Townsend Room Collection, 1794-1930 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Box 2

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Folder 1: One Beneath the Sun, 1948-1951

First draft submitted to publisher by H. Edward Richardson. Accompanied by memo concerning contents of manuscript by "EC"; holograph memo from Dudley Strasburg, assoc. ed.; publication announcement of One Beneath the Sun; newspaper clipping about publication of the book; and additional poems by H. Edward Richardson.

Folder 2: Biographical Sketches of Kentucky Authors, 1930

Written by the 235 members of the classes in Library Science 166. Each biography is handwritten or typed and bound in booklet form. Illustrated by J.D. Turley, '34. Richmond, Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College.

Folder 3: Happy Chandler Clippings, 1935-1971

Newspaper clippings and campaign literature about Happy Chandler.

Folder 4: Manuscript Poems of Elizabeth Madox Roberts, 1900-1924

Includes poems: "The Sky," "The Woodpecker," "Mr. Wells," "Crescent Moon," "The Richest Woman in the World," "Strange Tree," "The Sun and the Birch Tree," "A Beautiful Lady," and "The Hens."

Folder 5: Elementary, 1957

Holograph poem by Edwin Carter, April 1957.

Folder 6: The Awakening, 1936

Holograph, signed poem by Mrs. Florence Colley. Enclosed in Easter program from The First Christian Church, Richmond, Ky., April 12, 1936. Typed biographical sketch included.

Folder 7: The Washington Monumental Society, 1850

The Washington Monumental Society Officers and Board of Managers and Kentucky Subscribers. List of contributions from Jefferson County, Kentucky to the Washington National Monument. Also includes list of the officers and board of managers of the Washington National Monument.

Folder 8: Letter and Poems to Isabel Bennett, 1941

Signed holograph of letter and two poems from David Morton, Amherst, Massachusetts to Isabel Bennett, The Library, Eastern State Teachers College, Richmond, Kentucky. Poems: "Who Walks with Beauty" and "Example and Precept." Dated November 26, 1941. Includes mailing envelope.

Folder 9: May Luxon's Composition Book, 1881-1885

May B. Luxon's copy book of exercises while she was a pupil at Madison Female Institute, Richmond, Kentucky.

Folder 10: Oxen, 1932

Sheet music. Poem by Mary Cummings Eudy, composed by Alma Steedman. Published by J. Fischer & Bro., New York, New York.

Folder 11: Big Bone Lick in Boone County, Kentucky, 1953

Extracts from a meeting of the Christopher Gist Historical Society, August 15, 1953, including a typescript history of Big Bone Lick, Kentucky.

Included is a letter from Reverend Eugene F. Lefebvre, rector of St. Timothy's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Department of History, Eastern Kentucky State University, September 26, 1974.

Folder 12: Memories out of Arcady

Typewritten, review/narrative by William Kavanaugh Doty about "James Lane Allen" by John Wilson Townsend (1927).

Folder 13: The History of Medicine in Kentucky, 1775-1952

By Max E. New. Holograph; contains drawing by the author and clippings pertaining to medicine.

Folder 14: The Bryan and Stewart Families, 1969

Descendants of John Randolph Bryan of "Eagle Point," Gloucester Co., Virginia, and his wife Elizabeth Tucker Coalter; and of John Stewart of "Brook Hill," Henrico Co., Virginia, and his wife Mary Amanda Williamson. Prepared by John Frederick Dorman, Washington, D.C., 1969.