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Time Capsule Collection, 1927-1962

Collection Overview

Title: Time Capsule Collection, 1927-1962

Extent: 0.35 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 11/10/2018

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Eastern began the practice of placing time capsules in building cornerstones as early as 1909 when the Roark Building was built. Most of these are still hidden behind the cornerstones; however, when the older buildings began to be demolished, the time capsules were retrieved and the contents sent to Special Collections and Archives. The contents in some of these was badly damaged, but in all cases inventories of the contents were compiled to point researchers to the original materials. In most cases the contents are Eastern publications from the time the capsule was created, but occasionally there are more personal items added like family photographs and news clippings about the individual the building was named after.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Combs Hall Time CapsuleAdd to your cart.
This capsule was damaged during demolition of the building and most items were damaged. This list serves to document what was in the original capsule, but many items were discarded because of damage.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Barcode: 31234013790942
Folder 1: Combs HallAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Combs Hall Time Capsule Inventory, 2014Add to your cart.
Item 2: News clipping titled "Richmond to Honor Earle Combs", 1927Add to your cart.
Including photo of Earle Combs with his sons Charles Clayton and Earle, Jr. on his lap.
Item 3: News clipping titled "Combs not Worried Over, February 5, 1933Add to your cart.
Including photos of Earle Combs and his family as a boy and Earle Combs as a young man with his parents.
Item 4: World Series Program, 1943Add to your cart.
Item 5: The Frick System newsletter, October-November 1945Add to your cart.
Item 6: News clipping titled "Ruby, May 13, 1949Add to your cart.
Item 7: Combs Building Groundbreaking PhotographAdd to your cart.
(SCA image number 0001-021-1588-02)
Item 8: Earle Combs at the Louisville Slugger FactoryAdd to your cart.
With two of his sons and a grandson.
Creator: Hillerich
Item 9: Live and Learn at EKSC, 1962Add to your cart.
Item 10: Some Ancestors of Earle B. Combs, 1960Add to your cart.
Typewritten sheet signed at the bottom by Ruth Combs.
Series 2: Martin Hall Time CapsuleAdd to your cart.
See the inventory for items that were added to the new Martin Hall time capsule.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 2: State PublicationsAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Advancing Education in Kentucky: Challenges - Processes - Outcomes, 1956-1957-1958-1959Add to your cart.
published by the Department of Education, Robert R. Martin, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Item 2: Report of Proceedings: Governor's Second Annual Conference on Education, 1957Add to your cart.
Robert R. Martin was chair of the planning committee due to his position as Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Folder 3: Eastern PublicationsAdd to your cart.
Item 1: The Eastern Alumnus, Fall 1961Add to your cart.
Vol.1, No.1
Item 2: The Eastern Alumnus, Spring 1962Add to your cart.
Vol.1, No.2
Item 3: Program: The Inauguration of Robert Richard Martin as Sixth President of the Eastern Kentucky State College, November 7, 1960Add to your cart.
Item 4: A Glorious Past and a Scintillating Future: The Story of Eastern Kentucky State College, Nov, 1960Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Folder 4: Eastern PublicationsAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Five Decades of Progress: Eastern Kentucky State College, Richmond, Kentucky 1906-1957Add to your cart.
By Dr. Jonathan T. Dorris.
Folder 5: Newspapers and News ClippingsAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Eastern Progress, November 17, 1960Add to your cart.
Vol.38, No.9
Item 2: Eastern Progress, March 3, 1961Add to your cart.
Vol.38, No.18
Item 3: Eastern Progress, May 25, 1962Add to your cart.
Vol.39, No.30
Item 4: Richmond Daily Register, November 17, 1960Add to your cart.
Item 5: News clipping, "New State School Head Robert Martin Knows Which Way Wind Blows,", December 4, 1955Add to your cart.
The Courier-Journal, Section 3, p1.
Item 6: News Clipping, "Unruffled, Mrs. Martin Takes Richmond,", July 24, 1960Add to your cart.
The Courier-Journal, Section 3, np.
Item 7: News Clipping, "Country Boy Makes Good: Martin Takes Oath at Eastern,", November 18, 1960Add to your cart.
The Courier-Journal, Section 2, np.
Folder 6: PhotographsAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Governor Bert Combs, Robert R. Martin and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at Commencement, May, 1961Add to your cart.
Item 2: Robert R. Martin, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and William J. Moore at Commencement, May, 1961Add to your cart.
Item 3: Martin Family at Blanton House, Summer 1961Add to your cart.
Mrs. Charles Hoge, Lucy Hoge Blakemore, Robert R. Martin, Woody Blakemore, Anne Hoge Martin, Marcus Blakemore
Item 4: Martin Family at Blanton House, Summer 1961Add to your cart.
Charles Mason Hoge, Willa Stag Hoge, Woolfolk Hoge Blakemore, Lucy Hoge Blakemore, Marcus Blakemore, Anne Hoge Martin
Item 5: Woolfolk Hoge Blakemore, Summer 1961Add to your cart.
6 years old.
Item 6: Anne Hoge Martin in the Blanton HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 7: Robert R. and Anne Hoge Martin in the Blanton HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 8: Robert R. and Anne Hoge Martin in the Blanton HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 9: Aerial View of Eastern's CampusAdd to your cart.
Showing construction on Martin Hall, Model Laboratory School and Case Annex.
Folder 7: Martin Hall Time Capsule InventoryAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Copper Time Capsule, 1962Add to your cart.
Still has mortar on the lid.
Series 3: Case Hall Time CapsuleAdd to your cart.
This time capsule was very wet and most items in it were moldy and beyond repair. See the inventory for a complete list of items that were in the capsule.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Case HallAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Item 1: Case Hall Time Capsule inventoryAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Residents of Case Hall, 1961-1962Add to your cart.
Item 3: Dedicated to Mrs. CaseAdd to your cart.
Poem about Emma Case written by Mrs. Florence Higgins Neikirk of Pulaski Co., KY.
Item 2: Copper Time Capsule, 1961Add to your cart.
Series 4: Henry Martin Hall Time CapsuleAdd to your cart.
This time capsule was very wet and most items in it were moldy and beyond repair. See the inventory for a complete list of items that were in the capsule.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Henry Martin HallAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Henry Martin Hall Time Capsule InventoryAdd to your cart.
Item 2: EKU Press Release, Jul, 1969Add to your cart.
Announcing plans to build Henry Martin Hall.
Item 3: EKU Press Release, Aug, 1970Add to your cart.
Announcing four dedication ceremonies for Eastern .
Item 4: Dedication Program, Aug, 1970Add to your cart.
Commemorating Brewer Building, A.B. Carter Building, Henry Martin Hall, Van Hoose Drive.
Item 5: Luncheon Guest List, Aug, 1970Add to your cart.
Item 6: Inventory of the Cornerstone, Aug, 1970Add to your cart.
Item 7: Address by Dr. Charles L. Ross, Aug, 1970Add to your cart.
Item 8: Eastern Progress, 23 Jul 1970Add to your cart.
Item 9: Eastern Progress, 27 Aug 1970Add to your cart.