoog Ms. Barbara Hopkins Mr. John J. Hopkins III Honorable and Mrs. Larry J. Hopkins Mr. Derrick C. Hord+ Ms. Alice W. Horn Dr.+ and Mrs. Raymond Hornback Mr. and Mrs. W. James Host Ms. Olga H. Houchin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. House Ms. Sharon Houseknecht Ms. Katharine M. Houston Mrs. Betty P. Howard Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Howard John D. Howard, M.D., F.D.C.S. Mrs. Martha Howard Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Howard Ms. Margaret L. Howell Dr. George Hromyak Mike** and Paula Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Huffine Mrs. Rebekah M. Huffman Mr. Hal T. Hughes Ms. Glendolynn N. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. John L Hume Mrs. Alice S. Hume Mrs. Billy Humphreys Mr. and Mrs.** J.L. Hurst Ms. Margaret Hurst Mr. and Mrs. Michael Huskisson

Mr. Patrick R. Ireland Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ireland Mrs. Janice K. Jackson Mr. William G. Janes Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Jenkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk C. Jenkins Ms. Phyllis L. Jewell Ms. Sarah Johansen Mr. David W. Johnson** Mrs. Florence Johnson Mr. Hobart C. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Johnson Mr. and Mrs. William E. Johnson Bob Johnston Mary M. Johnstone Mr. James L. Jones Patsy Jones Mr. Paul R. Jordan Nicholas and Patricia Kafoglis Ms. Stacia Y. Kaufmann Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Keleher Colonel (Ret.)+ and Mrs. Arthur L. Kelly The Hon. and Mrs. Dan Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kendell Arba L. Kenner Mr. Albert King Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Kiser, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Larry and Bonnie Kittinger Dr. John E. Kleber+ Mr. Donald Kleier Dr.**+ and Mrs. James C. Klotter Ms. Linda F. Knight David and Barbara Knox Gary and Leslie Kohler George and Yvonne Kolbenschlag Ms. Virginia Konerman Mr. Marvin A. Kummer Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Kuster Amanda Lange M.D. Mrs. Shirlee LaRosa Mr. James D. LaRue, Jr. Mr. Charles Lawrence JoAlice Layman David D. Lee, Ph.D. Ms. Nancy W. Lee Ann Leger Ms. Ethyl S. Letcher Mr. Edwin P. Lewis Mr. Walter R. Lightner Ms. Linda J. Linder Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Lindsey Mr. Pierce Lively Ms. Beverly E. Lopez Ms. Nora Lovan Mr. Todd Lowe Dr. Marion B. Lucas Mr. and Mrs. Gary Luhr Priscilla A. Lynd Mr. Edmund D. Lyon Mr. J. E. Maddox Mr. and Mrs. Dan Maenza Ms. Anne Mahoney Ms. Mary Louise Majors Mr. Steve Manning Miss Betty J. Markwell Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Marsh Ms. Janet H. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. William J. Marshall Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Martin Mr. E. F. Martin, Jr. Mr. Joe D. Martin Mrs. Miriam H. Martin Richard and Jean Massamore Ms. Nancy K. Masters Ms. Nancy Masterson

Mrs. Robert F. Matthews Jr. Mrs. Angelita M. May Joan Mayer Mr. and Mrs. Josef Mayntz Ms. Anne W. Mays Ms. Ellen McCarthy Ms. Lynn C. McCarthy Col. Stewart Boone McCarty, Jr. Ms. Anna J. McClure Mr. Wayne E. McCollom Frank and Sue McCracken Ms. Valerie McCurdy Mr. and Mrs.+ Rodney McDaniel Mr. and Mrs. Mike McDonald David McElrath** Mr. and Mrs. James C. McGary William McGinnis Mr. Michael McGrath Mr. Richard G. McGuire Mrs. Virginia McHenry-Hepner Bonnie McKee Col. Willis McKee, Jr., M.D. Fonda McWilliams Mary Meade R. Darrell Meadows, Ph.D.** Mr. and Mrs. John A. Medley, Jr. Virgelia Meek Mr. Neil E. Mellen Mrs. Eldred W. Melton Lewis and Barbara Melton Elborn and Burney Mendenhall Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Meng Mr. Boynton Merrill, Jr. Mrs. Oveda Messer Mr. Joseph U. Meyer Ms. Ann B. Milburn Mr. and Mrs. Roy Milburn Mr. and Mrs.** Brett A. Miller The Hon. and Mrs. Jerry Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Guion Miller Sarah Milligan** Ms. Elizabeth S. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Minsh Marion L. Mitola Mr. Corpus E. Mohedano** Mr. David Mohney William and Karyl Mohrmann General (Ret.)+ and Mrs. James H. M. Molloy Ms. Esther H. Money Ms. Marilyn Montgomery Mr. Robert C. Moody Mrs. Mimi Moore Ms. Paula Moore Ms. Sarah L. Moore Mr. William T. Moore Ms. Betsy Morelock Ms. Hazel Morris Mrs. Melissa Morris Mr. Steve J. Morris Mr. Wayne Morris Ms. Jane B. Moser Mr. Fred R. Mozenter Mr.+ and Mrs. Mike Mullins Mrs. Patti Mullins+ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Muntz Mr. Chester J. Myers Dr. Marshall Myers Ms. Rebecca C. Myers Mrs. Elizabeth Naber Mr. Gregory and Dr. Dorothy Nagel Lee Nalley Bonnadean Nelson Mr. Jack Nelson Mr. James Nelson Alton and Betty Neurath Ms. Verna Mae Newman

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GIFTS FROM INDIVIDUALS (continued)

Mr. and Mrs. Nick Nicholson Jr. Dr. Patricia K. Nicol Mr. J. D. Niehaus Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Niles Ms. Patty Nilest Mr. Jeff Noble Ms. Shirley Noel Mr. Carson Y. Nolan Ms. Yvette Norsworthy Mrs. Anne Novy Dr. Nancy O’Malley+ Ms. Darlene O’Nan Ms. Donna C. Orr Dr. James A. Orr, Jr. Ms. Janice Osborne Mr. Walter E. Overstreet Ms. Judy K. Owens Mrs. Debra T. Pack Ms. Roberta P. Padgett Ms. Judith A. Palermo Judge and Mrs. John S. Palmore Dr. and Mrs. John Pappas Mr. and Mrs. James Park, Jr. Agnes Parman Dr. Allan M. Parrent Mr. George Parsons Dr. John Patterson and Dr. Ann Pollock Mr. and Mrs. Warren Payne Mr. James A. Pearson Mr. and Mrs. James L. Peel Clarence and Barbara Penn Ms. Ann J. Pennington+ Ms. Helene R. Perkins Mr. John S. Perkins Mr. Alwyn B. Perry Mr. John A. Perry Mr. and Mrs. William R. Peters Mr. and Mrs. Rob Petrillo Mr. and Mrs. H. Foster Pettit Mr. and Mrs. Don Philpot Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Picarazzi William and Jane Pierson Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Platt Mr. Thomas H. Plummer, Jr. Tom Poirier Mr. Edwin I. Pollock Mr. William R. Potter Eugenia Potter Vandy and Linda Powell

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Ms. Rebecca Preece Mr. and Mrs. O. Lenard Press Ms. Amalie M. Preston Ms. Lori Lyn Price Mr. Alexander T. Probus Ms. Ann Prothro Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Pugh Mr. James Pulliam Dr. Carolyn Purcell Laura Quinn Ms. Becky Raff Janet and Jerry Raider Ms. Mary Rall John M. Ransdell Mrs. Margaret T. Ratliff Ms. Morgan Reck Edward and Linda** Redmon Mr. David Reese Mr. Lowell Reese Mr. Jeffrey A. Reesor Mr. John F. Reesor Mr. Herman D. Regan, Jr. Ms. Kathie J. Regan Mrs. Joy Reid Mr. Fred Reinert Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Reinhart Mr. and Mrs. Reece Reinhold Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rembacki Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Renfro Mr. and Mrs. Sam Revlett Ms. Beverly Sue Reynolds Howard and Dee Reynolds Ms. Gail Rhea Mr. Ronald E. Rhody Mrs. Sally Rice Mrs. Pat Richardson Mr.** and Mrs. Samuel L. Richardson Douglas Riddell Ms. Teressa Riggs Mrs. Margaret Riley Jayna Jones Riner Mr. and Mrs. Hobart L. Risley Mr. and Mrs. William L. Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Roberts Ms. Forrest Roberts Mr. and Mrs. James Roberts Mr. and Mrs. William H. Roberts Mr. John E. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Robinette II Dr. George W. Robinson

Mr. Donald Robinson Mr. Ed Robinson Mr. Nelson Rodes Ms. Charlotte C. Rodes Ms. Carolyn M. Rodgers Ms. Anne L. Rodick Phillip Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Bill Roggenkamp Sgt. Major (Ret) Jose Rosario Dr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Rose Mrs. Kenney S. Roseberry Dr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Rowland Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm D. Royse Mr. and Mrs. David L. Ruggles Thomas L. Russell Ms. Colleen Ryan Dr. John N. Ryan Dr. and Mrs. Irwin T. Sanders II Drs. John and Marilyn Sanders Mr. John S. Sanders Stuart Sanders** Ms. Joyce Sanford Ms. Evelyn Fendley Sangster Ms. Linda C. Sawyers Ms. Sandra Sayers Mrs. Zenet Schissler Mr. Peter Schlereth Mrs. Tish Schmedeke Mr. and Mrs. James N. Schrader Mr. Ed Scott Mr. and Mrs. William Scruggs Ms. Judy Seidt John and Jane Semones Mrs. Joseph Severance, Sr. Mrs. Pamela P. Sexton Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Sharrow Ms. Renee M. Shaw+ Mr. Charles Sheffer Mr.+ and Mrs. James W. Shepherd Dr. William D. Shrader Mr. Gerald T. Silvers Mr. James H. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. James L. Simpson III Mr. Bruce Siria Joyce Sisk Ms. Gail Smathers Beverly Smith Ms. Brenda J. Smith** Ms. Carolyn M. Smith Mr. Earl T. Smith Dr. and Mrs. James Smith, Jr. Mrs. Lee Smith Mr. Marion L. Smith Richard and Jane Smith

Mr. and Mrs. W. Robert Smith Mr. Robinette C. Smith Mr. S. R. Smith IV Mr. Walter A. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Snapp Mr. and Mrs. Chester Snelling Dr. James H. Snider Ed.D Ms. Rita Souther Mr. and Mrs. John G. Sparks Ms. B. Holliday Sparrow Ms. Sue Speed+ Mr. Robert L. Spencer III Ms. Cora J. Spiller Ms. Georgia Stamper Mr. Brandt N. Steele Mr. and Mrs. Mike Steen Mr. Richard E. Steinmetz Mr. Bruce Stephens Mr. Giles L. Stephens, Jr. Capt. Ronald C. Stephens Ms. Jane B. Stephenson Mr. Richard C. Stephenson Mr. William O. Stidham Mrs. Kathleen Stilwell Mrs. and Mr. Mary Stites Ms. Betty Stokes June Stokley Mr. Earl W. Stone Mr. George B. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Stone Reverend Jack Stout Mr. Louis Stout Mrs. Emma Stucker Ms. Sallye H. Stumbo Andy Stupperich** Ms. Ann D. Sturgill Ms. Joyce Sturgill Mr. James L. Sublett J.H. Sullivan Ms. Joy Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Suter Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Sutherland Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sutherland Ms. Beverly Swanson Mrs. Nancy L. Swift Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Swinford Jr. Arthur and Glenna Symons Mr. Ronald Szudy Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Tackett Mrs. Carol Tanner Mr. Robert F. Tatman Ms. Alice P. Taylor Mrs. Carolyn M. Taylor Ms. Linda Taylor Dr. Paul A. Tenkotte Mr. and Mrs. Jim Terrell Prof. and Mrs. John Thelin Ms. Patricia G. Thomas Kelli Thompson** Mrs. Peggy F. Thompson Ms. Alexis Tillett Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tingle Ms. Ouida F. Tisdall-Patton Mr. Martin B. Tracy Mr. L. Michael Trapasso Ms. Margaret Q. Travis Ardis Trinkle Ms. Margaret J. Trinkle Mayor and Mrs. Roger Truitt Ms. Nancy Tucker Mr. Bob Turner Mr. James H. Turner Ms. Bettie J. Tuttle Mrs. Linda Twyman John and Donna Ulmer Mr. and Mrs. John Updike

Mrs. Janet H. Upton Beth Van Allen, Ph.D.** Mr. Raymond Van Hook Deborah Van Horn** Mrs. George M. VanMeter Mr. and Mrs. James C. Van Meter The Honorable Laurance B. VanMeter Dr. and Mrs. John Van Willigen Ms. Virginia Vassallo Ms. Lisa Vaughn Ms. Melinda Veirs Karen Vizi** Mr. and Mrs. James Voyles Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Wagoner Ms. Johnna M. Waldon Ms. Carol C. Walker Mr. and Mrs. John W. Walker Mr. and Mrs. James E. Wallace Mrs. Mildred J. Wallin Mr. W. Grady Walter II Ms. Karen S. Warford** Ms. Pat A. Wasson Mr. Allen D. Waters Mr and Mrs. Hays T. Watkins Mr. Lowry R. Watkins Jr Ms. Elizabeth Waud Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Weant Mrs. Charles S. Webb Mrs. Jean Anne Webb Mr. Mark C. Webster Mrs. Jessieanne H. Wells Ms. Joan B. Wells Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wells Mr. James A. Wesche Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wesley Mrs. Lynn Wesley Ms. Ivor L. Wetherby Mrs. Jo Ann M. Wever Mr. and Mrs. Galen J. White Jr Dr. and Mrs. Albin C. Whitworth Adalin Wichman Ms. JoEtta Wickliffe+ Clara Y. Wieland Ms. Susan H. Wilburn Mr. Dennis G. Wilder Mrs. Shirleen Wilhelm Mr. Marshall D. Wilkins Mr. Ken Williams Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Williams Pat Williamsen Ms. Michelle Willoughby Ms. Bobbie L. Wilson Ms. Dorothia L. Wilson Mrs. James R. Wilson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John K. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Wilson Presley and Ethel Winner Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Witt Ms. Carol Witten James and Joe Ann Wolcott Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolfe Mrs. Joyce M. Wood Mr. and Mrs. Buckner Woodford V Mr. John H. Woods Miriam Woolfolk Robert G. Wright Ms. Ruth P. Wright Ms. Janet Yates Ms. Wilma Yeary Ms. Sara L. Young Ms. Theresa Young** Mr. Robert M. Zwick *deceased ** current or former KHS staff + current or former KHS or KHSF Board Members

Elizabeth Lloyd “Libby” Jones Scholarship Fund Supports Student Visits to KHS The Kentucky Historical Society experienced another strong year of school group participation during the 2010-2011 school year. Approximately 17,500 students, parents and teachers visited the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History and the Old State Capitol.

Nearly 8,500 of those students and adults who visited KHS this year received scholarship assistance from the Elizabeth Lloyd “Libby” Jones Scholarship Fund, which covers the admission fees for qualifying school groups under the federal free and reduced lunch criteria.

In 2010-2011, KHS revised its approach to school group programming to better meet the curricular needs of students and teachers. The result has been pre- and post-visit contact with teachers, smaller group sizes and greater individual participation in our galleries and exhibits, and a sharper focus on learning outcomes. Teacher response has been extremely positive.

“Libby Jones’s commitment to education and to Kentucky preservation efforts led to the KHS Foundation to create a special fund that ensures all school groups, regardless of their students’ ability to pay, can experience the Society’s exhibitions and educational programs,” said John R. Hall, KHS Foundation president.

Most of the private donations to the Libby Jones Scholarship Fund are contributed during a benefit held in conjunction with the Abraham Lincoln Society major donor recognition event. Additional funding is contributed throughout the year by corporations, foundations, and individuals with interests in supporting history education and at-risk youth programming.

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2010-2011 By the Numbers

8,417

238

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

STUDENTS

Supported by Libby Jones Scholarship Fund

Camp ArtyFact supported by KHS Foundation Annual Fund

2,782.5

GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL

KHS HistoryMobile Gift in Kind, Pilot Corporation

22

GRANT PROPOSALS

73

143

Submitted by KHS Foundation to support 18 programs.

11 of these were successful, resulting in $502,072.

SCOUT LEADERS

STUDENTS

Girl Scout workshops supported by KHS Foundation Annual Fund

160 +

NUMBER OF BOXES OF CHURCHILL WEAVERS TEXTILES PROCESSED AND PLACED SAFELY IN STORAGE Joan Cralle-Day Funds

190+ PAGES

US Colored Troops Records scanned by Bookeye Scanner

138

DONORS

1,800+

SUPPORTERS CALLED DURING 2011 KHS FOUNDATION PHONATHON

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Attended Abraham Lincoln Society Gala

7

GOVERNORS IN ATTENDANCE

Supported by the KHS Foundation Annual Fund, Boone Day expense

73

6

TEACHERS

Kentucky History Education Conference

DONORS

1

Who purchased leaves, acorns or stones on the KHS Family Tree in the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

3,717

UK GRADUATE EDITORIAL ASSISTANTSHIP Supported by James Graham Brown Foundation Grant

MUSEUM THEATRE OUTREACH PARTICIPANTS

6

INTERNS

1,300

PARTICIPATION IN KJHS/NHD Kentucky Junior Historical Society / National History Day

Supported by KHS Foundation Annual Fund

79

TEACHERS Supported by Teaching American History Grants

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GIFTS FROM FOUNDATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS & CORPORATIONS July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011 Each year, the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation recognizes the generosity of KHS members and friends who make gifts to benefit KHS programs and services through annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, grants and corporate matching gifts. Please note: This report reflects only those gifts received by the Foundation during the period July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011. The outstanding balance on multi-year pledges is not reflected in this report.

Vivian “Tommie” Hockensmith Mr. Jeff Noble James Howard Mrs. Martha Howard Robert H. Kinker Ms. Kathy Carter Earnest Masters Ms. Nancy K. Masters Carol McGurk** Ms. Deborah Crocker** Herman Mullins Mr.+ and Mrs. Mike Mullins William F. McWhorter Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Boram

Gifts of $10,000 - $49,999 Kentucky Veterans Trust Fund Rosenthal Foundation Inc Toyota Motor Engineering & Mfg. North America, Inc. Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Ray Black & Son, Inc. Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation Inc. Gifts of $1,000 - $4,999 Anonymous Brown-Forman Corporation Citizens National Bank of Paintsville E.O. Robinson Mountain Fund First Citizens Bank hardscuffle, inc.

Hyden Citizens Bank, Inc. Kentucky Bank Kentucky National Guard Historical Foundation Larry R. Coffey Charitable Trust Marilyn and William Young Charitable Foundation National History Day The Helen H. Donan Charitable Fund Gifts of $500 - $999 Bank of the Mountains City of Maysville & Mason County Arts Commission Commercial Bank of Grayson Farmers National Bank United Bank Your Community Bank Gifts of $1 - $499 Abercrombie Foundation Ballard County 4-H Council Bonnie Management Company Inc. Buechel Woman’s Club Inc. Caller Family Charitable Foundation, Inc. Casey County Middle School Faith Fellowship Choir GoodSearch Home Federal Bank IBM Matching Grants Program John Fox, Jr. Genealogical Library Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Kentucky Commission on Women Kentucky Council for the Social Studies Kentucky Credit Union League Kentucky Huguenot Society of Manakin Kentucky Museum and Heritage Alliance

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Kentucky Sports Authority KHS Staff Marines Corps League Kentuckiana Detachment #729 National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in KY National Society Sons of the American Revolution Rotary Club of Frankfort Southern Preschool and Childcare, Inc. Stock Yards Bank and Trust The Alison and William W. Freehling Family Foundation The Balagula Theatre Company University of Louisville - College of Arts and Sciences Wayne County Middle School Woodford County High School

MEMORIAL GIFTS GIVEN IN MEMORY OF LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS Charles T. “Chuck” Anglin Mr. and Mrs. William Scruggs Fred, Tony, Gary, Cecilia, and Darlene Antone Ms. Juanita Antone Howard Baker Mr.** and Mrs. Samuel Richardson Walter Baker+ Ms. Ann J. Pennington+ Maultie Garrison Bramblett Joe and Bramblett Elam Bill Chescheir** George M. Chescheir III Daniel B. and Aileen B. Corman June C. Bertram Compton Crowe Dr. and Mrs. Ward Crowe

Helen Robinson Mr. Ed Robinson Martin F. Schmidt+ Mrs. Nancy D. Baird+ Sharron Hilbrecht Robert M. Sexton Pamela P. Sexton Clay B. Snedegar Ms. Kathy Carter Family of Valentine Stone Mr. William G. Adams T.O. and Marguerite Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Ward Crowe Horace Greeley Turner Mrs. Lynn Wesley John Updike, Jr. Mrs. Betty Updike Isabella Reed Clay Weisiger Rogers Barde F. Marshall Wise Dr. William E. Wise William Wise III Dr. William E. Wise

IN HONOR OF A SPECIAL PERSON OR OBSERVANCE The Woodard Adams Family William G. Adams Senators Fred F. and Lillie Bishop Margaret Hurst Freda L. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Robert Witt Archibald Casey Dr. William E. Wise

Omer & Osie Cunningham, Jack R Cunningham, Jennifer C. Rock, Blake W. Rock Jack Cunningham Linda Grabon** Edward and Linda** Redmon Joe Gross and Tony Gross Larry Gross John, Geneva, and Kristin Harper Mr. Charles E. Harper Erica Harvey** Mr. and Mrs.** John Hanly Sam W. Moore Mimi Moore II Mark Myers Mrs. Debra T. Pack David New** KHS Staff Mr. Ross O’Nan, Sr. and Mr. Ross O’Nan, Jr. Darlene O’Nan John Perry Wanda H. Perry Kathie Jane Regan Debbie Dunn J. Owen Reynolds Howard and Dee Reynolds Save the “Fighting Falcon” Mr. Lowell Reese Doug and Gerri Sanderson Mr. and Mrs. William Scruggs Bill and Wilma Scruggs Mr. and Mrs. William Scruggs Kilby Tatman Mr. Robert F. Tatman Dorothy O. Thomas Patricia Thomas Roy Edward Thomas Patricia Thomas Jennie Barton Wesche James A. Wesche Albin and Katie Whitworth Faith Fellowship Choir Dorothy O. Wilson Patricia Wilson Maxie H. Wise Dr. William E. Wise William E. Wise Dr. William E. Wise Buckner Woodford IV+ Mr. and Mrs. Buckner Woodford V

GIFT-IN-KIND Ale-8-One Bottling Company, Inc. Beef O’Brady’s Buddy’s Pizza Capital Cellars Wine and Spirits Café Market Louisville Genealogical Society Lynne Hollingsworth** Pilot Travel Centers, LLC. Starbucks Coffee Company *deceased ** current or former KHS staff + current or former KHS or KHSF Board Member

New Bookeye® Scanner Enables Researchers to Make Copies of Delicate Documents Grants from the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) Foundation and the Kentucky Genealogical Society (KGS) recently made possible the purchase of a high-quality Bookeye® scanner for the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library.

The scanner enables staff in the library to help preserve the condition of historic books and documents, while still receiving high resolution images of the pages. The Bookeye® scanner, which cost more than $20,000, scans in full-color up to 600 dots per inch, which is necessary for preservation-quality images. It also has a cradle that adjusts the elevation of the documents during the scanning process, which is especially helpful with bound documents. The machine can scan large copies, up to 22” x 28”.

“What this means for researchers is that material that could not previously be copied can be copied now,” said Louise Jones, KHS director of special collections and library services. “This allows everybody to have the same technological access.”

The scanner also makes high-quality photocopies as well as digital images which can be copied to a flash drive.

Researchers who are interested in using this equipment simply inquire at the reference desk and KHS staff will assist with making either digital or hard copies. The cost is 25 cents per page for KHS and KGS members and 30 cents per page for non-members.

KHS has begun to explore outreach possibilities with the Bookeye. In October 2011, the library and special collections staff held their first “Scan Fest” so that individuals and organizations could come in to scan their items free of charge.

Without the support of the KHS Foundation and the KGS, it is unlikely that this equipment could have been acquired.

“This technology is expensive, in part, because of its versatility,” said Jones.

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COLLECTIONS DONORS

Jann Alexander Lorraine Andrews Samuel Banks Debra Barrows Terry Bay Nina Biggs Dr. Janice Blythe Pat Bradley Steven Bullard Martha Davis Gladys Gardner Kenneth Hodges Glendora Ison Kentucky Historical Society Staff Elinor Knight Willis McKee Ronald Morgan Michael Mossburger Everett Pfanstiel Leif Erickson Rigney Donald Rooney Ruby Sharp Lucinda Spangler Unknown Jerry Wentzel Jane H. White Albin Whitworth Barbara Worful

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Andrew Albatys Anonymous Melissa Perkins Baskett Terry Bay Bobbie Smith Bryant Amy Carpenter L. Curtis Cary Gary Cole Mary Combs Loretta Clark Julie Conner Kay Crabtree Martha Davis Michael D.Dryden Charles S. Ferguson Gretchen Gillig Rebecca Heckler Norma Honn Don Hoover

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Eleanor Jenkins Patricia W. Johnson Elinor Knight Mike McDaniel Sarah Milligan** Ronald Morgan Keith Norris Donald Phillips Nancy Lee-Riffe Richard Raley Amy Sanders Greg Soaper Sylvia Stevens Connie Taylor Ben Tidwell Lanny Tucker

MEMBERS OF THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN SOCIETY PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS Lifetime giving equals or exceeds $1 million dollars or more in cash or cash equivalent.

Hilary J. Boone*+ Sara Shallenberger Brown* James Graham Brown Foundation Rosenthal Foundation Martin F. Schmidt*+ Toyota

CHANCELLOR’S FRIENDS

FOUNDING TRUSTEES

Cumulative contributions equal or exceed $500,000 or more in cash or cash equivalent.

Cumulative contributions equal or exceed $100,000 in cash or cash equivalent.

Mr.*+ and Mrs.* Ralph G. Anderson Brown-Forman Corporation National Endowment for the Humanities Thomas A. Courtenay and Mary Ann Courtenay Davidson

Mary and Barry Bingham, Sr. Fund Joan Cralle Day Thomas P.+ and Clara*+ Dupree Farmers Bank and Capital Trust Fidelity Investments Gheens Foundation James N. Gray Foundation Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Humana Foundation Ronald and Michele Morgan William B. Sturgill+ Bill and Barbara+ Young

DIRECTOR’S FELLOWS Cumulative contributions equal or exceed $250,000 in cash or cash equivalent.

Anonymous Dr. Richard C.* and Genevieve Brown* Owsley Brown Frazier+ Mary D. Kelly Living Trust John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Keeneland Foundation The Stewart Home School

TRUSTEES Cumulative contributions equal or exceed $50,000 in cash or cash equivalent.

Abercrombie Foundation Cinergy Foundation Cralle Foundation CSX Transportation Delta Airlines Gen. (Ret.)+ and Mrs. Richard L. Frymire John+ and Donna Hall James F. Hardymon+ Gov. Brereton+ and Libby+ Jones Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives W. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Foundation PNC Bank Robert E. Rich+

MEMBERS Cumulative contributions equal or exceed $25,000 in cash or cash equivalent.

A.J. Alexander, M.D.* Muhammad Ali American Legion Post #6, Madisonville Col. (Ret.) Armando J. Alfaro* Anonymous Ashland, Inc.

Ball Homes Bellsouth Ray Black and Son, Inc. Gov. Edward T. Breathitt*+ Katherine Alexander Brewer Martin Brown, Jr. Budd Company Cincinnati Bell Foundation Dr. Thomas D. Clark*+ Clay Ingels Company Corporex C. Michael Davenport R. C. Durr Foundation James A. and Natalie Haslam Charles and Melba P.** Hay Jacob and Edith Horn Family Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Hower Johnson Controls Foundation Mr.+ and Mrs. William Kirkland Kentucky Bankers Association, Inc. Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance Kentucky Genealogical Society Kentucky Veterans Trust Fund Dr. Glenn and Judy Marsh Lois Mateus and Tim Peters Mr.* and Mrs.* Joseph H. Murphy, Jr. Pilot Corporation Henry E.* and Betty Pogue IV Rhodes Bequest Rosenstein Family Martin F. Schmidt/Kate Schmidt Moninger Fund James+ and Lynne Shepherd Mr. and Mrs. Fred Silhanek Frank W. Sower*+ Steele-Reese Foundation Stock Yards Bank and Trust Sumitomo Corporation John E. and Joanne Tobe *deceased ** current or former KHS staff + current or former KHS or KHSF Board Member

What YOU Can Discover at the Kentucky Historical Society The Kentucky Historical Society Foundation began supporting an annual KHS Internship Program in summer 2011. The foundation’s goal is to support up to six paid summer internships per year to achieve projects important to KHS and to provide professional development opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students interested in public history, museum and library professions.

Below is one intern’s account of his summer 2011 experience, taken from the KHS blog, www.historyburgoo.com. It was originally posted June 28, 2011: When I first got the phone call that I had been accepted as an intern at the Kentucky Historical Society, I was thrilled. The internship at KHS would offer some much needed hands-on experience in archiving practices and, as I would discover upon my first day at KHS, that there is much more to working in a historical society than I had perceived.

On any given day working at the historical society, I am learning something new about the state of Kentucky. In the oral history collection, I am more than likely auditing and digitizing tapes of interviews or writing descriptions of collections that haven’t been cataloged yet. The most recent of which is the oral histories of some of our more prolific governors of the 20th century. I can’t tell you the amount of intrigue one can accumulate while watching an interview with Bert T. Combs over his battle with educational reform in this state or reading through a transcript of John Y. Brown and his dealings with the famous “Colonel” of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame. And these are only a fraction of interesting artifacts to be found.

Genealogy is a huge interest of patrons who come to the society. When I am in the microfilm room or manning the reference desk, I help patrons find all sorts of records about ancestors that inhabited this state, spanning from marriage certificates from the late 1700s or court records of the 19th century. There are even rare books that patrons can access that date back to the 1800s. If you are a visual person, KHS has thousands of photographs in our collection of many

different topics. A personal favorite of mine are photographs of Kentucky servicemen going off to fight WWII in the 1940s. I could go on and on about the vast amount of historical information that can be found at the historical society, but then it wouldn’t be any fun in discovering it for yourself!

Interning at the Kentucky Historical Society will no doubt be a tremendous impact on my future professional career. The things I have learned here will be things I take with me forever.

Tommy Grant, master’s candidate in Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky, was a 2011 summer intern in the Martin F. Schmidt Library.

KHS Summer Interns for 2011: Leah Craig, Auburn University Thomas Grant, University of Kentucky Jennifer James, Western Kentucky University Matthew Peek, Kent State University Derrick Ranostaj, Kent State University Whitney Ziegler, University of Kentucky

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American Legion Post 6 Ball Homes, Inc. BellSouth - Corporate & External Affairs Bingham Foundation C E And S Corporation, Inc. Corporex The Cralle Foundation Inc Day Enterprises Downtown Frankfort, Inc. Greensburg Arts Council Hindman Settlement School Historic Kentucky Inc Hopewell Museum Jesse Stuart Foundation Kentucky Bankers Association LaRue County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors National Society Sons of the American Revolution PNC Bank Ray Black & Son, Inc. Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation Inc Steele-Reese Foundation University of Rochester - Library Mr. Willis Abner Ms. Camille Allen Ms. Kathryn Ammann Ms. Darlene Amos Ms. Barb Anderson Mr. Richard L. Archey Kelly Arehart Mr. William Arnold Mr. Brad Asher Mr. Matthew Axtell Ms. Ruth Bailes Mr. Jeffrey Bain-Conkin Ms. Susan Baker Mrs. Walter A. Baker Dr. Nancy E. Baker Ms. Dois F. Ball Ms. Angelia F. Barger Mr. Roger Barlow Ms. Elizabeth S. Barr Mr.+ and Mrs. William Bartleman Mr. Robert Bauer Mr. Ronald Baugh Ms. Jennifer Bawden Ms. Pamela Baxter Ms. Belinda Beard Miss Tammy Belcher Ms. Rabia Belt Ms. Carolyn Benedict Ms. Shannon S. Bennett Ms. Carole Beringer

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Mr. Michael Bess Ms. Laura E. Bischoff Ms. Betty Black Mr. Joshua Blackwell Mr. David A. Blakeman Ms. Marilyn Blevins Ms. Mary C. Borders Mr. James Botelle Ms. Cynthia A. Bouton Col. (Ret.) Herchell A. Boyd Ms. Dawn Brackman Ms. Cynthia Breitenbach Anne Y. Brinton Mr. Nathan Brown Mr. Ray Brundige Ms. Beverly Buchanan Ms. Sheryl Burchett Ms. Megan Burnett Mrs. Lois Burris Mr. Ben Calvert Mr. Kevin Canafax Mr. Carroll E. Carrigan Mr. Kevin Carter Prof. Andrew Cayton Mr. Donald S. Chisum Ms. Margaret A Chowning Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Clark Mr. Stephen Clifford Ms. Janet H. Cobb Ms. Linda Cohenour Ms. Chelsea Compton** Ms. Julie L. Connor Mrs. Toni Conover Ms. Sharlene S. Cooper Mr. Jerry Cope Mrs. Sharon Corum Mrs. Dana B. Cox** Ms. Laura Cox Ms. Marva Crews Ms. Rebecca R. Crittenden Mr. John Culp Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Cummins Ms. Lynn F. Dacosse Ms. Dottie Dare Ms. Wanda H. Day Dr. Juilee Decker** Ms. Betty Deemer Mr. Gary Dennis Ms. Diane Dever Mr. Ron DeVore Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Dodd Ms. Tricia Dorman Ms. Glenna Drew Mr. Charles Dudley Mr. Randall Dunavent Ms. Adrienne Dunn

Mr. and Mrs. John Durel Mrs. Deborah Jo Durr Mr. and Mrs. Bob Duvall Ms. Paula R. Eads Mrs. Kim Eisman Ms. Delores Elam Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ellis Dr. Morris Evans Ms. Jacqueline Farris Mrs. Connie Feese Ms. Sue Fields Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Finney Mr. Clyde Fletcher, Jr. Ms. Helen D. Flowers Mrs. Marion C. Forcht+ Ms. Ruth L. Fox Ms. Jill M. Fraley Ms. Allison Fredette Ms. Becky French Mr. Craig Friend Mr. Darrell Gammon Ms. Karen Garrison Mr. Douglas Gibson Mr. Warren K. Gilbert Mrs. Phyllis Gilman** Mr. and Mrs. Mason Glass Ms. Mary Jo Gohmann Mr. Robert D. Goodlett Ms. Cathy Gottsch Ms. Mary Ann Gramig Mrs. Mary A. Greathouse Ms. Dena C. Green Mr. John Greenebaum+ Ms. Jennye Grider Dr. Margaret Gripshover Mr. Larry Gross Ms. Jane G. Haldeman Mr. Homer Hall Mr. Donald Hall Mrs. Robyn Hamilton Mr. Jonathan Hancock Mr. Mel Hankla Ms. Laura F. Hargis

Mr. Charles E. Harper Ms. Annette Harrod Ms. Sarah J. Parent Hawk Mr. Michael D. Haynes Ms. Patricia Heise Ms. Jan Marie Hemberger Mr. Russell Hill Dr. John Paul Hill Ms. Mahala Hilton Dr. Harold E. Hinds, Jr. Ms. Ann Hines Ms. Alice W. Hobson Mrs. Doretta Honaker Ms. Mary Jane Hoog Ms. Frances H. Hopper Ms. Sharon Houseknecht Mrs. Martha Howard Ms. Anita Howard Mr. Ronald Howell Mr. Nicky Hughes** Ms. Tonya Hull Guy and Anna Ingram Prof. Anya Jabour Ms. Nancy Jarboe Ms. Elizabeth H. Jefferson Mr. David Johns Mrs. Kimberly Johnson Ms. Louise Jones** Ms. Donna Jones Mr. Alfred Joseph Ms. Mary K. Kauffman Ms. Michelle Kearns Ms. Paula Keith Mr. and Mrs. William E. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Gary Kempf Col. Matthew B. Kendall Mr. Tony Kersey Mrs. Kathy McCann Keyser Ms. Nancy K. Kilbourne Mrs. Katherine C. King Ms. Sue Kirves Mrs. Linda Konrad Ms. Sharon Kouns

Ms. Linda Larson Mr. Terry Leap Ms. Dorothy Ledger Mrs. Rosemary J. Legge Mr. Alex Lesueur Mr. Jason Lewis Ms. Joan Lewis Mrs. Louise Lewis Mr. Joseph Lloyd Mr. Robert Logsdon Ms. Wanda Lombardo Ms. Janice Looper Mrs. Vickie Loyd Ms. Retta C. Lykins Mr. Keith D. Lyon Dr. Glenn Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Josef Mayntz Ms. Anne McBee Ms. Lorraine McConaghy Mr. Kent A. McConnell Reverend Sue McCracken Ms. Brenda McEntyre Mr. Owen M. McKinney Mr. Mike McMurray Ms. Debra S. Mecca Ms. Suzanne Medvidovich Ms. Ann Meister Mr. David Middleton Mr. Jerry Miller Ms. Carol A. Miller Mrs. Pat Miller Mr. Brian C. Miller Mr. Paul E. Minton Mrs. Laura Morrison Ms. Nancy F. Moulton Dr. and Mrs. James C. Murphy Ms. Karen Newman Ms. Jennifer Nickeson LTC (ret) Kenneth Nowlan Mr. Kenneth E. Oakley Ms. Peggy Oberson Mrs. Carol T. Ogden Ms. Margaret O’Meara

Ms. Stefanie Osterman Ms. Judith A. Palermo Mrs. Eileen Palmer Ms. Donna Parker Ms. Sybil Parnes Ms. Elizabeth A. Parr Mr. Bruce Parsons Ms. Linda Patrick Ms. Anna M. Pavlik & Mr. Richard Rosen Dr. William H. Payne, D.V.M. Ms. Patricia E. Peck Ms. Elizabeth Perkins Mr. Samuel Perry Ms. Elizabeth Perry Ms. Diana Peters Ms. Nancy Pfotenhauer Ms. Sara M. Porter Ms. Lisa J. Powell Mr. Richard E. Pride III Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pullen Mr. Bruce Raley Ms. Becci Ray Mr. Paul A. Reardon Mr. Lowell Reese Ms. Hazel R. Reffitt Mr. John Rehmeyer Ms. Gail Rhea Ms. Helene Richards Mr. Robert Riehemann Mr. John Roberts Mr. Ed Robinson Ms. Trina Robinson Ms. Michelle B. Robinson Ms. Pamela Rodeck Mr. Ibram Rogers Sgt. Major (Ret) Jose Rosario Mr. and Mrs. Billy F. Rose Mr. David Rucinski Mr. and Mrs. David L. Ruggles Mr. Mark Russell Ms. Cheryl Ryan Mrs. Shannon Salaman Mr. and Mrs. Henry Salondaka Ms. Frances R. Salyers Ms. Vickie Sammons Ms. Laura Sandy Ms. Rita Satterly Ms. Donna L. Schartung Ms. Amy Z. Schneider Ms. Talitha Schulte Ms. Stephanie Schweitzer Mr. Barry Schwoerer Ms. Carole Scott Ms. Jane B. Seelig Dr. Jo A. Sexton Ms. Patricia Shepard Mrs. Freida Shoemaker Ms. Vanessa D. Short Ms. Ann T. Sipes Mrs. Zenobia M. Skinner Mr. Charles Slayton Ms. Barbara H. Smith Ms. Blair M. Smith Ms. Pam Smith Mr. Chuck Smith Mr. Lawrence Smothers Mr. Gerald D. Snodgrass Ms. Susan Southworth Ms. Virginia Souza Mr. Robert Stafford Mrs. Sandra Stall Mr. William Stallard Mr. Matthew E. Stanley Ms. Kristin Stapleton Mrs. Joyce A. Stephenson Ms. Betty Stokes

Ms. Mary O. Stokes Mrs. Jennifer Stoltz Ms. Alice T. Stoudenmire Mrs. Emmie K. Stroh Ms. Sandie S. Sutton Mr. Jonathan Sutton Ms. Beverly Swanson Ms. Sharon Tabor Mrs. Carol Tanner Ms. Tresa Tatyrek Ms. Ada M. Taylor Ms. Julia A. Teuschler Ms. Wanda Thompson Eva and Charles Thornberry Mr. Montgomery F. Thornsbury Ms. Renee Tilker Mr. William Todd Mr. Bosworth M. Todd+ Ms. Janice Toebbe Ms. Lynne Tornell Mr. and Mrs. Eric Trimble Mr. Larry K. Trivette Ms. Maria Trotter Ms. Margaret Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Dave Tucker Mr. Dennis Turner Mrs. Janie Turner Mrs. Janet H. Upton Mrs. J. Harold Utley Mr. and Mrs. Bill Van Arsdall Ms. Twylane VanLahr Mr. John Vaughn Assoc. Prof. Tangi Villerbu Ms. Marjorie M. Vogel Ms. Carolyn Vose Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wade Ms. Johanna Waikel Mr. and Mrs. Craig Waller Ms. Kathleen Walsh-Piper Mrs. Volinda Walters Mr. David Warren Ms. Becky L. Warren Ms. Pat A. Wasson Mr. Otis Watkins Ms. Deborah G. Watson Ms. Linda Watts Mr. Steve Weaver Mrs. Virginia Webb Prof. Rob Weise Ms. Patti Welch Mr. Robert S. West Ms. Laurie Westberg Mr. Jerrell White Mrs. Leigh Whittaker Mrs. Joyce Wilcher Mr. Alan Wiles Ms. Linda Williams Ms. Patricia Williams Ms. Eleanor Withrow Ms. Jane Woerner Ms. Olga Wood Mr. Jack Wood Ms. Ardie L. Woodall Ms. Carol F. Workman Mrs. Millie Wynne Mr. Al Young Ms. Kathryn B. Young Mr. and Mrs. Jon Zachem Mr. Samuel A. Zimmerman ** current or former KHS staff + current or former KHS or KHSF Board Member

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P romoting H istorical U nderstanding for the 2 1 st C entury

Kentucky History Research & Interpretation Simply owning collections is not enough to ensure the future of Kentucky history. New historical understanding requires in-depth research into these collections. KHS and the KHS Foundation raise private funds each year ($10,000 in fiscal year 2011) to support short-term scholarly research fellowships. These one- to four-week fellowships assist scholars with travel and living expenses to conduct groundbreaking research in KHS collections. Often, these researchers come from outside Kentucky to seek new knowledge about the state and the region.

Funding from the KHS Scholarly Research Fellowships allows scholars to spend time with KHS collections and staff, and serves as the basis for countless doctorate dissertations, scholarly books and articles published in the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society and other leading history journals. It is just one important way in which KHS and KHSF are expanding the field of historical knowledge about Kentucky and its people.

Fellowship applications are awarded on a competitive basis and are evaluated by a panel of historians on the merits of the proposed research and the extent to which the judges believe that research can be advanced through use of collections at KHS. During fiscal year 2011, KHS and KHS Foundation supported the following 13 scholars from across the country: Jeffrey Bain-Conkin (University of Notre Dame) Religious Practice in Nineteenth-Century Louisville Nancy E. Baker (Sam Houston State University) The ERA Battle in Kentucky

Shannon Smith Bennett (Indiana University) A Different Civil War: Rioting in the Ohio Valley, 1860-1890 Anne Y. Brinton (The Pennsylvania State University) Households Built on Shifting Sands: Slavery and Emancipation in the Loyal Western Border States Allison Fredette (University of Florida) Between North and South: Gender, Regional Identity, and the Law in the Border South, 1840-1880

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Lorraine McConaghy (Museum of History & Industry) Richard Dickerson Gholson: A Political History in Kentucky, Washington Territory, and Tennessee, 1849-1862 Kent A. McConnell (Phillips Exeter Academy) A Time-Stained God: Civil War Deaths, Religion, and the Remaking of God Brian Craig Miller (Emporia State University) Reconstructing Manhood: Women and the Experience of Confederate Amputees Jennifer Nickeson (State University of New York at Buffalo) Transforming Appalachia: Motherhood and Reform in the Mountains, 1900-1940 Amber Nickolson (University of New Orleans) Women in the Border States During the American Civil War Ibram Rogers (State University of New York, College at Oneonta) Diversity Demanded: A Narrative History of the Black Campus Movement, 1965-1972 Blair M. Smith (University of Dundee) The Rise of the New Elite? The Organization of Leadership in Kentucky, c.1770-1792 Tangi Villerbu (UniversitÊ de La Rochelle) Bishop Flaget’s Diary, 1813-1821: Spirituality, Daily Life, and Social Control on the Catholic Frontier

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Kentucky Junior Historical Society Each year, nearly 1,500 students participate in the Kentucky Junior Historical Society (KJHS), an educational program that provides opportunities for Kentucky’s youth (grades K - 12) to learn about Kentucky history and contribute to their communities through service-learning projects.

The Kentucky Historical Society Foundation provides annual fund and restricted grant support to KJHS and the complementary Kentucky History Day (KHD) Program. These two programs were joined in 2010 to provide programmatic support to each other.

In fiscal year 2011, KJHS and KHD received $13,845 in private support from grants and gifts made to the KHS Foundation.

“KJHS is building leaders, historians and good stewards,” wrote Robin McMurtrey, a kindergarten teacher at North Jackson Elementary in Barren County, in a recent letter to KHS, “We must continue to maintain clubs and start new clubs - our children deserve them!”

At the end of April each year, nearly 600 KJHS members gather in Frankfort for the annual conference, consisting of servicelearning workshops, student officer elections and an awards ceremony.

KJHS members also compete in academic contests at regional, state and national levels. State winners in each category travel to Maryland each June to face peers from across the nation.

Students and their families also have the opportunity to visit museums and memorials, speak with Kentucky’s legislators and see the U.S. Capitol.

“I believe the Kentucky Junior Historical Society has done a lot for me,” wrote Mikinley Grace Lustenberg, a sixth grade student from Phillip A. Sharp Middle School in Pendleton County. “I am a straight ‘A’ student, and I believe KJHS is a big part of that.”

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The KHS Foundation appreciates the individuals, corporations and foundations that supported the Kentucky Historical Society in 2010-2011. To make your contribution for 2011-2012, please contact the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation at 502-564-1792, ext. 4451 or visit www.history.ky.gov. Donations are accepted by check, by credit card and online. As you consider your estate plans, please remember the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation.

Collections are the centerpiece of the Kentucky Historical Society’s mission. The Kentucky Historical Society Foundation plays an important role in assisting KHS by providing financial resources to purchase, preserve, and present Kentucky-related artifacts and special collections through the Kentucky Treasures Fund.

In 2011, the KHS Foundation provided funds through Kentucky Treasures to purchase an ambrotype of Color-Sgt. Freeland H. Cully of Elizabethtown, Ky., to go along with a historic Confederate flag already in the KHS Collections. An ambrotype is a negative image on a glass medium, and when inverted and placed in front of a dark background, a positive image is produced. This was one of the primary forms of photography from the early 1850s through the 1870s, and a popular form during the Civil War. Culley was a color-bearer of Company C, 2nd Infantry, Confederate States of America (CSA). The flag he carried, the Confederate 1st National Flag, is housed at KHS, along with four additional artifacts in special collections also related to Culley: an original “Application for Furlough under General Order No. 227,” “Descriptive List and Account of Pay and Clothing,” his “Soldier’s Hospital Certificate” from 1864, and his signed “Oath of Allegiance” to the United States of America, dated June 10, 1865. These documents tell much about Culley’s family, occupation, and experiences before, during and after the war.

Thanks to the Kentucky Treasures Fund, KHS now has an image of Culley to bring these artifacts and documents to life. Adding Culley’s ambrotype to the KHS Collection was an important acquisition because of its historical value. Identified Confederate ambrotypes are rare, especially of Kentucky Confederates, and the state has no official records for the 2nd Kentucky Infantry (CSA).

Perhaps most important is that the ambrotype puts a human face on a collection of items that KHS already owns. Visitors and researchers no longer need to try to imagine what Freeland Culley looked like, since KHS now has an actual image of him dating to 1861. Providing critical funding to purchase artifacts such as the Freeland Culley ambrotype is one important way the KHS Foundation supported the mission of the Kentucky Historical Society in 2011.

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Allen Pinkerton, Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives (New York, 1878) Engraving entitled “Drunken Rioters attacking Private Residences in the streets of Louisville,� which depicts the 1877 railroad strike in the city. Such images shaped how the public percieved protesters.

Shannon Smith Bennett Following the Civil War, deadly mob violence became widespread across the United States, as Americans sought to secure or protest their position in society and to eliminate potential competitors for employment, goods and social status. Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) fellow Shannon Smith Bennett, a Ph.D. candidate at Indiana University, focuses her work on the riots that occurred in the Ohio Valley from 1860 to 1890.

On a recent visit to KHS, she investigated documents that are essential to her assessment of the reaction of official forces, such as police and militia, to rioting in Kentucky.

In an interview with Elizabeth Van Allen, assistant director of Civil War Governors of Kentucky and associate editor of the Register, Bennett describes how violent events that occurred in Kentucky and Ohio were characteristic of those across the United States and how civil unrest was a valuable tool for renegotiating the social order in the decades after the Civil War. www.history.ky.gov

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Van Allen: There have been no broad comparative studies of post-Civil War violence in the United States across a span of decades. What led you to conceptualize your study in this way?

Why did you choose to look at the states of Kentucky and Ohio? What do you hope to accomplish?

Bennett: I have been interested in the topic of rioting for many years. Specifically, I wondered why people engaged in violent activities even when they knew they were dangerous.

What was so important to them that they thought it worth risking punishment, injury or even death? Most studies of riots in the late 19th century explore either single events or particular types of hostilities, such as lynching, race riots or labor violence. My goal is to try to understand the motivations and experiences of those who participated in a broad range of riots—as workers, as citizens, as police and as soldiers.

In the late 19th century, many people were fighting for full participation in the social, political and economic life of the United States. At a personal level, people risked their lives to secure their livelihood, the well-being of their families and their individual status in their local communities. They also were negotiating the creation of the new social order in postCivil War America and were competing to see who had the power to secure their vision as the dominant one.

For my project, I chose to focus on one location where I could see how individuals in a particular place and time grappled with the changes at work in their world. As I looked at various cases of rioting, it became apparent that the Ohio Valley would be a fruitful region from which to address the larger issues at work in the nation—racial tensions, questions about voting rights, the relationship between workers and capitalists in an industrializing society, and what it really meant to be a citizen.

In Kentucky and Ohio, trade and social relationships, the racial and ethnic composition of the area, and the increasing dependence on wage labor shaped the choices available to area residents.

Van Allen: How did rioting in the Ohio Valley change from the antebellum to the postwar years? How did that impact the nature and response to mob violence?

Bennett: There were many continuities between antebellum and postwar rioting. Riots often broke out when something in society was changing—during economic depressions, when individuals feared increasing job competition, or, as in riots in Cincinnati in 1862 and in Frankfort in 1871, when the citizenship status of African Americans was under debate. In the postwar years, white workers felt it increasingly difficult to maintain their racial, social and political privileges.

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The real postwar changes were in the organization and suppression of riots. White and black workers increasingly acted through unions as they organized strikes and city leaders reacted with harsher measures to secure law and order. During the 1870s and 1880s, National Guard units debated how much force was necessary to suppress a riot, eventually leading to more rigorous regulations for riot duty. Both unions and the militia experienced a shift from local control to a more centralized organization, either at the state or federal level.

More organization often resulted in greater polarization, and thus greater conflict, between the two groups. Some individuals, however, still retained membership in unions and in the National Guard, seemingly without contradiction. The social order was never entirely set. People could always behave in unexpected ways.

Van Allen: Who participated in these riots? Why? Are there any groups that weren’t visible? If so, why do you think these people are absent from the record?

Bennett: My study focuses on group-on-group violence, primarily involving black and white workers and the militia.

Sometimes men planned to inflict harm on others to protect their jobs, their voting rights and political position, their status in the community and in the eyes of others—that is, their very identities as men. At other times, they sought to avoid violence, but the situation escalated to unexpected bloodshed. In some cases, strikers and the National Guard shunned violence, even when tremendous potential for conflict was present. With such a wide variety of reactions, it is necessary to look closely at the particular context and participants in each case.

Of course, some people joined riots because it seemed like an adventure, or they felt sure that they would not be punished.

But it is still possible to determine what people were after by looking at the crowd’s behavior. For example, during the 1877 riot in Louisville the crowd attacked railroad property, ransacked stores and broke windows in the homes of wealthy residents. In the midst of an economic depression when people were impoverished, out of work and hungry, symbols of wealth and property were common points of attack.

Women were often invisible in riots, even though in any city crowd some would have been present. Commentators were continually shocked when women participated in riots.

Typically the power and spaces at stake in the rioting were male zones. Women were excluded from the male workingclass workplace, from military service, from citizenship and in some cases from rioting itself. Riots took place in the public sphere rather than the domestic sphere. Women’s involvement was seen as an aberration, but they had just as much at stake in securing their own position and that of their families in society.

Van Allen: How did the riots that occurred in the Ohio Valley region shape political, racial and economic relationships between citizens? How is the context of emancipation and attitudes toward newly freed African Americans essential to an understanding of rioting during the postwar years?

Bennett: Many people viewed economic and social status as a zero-sum game—the gains of one group could only mean the loss of status for another. The emancipation of enslaved African Americans eliminated one form of differentiation between black and white workers. Large numbers of black men remained in the bluegrass region or moved to Louisville and were viewed by white men as threats to the social order.

Most postwar violence targeted those who challenged white supremacy, especially black men who claimed citizenship through military service and the vote. Black men continued to be excluded from the militia, but they never stopped fighting for equal social status.

initiating conflict and how the public perception and media representation of protestors—as people with legitimate grievances or as an unruly mob—shapes the official response to those protests. As long as riots continue, whether inspired by calls to social justice, anger at economic situations or even the win or loss of a sports team, it is imperative to try to understand how and why violence occurs and why people choose to participate in it.

Van Allen: Are there any ways in which Kentucky stands out?

If so, how?

Bennett: Many riots broke out in the Ohio Valley, but not as many as there could have been. The conditions were ripe for violent opposition to industrialization and urban unrest across the nation, so it is significant that there were relatively few riots in Louisville and Frankfort. Leaders were always concerned about maintaining positive trade relations and did not want to be seen as violent places. Just prior to the 1877 riot, city boosters asserted the “New South” identity of Louisville. They characterized it as a city with the ambition and economic power of a northern city, but lacking the contentious labor relations of the North and the racial tensions of the South.

Workers shattered that image, however, when they went on strike and fomented a riot. Certainly the history of race relations and the shift to emancipation impacted the types of violence in Kentucky, but Kentuckians also had other methods besides rioting to ensure white dominance.

Engraving of the Hocking Valley miners’ strike in the town of Buchtel, in southeastern Ohio, which appeared in the Octiber 25, 1884 issue of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. In this illustration, women play an unusually visible and active role. Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Van Allen: What legacies have these riots left behind? Why is it important to study civil unrest in societies across time?

Bennett: As we have seen in 2011, riots are not a thing of the past. The Arab Spring, the summer unrest in London and the recent violent turn of some Occupy Wall Street protests all demonstrate how people sometimes resort to violence— intentionally or unintentionally—to try to change the social order or to maintain their own position within it.Violence often is the result of confrontations between citizens and the forces of law and order, whether police or the military.

Common themes of recent riots echo those of the past: blaming unrest on “outside agitators,” the role of rumors in

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r. Thomas Anderson Courtenay, of Shelbyville, became the caretaker of a family heirloom in 1931, when a rare presentation sword was passed down to his father.

Courtenay, now 83 years old, said the sword has been in his family for 163 years.

“I grew up with it under my bed much of the time for safekeeping,” said Courtenay.

The gold sword was originally presented to Gen. William O. Butler, and is one of the highest quality American-made swords in existence. The U.S. Congress authorized the presentation of six swords to general officers during the Mexican War. Only five are known to survive and only this one retains its original walnut case and doeskin cover.

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Courtenay’s great-grandfather, John Russell “Russ” Butler, was a nephew and aide to Gen. Butler. Upon Butler’s death, the sword came into Courtenay’s great-grandfather’s hands and has been passed down through the family for generations. Last fall, Courtenay and his sister, Mary Ann Courtenay Davidson, donated it to the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS).

Abraham Lincoln Society Gala, October 2011.

“I’m not getting any younger,” explained Courtenay. “I thought the sword really belonged in Kentucky. There were people out-of-state who wanted to buy it, but I thought it was better to leave it in Kentucky.”

The sword was first placed on display on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2011 during the reopening of the Kentucky Military History Museum.

Courtenay is a Louisville native, but has lived in Shelby County since 1975. He is a graduate of Male High School and Washington & Lee University. After serving in the Korean War, Courtenay attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a medical degree. He practiced as a pediatrician in Louisville for more than 30 years.

Courtenay was honored for his donation at the Abraham Lincoln Society Dinner, held Oct. 24, 2011 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History. He said he’s always held the sword while wearing gloves, which may help explain why it is in excellent condition today. The sword retains its intricate engraving, which was a hallmark of the maker, Ames Manufacturing.

The scabbard is made of gold and has a fluted tip. The center panel is engraved, “Presented by the President of the United States agreeable to a Resolution of Congress, to Maj. Gen.

William O. Butler, in testimony of the high sense entertained by CONGRESS of his GALLANTRY and GOOD CONDUCT in storming Monterey, Resolution approved March 2d, 1847.”

The sword has a double-edged blade, which is etched on the obverse with a floral pattern and military theme. The center of the blade is etched with an eagle perched on a shield that reads “STORMING OF MONTEREY.” The handle is gold with raised engraving of rifles, spears and cannons and the pommel is cast in a floral pattern, containing a cut topaz on top. The crossguard has an inset 3.2-karat ruby in the center.

The engraving on each of the remaining swords is unique. The six swords were the last to be authorized by Congress. Ordered on Jan. 1, 1848, Congress appropriated $1,000 for Gen.Butler’s sword. The final cost of each averaged $1500. Today, Gen. Butler’s sword is valued at one- half million dollars.

Gen. Butler was second in command to Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Monterey. Taylor planned to envelop the fortified city in hopes of breeching its defenses. Through withering fire, Butler seized an opportunity to advance his command into the city. As street to street fighting intensified, Butler was wounded and forced to withdraw from the field. His bold assault led to the surrender of the city.

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KHS HistoryMobile Criss-crosses Kentucky NEW EXHIBIT PLANNE D FOR SU MM ER The Kentucky Historical Society’s HistoryMobile is well on its way to accomplishing a goal of visiting all 120 Kentucky counties in less than two years. Since July 1, 2010, the HistoryMobile has stopped in 101 counties, bringing the story of Abraham Lincoln’s life to communities throughout the commonwealth. Plans are in place to visit the remaining 19 counties this spring.

With students as a primary audience, a new exhibit in the HistoryMobile is set to debut in August. This exhibit, called “Torn Within and Threatened Without: Kentuckians in the Civil War” will focus on the choices made by six Kentuckians during that time.

Visitors will be able to examine choices made by these historical figures and consider what decisions they would have made during the war. The exhibition will bring the past to life via a graphic novel format and combine hands-on activities with authentic artifacts to help visitors understand what the Civil War meant to Kentucky and why it still matters today. The new exhibit will be on display at the 2012 Kentucky State Fair and begin travelling the commonwealth afterwards. Preliminary sketches for the exhibit are shown on the opposite page.

The KHS HistoryMobile program is made possible by generous support from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, the Pilot Corporation and the KHS Foundation. The new Civil War exhibit is made possible through a reimbursement program for the United States Department of Transportation and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

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Harrison Magoffin Marion Meade Mercer Oldham Owen

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Owsley Robertson Rockcastle Taylor Wolfe

Preliminary sketches from upcoming HistoryMobile exhibition, “Torn Within and Threatened Without: Kentuckians in the Civil War.”

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K H S W e l c o m e s N e w B oa r d M e m b e r s The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) has appointed new officers and elected five new members to its 2011 Executive Committee. The appointments were approved by KHS members at the Nov. 11, 2011 annual meeting.

Constance Alexander of Murray, Laurie Risch of California, Ky., Tommy G. Turner of Magnolia and Sharon Mayne Withers of Lexington, will each serve a four-year term expiring in 2015, and Gerry Montgomery of Paducah will be completing a term expiring in 2013.

Officers are Sheila Mason Burton of Frankfort, president; J. McCauley Brown of Harrods Creek, first vice president; John Edward Kleber of Louisville, second vice president; and Brian Mefford of Bowling Green, third vice president.

The KHS Executive Committee serves as the policy-setting body for the Society. The Executive Committee consists of the Governor of Kentucky as Chancellor, four officers, 16 members and one person designated by the State Archives and Records Commission. Members of the Executive Committee are nominated through the nomination process of the committee and elected by the membership of the Society. The Executive Committee meets quarterly at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in downtown Frankfort.

In addition to these continuing officers and new directors, the Kentucky Historical Society welcomes returning board members J. William “Bill” Bartleman, Paducah; Dawn Browning, Maysville; Marion C. Forcht, Whitley County; Michael J. Hammons, Park Hills; Derrick Hord, Lexington; David D. Lee, Bowling Green; Patti Mullins, Corbin; Nancy O’Malley, Paris; Wayne Onkst, London; Renee Shaw, Lexington; Nancy Smith, Paris; Sue Speed, Louisville; and Louis Stout, Lexington.

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And the Winners are…

The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) presented the 2011 Kentucky History Awards in a ceremony Friday, Nov. 11, at the Old State Capitol in downtown Frankfort.

The awards recognize outstanding achievements by historians, public history professionals, volunteers, business and civic leaders, communities and historical organizations throughout the commonwealth. Individuals and communities across the state are encouraged each year to nominate projects and individuals for their efforts to promote the preservation, awareness and appreciation of state and local history.

The 2011 Kentucky History Awards winners are: Thomas D. Clark Organization of the Year Fredonia Valley Heritage Society (Fredonia) Lifetime Dedication to Kentucky History Award “Preserving History,” Celia Hagan Keeling (Bardstown) Award of Distinction Betty Dobson, “The Hotel Metropolitan,” (Paducah) Volunteer Organization or Group Award Skirmish near Simpsonville Project Team, Shelby County Historical Society (Shelbyville) Frank R. Levstik Award for Professional Service Phillip Seyfrit, “Battlefield Park, Richmond, Ky.” (Richmond) Brig. Gen.William R. Buster Award John M. Trowbridge (Lawrenceburg) Class A Publication (tie) “James H. Holloway Diary,” Bluegrass Heritage Museum (Winchester) and “’Til Freedom Came: Slaves in Allen County, Kentucky 1815-1865,” Glen Connor (Scottsville) Class A Education “Tieng Noi Luu Vong: Moving Voices from Vietnam,”Vietnam Oral History Project, Crane House (Louisville) Class B Publication “Clear as Mud: Early 20th Century Kentucky Art Pottery,” Warren and Julie Payne (Louisville)

Class B Education “William Smith ‘Bill’ Monroe Centennial” exhibit, International Bluegrass Music Museum (Owensboro) Class C Publication “Centre College: Scholars, Gentlemen, Christians,” William (Beau) Weston (Danville) Class C Education “Quest for the Perfect Bourbon,” Buffalo Trace Distillery (Frankfort) Class D Publication “Lessons in Likeness,” The Filson Historical Society (Louisville) Class D Education “Water Works: 150 Years of Louisville Water Company,” Louisville Water Company (Louisville) Class E Publication Website, Duncan Tavern Historic Center, Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Paris) Class E Education Duncan Tavern Historic Center Restoration Project, Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Paris)

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P h o n at h o n 2 0 1 2 : donors Answered the Call!

Over 10 days in late January and early February, KHS staff volunteered their time to call prospective donors during the 2012 Annual Fund Phonathon. This year’s goal was to raise $45,000 in 10 nights.

As of Feb. 29, 450 donations were made to this year’s campaign, helping the Foundation raise over $47,500!

Calling provides KHS staff the time to reconnect with members and donors. “By speaking one-on-one with our constituents, we learn what we are doing well and what we need to do better. It’s about listening and learning about the donors’ connections to our commonwealth’s diverse history,” said Sam Richardson, development associate for KHS. Thanks to these contributions, the KHS Foundation is well within reach of meeting its 2012 Annual Fund goal of $250,000. These unrestricted funds are critical to KHS as the state budget becomes more restricted. Donations to the Annual Fund have helped support educational programs, community outreach initiatives and the acquisition of resources for the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library.

Phonathon has ended, but donations to the 2012 Annual Fund can still be made through June 30th in a number of ways: Donate securely online at www.history.ky.gov by clicking Give/Join.

Complete information on the attached envelope in the Chronicle and mail to: Kentucky Historical Society Foundation P.O. Box 6856 Frankfort, KY 40602 Call the development office at 502-564-1792, ext. 4451.

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K H S R e c o g n i z e d f o r E x c e l l e n c e i n To u r i s m M a rk e t i n g The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) received three of the 2011 Kentucky Travel Industry Association’s (KTIA) Traverse Awards for Excellence in Tourism Marketing.

KHS received its awards Tuesday, Oct. 18, during the Traverse Gala held at the Lexington Convention Center as part of KTIA’s annual conference.

Kentucky travel and tourism businesses and marketing organizations vie for awards in 21 separate categories and are judged by a panel of out-of-state experts. Each entry was judged for concept, creativity, design and how well it related to its audience.

KHS received honorable mention for its social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and Typepad; second place for print ad series for advertisements in Kentucky Monthly magazine; and second place for visitors guide/ other booklet for the Chronicle’s Summer 2011 issue.

First place winners included Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Newport Aquarium and the Kentucky Distillers’ Association.

KTIA is a Frankfort-based state association that represents every segment of Kentucky’s tourism industry. The 950-member association offers continuing education programs, works in the area of governmental relations, produces four state-wide travel conferences each year and provides legislative advocacy for Kentucky’s travel industry.

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K E N T U C K Y M I L I TA RY H I S TO RY M U S E U M AT T H E S TAT E A R S E N A L R E - O P E N S Following extensive renovations, the Kentucky Military History Museum reopened on Veterans Day 2011.

Guests were treated to performances by the Westridge Elementary School Choir and 202nd Army Band Quartet.

Maj. Gen. (Ret) Verna Fairchild served as master of ceremonies.

Maj Gen. Edward Tonini and Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Marcheta Sparrow were featured speakers.

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H O L I DAY E V E N T S D R AW C R OW D S I N C E L E B R AT I O N O F S E A S O N Candlelight Tour and Saturday with Santa events at the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) proved popular in late 2011, drawing hundreds of people to the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in downtown Frankfort. Both events have become holiday traditions at KHS. Candlelight Tour takes place annually in November and marks the start of the holiday shopping season. KHS participates by offering visitors free musical performances, free admission to the history campus and a large Lionel train display in the Brown-Forman Kentucky Room. Saturday with Santa comes on the heels of Candlelight Tour, and brings the jolly old man himself to the Center for Kentucky History. This year, hundreds of children stood in line to share their Christmas gift lists with Santa.

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C A L E N DA R OF EVENTS For updated calendar information, visit www.history.ky.gov.

All events held at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History unless otherwise noted.

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KHS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Friday, April 20, 1 p.m.

KENTUCKY JUNIOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & KENTUCKY HISTORY DAY

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Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 For more information, contact Cheryl Caskey at cheryl.caskey@ky.gov.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Governor’s derby celebration

Anne Shelby, Aunt Molly Jackson Wednesday, March 21, noon – 1:30 p.m.

Born in 1880 in Clay County, Aunt Molly Jackson was a miner’s wife, mother, midwife, political activist, union organizer and ballad singer. She became an instrumental figure in the movement for workers’ rights and became an outspoken advocate for miners’ unions throughout the depression era. Join award-winning author Anne Shelby as she performs excerpts from her one-woman show, “The Lone Pilgrim: Songs and Stories of Aunt Molly Jackson” and shares stories of more of her Kentucky feminist folktales. A book signing will immediately follow the program. Reservations required

by March 16. $18 for KHS members and $23 for all other patrons.

Contact Julia Curry at 502-564-1792, ext. 4414.

HOMESCHOOL DAY

TUESDAY, MARCH 27 For more information, contact Greg Hardison at 502-564-1792, ext. 4454.

APRIL FAMILY HISTORY WORKSHOP

1940 Census Saturday, April 14, 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

The 1940 census will be released on April 2, 2012. In this workshop, KHS staff will explain what to expect and effective strategies for researching the 1940 census. Registration is required before noon on Friday, April 13 for this free workshop. A light lunch is available, if requested at time of registration, for $6, payable at the door.

Contact the Reference Desk at KHSRefDesk@ky.gov or 502-564-1792, ext. 4460.

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The Kentucky Derby: How the Run for the Roses Became America’s Premier Sporting Event Wednesday, April 18, noon – 1:30 p.m.

Odds are, that on the first Saturday in May, you along with the rest of world will turn your attention to the “greatest two minutes in sports” – the Kentucky Derby. What is it about the Kentucky Derby that causes people who will not see another horse race all year to pay attention? Why is the Derby more than just a horse race? Join KHS for an afternoon of horse racing history as Dr. James Nicholson discusses the traditions, culture and evolution of the Kentucky Derby.

Reservations required by April 13. $18 for KHS members and $23 for all other patrons. Contact Julia Curry at 502-564-1792, ext. 4414.

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Downtown Frankfort Saturday, May 5, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Join KHS for a day of fun-filled family activities. Visit the KHS history campus free of charge all day. Make a derby hat and bring young ones to participate in the annual hobby horse races.

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Crawfish Bottom: Recovering a Lost Kentucky Community Wednesday, May 16, noon – 1:30 p.m.

Located on 50 acres of swampy land along the Kentucky River, this small Frankfort neighborhood had a reputation for vice, violence, moral corruption and unsanitary conditions, thus making it a target for urban renewal projects that replaced the neighborhood with the Capital Plaza in the mid-1960s. Using oral histories and firsthand memories, Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, provides a record of a vanished neighborhood and its culture and demonstrates how this type of study enhances the historical record. Reservations required by May 11. $18 for KHS members and $23 for all other patrons.

Contact Julia Curry at 502-564-1792, ext. 4414.

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“Civil War: My Brother, My Enemy” in the Keeneland Changing Exhibits Gallery Boone Day, Saturday, June 2

EXPLORING KENTUCKY’S AFRICAN AMERICAN PAST A special issue of the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 109, Numbers 3 & 4 Coming in April 2012. To get your copy ($12), contact leslie.miller@ky.gov

Gerald L. Smith Guest Editor “Collectively, the essays serve as a solid portrayal of black community life, institutions, organizations, and individuals in both nineteenth- and twentiethcentury Kentucky.”

-Gerald L. Smith

FOREWORD

Research on Kentucky Blacks, Revisited George C. Wright

INTRODUCTION Kentucky African Americans: “So Much Remains to be Told” Gerald L. Smith

ARTICLES “Upon This Rock”—The Free African American Community of Antebellum Louisville, Kentucky by J. Blaine Hudson “Kentucky Is More Or Less Civilized”: Alfred Carroll, Charles Eubanks, Lyman Johnson, and the Desegregation of Kentucky Higher Education, 1939-1949 by John A. Hardin Direct-Action Protests in the Upper South: Kentucky Chapters of the Congress of Racial Equality by Gerald L. Smith “Even I Voted Republican”: African American Voters and Public Accommodations in Louisville, Kentucky, 1960-1961

by Joshua D. Farrington

Register cover image: A group of demonstrators in front of city hall in Lexington, Kentucky, in the 1960s. Calvert McCann is the fourth person from the right. Courtesy of Calvert McCann.

“It Is Hard to be What You Have not Seen”: Brenda Hughes and the Black And White of the Zebra Shirt—Race and Gender in Kentucky High School Basketball by Sallie L. Powell

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