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

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Box 10

Barcode: 31234013924830

Folder 1: Cours de Pratique, 1772

Medical school notes of Gerald Dufour for a course taught by M. Bauther at the University of Montpellier. Written in French. Water damaged. Found in an abandoned house in Lee County, KY. (Accession No. N.173)

Folder 2: Green Branch Frugal Intelligencer

Valedictory speech on education for a school in Madison County, Kentucky. (Accession No. 1814)

Folder 3: Tates Creek Church Typescripts, 1852, 1860

Typescripts regarding building the church in 1852 and an 1860 membership list. (Accession No. 1768)

Folder 4: Methodist Church Quarterly Conference Minute Book, 1811-1844

Typescript of the Madison County Conference Minute Book. It lists names of churches and various church members. This body was also responsible for licensing pastors and those individual decisions are noted in the minutes. (Accession No. R.248)

Folder 5: The War Pictorial, 1917

Two issues of a World War I magazine published by the Illustrated London News & Sketch. (Accession No. 1715)

Folder 6: Cecil Fogg Daily Pocket Remembrancer Typescript, 1864

Fogg was a soldier in Company B, of the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This diary details where he was and what was happening during 1864. He spent his time that year in Chattanooga, TN, then went to Virginia. He ended the year in a hospital in Annapolis, MD.

Folder 7: Peyton Family of Kentucky and Virginia

Folder 8: Chinese Prints, 1928

Sent to Dr. Dorris Christmas 1948 by Kuo-Chou Wu. He states that the prints are old Chinese art that was printed by the Commercial Press in Shanghai.

Folder 9: Civil War Publications, 1960-1962

Includes the program from the One Hundredth Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of Perryville (Accession NO. 1312), and Civil War Engagements, Skirmishes, etc. in Kentucky, 1861-1865 (Kentucky Historical Society, Research Contribution No. 2).

Folder 10: Captain John Wilson Biography

(Accession No. N.45)

Folder 11: Baseball Board Game Instructions

Folder 12: Mary Luxon School Records, 1879

Folder 13: Diary of Edward P. Lander, 1863-1864

Lander was the bugler in Company, 9th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. This item is a typescript of his diary detailing his daily activities. He seems to be in Tennessee most of this time period. (Accession No. R.42)

Folder 14: Blue Licks Battlefield Monument, 1928-1942

Documents the 1928 celebration at Blue Licks and includes copies of speeches, prayers and planning. Includes some information about later events as well.

Folder 15: Columbia Male and Female High School, 1857

Lists board of trustees and teachers' names and fees for the upcoming session.

Folder 16: The American Flag

Instructions for displaying and respecting the American flag.

Folder 17: Garden of Remembrance (Berlin, Germany)

Photographs from the Garden which is in memory of Russians killed in Germany. (Accession No. R.141)

Folder 18: Hancock Taylor's Grave, Map to

Hand drawn sketch of the location of Taylor's grave on Taylor's Fork.

Folder 19: Sessional Records of the Church of Silver Creek, 1818-1891

Typescript of minutes with a brief history of the church.

Folder 20: Members of Kentucky Adjutant General's Staff, 1912

Photographs of William Thalheimer, Rudolph F. Vogt and Charles B. Norton, all members of the Kentucky Adjutant General's Staff under Governor James B. McCreary's second term as governor.

Folder 21: List of Shorthorn Cattle, 1881-1894

List of cattle names and dates of birth. Many of these cattle belonged to William Alexander Harris of Linwood Kansas and many carry Linwood in the name.

Folder 22: Program from the Dedication of Ashland, 1950

Home of Henry Clay.

Folder 23: Cripple Creek, Colorado, 1893-1945

Includes a map of Cripple Creek (accession no. 44), a photograph which shows the intersection of Third and Bennet Avenue (accession no. 1644), two views of the town from above, and two images of miners.

Folder 24: Postcards

Item 1: Shocking Hemp in Kentucky

Item 2: Lincoln Marriage Temple

Item 3: Lock and Dam No. 3, Louisa, KY

Item 4: John James Audubon Portrait

Item 5: First Needle Dam Built in USA, Louisa, KY

Item 6: Mount Vernon Fife and Drum Corps

Item 7: Mallory and Wendell Buildings, Mystic, CT

Item 8: Oldest House, Aviles Street, St. Augustine, FL

Item 9: Fountain of Youth and Cross, St. Augustine, FL

Item 10: Old City Gates, St. Augustine, FL

Item 11: Indian Burial Ground, St. Augustine, FL

Item 12: The Oldest School House in US, St. Augustine, FL

Item 13: Casket of Pedro Menendez, Founder of St. Augustine, FL

Item 14: Fountain of Youth, St. Augustine, FL

Item 15: The Oldest School House in US, St. Augustine, FL

Item 16: The Oldest School House in US, St. Augustine, FL

Interior view with wax figures.

Item 17: The Fireplace, Oldest School House, St. Augustine, FL

Item 18: Fort Oglethorne, Frederica, Saint Simons Island, Brunswick, GA

Postcard is printed Oglethorne, but should be Oglethorpe.

Item 19: Road to Frederica, Saint Simons Island, Brunswick, GA

Item 20: Old Vault in Spanish Burial Grounds, Frederica, St. Simon's Island, GA

Item 21: Oglethorpe Monument, St. Simons Island, GA

Item 22: Ruins of Old Spanish Mission near St. Mary's, GA

Item 23: Ruins of Barracks, Fort Frederica, St. Simons Island, GA

Item 24: Wesleys Oak, Frederica, St Simons Island

Item 25: Christ Church, Frederica Street

Item 26: Azalea Pool, Wormsloe Gardens, Savannah, GA

Item 27: Oglethorpe Monument, St. Simons Island, GA

Item 28: Lanier's Oak, The Marshes of Glynn

Item 29: Azaleas and W.J. Derenne Georgia Library, Wormsloe Gardens, Savannah, GA

Item 30: Private Cottages and Beach, St. Simons Island

Item 31: Johnny Reb's Charcoal Broiler

Item 32: Johnny Reb's Charcoal Broiler

Interior view.

Item 33: Fountain of Time, Washington Park, Chicago

Item 34: George Rogers Clark Memorial, Vincennes, IN

Item 35: The Little Brown Church in the Vale, Nashua, IA

Item 36: South Front, Mt. Clare, Carroll Park, Baltimore, MD

Item 37: Old Witch Jail Attic Roof, Salem, MA

Item 38: Portico over Plymouth Rock and Plymouth Hotel, Plymouth, MA

Item 39: Old Witch Jail Dungeon, Salem MA

Item 40: Howland House, Oldest House in Plymouth, MA

Item 41: Governor Bradford's Monument, Plymouth, MA

Item 42: Portico over Plymouth Rock and Memorial to the Pilgrim Mothers of the Mayflower, Plymouth, MA

Item 43: Mark Twain Statue in Hannibal, MO

Item 44: The Taft, New York, NY

Item 45: The Red Wagon Country Store, Chatham Center, NY

Item 46: Main Stairway in Museum at Mills State Park, Staatsburg, NY

Item 47: Cannon Point, Sutton Place, New York, NY

Item 48: The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, NY

Item 49: Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY

Item 50: Trent Chapter Room, Old Barracks, Trenton, NJ

Item 51: Gaither Chapel, Montreat College, NC

Item 52: Lake Susan, Montreat, NC

Item 53: Assembly Inn, Montreat, NC

Item 54: Gaither Hall, Montreat College, NC

Item 55: Gaither Hall, Montreat College, NC

Item 56: Lake and Mountains, Montreat, NC

Item 57: Lake Susan and Mountains, Montreat, NC

Item 58: Restored Blockhouse, Fort McKeen, Mandan, ND

Item 59: Fort Watson, Near Manning, SC

Item 60: Old Powder Magazine, Charleston, SC

Item 61: Splitting Shingles, Great Smoky Mountains, TN

Item 62: Robinson's Drug Store, Dayton, TN

Item 63: Masonic Grand Lodge, Waco, TX

Item 64: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Salt Lake City, UT

Item 65: Bronze Cast Typifying Mormon Hand-Cart, UT

Item 66: The Blue Spruce, Utah State Tree

Item 67: State Flag of Utah

Item 68: Pioneer Memorial Building, Salt Lake City, UT

Item 69: Pioneer Museum, Salt Lake City, UT

Item 70: Utah, We Love Thee, State Song

Item 71: Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City

Item 72: Seagulls on Great Salt Lake, UT

Item 73: Sego Lily, the State Flower of Utah

Item 74: Great White Throne, Zion National Park, UT

Item 75: The Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, UT

Item 76: Pioneer Memorial Building, Salt Lake City, UT

Item 77: The Eagle Gate, Salt Lake City, UT

Item 78: Wren Building of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Item 79: Franciscan Monastery, Washington, DC

Item 80: West Springs Street Gardens, Edinburgh

Item 81: Camsail Bay and Castle Rosneath

Item 82: Rosneath Castle and Bay

Item 83: Edinburgh at Sunset

Item 84: The Scott Monument, Edinburgh

Item 85: East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh

Item 86: Kerrera Sounds from the Hills, Oban.

Item 87: Six Views of Inverness

Item 88: John Knox's House, Edinburgh

Item 89: In St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

Item 90: An Old Maid is a Maid

Item 91: Ain't a Fella a Perfect Jackass

Item 92: Beef Cattle Cartoon

Item 93: Doghouse Cartoon

Item 94: Pony Express Centennial Spoons

Item 95: That's All Water is Good For

Item 96: Some Chicken Sandwich by Heck

Item 97: Abraham Lincoln

Item 98: Rocks and Faraglioni

Item 99: View of Capri from Massa

Item 100: S. Michele Villa

Item 101: S. Michele Villa

Item 102: The Faraglioni

Item 103: The Sky Blue Grotta

Item 104: Siren's Rocks

Item 105: The Little Coast and the Faraglioni

Item 106: Views of Beautiful Arlington, VA

Booklet with several postcards.

Item 107: Historic City of America, Natchez, MS

Booklet with several postcards.

Folder 25: Wells and Park Family Records, 1832-1893

Materials include a bill of sale for two enslaved people (a 22 year old woman named Phona and a 3 year old boy named Anstead), letters, receipts and IOUs. Several documents are for Shipton Park.