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Elmer L. Foote Lantern Slide Collection
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Judge Kenneth Lyons Collection
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Duncan-Goff Scrapbook Collection
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Father William T. Punch Letter Collection
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Directory Collection
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Almanac Collection
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Junior League of Lexington Collection
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Lexington History Museum Collection
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Kentucky Photograph Collection
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Congregations and Religious Materials Collection
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Lexington Public Library Collection
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Military History Collection
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Architecture Collection
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Bath County Memorial Library Collection
The Bath County Memorial Library was founded in 1949 by the Owingsville Women’s Club, and opened in January, 1950. It expanded into a bookmobile in 1953, and in 1963 moved into the old Farmer’s Bank Building at 24 W. Main St. Community response was high; a 1965 survey showed resident usage at 70%, and the library expanded again in 1996.
Both of those collections are owned by the Bath County Memorial Library, and held in their local history collection.
The two collections in Bath County’s Community Collection are both primary sources from Bath County residents.
- The Gilmore diary collection spans 1944-1955 and is written by Etta Evans Gilmore.
- The Young WWII letter collection was written by Bath County native Sergeant Johnston A. Young, during his time stationed in the Pacific theater during World War II.
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Clubs and Organizations Collection
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Kentucky Events Collection
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Government Documents Collection
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Keller J. Dunn Photograph Collection
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Kentucky Histories Collection
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Schools and Yearbooks Collection
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Brown Hocker Collection
The Brown-Hocker Collection is a community collection of photos and realia from African American events and people in Lexington and Kentucky history.
The objects in the collection are primarily for events in African American schools and churches. Several items also involve to civil rights activism in Kentucky. The 1964 March on Frankfort, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jackie Robinson, attracted over 10,000 marchers. The two volumes of “The Kentucky Club Woman” were published by the Kentucky Association of Colored Woman’s Clubs, which represented over 100 Kentucky clubs across the state. There are also several objects honoring the life and legacy of Whitney M. Young, Jr. (1921-1971).
The Constitution School and Booker T. Washington Elementary School were both segregated schools for African American children in Lexington. The Constitution School closed in 1972, but Booker T. Washington Elementary is still in use today.
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Imperial Court of Kentucky
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Lexington Weekly Press (1881)
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The Daily Argonaut (1895-1899)