Time Capsule Collection, 1927-1962 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Series 1: Combs Hall Time Capsule

This capsule was damaged during demolition of the building and most items were damaged. This list serves to document what was in the original capsule, but many items were discarded because of damage.

Box 1

Barcode: 31234013790942

Folder 1: Combs Hall

Item 1: Combs Hall Time Capsule Inventory, 2014

Item 2: News clipping titled "Richmond to Honor Earle Combs", 1927

Including photo of Earle Combs with his sons Charles Clayton and Earle, Jr. on his lap.

Item 3: News clipping titled "Combs not Worried Over, February 5, 1933

Including photos of Earle Combs and his family as a boy and Earle Combs as a young man with his parents.

Item 4: World Series Program, 1943

Item 5: The Frick System newsletter, October-November 1945

Item 6: News clipping titled "Ruby, May 13, 1949

Item 7: Combs Building Groundbreaking Photograph

(SCA image number 0001-021-1588-02)

Item 8: Earle Combs at the Louisville Slugger Factory

With two of his sons and a grandson.

Creator: Hillerich

Item 9: Live and Learn at EKSC, 1962

Item 10: Some Ancestors of Earle B. Combs, 1960

Typewritten sheet signed at the bottom by Ruth Combs.

Series 2: Martin Hall Time Capsule

See the inventory for items that were added to the new Martin Hall time capsule.

Box 1

Folder 2: State Publications

Item 1: Advancing Education in Kentucky: Challenges - Processes - Outcomes, 1956-1957-1958-1959

published by the Department of Education, Robert R. Martin, Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Item 2: Report of Proceedings: Governor's Second Annual Conference on Education, 1957

Robert R. Martin was chair of the planning committee due to his position as Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Folder 3: Eastern Publications

Item 1: The Eastern Alumnus, Fall 1961

Vol.1, No.1

Item 2: The Eastern Alumnus, Spring 1962

Vol.1, No.2

Item 3: Program: The Inauguration of Robert Richard Martin as Sixth President of the Eastern Kentucky State College, November 7, 1960

Item 4: A Glorious Past and a Scintillating Future: The Story of Eastern Kentucky State College, Nov, 1960

Folder 4: Eastern Publications

Item 1: Five Decades of Progress: Eastern Kentucky State College, Richmond, Kentucky 1906-1957

By Dr. Jonathan T. Dorris.

Folder 5: Newspapers and News Clippings

Item 1: Eastern Progress, November 17, 1960

Vol.38, No.9

Item 2: Eastern Progress, March 3, 1961

Vol.38, No.18

Item 3: Eastern Progress, May 25, 1962

Vol.39, No.30

Item 4: Richmond Daily Register, November 17, 1960

Item 5: News clipping, "New State School Head Robert Martin Knows Which Way Wind Blows,", December 4, 1955

The Courier-Journal, Section 3, p1.

Item 6: News Clipping, "Unruffled, Mrs. Martin Takes Richmond,", July 24, 1960

The Courier-Journal, Section 3, np.

Item 7: News Clipping, "Country Boy Makes Good: Martin Takes Oath at Eastern,", November 18, 1960

The Courier-Journal, Section 2, np.

Folder 6: Photographs

Item 1: Governor Bert Combs, Robert R. Martin and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at Commencement, May, 1961

Item 2: Robert R. Martin, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and William J. Moore at Commencement, May, 1961

Item 3: Martin Family at Blanton House, Summer 1961

Mrs. Charles Hoge, Lucy Hoge Blakemore, Robert R. Martin, Woody Blakemore, Anne Hoge Martin, Marcus Blakemore

Item 4: Martin Family at Blanton House, Summer 1961

Charles Mason Hoge, Willa Stag Hoge, Woolfolk Hoge Blakemore, Lucy Hoge Blakemore, Marcus Blakemore, Anne Hoge Martin

Item 5: Woolfolk Hoge Blakemore, Summer 1961

6 years old.

Item 6: Anne Hoge Martin in the Blanton House

Item 7: Robert R. and Anne Hoge Martin in the Blanton House

Item 8: Robert R. and Anne Hoge Martin in the Blanton House

Item 9: Aerial View of Eastern's Campus

Showing construction on Martin Hall, Model Laboratory School and Case Annex.

Folder 7: Martin Hall Time Capsule Inventory

Item 1: Copper Time Capsule, 1962

Still has mortar on the lid.

Series 3: Case Hall Time Capsule

This time capsule was very wet and most items in it were moldy and beyond repair. See the inventory for a complete list of items that were in the capsule.

Box 1

Folder 8: Case Hall

Item 1: Case Hall Time Capsule inventory

Item 2: Residents of Case Hall, 1961-1962

Item 3: Dedicated to Mrs. Case

Poem about Emma Case written by Mrs. Florence Higgins Neikirk of Pulaski Co., KY.

Item 2: Copper Time Capsule, 1961

Series 4: Henry Martin Hall Time Capsule

This time capsule was very wet and most items in it were moldy and beyond repair. See the inventory for a complete list of items that were in the capsule.

Box 1

Folder 9: Henry Martin Hall

Item 1: Henry Martin Hall Time Capsule Inventory

Item 2: EKU Press Release, Jul, 1969

Announcing plans to build Henry Martin Hall.

Item 3: EKU Press Release, Aug, 1970

Announcing four dedication ceremonies for Eastern .

Item 4: Dedication Program, Aug, 1970

Commemorating Brewer Building, A.B. Carter Building, Henry Martin Hall, Van Hoose Drive.

Item 5: Luncheon Guest List, Aug, 1970

Item 6: Inventory of the Cornerstone, Aug, 1970

Item 7: Address by Dr. Charles L. Ross, Aug, 1970

Item 8: Eastern Progress, 23 Jul 1970

Item 9: Eastern Progress, 27 Aug 1970