Lillard Rodgers Collection, 1942-1970 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Lillard Rodgers Collection, 1942-1970

Extent: 0.92 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 10/19/1977

Subjects: Education, Secondary--Kentucky., Storytelling., Wit and humor.

Languages: English

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.

Subject/Index Terms

Education, Secondary--Kentucky.
Storytelling.
Wit and humor.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Source: Rodgers, Lillard

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

UnitID: 31234013790876

Folder 1: Flags for Schools Promotion, 1963

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, 1949-1950

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 World

Folder 4: Historic Kentucky Highways, 1948-1954

Two issues.

Folder 5: in Kentucky, 1957

Two issues, one undated.

Folder 6: Kentucky History Workbook, 1951

By Harlow Publishing.

Folder 7: Kentucky Publications, 1954-1970

Item 1: Know Your Kentucky: Based on the popular radio quiz show "Romance of Kentucky."
Item 2: Kentucky School Journal, Mar, 1954: Includes an article by John D. Rowlett.
Item 3: Scenic South, Jun, 1955: Almost half the volume is devoted to Berea College.
Item 4: 21st Anniversary Pioneer Playhouse Program, 1970: Program for the play "See How They Run."

Folder 8: Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky Brochure, 1967

Folder 9: Liberty Christian Church

Includes a brief history and a news clipping about church fundraising.

Folder 10: Weekly Reader, 1948

Two issues of a newspaper geared toward school children.

Box 2

UnitID: 31234013790884

Item 1: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 2: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 3: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 4: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 5: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 6: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 7: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 8: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook

Box 3

UnitID: 31234013790892

Item 1: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 2: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 3: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 4: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 5: Kentuckiana All Over Scrapbook
Item 6: Kentuckiana All Over Loose Clippings
Item 7: The Story of Kentucky, 1942: As published in the Courier-Journal, chapters 2-6.

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