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Marksbury Family Branch - Community Room (A & B)

Adult class will focus on the Harlem Renaissance (1918–1937) This was a cultural movement that celebrated Black identity, creativity, and intellectual achievement, particularly in Harlem, New York. Black artists played a pivotal role in shaping the visual representation of this era, using their work to express cultural pride, challenge stereotypes, and celebrate African heritage.

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Northside Branch - Classroom

Beginning English classes are held twice weekly to help participants improve English language reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.  Classes are held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Classes and class materials are free to everyone. Participants can practice their new skills at any of our ESOL conversation group meetings. Questions: Email abell@lexpublib.org.

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Throughout June, join us as we celebrate Pride Month with programs, books, podcasts, and more.

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Read articles from magazines and journals, learn a new language, or locate a newspaper article. These resources can't be found with a search engine but are available for free with your library card.

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Friends of the Lexington Public Library provides financial, advocacy and volunteer support to the Library.  Shop at the Friends Book Cellar in the Central Library for a great selection of used books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks, and vinyl records, all at discounted prices.

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group of children in Grade 5B at Constitution School
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 original objects are not owned by the Lexington Public Library. 
 
Submissions for the Community Collections are open. If you are an individual or organization interested in possibly lending items to be digitized by the library, please contact elibrarian@lexpublib.org. We consider item age, location, content, relevance, privacy considerations, and item condition when determining items to add. Content donors must be the legal copyright holders if the item is not in the public domain.
 
Kentucky History Awards Icon noting this collection received the award in 2019.

 

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Elizabeth has been a member of the Lexington Police Department since 1998.  After retiring from sworn duty in 2019, she returned to the department as a polygraph examiner and background investigator.  In her current position, she coordinates with multiple divisions in the Urban County Government to ensure the fair hiring of qualified applicants.

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The 1940 Lexington cross directory contains residential and business information for the city, arranged both alphabetically and by street, with a business listing by category, and an advertisement section. It also contains city officials and departments, and basic historical and landmark information.

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R. L. Polk and Company
Identifier
R 917.6 L591C KY
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The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions. Use and reproduction restrictions Though not required, we would greatly appreciate our collection users to credit us as the source. Please use the following statement, "Courtesy of the Lexington Public Library," and provide a link back to the item or collection on our Digital Collections site, www.lexpublib.org/digital-archives . Doing so helps us track how our collections are used and helps justify freely releasing more content in the future. Please contact the library at [elibrarian@lexpublib.org] for permission questions, collection information, and higher resolution image requests.

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https://catalog.lexpublib.org/?section=resource&resourceid=3778705
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1133
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historic frankfort kentucky

The Kentucky History collection contains Kentucky-related documents not specifically related to Fayette County.

 

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Description

The commencement pamphlet contains event program, the high schools seniors and the grammar school graduates for Fayette County in 1921.

Rights

The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.

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358
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The program contains the event program, valedictorian biographical sketch, and the names and photos of the graduating class of Lancaster High School.

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The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.

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1771
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Creator
Jacobs, Fern
Description

The program contains the event speakers, and the 1945 graduating class photos and directory from Lafayette High School.

Publisher
Lexington Business Forms
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The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.

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1648
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duPont Manual High School
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The program for the 10 year reunion lists the event program, class officers, in memoriam, class graduates and their occupations, and local ads.

Rights

The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.

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500
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