Prints & Drawings Collection, 1833-1999 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

By Mary Beth Rogers and Chuck Hill

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Collection Historical Note

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1

Item 1: Old Fox House, Print, 1976

"Christine Agee, 416 Newby Road, Richmond KY," "Old Fox House, Jack's Creek Road, Richmond, KY," "Places- Madison Co. Picture" and "Gift of Mrs. Agee - 1991" are written on the back

Item 2: White Hall by Kathy Hilton, 1982

The cover of a folder with the title "Buildings: Madison County" enclosing the following seven prints. All were "Drawn by art students of Model High School Richmond, KY."

Item 3: Irvinton (Irvine-McDowell Park) by Carolyn Whitesel, 1982

Item 4: Pond Christian Church by Sheba Haddix, 1982

Item 5: Burnamwood by Dotty Morrow, 1982

Item 6: Telford Community Center by Mary Robinson, 1982

Item 7: Brighton by Coe Willingham, 1982

Item 8: Bybee Pottery by Jim McChesney, 1982

Item 9: Arlington by Kathi Epperson, 1982

Folder 2

Item 1: The Rocky Mountains. Emigrants Crossing the Plains, 1866

Currier & Ives, New York, color print

Item 2: William T. Barry, Post Master General, 1833

Steel plate engraving. Drawn from life and engraved by James B. Longacre

Folder 3

Item 1: In the Dressing Rom' (Eddie and Sarah Kennedy) by Mitchell Tolle, 1992

It is print 1996/2500 and contains the artists signature both as part of the print and in his hand

Item 2: Fishermen at Knight's Creek by Paul Sawyier, 1978

(83/2000)

Item 3: Homeward Bound by Paul Sawyier, 1982

(963/2000)

Item 4: Daniel Boone's First View of Kentucky by William Tylee Ramney's, n.d.

(includes a 5x8 card with information about painting and the artist's life)

Item 5: Wildflower by Lee Pennington with artwork by Carol Vivian, 1975

It is signed by both the artist and the author in their own hand and is numbered 13/200

Folder 4

From accession 2013-019, Government Affairs and Regional Services.

Item 1: Political cartoon by Hugh Haynie, n.d.

Pen & ink  featuring LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson) standing over a seated elephant (the symbol of the Republican Party) but the caption is indecipherable. The artist has signed the cartoon under "For the Progress Staff with many thanks and warm regards. Hugh.

Item 2: I'm the greatest man.

Happy Chandler as puppet master of a Harry Lee puppet.

Item 3: Happy Chandler political cartoon

Two men pulling the rug out from under Happy Chandler and Harry Lee.

Item 4: I'll Take Over From Here

Happy Chandler, Harry Lee and Joe Leary.

Folder 5

Item 1: Newsprint, 29 Jan 1853

Illustrated News page containing three illustrations. Top, right corner is Clark Mills. Top, left corner is Charles W. Morgan. The bottom illustration is the Memorial of Col. Richard M. Johnson (2 copies)

Item 2: Newsprint, 29 Nov 1856

Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion page containing two illustrations. The banner illustration is of Boston. The bottom illustration is titled "State of Kentucky" and shows natives with bows and arrows, men exploring a cavern, a Frontiersman, and two men shaking hands

Item 3: Newsprint, n.d.

Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion page containing two illustrations. The top illustration is a suspension bridge over Licking River. The bottom illustration is some barracks at Newport, KY

Item 4: Newsprint, n.d.

Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion page containing three illustrations. The top illustration is the Free School in Newport, KY. The middle illustration is the City Hall and Court House of Covington, KY. The bottom illustration is the Market and Square in Covington, KY

Item 5: Newsprint, n.d.

Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion page containing two illustrations. The top illustration is of John Godfrey Saxe. The bottom illustration is a view of Lexington, KY

Item 6: Newsprint, 06 May 1871

Every Saturday page containing three illustrations. The top illustration is "The Gothic Chapel" cavern. The middle illustration is "Giant's Coffin" cavern. The bottom illustration is "The Bottomless Pit" cavern

Item 7: Newsprint, 13 May 1871

Every Saturday page containing three illustrations. The top is men climbing to the Mammoth Dome. The middle of the left side of the paper is people looking at Consumptive's Home. The bottom, right corner is people in the Star-Chamber

Item 8: Newsprint, 06 May 1871

Every Saturday page containing three illustrations. The top is people waiting in a group to enter Mammoth Cave. The bottom, right corner is the mouth of Mammoth Cave. The bottom, left corner is a man standing in the Gothic Arcade

Item 9: Newsprint, 20 Oct 1877

Harper's Weekly page that contains one illustration in five parts, "The Moonshine Man of Kentucky." The top, right corner is a man cutting down a tree with a hatchet. The top, left corner is a frontiersman next to a barrel with a stick and a shovel. The bottom, left corner is a boy standing outside of a small log cabin. The bottom, right corner is three men on horses asking a pig farmer for breakfast. The middle is three men with guns, two of them pointing at a man sitting on half a barrel, with barrels in the background (4 copies)

Item 10: Newsprint, ca 1883

Harper's Weekly page containing seven illustrations. The top, right corner is Thomas Speed. The top, middle is the first permanent State-House in Frankfort, KY. The top, left is Colonel R. T. Durrett. The second row, right is General James Wilkinson. The second row, middle is Daniel Boone. The second row, left is Isaac Shelby. The bottom is Traveller's Rest, the home of Isaac Shelby (2 copies)

Item 11: Newsprint, 28 Oct 1876

Harper's Weekly page that contains two illustrations. The illustration on page 881 is people exploring the Mammoth Dome in Mammoth Cave. The illustration on page 882 shows a woman operating the Eibsee Echo Gun for a group of people

Item 12: Newsprint, 08 Nov 1873

Harper's Weekly page that contains one illustration. The illustration is a drawing of a gift concert in the Public Library of Kentucky

Item 13: Newsprint, 15 Sep 1883

Harper's Weekly page containing one illustration with five parts. The top is people on a farm. The middle of the left side of the paper is people looking in an art gallery full of ceramics and statues. The middle of the right side is a couple sitting on a bench in a park with a fountain. The middle is the entrance to an art gallery. The bottom is a woman and child watching an electric train. The title of the illustration is "The Louisville Exposition." 1p.

Item 14: Newsprint, 13 Sep 1884

Harper's Weekly page containing one illustration. The illustration is crowds milling about the Swiss Chalet and its surroundings at the Louisville Exhibition

Item 15: Newsprint, 12 Apr 1890

Harper's Weekly pages containing six illustrations. On page 289 the illustration is the wreckage of Morgan's Hotel in Jeffersonville, Indiana. On the pages numbered 290 and 291 there is one illustration with eight parts depicting the effects of a tornado in Louisville, KY. The page numbered 292 has four illustrations. The top, left corner is Vice-Admiral Stephen C. Rowan. The top, right is Dr. Francisco Rosan. The middle is Colonel Morales Bermudez. The bottom is Don Nicolas de Pierola. 4pp.

Item 16: Newsprint, 07 Jan 1888

Harper's Weekly page containing one illustration with nine parts showing architecture in Louisville, KY. The Federal Building is shown surrounded by residences

Item 17: Newsprint, 05 May 1866

Harper's Weekly illustration titled "Louisville, Kentucky- Iron-Clads Passing Louisville Falls on the Ohio" cut out of the original paper

Item 18: Newsprint, 05 Apr 1890

Harper's Weekly pages containing two illustrations and a map. On page 259 the illustration is the Memorial Church in Spires. On pages 260 and 261 is one illustration in six parts that depict Louisville before it was hit by the tornado. On page 262 there is a map depicting the path of the tornado that hit Louisville. 4pp.

Item 19: Newsprint, 10 Feb 1877

Harper's Weekly page containing three illustrations. On page 117 there is an illustration that is titled "Moorish Gossips" that depict two women in ethnic garb gossiping. On page 118 there are two illustrations. The top illustration is the house that Consumptive Patients used to use in Mammoth Cave. The bottom is groups boating through part of Mammoth Cave, the title is "Crossing the River Styx." 1p.

Item 20: Newsprint, 10 Sep 1887

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper page containing four illustrations. On page 55 there is a small illustration of the Jailhouse in Rowan County. On page 56 there are three illustrations. The top is people walking, and a regiment marching, through Main Street in Morehead. The middle is Men standing in front of a saloon that is titled "The Scene of the Battle." The bottom is the Court House of Rowan County with troops guarding it

Item 21: Newsprint, 19 Jun 1880

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper page containing seven illustrations about the Kentucky Institution for the Education of the Blind. The illustrations are numbered and captioned

Item 22: Newsprint, n.d.

Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion page containing two illustrations. The top is Louisville as seen across a river with boats in it. The bottom is a mill in the Valley of the Mohawk River in New York

Item 23: Newsprint, n.d.

Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion page containing two illustrations. The top is an allegorical representation of the month of January. The bottom is the Western Military Institute in Drennon Springs, KY.

Item 24: Newsprint, n.d.

Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion page containing two illustrations. The top is a portrait of the Hon. Abbott Lawrence. The bottom is the Mammoth Water-Cure Establishment of the West in Harrodsburg, KY

Item 25: Newsprint, 05 Mar 1859

The Illustrated London News page containing four illustrations. The top, left corner is a trophy and is titled "Testimonial to Mr. Cax, Editor of the 'Law Times.'" The top, right corner is a portrait of the Late Mr. Prescott who was a historian. The middle, left side is an eyeless fish found in Mammoth Cave. The bottom is the Maelstrom in Mammoth Cave

Item 26: Newsprint, 25 Apr 1891

The Illustrated London News page containing six illustrations. On page 543 there are five illustrations. The top is a girl holding a large wooden container and it is titled "Ulusia." The middle, left side is Menie Muriel Dowie. The middle, right side is a child reading and is titled "Iwan." The bottom, middle is a boy in a traveling outfit. The bottom, right of a male attendant. On page 544 there is one large illustration of Middlesborough, KY in the year 1889

Item 27: Newsprint, 25 Apr 1891

The Illustrated London News page containing one illustration. It is large illustration of Middlesborough, KY in the year 1890

Box 2

Folder 1: Ray Harm Prints

Item 1: White-Throated Sparrow, 1972

Plate I, signed

Item 2: Vermilion Flycatcher, 1972

Plate III, signed

Folder 2: Ray Harm Prints

Item 1: White Breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, 1963

Plate IV, signed

Item 2: Painted Bunting, 1963

Plate VIII, signed

Item 3: House Wren, 1963

Plate X, signed (2 copies)

Item 4: Brown Thrasher, 1963

Plate XI, signed

Item 5: Blue Jay, 1965

Plate XIII, signed

Item 6: Flicker, 1966

Plate XVI, signed

Folder 3: Ray Harm Prints

Item 1: Rufous-sided Towhee, 1969

Plate XXX, signed

Item 2: Meadowlark, 1969

Plate XXXI, signed

Item 3: Wood Thrush, 19770

Plate XXXII, signed

Item 4: Mourning Dove, 1970

Plate XXXIV, signed

Item 5: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1971

Plate XXXVI, signed

Item 6: Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 1971

Plate XXXVII, signed

Item 7: Ruffed Grouse, 1972

Plate XXXIX, signed

Item 8: Purple Martin, 1973

Plate XLII, signed

Item 9: Yellow-headed Blackbird, 1973

Plate XLIII, signed

Item 10: Tufted Titmouse, 1974

Plate XLVI, signed

Folder 4: Jim Oliver Prints

Item 1: Eastern Gray Squirrel, 1971

Plate 1, signed

Item 2: Yellow Shafter Flicker

Plate 1, signed

Item 3: Cardinals

Plate 2, signed

Item 4: Black-capped Chickadee

Plate 4, signed

Item 5: Giant Pandas, 1973

Plate 5, signed

Item 6: Saw-Whet Owl

Plate 7, signed

Folder 5: Jim Oliver Prints

Item 1: Blue Jays

Plate 8, signed

Item 2: Koalas

Plate 9, signed

Item 3: Bobwhite quail

Plate 10, signed

Item 4: Cougar Cub

Plate 12, signed

Folder 6: Jim Oliver Prints

Item 1: Wood Ducks

Plate 13, signed

Item 2: Red Fox

Plate 14, signed (3 copies)

Item 3: Snowy Owl

Plate 15, signed (2 copies)

Item 4: Cardinal

Plate 17, signed

Item 5: Leopard

Plate 18, signed

Item 6: Eastern Bluebirds

Plate 19, signed

Folder 7: Jim Oliver Prints

Item 1: Eastern Chipmunks

Plate 20, signed

Item 2: Red Winged Blackbird

Plate 21, signed

Item 3: Lion Cub

Plate 22, signed

Item 4: Snow Leopard Cub

Plate 23, signed

Item 5: Eastern Cottontail

Plate 24, signed

Item 6: Raccoons

Plate 25, signed

Item 7: Red Squirrels

Plate 27, signed

Item 8: Baby Screech Owls, 1981

Plate 28, signed

Item 9: Robins, 1983

Plate 33, signed

Item 10: Kentucky Wildcat, 1984

Plate 36, signed

Item 11: Raccoon, 1984

Plate 38, signed

Folder 8: Jim Oliver Prints

Item 1: White-tailed Buck, 1985

Plate 40, signed

Item 2: Giant Panda, 1985

Plate 41, signed

Item 3: Baby Red Fox, 1986

Plate 42, signed

Item 4: Canada Geese, 1986

plate 43., signed

Item 5: Bengal Tiger Cubs, 1986

Plate44, signed

Item 6: Eastern Cottontail, 1987

Plate 45, signed

Item 7: Ring-necked Pheasant, 1988

Plate 48, signed

Item 8: Wolf, 1988

Plate 49, signed

Item 9: Black Leopard

Plate 50, signed

Item 10: Hummingbird

Plate 51, signed

Item 11: Cardinal

Plate 52, signed

Box 3

Folder 1

Item 1: If I'd a Known Hit Was You I'd a Stayd In Jail by F. C. Yohn, 1906

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. It is a court scene with an elderly man on the witness stand, a judge that is talking, an angry defendant, and an attentive audience. This image was also used as an illustration for A Knight of the Cumberland by John Fox

Item 2: Valley View Ferry - A New Generation by Howard Fain, 1999

Depicts the ferry John Craig taking a car across the Kentucky River. Published by the Valley View Ferry Authority, it is print 79/500 and contains the artists signature both as part of the print and in his hand

Item 3: Bluebill Decoys by Thomas H, Cotney

Limited edition of 3,000. Lithographed by Consolidated Printing.

Folder 2: Jim Oliver Prints

Item 1: White Tiger Cubs

Plate 26, signed

Item 2: White-tailed Deer, 1982

Plate 30, signed

Item 3: Zebras, 1982

Plate 31, signed

Item 4: Red-tailed Hawk, 1983

Plate 35, signed

Item 5: White Tiger, 1983

Plate 34, signed

Folder 3: Jim Oliver Prints

Item 1: Great Horned Owls, 1984

Plate 37, signed

Item 2: Leopard, 1987

Plate 46, signed

Item 3: Baby Hard Seals, 1987

Plate 47, signed

Folder 4: Jean Surplus Collection (2007-002)

Item 1: The Great American Steeplechase for 1844, 1843

Political cartoon by H.R. Robinson that is a parody of the 1844 presidential election.

Subject/Index Terms:

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.

Box 4

Folder 1: Ray Harm Prints

Item 1: Red Fox, 1973

signed

Item 2: Reticulated Giraffe, 1973

Plate 1, signed

Item 3: Whitetail Deer, 1970

signed

Item 4: Black Bear, 1974

signed

Item 5: Upland Birds, 1967

Sharp-Tailed Grouse, Ring-Necked Pheasant, Ruffed Grouse, Turkey, Eastern Bob-White, Woodcock, and Mourning Dove

Folder 2: Jim Oliver Prints

Item 1: Raccoon

Plate 3, signed

Item 2: Bengal Tiger

Plate 6, signed

Item 3: Bald Eagle

Plate 11, signed

Item 4: Lions

Plate 16, signed

Item 5: Siberian Tiger

Plate 29, signed

Item 6: Bald Eagle, 1985

Plate 39, signed

Item 7: Singing With Wolves

Plate 56, signed

Folder 3: Paul Sawyier Prints

Item 1: The Rock Breaker, 1972

Plate 19, 333 out of 500.

Folder 4: Geological Survey Plates

Item 1: Oil Field Activity on Ross Creek--Estill County, 1919

Folder 5: Miscellaneous Prints

Item 1: Ring-neck Pheasant by Edward D. Williams, 1968

Williams Limited Edition Prints

Folder 1: Prints, Drawings, Poetry, 1835-1970

Item 1: Boone Tavern, n.d.

By Michael Hardesty

Item 2: Tate's Creek Ferry, n.d.

By Michael Hardesty

Item 3: Madison County Court House, n.d.

By Michael Hardesty

Item 4: Sternwheeler Dixie Belle at Fort Boonesborough, Kentucky, n.d.

By Sandra Cundiff (signed as Sandy Cundiff)

Item 5: Boone's First View of Kentucky., 1858ca.

Hand-tinted. This appears to be a page cut from the book "Historical Collections of the Great West" by Henry Howe. [The print does not have a page number that appears in the 1855 edition of the book located in the EKU Archives, Special Collections.

Item 6: Engraved Portrait of Daniel Boone, 1835

By James Barton Longacre after a painting by Chester Harding. It bears a facsimile Daniel Boone signature and has a small piece of paper pasted to it with the signature of "Capt. Nat Harte" [this may be Nathaniel Hart, Jr., son of Nathaniel Hart and Sarah Simpson, who was born in Caswell Co., NC, 30 Sep 1770 and died 7 Feb 1844 in "Spring Hill," Woodford Co., KY, at 73 years of age. He is buried in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY]

Item 7: Louisville, 1850ca.

Steel plate engraving. It features the Louisville Hotel at the foreground of a busy street scene and bears the inscriptions "Aud d. Kunstanst. d.Bibliogr. Instit. in Hildbh" and "Eigenthum d. Verleger.

Item 8: Die Mammuths Hohle (Mammoth Cave) in Kentucky, 1854

Steel plate engraving by Herrmann J. Meyer. It shows two elegantly dressed couples exploring the cave, illuminated only by a torch held by one of the men, and bears the inscriptions "Aud d. Kunstanst. d.Bibliogr. Instit. in Hildbh" and "Eigenthum d. Verleger.

Item 9: Native Dancer: Horse of the Year 1952, 1952ca.

Published by W.W. & L. Lithography.

Item 10: View of Smithland, KY, n.d.

It features a steamboat named "Old Kentucke" approaching a landing with various other steamboats and flatboats

Item 11: Theological Seminary, West 2nd St., n.d.

Published by P. Desobry's Lithography. It shows several buildings in the background, along a dirt road with a fenced-in pasture in the foreground, and bears a handwritten inscription "Theological Seminary, West 2nd St., Present Site - H___? Apartment - in 1820, Bishop Smith, Pres."

Item 12: City of Louisville, 1872ca.

Steel plate engraving. Published by D. Appleton, New York, E.P. Brandard, engraver, after Asa Coolidge Warren (1819-1904), artist. Depicts the Ohio River with a railroad bridge in foreground, steamboat passing underneath and buildings of Louisville in background

Item 13: The Little White Girl, 1912

James McNeil Whistler, produced by and signed in his own hand by T.R. Way. T.R. Way was associated with Whistler, and was encouraged by Whistler to copy his works. It depicts a woman holding a fan and looking into a mirror over a fireplace

Item 14: Cumberland Gap, 1872

Steel plate engraving. Hand-tinted. By Harry C. Fenn and is an illustration from Picturesque America. This print was published by D. Appleton & Co., New York (2 copies, each tinted differently)

Item 15: Illustrated Poems by Lee Pennington, 1970

The following four prints appear to be a set that were sold together (there are 2 copies of the poems but only one copy of the portrait. The poems are signed by the poet Lee Pennington - in his own hand - but the portrait is not). The artist may be Bonnie Bach (?) but the signature is difficult to read.

Item 16: Portrait of Lee Pennington smoking a pipe

print 106/500

Item 17: Poem by Lee Pennington

You, Poets - print 106/500 & 242/500 (2 copies)

Item 18: Poem by Lee Pennington

For Joy at Snowtime - print 106/500 & 242/500 (2 copies)

Item 19: Poem by Lee Pennington

When the Leaves Turn Green - print 106/500 & 242/500 (2 copies)

Item 20: Drawing, n.d.

Pen and Ink. Trees with no leaves in front of mountains. "Make the darks heavier over entire drawing. We want a flatter effect." is written in pencil underneath the drawing

Item 21: Drawing, n.d.

Pen and Ink. The corner building of a log fort with a tree an stump in front of it. "Try to make a flatter design" and " more darks in house under eaves; so indicated" are written in pencil beneath the drawing

Item 22: Kentucky State Flag in Color, n.d.

Item 23: Godey's Fashions, March 1863

Hand-tinted centerfold from Godey's Lady's Book showing several women and a child in the fashions of the day.

Item 24: First Flag of the American Republic

Item 25: First Flag of American Expansion

Folder 2: Political Cartoons, circa 1960

A series of political cartoons by an unknown artist featuring A.B. "Happy" Chandler, Harry Lee, Bert Combs and Joe Leary. (From accession 2013-019, Government Affairs and Regional Services.

Item 1: I can't see anything but Combs!

Hunter with binoculars looking at a chicken.

Item 2: I can't see anything but Combs!!

Two men looking at a chicken coop full of chickens.

Item 3: I can't see anything but Combs

Man in an optometrist office looking at an eye chart full of chickens.

Item 4: Fat man on a bicycle

Man on a bike looking at a rickety bridge.

Item 5: Happy, that ol' rug is smothering me to death

Happy Chandler and Harry Lee under a rug.