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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Willard Rouse Jillson Papers feature only a few of his more than 300 publications. They include local histories, bibliographies, geological treatises on Kentucky locations and volumes on Kentucky books. Included in each is the handwritten or typed draft and a proof from the publisher with changes noted throughout. One volume is a typescript of a deposition he gave regarding a mudslide on Highway 23. Two volumes include a carbon copy of an acknowledgement letter to Jillson from Eastern librarian, Mary Floyd.
Biographical Note
Willard Rouse Jillson (May 28, 1890 – October 4, 1975) was a Kentucky historian academic, and geologist who authored numerous books on Kentucky politicians and geology matters pertaining to the State. Jillson taught geology in Lexington at the University of Kentucky in 1918 and later at Transylvania University in 1947. He served in various government positions, notably as Kentucky State Geologist and director of the Sixth Kentucky Geological Survey. He died in 1975 and was buried in the Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Sketch from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Rouse_Jillson.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Jillson, Willard Rouse
Acquisition Method:
gift
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Barcode: 31234013925399
- Folder 1: Bibliography of County Geological Reports in KY, 1957
- Folder 2: A Bibliography of Elliot County, Kentucky, 1958
- Folder 3: A Bibliography of Estill County, Kentucky, 1958
- Folder 4: Bibliography of Floyd County, Kentucky, 1956
- Folder 5: A Bibliography of the Geology of Oil and Gas in Kentucky, 1956
- Folder 6: Bibliography of George Rogers Clark, 1957
- Folder 7: Bibliography of the Lower Blue Licks, 1944
- Folder 8: Manuscript of Early Frankfort and Franklin County, 1936
- Folder 9: Geology of Goose Creek Dome, 1960
- Folder 10: Geology of Goose Creek Dome, 1960
- Folder 11: Geology of Goose Creek Dome, 1960
- Box 2
- Barcode: 31234013925407
- Folder 1: Geology of Green County, Kentucky, 1956
- Folder 2: Geology of Marion County, Kentucky, 1956
- Folder 3: Geology of the White Thorn Fault, 1958
- Folder 4: A Glimpse of Old Bridgeport and its Environs, 1955
- Folder 5: Kentucky History, 1936
- Folder 6: Kentucky in American History, 1933
- Folder 7: Kentucky Literature, 1900-1950, 1956
- Box 3
- Barcode: 31234014140766
- Folder 1: Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers, 1935
- Folder 2: Natural Gas of Eastern Kentucky, 1936
- Folder 3: Questions and Answers on the Greenup-Vanceburg Slides on Highway 23, 1956
- Folder 4: Rare Kentucky Books, 1939
- Folder 5: The Saint Peter Sandstone in Kentucky, 1938
- Folder 6: Scrapbook, 1919-1956
- Scrapbook depicting the personal and professional life of Willard Rouse Jillson and his family.
- Box 4
- Barcode: 31234014140774
- Folder 1: Bibliography of Kentuckiana, 1937
- Card file with notes about sources for Kentuckiana.
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