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Schools and Yearbooks Collection
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Read the daily electronic edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader. Includes issues from June 8, 2024 to present.
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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 Lexington Public Library allows access to its records, pursuant to KRS 61.870 to 61.884.
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Celebrate Black History Month at LPL
Throughout February, join us as we celebrate Black history with programs, materials, podcasts, and more.
The Undesign the Redline project unearths the deep and systemic history of structural racism and inequality in the United States. This interactive exhibit explores policies like Redlining, their implications for today, and what we can do to undesign them.
The exhibit was created by social impact design studio designing the WE and has been invited to dozens of cities across the country. A local advisory group has helped to produce local history and stories about Redlining in Lexington.
Muhlenberg County Black Marriages Book c.1866
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Cyrus Parker Jones Funeral Notices
Sam'l D. M'Cullough's Reminiscences of Lexington
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Throughout the fall of 2023 and into the winter for 2023, the Lexington Public Library will be embarking on a strategic visioning process that will guide library programs and services for the next three years.
Keller J. Dunn Photograph Collection
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Friends of the Lexington Public Library, Inc.
Events and Pamphlets
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Lexington Weekly Press (1881)
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Bath County Memorial Library Collection
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Katherine Pettit Diary
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Father William T. Punch Letter Collection