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Roark Family Collection

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Scope and Contents

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Photographs

Ruric N. Roark Essays and Class Notes

Miscellaneous

Correspondence between Ruric Roark and his Father

Ruric Roark Diploma from National Normal University

Mary Roark Loving Cup



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Roark Family Collection, 1879-1960 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Roark Family Collection, 1879-1960Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Extent: 2.0 Folders

Date Acquired: 02/09/2017

Subjects: Roark, Mary C. (Mary Creegan), Roark, Ruric Nevel, 1859-1909.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection includes a limited number of materials that belonged to Ruric N. and Mary C. Roark that were donated by family members. Included are photographs of the Roarks and classroom or school photos; the class notes, essays and diploma of Ruric N. Roark, and a silver loving cup given to Mary Roark by the faculty of Eastern. News clippings about Mary and Ruric are also included.

Collection Historical Note

Ruric N. Roark was born at Greenville, Muhlenbery County, Kentucky, May 19, 1859. He was educated in the Greenville Academy and in the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, where he graduated in 1881.

It was there that he met his wife, Mary Creeghan and they married in 1882. In 1885 they established the Glasgow Normal School at Glasgow, Kentucky where they remained for four years. At that time Ruric was selected as Dean of the Pedagogical Department of State University at Lexington, Kentucky. He served in this position until 1905.

After spending a year in post-graduate work in Clark University at Worcester, Massachusetts, he was selected as the first president of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School which was established in 1906 (now Eastern Kentucky University).

When Ruric died in 1909 his wife, Mary, served as acting president of Eastern from February 1909 through April 1910. She was officially recognized as Eastern's second president in 2015. Mary served as Dean of Women while she served as acting president and continued in this position until 1915 when she left Richmond for Chicago. She died in Baltimore in 1922. Both Roarks are buried in the Richmond Cemetery.

Subject/Index Terms

Roark, Mary C. (Mary Creegan)
Roark, Ruric Nevel, 1859-1909.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Processing Information: This collection combines two accessions into one artificial collection.


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[Folder 1: Photographs],
[Folder 2: Ruric N. Roark Essays and Class Notes, 1879-1880, undated],
[Folder 3: Miscellaneous, 1908-1960],
[Folder 4: Correspondence between Ruric Roark and his Father, 1865],
[Folder 5: Ruric Roark Diploma from National Normal University, 1897],
[Item 1: Mary Roark Loving Cup, 1910],
[All]

Folder 1: PhotographsAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Item 1: Ruric Roark; Kathleen Roark, ca. 1900Add to your cart.
Ruric Roark holding his daughter Kathleen Roark
Physical Description: 8x10
Item 2: William RoarkAdd to your cart.
Photo of a painting of William Roark, great-grandfather of Ruric N. Roark
Physical Description: 4x6
Item 3: Mary Everly RoarkAdd to your cart.
Photo of a painting of Mary Everly Roark, great-grandmother of Ruric N. Roark
Physical Description: 4x6
Item 4: Unidentified churchAdd to your cart.
Physical Description: 4x5
Item 5: TreeAdd to your cart.
Tree with ropes tied to it, to keep it growing straight
Physical Description: 4x5
Item 6: EKU Power PlantAdd to your cart.
Interior of EKU's Power Plant
Physical Description: 4x5
Item 7: ClassroomAdd to your cart.
Unidentified women sitting at desks
Physical Description: 3.5x3.5
Item 8: HikingAdd to your cart.
Two unidentified men hiking
Physical Description: 3.75x4.5
Item 9: Wooded landscapeAdd to your cart.
Physical Description: 3.75x4.5
Item 10: Unidentified houseAdd to your cart.
Unidentified house
Physical Description: 3.75x4.5
Item 11: Unidentified groupAdd to your cart.
Probably school children next to their school house
Physical Description: 3.75x4.5
Item 12: Maple tree in Lexington, KYAdd to your cart.
Physical Description: 3.75x4.5
Item 13: Winter sceneAdd to your cart.
Physical Description: 4.75x6.5
Item 14: ClassroomAdd to your cart.
Unidentified group of men at desks, could be on campus
Physical Description: 3.5x3.5
Item 15: Unidentified women laying on the grassAdd to your cart.
Physical Description: 4x6.5
Item 16: Roark FamilyAdd to your cart.
Taken in Greenville, KY. Pictured are l-r: Ruric N. Roark, Mary C. Roark, Kathleen Roark, Nannie Davis Roark, Jeff Roark.
Item 17: Ruric N. RoarkAdd to your cart.
Item 18: Ruric N. RoarkAdd to your cart.
Item 19: Mary C. RoarkAdd to your cart.
Two images of Mary C. Roark on one sheet.
Item 20: Roark Family, ca. 1908Add to your cart.
Pictured are l-r: Raymond J. Roark, Ruric N. Roark, R. Creegan Roark, Mary C. Roark, Kathleen Roark.
Folder 2: Ruric N. Roark Essays and Class Notes, 1879-1880, undatedAdd to your cart.
Includes essays titled "Gladstone," "Explosives," "What is to be the next Craze?," "Mineral Kingdom," "Roman History," and "Outline of the Animal Kingdom."
Folder 3: Miscellaneous, 1908-1960Add to your cart.
Includes correspondence to a cousin regarding a debt, a funeral notice for M.J. Roark, a copy of a letter from Creegan Roark to Raymond Roark describing a trip through Kentucky and news clippings about Mary and Ruric Roark.
Folder 4: Correspondence between Ruric Roark and his Father, 1865Add to your cart.
2 photocopied letters, one from Ruric to his father and the other from his father to him. Captain Roark was in the Legislature in Frankfort, so was gone from home for an extended period of time when these were written.
Folder 5: Ruric Roark Diploma from National Normal University, 1897Add to your cart.
Item 1: Mary Roark Loving Cup, 1910Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Photographs],
[Folder 2: Ruric N. Roark Essays and Class Notes, 1879-1880, undated],
[Folder 3: Miscellaneous, 1908-1960],
[Folder 4: Correspondence between Ruric Roark and his Father, 1865],
[Folder 5: Ruric Roark Diploma from National Normal University, 1897],
[Item 1: Mary Roark Loving Cup, 1910],
[All]


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