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Watercolor painting club with a Youtube lesson each month suitable for beginners, dilettantes, and anyone who just wants to hang out and paint with us. We will be following a series of tutorials that start with the basics at our first meeting and build on those skills with each class that follows. Registration required so I will be able to purchase enough supplies for everyone.
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Duncan-Goff Scrapbook Collection
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Father William T. Punch Letter Collection
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Black Community News
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Muhlenberg County Black Marriages Book c.1866
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Historic St. Paul Catholic Church
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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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Directory Collection
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Judge Kenneth Lyons Collection
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Cyrus Parker Jones Funeral Notices
The Daily Argonaut (1895-1899)
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The Kentucky Reporter (1817-1830)
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Congregations and Religious Materials Collection
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Miscellaneous Newspapers
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Voyages, Adventures and Situation of the French Emigrants, translated by A Lady
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Imperial Court of Kentucky
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