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Thomas H. Appleton, Jr. Collection, 1812-2015 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

By Katy Davis, Dr. Christiana Taylor

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Collection Overview

Title: Thomas H. Appleton, Jr. Collection, 1812-2015Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Extent: 3.08 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 12/11/2014

Subjects: Courtship, Kentucky--Politics and government., Religion., Slavery - Kentucky, World War, 1914-1918., World War, 1939-1945.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Dr. Thomas H. Appleton, Jr. started regularly collecting historical Kentucky materials after he started working at the Kentucky Historical Society in the 1980s. The collection he continues to build consists of materials such as correspondence, ephemera, publications, legal documents and other items, which span over 200 years of Kentucky history. Some notable figures mentioned in the correspondence include Henry Clay, Charles S. Morehead, A.B. 'Happy' Chandler, Phyllis George Brown, Alben Barkley, Barbara Bush, and many more. Materials contain information about politics, religion, pop culture, death, slavery, the military and more. The collection is state-wide in scope; however, most materials are from central Kentucky. The collection continues to grow thanks to a generous endowment funded by Dr. Appleton.

Collection Historical Note

Thomas H. Appleton Jr. (Tom) was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1950. After graduating from the University of Memphis in 1971, he enrolled at the University of Kentucky to pursue a doctorate in American history. At UK he was fortunate to study under two of the eminent scholars in that field, Charles P. Roland and Holman Hamilton. In 1979, he joined the publications department of the Kentucky Historical Society, where he rose from assistant editor to editor in chief in 1990. His work at the KHS nurtured his desire to collect historical materials, which he had begun in elementary school. In 2000, he became professor of history at Eastern Kentucky University; in 2015 he was named Foundation Professor. As he approached retirement (2018), he decided that the archives and special collections department at EKU's Crabbe Library would be the logical repository for his collection. At the same time he established an endowment that would permit the purchase of additional materials to augment the collection. He hopes to inspire other patrons to donate their materials as well.

Subject/Index Terms

Courtship
Kentucky--Politics and government.
Religion.
Slavery - Kentucky
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1939-1945.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Source: Appleton, Thomas H., Jr.


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Folder 1: Bob Conley from Bernard Heckman, 29 Aug 1947Add to your cart.
Heckman, University of Louisville basketball coach during this time, writes to Conley about the recruitment of two Paintsville "boys."
Folder 2: "Rules of the Democratic Party" Pamphlet, 08 Jun 1948Add to your cart.
Rules adopted by the Democratic State Convention in Kentucky that explains the duties and rules of elected Democratic officials.
Folder 3-12: Donnie Crase Correspondence, 1950-1959Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This is a collection of letters and greeting cards addressed to Donny Gene Crase, of Letcher Co., during the periods of his military service. Letters specifically from 1950, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959. While letters are of a personal nature, they provide insight into period's popular culture, medical care, and reaction to current events such as 1958 Floyd County bus accident. The letters also chronicle the course of a " teen marriage".

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