Green Clay Papers, 1890-1954 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

By Tauheedah El-Saadiq

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Collection Overview

Title: Green Clay Papers, 1890-1954

Primary Creator: Clay, Green (1871-1962)

Extent: 0.35 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 08/27/2003

Subjects: Madison County (Ky.)--History--19th century., Madison County (Ky.)--Pictorial works.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The strength of the Green Clay collection is the photographs, which were mostly taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Although there are some portraits, there are also many photos of Madison county, including historic sites, river scenes, historic homes and even a moonshine still. The collection also includes some of his published historical articles and other Madison County publications.

Collection Historical Note

Green Clay was born at White Hall on 11 August 1871 and was named Guy Ephrium Herrick. He was the son of John Frank and Mary Clay Herrick. Mary Clay was the oldest daughter of Cassius M. Clay, the "Lion of White Hall." When his parents divorced his mother began calling him Green Clay and at her insistence he changed his name to Green Clay after he reached 21.

Green attended school in Richmond and high school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was a student at the University of Michigan for two years, Central University for two years, and graduated from Columbia College in Washington, DC with the LL.B. degree in 1893. He practiced law in Richmond and Cincinnati.

He began working in the newspaper business sometime after 1900 and worked for papers in Ohio, New York, Richmond and Tennessee. He also wrote numerous articles and pamphlets about the history of Richmond and Madison County and worked for the WPA supervising the indexing of court records. He also worked as city clerk, purchasing agent and auditor of Richmond.

He was a member of the Richmond Lodge of Elks and moved to the Elks National Home in Bedford, Virginia in 1947. He died there without descendants on 10 Jan 1962 and was buried on the grounds.

Subject/Index Terms

Madison County (Ky.)--History--19th century.
Madison County (Ky.)--Pictorial works.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Source: Unknown

Acquisition Method: gift

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 Series:

[Series 1: Photographs],
[Series 2: Manuscripts and Publications],
[All]

Series 1: Photographs

Box 1

Barcode: 31234014041998

Folder 1: Photographs

Item 1: Bybee Pottery, pug mill, 1927: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 2: Bybee Pottery, kiln, 1927: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 3: Fort Twetty Spring, 1940: Physical Description: 4x6
Item 4: Fort Twetty Monument: Physical Description: 5x7
Item 5: Daniel Boone Bust: Physical Description: 5x7
Item 6: Fort Boonesborough: Physical Description: 5x7
Item 7: Fort Boonesborough Memorial Bridge Plaque: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 8: Fort Boonesborough Memorial Bridge Monument: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 9: Sycamore Grove Boonesborough, 1890: Physical Description: 4.5x3.5
Item 10: Squire Boon Rock, 1932: Physical Description: 5x7
Item 11: Fort Boonesborough Monument (Daniel Boon Tablet): Physical Description: 5x7
Item 89: Boonesborough Ferry, 1931: Physical Description: 4x7
Item 12: Earl Combs fencing on his farm: Physical Description: 4.5x3.5
Item 13: Alfalfa field, 1915: Physical Description: 4.5x3.5
Item 14: Corn field, car, and wagon: Physical Description: 4.5x3.5
Item 15: William Hill Farm, College Hill- Tobacco Field: Physical Description: 4x3.5
Item 16: Tobacco Field: Physical Description: 4.5x3
Item 17: Tobacco field with unknown man: Physical Description: 4.5x3
Item 18: Tobacco field with cut tobacco: Physical Description: 4.5x3
Item 19: Tobacco field on the farm of W.H. Park: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 20: Hereford Cattle, 1947: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 21: Main Building, E.K.S.N. (University Building, EKU Campus): Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 22: Ashland- home of Henry Clay: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 23: Ashland- home of Henry Clay: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 24: Fort Boonesborough Monument (Daniel Boone Tablet): Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 25: John Hunt Morgan House: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 26: Hair pin curve on River hill, Madison County, 1915: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 27: Boonesborough Bridge, 1937: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 28: "In Kentucky" with scenes: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 29: "Neighboring in Kentucky" By Lucy Louise Hatcher: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 30: Shrimp fleet, Ft. Myers Florida: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 31: Elks National Home, Bedford, Va.: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 32: Hotel St. Regis, New York City, 1953: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 33: Leaning Tower of Pisa, 1954: Physical Description: 6x4
Item 34: Man O' War, Taken on his 15th birthday: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 35: Greyhound (horse): Physical Description: 8x10
Item 36: Horse farm: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 37: Man O' War: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 38: Lexington: Physical Description: 5x7
Item 39: The Rises: Physical Description: 9x7.5
Item 40: Building on the grounds of White Hall: Physical Description: 5x3.5
Item 41: White Hall: Physical Description: 5x3.5
Item 42: White hall (back view): Physical Description: 5x3.5
Item 43: White hall (drawing): Physical Description: 10x6
Item 44: Sheep on grounds of White Hall: Physical Description: 3.5x5
Item 45: 3 houses on grounds of White Hall: Physical Description: 3.5x5
Item 46: Ewe with Triplets on grounds of White Hall, 1896: Physical Description: 6.5x4.5
Item 47: Map of White Hall by J.H. Leeds: Physical Description: 5x7
Item 48: Hand loom weaving, Berea College, 1926: Physical Description: 6.5x5
Item 49: Weaver in Mrs. F.E. Matheney's home, Jackson Co. KY: Physical Description: 5x7
Item 50: Mrs. Mary A Anderson and her daughter operating a spinning jenny and loom at their home, Berea KY: Physical Description: 5x7
Item 51: Mrs. Mary A Anderson operating a spinning jenny and loom at her home, Berea KY: Physical Description: 9.5x7.5

Folder 2: Photographs

Item 52: Clay's Ferry: Physical Description: 9.5x7
Item 53: Clay's Ferry (Aerial view): Physical Description: 9.5x8
Item 54: Giant Sycamore tree with unknown men, 1936: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 55: Giant Sycamore tree, 1936: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 56: Giant Sycamore tree, 1936: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 57: Madison County Court House: Physical Description: 6.5x5
Item 58: Daniel Boon Sycamore Tree, Dreaming Creek, Madison County: Physical Description: 4.5x3
Item 59: State Highway No. 21, Madison - Jackson Counties: Physical Description: 5x3.5
Item 60: State Highway No. 21, Madison - Jackson Counties: Physical Description: 5x3.5
Item 61: State Highway No. 21, Madison - Jackson Counties: Physical Description: 5x3.5
Item 62: John Speed Smith house: Physical Description: 4.5x.3
Item 63: Tree on White Hall grounds: Physical Description: 5x.3.5
Item 64: Tree on White Hall grounds: Physical Description: 5x3.5
Item 65: Road Scene: Physical Description: 5x3.5
Item 66: Business card, Burnam, Bennett & Co. Distillers, Silver Creek, 1885: Physical Description: 5x3
Item 67: Kit Carson birthplace marker: Physical Description: 3.5x5
Item 68: Will Hale, Carr Creek, Ky. High School: Physical Description: 4.5x3
Item 69: U.S. Trachoma Hospital, Richmond, Ky.: Physical Description: 4.5x3.5
Item 70: U.S. Trachoma Hospital, Richmond, Ky.: Physical Description: 4.5x3.5
Item 71: Tree with Lincoln profile, court house grounds, Richmond, ky.: Physical Description: 5x7
Item 72: Moonshine still, Madison Co., ky., 1925: Physical Description: 6x4.5
Item 73: Catfish caught at mouth of Silver Creek, 1929: Physical Description: 8x5
Item 74: The lobby of the Glyndon Hotel, 1948: Physical Description: 5.5x3.5
Item 90: Valley View, KY Lock and Dam: Physical Description: 3x4
Item 75: Green Clay, Son of Cassius M. Clay: Physical Description: 4.5x6.5
Item 76: Rock House, Confederate underground station: Physical Description: 5x4
Item 77: Lucy Stone: Physical Description: 4.5x6.5
Item 78: Green Clay, grandson of Cassius M. Clay: Physical Description: 8x6
Item 79: Laura Estill Francis, Lavinia Estill Chenault Cunningham: Physical Description: 6x4.5
Item 80: Dr. Jake White: Physical Description: 2.5x3
Item 81: Watson Clay, December 20, 1909?: Physical Description: 3x4
Item 82: Spring at Old Cane Spring: Physical Description: 4.5x3.5
Item 83: Mary Ann Oldham: Physical Description: 3.5x5
Item 84: Green Clay, Green Clay, B.J. Clay: Physical Description: 2.5x3.5
Item 85: B.J. Clay: Physical Description: 2.5x4
Item 86: Old State Capital building, Frankfort Ky.: Physical Description: 4x6
Item 87: Boonesborough Bridge and Ferry: Physical Description: 5x7
Item 88: Scene from Big Hill: Physical Description: 10x6.5

Series 2: Manuscripts and Publications

Box 1

Barcode: 31234014041998

Folder 3: Madison County Sequi-centennial Celebration souvenir program

Folder 4: Newspaper and magazine clippings

Item 1: Kentucky, b.1931
Item 2: Kentucky pioneers to be Honored tomorrow by Jack Hunter, Enquirer Sunday Magazine, Sept. 2, 1934
Item 3: The Bluegrass region of Kentucky by Green Clay, The Highway Traveler, Apr.-May 1945, Vol. 17, no. 2, 1945
Item 4: The Klan Way by Green Clay, Courier Journal Magazine, 19055
Item 5: A Mighty Lion Raged at White Hall by Sue McClelland Theirman, Courier Journal Magazine, June 13,1954
Item 6: Photo of White Hall by John E. Theirman from The Courier Journal Magazine
Item 7: Scenic and Historic Madison County by Green Clay, Kentucky Progress Magazine, Sep, 1931

Folder 5: Service and Supplies Advertisement appearing in the Kentucky Register, Dec. 14, 1877

Folder 6: Madison County Kentucky compiled by Green Clay for the Chamber of Commerce, 1927

Folder 7: Kentucky: The Bluegrass State-Home of Beautiful women, fast Horses and Good Whiskey by Green Clay, Girard, Kansas: Heldeman-Julius Publications, ca. 1947

Folder 8: Kentucky (illustrated) front cover missing

Folder 9: Warranty deed-Greenleaf to Clay

Folder 10: Excerpts from Court Order Book C (Madison County)

Folder 11: Madison County Chronicles, 1946-1954

This is mostly a collection of articles written by Green Clay for the newspaper; however, there are several pieces of correspondence in the front including carbon copies of Clay's responses and a brief family genealogy.

Folder 12: C.M. Clay Biography

Unpublished manuscript by Geeen Clay.

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