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The Community Collections consist of objects shared from local community residents and organizations. Individuals have lent items of local significance to the library to give the larger community awareness and access.
The Lexington Public Library has made an effort to ensure that all of our digital collections are public domain, or that we have gotten approval from the copyright holders to display their work. Most - but not all - of these collections, to the best of our knowledge, have no known US copyright restrictions. Some items in the collection are under copyright but qualify for online display by libraries under Section 108(h) of United States Copyright Law. Some of the collections provided in the Library's Digital Archives are made available under an assertion of fair use, which does not necessarily apply to an individual's use of them.
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741.5 is written and designed by Lexington Public Library staff member Bill Widener. The inaugural issue came out in January 2017. Sub-titled The Comics & Graphic Novel Bulletin of the Lexington Public Library, its intent is to promote new arrivals to the Library's comics collections. 741.5 takes its name from the numeral designation within the Dewey Decimal System that covers comics and cartooning.
The Lexington Public Library’s Digital Archives provide open access to researchers and students to learn more about the rich history of Lexington and Fayette County. It contains a fraction of the Library’s physical holdings, which are housed and available for reference in the Kentucky Room at the Central Library. New material is being digitized and added constantly, so there's always something new to find.
The Kentucky Reporter (1817-1830)
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Voyages, Adventures and Situation of the French Emigrants, translated by A Lady
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United States Army Armor School, Fort Knox Yearbook Collection
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The True American (1845-1847)
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Sam'l D. M'Cullough's Reminiscences of Lexington
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The Reporter (1808-1817)
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Muhlenberg County Black Marriages Book c.1866
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Duncan-Goff Scrapbook Collection
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Lexington Weekly Press (1881)
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Katherine Pettit Diary
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Judge Kenneth Lyons Collection
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Historic St. Paul Catholic Church
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Government Documents Collection
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Directory Collection
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Father William T. Punch Letter Collection
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Daily Lexington Atlas (1847-1848)
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Cyrus Parker Jones Funeral Notices
Congregations and Religious Materials Collection