Agnes Chandler Kenney Papers, 1920s | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Agnes Chandler Kenney Papers, 1920s

Primary Creator: Kenney, Agnes Chandler

Extent: 1.0 Folders

Date Acquired: 01/25/2011. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Eastern Kentucky University--Alumni and alumnae., Education--Kentucky.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This small collection includes photos taken on Eastern's campus in the 1920s. There are also photos of friends, field trips to locations such as Shakertown and Natural Bridge and the Rural Training School on Lancaster Avenue. Also included are a small autograph album signed by her friends at Eastern and a lesson plan for teaching art to children in grades 1-8.

Collection Historical Note

Agnes Chandler Kenney taught in six one-room schools in Boone County, KY from 1918 until 1928, when she married William Roy Kenney of Walton, KY. She attended Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College during the summer. Mrs. Kenney was from Rising Sun, IN and she rode the train from Aurora, IN to Cincinnati, OH where she transferred to a southbound train to Richmond, KY.

Subject/Index Terms

Eastern Kentucky University--Alumni and alumnae.
Education--Kentucky.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Accruals:

6-28-2014 Autograph Album and art lesson plans for grades 1-8.

8-17-2015 5 photographs of Agnes Chandler and friends

Acquisition Source: Wiley, Kathleen

Acquisition Method: gift

Finding Aid Revision History: Revised 8-11-2015 to include accreted materials.

Other Note: Photographs were initially numbered with the accession number; however, a decision was made to change to collection number. The database was changed, but the numbers written on the images were not changed.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Photographs],
[Folder 2: Notebooks],
[All]

Folder 1: Photographs

Barcode: 31234013928682

Item 1: Class Excursion, 1920s: A group of Eastern students and faculty in front of Shakertown Inn; Physical Description: 5x7
Item 2: Class Group, 1920s: I.H. Boothe with a group of students on the steps of the University Building; Physical Description: 5x7
Item 3: Class Group, 1920s: I.H. Boothe with a group of students on the steps of the University Building; Physical Description: 5x7
Item 4: Class Excursion, 1920s: A group of students at an unidentified stadium; Physical Description: 5x7
Item 5: Class Group, 1920s: A group of students in front of the University Building; Physical Description: 5x7
Item 6: Class Excursion, 1920s: Students looking over a river; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 7: Student Life, 1920s: Female students in the Ravine; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 8: Student Life, 1920s: Female students on the steps of the Cammack Building; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 9: Student Life, 1920s: Female students on the library steps; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 10: Student Life, 1920s: Female students on playground swings in the Ravine; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 11: Class Excursion, 1920s: A group of students around the pioneer marker at Fort Boonesborough; Physical Description: 5x3.5
Item 12: Student Life, 1920s: Female students on the lawn in front of the Cammack Building; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 13: Class Excursion, 1920s: Female students on a rock outcrop in the mountains; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 14: Student Life, 1920s: Female students; Physical Description: 2.5x2
Item 15: Student Life, 1920s: Female students; Creator: Landes; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 16: Student Life, 1920s: Female students in front of the Roark Building; Creator: Landes; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 17: Student Life, 1920s: Two female students on the lawn with Sullivan Hall and a cottage behind them; Creator: Landes; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 18: Rural Training School, 1920s: A group of elementary students outside the Rural Training School on Lancaster Avenue; Creator: Landes; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 19: Rural Training School, 1920s: A group of students outside the Rural Training School on Lancaster Avenue; Physical Description: 4.25x2.5
Item 20: Student Life, 1920s: People in front of the First Methodist Church; Physical Description: 2.5x3.5
Item 21: Rural Training School, 1920s: Children and an adult sitting on a lawn; Creator: Landes; Physical Description: 4x2.5
Item 22: Student Life, 1920s: A woman in the flower bed beside Sullivan Hall; Physical Description: 4x2.5
Item 23: Student Excursion
Item 24: Student Excursion
Item 25: Faculty at Eastern, 1923-24
Item 26: Grace Truman Patrick
Item 27: Grace Truman Patrick
Item 28: Abbie Daley
Item 29: Nora Moore: Also includes a student ticket to Eastern's Lyceum Course.
Item 30: Unidentified Woman
Item 31: Unidentified Woman
Item 32: Unidentified Women
Item 33: Unidentified Woman beside Sullivan Hall
Item 34: Marie Roberts
Item 35: Unidentified Woman
Item 36: Unidentified Women
Item 37: A Scene Near Natural Bridge: Student excursion to Powell County, KY
Item 38: Near Natural Bridge: Student excursion to Powell County, KY
Item 39: Student Excursion: Boone Sycamore at Boonesborough
Item 40: Students Underneath Natural Bridge: Student excursion to Powell County, KY
Item 41: Ferns near Natural Bridge
Item 42: Unidentified Woman
Item 43: Burnam Hall
Item 44: Sullivan Hall and the Cottage
Item 45: Crabbe Library and the CU Prep Building
Item 46: Negative of Unidentified Building
Item 47: Group of Unidentified Women on Playground
Item 48: Unidentified Group
Item 49: Unidentified Group
Item 50: Agnes Chandler
Item 51: Agnes Chandler and Friends
Item 52: Grace Patrick and Agnes Chandler
Item 53: Clarice Roland and Agnes Chandler
Item 54: Grace Patrick and Agnes Chandler: At Model High School

Folder 2: Notebooks

Barcode: 31234013928690

Item 1: Autograph Album, 1925, 1937: Autographs are all dated 1925, pages written by a child are dated 1937. Her daughter Kathleen Wiley noted that she wrote in the book as a child.
Item 2: Practical Drawing, Book 1
Item 3: Art Lesson Plans, undated: This appears to have been created as a class assignment as each section is graded. Also included are class notes from other courses she took.

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[Folder 2: Notebooks],
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