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Take Back Cheapside CollectionThe Take Back Cheapside Collection is a community collection from DeBraun Thomas. The featured postcard of the historic Fayette County Courthouse at was used as a part of the Take Back Cheapside movement in Lexington in 2017. |
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Imperial Court of KentuckyThe collection contains materials from the Imperial Court of Kentucky. Courts are autonomous organizations bound together in a shared structure, policies, and goals, fundraising for HIV/AIDS services, human rights advocacy, and other LBGTQ+ stakeholders. |
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Brown-Hocker Community CollectionThe Brown-Hocker Collection is a community collection of photos and realia from Lexington history. The contents include objects from African-American students from local schools in the 1930s and 1950s. |
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League of Women Voters Community CollectionThe collection for the local chapter of the League of Women Voters (LWV) includes membership rolls, photos, and historical objects from its 100-year history. |
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Milam Diary Community CollectionThe Milam Diary Collection contains the World War II diary of David Franklin "Frank" Milam, who seved aboard the USS Yorktown in 1944-1945 in the Pacific Theater. |
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Bath County Memorial Library CollectionThe two collections in Bath County’s Community Collection are primary sources from Bath County residents. The Gilmore diary collection spans 1944-1955 and is written by Etta Evans Gilmore, and the Young WWII letter collection by Sgt. Johnston A. Young. |
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Johnston Young WWII Letter CollectionThe Young WWII letter collection contains 68 letters from 1944-1945. |
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Diaries of Etta Evans Gilmore (1885 - 1959)The Gilmore Diary Collection contains 11 Bath County diaries from 1944-1955 |
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Lexington History Museum Community CollectionThe Lexington History Museum Community Collection contains items from the museum's collection and exhibits. |
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Aunt Tiny Belle Community CollectionThe small collection consists of an image, brochures, homemade posters, pamphlets, and programs covering LGBTQ+ events and places from 1983 to 1999 in both Lexington and Louisville. |
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Junior League of Lexington Community CollectionThe Junior League of Lexington Community Collection contains photos, posters, and objects from the organization's 90+ year history. |
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St. Paul Catholic Church CollectionThe St. Paul Catholic Church Collection includes materials from the Church's archive. The Roman Catholic church is over 150 years old, and is located on West Short Street, in downtown Lexington. |
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Knights of Columbus, John A. Mueller Bluegrass Council 762Bluegrass Chapter 762 of the Knights of Columbus was chartered in 1903. |
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St. Paul Catholic Church Ledger CollectionAs a church over 150 years old, the records for St. Paul Catholic Church go back to 1854. |