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Lillard Rodgers Collection, 1942-1970

Collection Overview

Title: Lillard Rodgers Collection, 1942-1970

Extent: 0.92 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 10/19/1977

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Lillard Rodgers was an Eastern alum receiving his bachelor's degree in 1947 and a master's in 1962. He went on to be a teacher in the Casey County, Kentucky school system. This collection consists mostly of news clippings of Edwin Finch's "Kentuckiana All Over" column that was published by the Courier-Journal in the 1940s and 1950s, including 13 scrapbooks and a folder of loose clippings. In addition there are other mid twentieth century tourism publications and educational materials.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Source: Rodgers, Lillard

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
UnitID: 31234013790876
Folder 1: Flags for Schools Promotion, 1963Add to your cart.
Information about the Courier-Journal program to provide low cost flags to Kentucky Schools. Also includes a Kentucky state flag.
Folder 2: Geography 101 Maps and Resources, 1949-1950Add to your cart.
The notebook includes statistics on coal mining and agriculture broken down by counties and including mining employment.
Folder 3: Hammond's Supreme Map of the WorldAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Historic Kentucky Highways, 1948-1954Add to your cart.
Two issues.
Folder 5: in Kentucky, 1957Add to your cart.
Two issues, one undated.
Folder 6: Kentucky History Workbook, 1951Add to your cart.
By Harlow Publishing.
Folder 7: Kentucky Publications, 1954-1970Add to your cart.
Item 1: Know Your KentuckyAdd to your cart.
Based on the popular radio quiz show "Romance of Kentucky."
Item 2: Kentucky School Journal, Mar, 1954Add to your cart.
Includes an article by John D. Rowlett.
Item 3: Scenic South, Jun, 1955Add to your cart.
Almost half the volume is devoted to Berea College.
Item 4: 21st Anniversary Pioneer Playhouse Program, 1970Add to your cart.
Program for the play "See How They Run."
Folder 8: Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky Brochure, 1967Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Liberty Christian ChurchAdd to your cart.
Includes a brief history and a news clipping about church fundraising.
Folder 10: Weekly Reader, 1948Add to your cart.
Two issues of a newspaper geared toward school children.
Box 2Add to your cart.
UnitID: 31234013790884
Item 1: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 4: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 5: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 6: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 7: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 8: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Box 3Add to your cart.
UnitID: 31234013790892
Item 1: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 4: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 5: Kentuckiana All Over ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Item 6: Kentuckiana All Over Loose ClippingsAdd to your cart.
Item 7: The Story of Kentucky, 1942Add to your cart.
As published in the Courier-Journal, chapters 2-6.