Dorris Museum Collection, 1319-1950s | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Box 8

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Folder 1: Account Books, 1845-1879

Item 1: Pierce's Memorandum and Account Book, 1888-1889

Shows agricultural notes regarding paying help and goods sold and shopping lists for dry goods. (No accession number)

Item 2: Pierce's Memorandum and Account Book, 1879

Debits and credits for various farm goods and supplies. (Accession #s N.88.1)

Item 3: Account Book with Marbled Paper Cover, 1845-1846, 1899

Seems to be a store account book, but includes a list of names at the back dated 1899. (Accession #s N.88.2)

Folder 2: Advertising Items

Includes blotters, note sheets and cards from various Madison County, KY businesses such as Burnam and Bennett Distilleries, E. C. Wines and Co., and The Kentucky Register. (Accession #s 1626.309, 69.2.2-4, 6, and 1 item with no number)

Folder 3: Bank Notes and Checks

Blank checks from the Northern Bank of Kentucky and M.M. Pool and Co. (Accession #s N.29 and 1801)

Folder 4: Berea College, 1930-1931

Various publications about the college. (No accession #s noted)

Item 1: Berea College and Allied Schools Present their Seventy-fifth Anniversary Pageant, 1930

Item 2: Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of Berea College, 1931

Item 3: Print showing Boone Tavern

Folder 5: Bible Record Typescripts

Typescripts and copied family Bible records for the Robert Barker (died 1645) and John Davies (children born 1709-1716).

Folder 6: Boone County, 1959

Pamphlet titled "History of Boone County: The Civil War." (no accession # noted)

Folder 7: Bourbon County, 1939

Includes a Duncan Tavern brochure and "Historical Scrapbook: Bourbon County, Kentucky." (no accession #s noted)

Folder 8: William Jennings Bryan

Brochures from Bryan Memorial University and a booklet titled "Fighting to Death for the Bible," by William Jennings Bryan. (no accession #s noted)

Folder 9: Central University

Includes a booklet on the consolidation of Central University and Center College, a letter regarding the consolidation and a booklet about James Venable Logan. (Accession # 549)

Folder 10: Churches

Item 1: The Centennial Year Celebration of the Church of Christ, Union, 1953

Union Church in Berea, KY. (Accession # R.353)

Item 2: Sketch of Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church, 1952

Commemorating the 125th anniversary in Lexington, KY.

Item 3: Grace Methodist Church, 1950

Centennial Program for a Jacksonville, IL church.

Item 4: Part of the Published Records of Midway Church

For a church in Midway, GA.

Item 5: Minutes of the ... North District Association Primitive Baptist, 1925

One hundred and twenty-third annual session.

Folder 11: Civil War Centennial, 1962

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Richmond. (Accession # 70.1.2)

Folder 12: Correspondence, 1877, 1920

Two letters. One to A.R. Burnam from Lucy Hayes of Bighill regarding a bank deposit (1920). The second is in French written from Anna in St. Petersburg to 'Mon cher amie" (1877). (Accession # not noted on the first letter, N.69 on the second.)

Folder 13: Eastern Kentucky University

Pages relating to the inauguration of Herman L. Donovan and to the Granny Richardson Schoolhouse. (No accession #s noted.)

Folder 14: Education, 1908, 1931

Kentucky School Journal (1931) and Normal School Bulletin from Western (1908). (No accession # noted)

Folder 15: Elmendorf Farm

Photo booklet about the farm. (No accession # noted)

Folder 16: Fashion Magazines, 1890-1893

The Delineator (No accession # noted)

Folder 17: Stephen Foster Story, 1962

(No accession # noted)

Folder 18: Sectional Lines, a Toast by William Goodell Frost, 1895

(No accession # noted)

Folder 19: Rules for Croquet

(No accession # noted)

Folder 20: Gibson Hospital, 1901-1936

Includes blank prescription forms, inventory of linens, class notes from Dr. Gibson, correspondence, lawsuits and receipts. (Accession #s 69.2.1, 7, 10, 12, 14-15)

Folder 21: Greeting Cards

Includes get well, Easter, Christmas and Valentines cards. The Easter card is hand painted, and the Valentines are ornate, 19th century cards. (Accession #s 1859.13-14, N.101.1, others have no number noted)

Folder 22: The Home Decorator, 1933-1934

Two booklets on paint colors by Sherwin Williams. (No accession #s noted)

Folder 23: Kabundi of the Kongo by Dr. Vincent

African folklore written down by a missionary who used to be the pastor at the Presbyterian Church at Paint Lick, KY. (No accession # noted)

Folder 24: Kentucky Lakes

Brochures on Dewey Lake and Lake Cumberland. (No accession # noted)

Folder 25: The Kentucky Olympians, ca 1950

Booklet about the University of Kentucky players who were on 1948 gold medalist Olympic basketball team. (No accession # noted)

Folder 26: Kentucky State Historical Parks, 1877, undated

Flyers, booklets and brochures about Blue Licks, Boonesborough and Bryan's Station. (No accession #s noted)

Folder 27: Kentucky State Medical Association, 1937

Program from the Samuel David Gross Memorial Meeting at Eastern. (no accession # noted)

Folder 28: Kentucky Tourist Brochure and Map, 1937

(Accession # 602, no number noted on map)