John Wilson Townsend Papers, 1898-1965 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: John Wilson Townsend Papers, 1898-1965

Predominant Dates:1903-1940

Primary Creator: Townsend, John Wilson (1885-1968)

Extent: 6.47 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 04/09/2003

Subjects: African American poets., American literature--Kentucky., American poetry. - Kentucky, Authors, American--Kentucky., Horses--Breeding--Kentucky., Poets, American - Kentucky, Thoroughbred horse. - Kentucky, Women authors, American--Kentucky, Women poets, American--Kentucky

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The John Wilson Townsend Papers consist of letters received by Townsend which reflect literary, business, and personal concerns. The bulk of the materials consist of letters received by Townsend, as well as photographs, book reviews, manuscripts and various other items about Kentucky literary figures. These include, but are not limited to, James Lane Allen, Madison Cawein, Irvin S. Cobb, Willard R. Jillson, Harriette Simpson Arnow, Samuel M. Wilson, Paul Sawyier, Otto A. Rothert, and Jesse Stuart. The letters offer insights into authors that might not otherwise be found, as well as discussions of their works and biographical information. Many letters simply talk about sending or receiving autographed copies of books. Some letters were not written to Townsend, but seem to have been collected by him instead.

In addition there are also letters concerning horses, as Townsend raised Thoroughbreds for years while living at Graceland Farm.

The collection is generally arranged alphabetically by the author of the letter, but in cases where Townsend is not the recipient, the letter was alphabetized by the recipient's name, with a notation in this finding aid of who the letter was from. Letters about a single person are filed by that person's name rather than the author of the letter. All photographs, book reviews, news clippings and other items are filed with the subject making the arrangement a collection of subject files.

There are multiple subjects per folder and because of this the folders have been numbered with a dash to maintain the subject integrity of the arrangement.

Biographical Note

John Wilson Townsend, Kentucky author and historian was born November 2, 1885. His parents were Charles Wesley Townsend, Lexington journalist and lawyer, and Jeannie Dillon Townsend. Townsend had three sisters, two of whom died in infancy and the third, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Morrison who died in 1931 in West Virginia.

Townsend received his early education in the Johnson and Dudley Grammar Schools of Lexington. Following grammar school, he attended the Preparatory School of Kentucky University. After graduating from Kentucky University, now Transylvania College, in 1906, he enrolled in Harvard University where he continued his study of history and literature.

It was at Kentucky University where he first made the acquaintance of James Lane Allen, who later became his personal friend, and about whom he has written much. This friendship began when Allen made a large contribution to the Periclean Literary Society of which Townsend was the member in charge of fund-raising.

His first book, "The Life of Richard Hickman Menefee," was published when he was only 19 years old. Several others followed during his years as a student at Harvard. After leaving Harvard he taught at the Fishburne Military Academy in Virginia before returning to Kentucky as an assistant librarian at the Lexington Public Library in 1909. He subsequently worked at the Kentucky Historical Society, Lexington Herald (1910 to 1916), the Kentucky Geological Survey (1928-1932), WPA (1936-1942), and the Lexington Signal Depot in the 1940s. Throughout this period Townsend was actively engaged in literary and historical research and published numerous books and pamphlets on prominent Kentucky historical and literary figures.

Townsend's best known work is "Kentucky in American Letters," which was the first anthology of Kentucky literature ever published. This work probably produced most of the letters contained in this collection. In addition, he was good friends with many literary figures that he regularly corresponded with. These include Irvin S. Cobb, James Lane Allen, James H. Mulligan, John Fox Jr., and others.

In 1930, Townsend's finest collection of Kentuckiana, consisting of over 1500 books, numerous pamphlets, letters and pictures, was sold to Eastern State Teachers College Library (now Eastern Kentucky University) where it remains to this day. Townsend continued to collect books until his death in 1968.

Subject/Index Terms

African American poets.
American literature--Kentucky.
American poetry. - Kentucky
Authors, American--Kentucky.
Horses--Breeding--Kentucky.
Poets, American - Kentucky
Thoroughbred horse. - Kentucky
Women authors, American--Kentucky
Women poets, American--Kentucky

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Source: Townsend, Dorothy

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
[Box 5],
[Box 6],
[Box 7],
[Box 8],
[Box 9],
[Box 10],
[Box 11],
[Box 12],
[Box 13],
[Box 14],
[Box 15],
[Box 16],
[Box 17: John W. Townsend Plaster Mask, 1937],
[Folder OS 1],
[Folder OS 2],
[Folder OS 3],
[Folder OS 4],
[All]

Box 15

Barcode: 31234013791197

Folder 1-1: Vandenberg, Arthur, 25 March, 1921

1 item. Letter to Vandenberg from Hardwig. Alexander Hamilton.

Folder 1-2: Vandenbosch, Amry, 19 February, 1929

1 item. Letter to JWT. M. de Lanux.

Folder 1-3: Vandercook, Margaret W., 1930

2 items. Letters to JWT. "The Loves of Ambrose".

Folder 1-4: Van Dyke, Henry, 17 July, 1923

1 item. Letter to John Tevis Hearn. "The Other Wise Man".

Folder 1-5: Vanning, Rud, 21 February, 1921

7 items. Letter to JWT. Horses. 4 photographs of "Spring Day", a horse. Print of a horse. Terms to be Used in Describing Color and Marks of a Foal.

Folder 1-6: Vanover, F. D., 10 August, 1934

1 item. Letter to JWT.

Folder 1-7: Varble, Rachel, 11 April, 1940

3 items. Letter to JWT from Rose Pecora, Doubleday, Doran and Company. Young Wings article by Varble "The Adventurous Julia Ann of Science Hill Academy". Photograph.

Folder 1-8: Vaux-Royer, Rose M. de, 1915

8 items. (Madame Clarence ee Vaux-Royer) 5 letters to JWT. "Soul Shadows" brochure. Copy of "In Memory of Madison Cawein" or "In Memoriam". The Cameo Club Salon program. President of the Cameo Club, New York City.

Folder 1-9: Veale, Tommye B., 18 September, 1930

1 item. Letter to JWT. Kentucky State Library.

Folder 1-10: Venable, Abraham B., n.d.

1 item. Notes on the life of Venable. The Causes and Circumstances of the Deplorable Conflagration at Richmond, Virginia.

Folder 1-11: Verhoff, Carolyn, 15 October, 1938

1 item. Letter to JWT. "Journey Jones". "Four Little Fosters".

Folder 1-12: Verhoff, Mary, 30 August, 1918

1 item. Letter to JWT.

Folder 1-13: Viley, Breckenridge, 19 April, 1920

1 item. Letter to JWT. Horse, Duncan, Pataud.

Folder 1-14: Visscher, Nina M., 1929 - 1930

2 items. Letters to JWT. Col.-Admiral Taylor. Kentucky State Historical Society.

Folder 1-15: Visscher, William Lightfoot, 1906 - 1929

5 items. Letters to JWT. Letter to JWT from Nadle's Book Nook, Jansby. "Rose and ShamrockY?". Ben King, Kelley, Reid.

Folder 1-16: Vosseller, Elizabeth Van Fleet, 1925

2 items. Letters to JWT. Allen letters. Anna Didlake, Hensley, Kincaid, Jervis Johnston.

Folder 1-17: Wade, Pearl H., 1929

2 items. (Mrs. A. L. Wade) Letters to JWT. Mother's Chivers work.

Folder 1-18: Wagstaff, Blanche, n.d.

1 item. Copy of poem "Mortality".

Folder 1-19: Walker, G. C., Rev., 7/24/1879

1 item. Letter to Jno. T. Hearn about reference for position at Male High School.

Folder 1-20: Walker, Ryan, 05 October, 1924

1 item. Letter to JWT. Books and cartoons.

Folder 1-21: Walker, Stuart, 1924 - 1930

2 items. Letter to JWT. List of books by walker.

Folder 1-22: Walling, Anna Strunsky, 22 October, 1915

1 item. Letter to JWT. "Violette of Pere Lachaise.

Folder 1-23: Walmsley, James Elliot, 09 October, 1913

1 item. Letter to JWT. Hamilton family.

Folder 1-24: Walsh, Clare Bell, 19 February, 1939

1 item. (Mrs. J. S. Walsh) Letter to JWT.

Folder 1-25: Walsh, Thomas, 1913

4 items. 2 letters to JWT. Poems "Glory Declines", "The Sower".

Folder 1-26: Walter, Lewis A., 1908 - 1929

3 items. Letters to JWT.

Folder 1-27: Walworth, R. H., ca. 1898

2 items. (Reubena Hyde Walworth) Poems "A Morning Gallop", "Detention Hospital".

Folder 1-28: Warfield, Benjemin, 1930

3 items. Letter to JWT from Oxford University Press. Letter to JWT from executor of Warfield's estate, Seidensticker. Brochure for selected writings of Warfield.

Folder 1-29: Warfield, Catherine Ann, 09 July, 1928

1 item. Letter from JWT about Warfield's epitaph. Sallie J. Hancock.

Folder 1-30: Warfield, Ethelbert D., ca. 1887 - 1930

3 items. Letter to JWT, biographical sketch. Letter to Torch Press, "Kentucky in American Letters". Brochure for "The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798".

Folder 1-31: Warren, Robert Penn, 1937

10 items. Announcement for "A Southern Harvest" by Houghton Mifflin. "Robert Penn Warren, An Appreciation" by Eleanor Carroll Chilton. Fellowship Award announcement. 5 photographs. Photograph of Warren and Clelie Huggins for 1936 Houghton Mifflin Literary -Fellowships.

Folder 2-1: Washburn, W. L., 11 February, 1913

1 item. Letter to JWT. Julia Washburn. O'Hara, "Bivouac of the Dead".

Folder 2-2: Washington, Martha, n.d.

2 items. Scrapbooked print labeled Mrs. Martha Washington. Second print with man, woman and dog.

Folder 2-3: Watauga Press, 02 April, 1930

1 item. Letter to JWT. Purchase in Kentucky.

Folder 2-4: Water, John C., 1929

5 items. Letters to JWT. "James Lane Allen". John Murray.

Folder 2-5: Watson, Alexander, 1938 - 1940

5 items. Letter to JWT. Biographical sketch. "Some Random Verse". Poems, "Sleep", "A Prayer", "If Thou But Sing To Me", "Angela". Clifford Shaw.

Folder 2-6: Watson, Florence N., 08 August, 1924

1 item. Letter to JWT. Paul Shefvian book.

Folder 2-7: Watson, William J., 01 August, 1929

1 item. Letter to JWT. Birch color plates. John Watson book.

Folder 2-8: Watt, W. J. and Company, 1913 - 1915

3 items. Letters to JWT. Buck, "The Call of the Cumberlands", "The Strength of Samson South", "The Code of the Mountains". Buchanan, "The Bridal Path". Kinkead, "Common Clay". The New York Novel. Brochure, Kummer, Buck, Williams, Fredericks, Norton, Wodehouse, White, Hotchkiss, Field.

Folder 2-9: Watterson, Henry, 10/20/1898

1 item. Letter to Charles F. ?.

Folder 2-10: Watts, William Courtney, n.d.

1 item. Key to the characters in "Chronicles of a Kentucky Settlement".

Folder 2-11: Weaver, Gustine Courson, 1931

4 items. (Mrs. Clifford Weaver) Letters to JWT. Biographical sketch. Photograph of Gustine. Photograph of Gustine and Clifford.

Folder 2-12: Webb, E., n.d.

1 item. (Mrs. George Curle Webb) Christmas note to JWT and Grace. Wilson's books.

Folder 2-13: Weir, Paul, 1912

Letters to JWT. Information about the author's father and brother, James Weir, Sr. and Jr. as well as other authors he is aware of. 4 items

Folder 2-14: Welch, J. T., 16 December, 1942

1 item. Letter to JWT. James M. Roche.

Folder 2-15: Welch, Marion Foster, n.d.

1 item. Letter or telegram to Welch or her son from JWT. Pittsburg.

Folder 2-16: West Virginia University, 1962

1 item. Book order to JWT. Campbell, Furman, Pollard, Rayner, Stuart.

Folder 2-17: West, Don L., 25 November, 1933

3 items. Letter to JWT. Letter to JWT from C. E. Hardy. "Grabgrass" by West. Clipping of painting.

Folder 2-18: West, Kenyon, 13 January, 1937

1 item. Letter to West from JWT. Foster story in The Courier Journal by West.

Folder 2-19: Westerfield, Hargis, 1943

3 items. Postcards to Isabel Bennett, Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College Library about Weserfield's books "Give a Man Courage" and "For Crossing Wide Waters" about experiences of a native Kentuckian in Army training camp during World War 2.

Folder 2-20: Wharton, Ada H., 05 March, 1936

1 item. (Mrs. Wallace Wharton) Letter to JWT. "Lincoln and His Wife's Home Town", "Levi Todd".

Folder 2-21: Wheeler, Hallie Erminie, 1913

3 items. ( Hallie Erminie Rives, Mrs. Posh-Wheeler) Letter to JWT. Brochure for "The Valiants of Virginia". McGrath. Photograph.

Folder 2-22: Wheelock, John Hall, 1927 - 1930

3 items. Letters to JWT. "The Bright Doom". Andrews, Dargan. Photograph.

Folder 2-23: White, Clarence Adam, 15 January, 1927

1 item. Letter to JWT from White's sibling, Frances. Biographical sketch of Clarence.

Folder 2-24: Whitefield, George, Rev., 03 June, 1939

2 items. Letter to JWT from Library of Congress. Catalog card for "Eighteen SermonsY?"

Folder 2-25: Whiteman, Belle F., 07 April, 1929

1 item. Letter to JWT.

Folder 2-26: Whitlock's Book Store, 26 May, 1932

1 item. Letter to JWT. Kentucky map. Rosann.

Folder 2-27: Whitsitt, William Heth, 17 April, 1909

1 item. Letter to JWT. Signed copy of Whitsitt's book.

Folder 2-28: Whittemore, Lucile de Baron, 1928 - 1929

2 items. Letters to JWT.

Folder 3-1: Wilcox, J. B., 28 September, 1912

1 item. Letter to JWT. Information on death of Elizabeth Cherry Waltz. Green Lawn Cemetery Association.

Folder 3-2: Williams, Blanche Colton, ca. 1923

2 items. Letters to JWT. Cobb talk on writing.

Folder 3-3: Williams, Roger, ca. 1918

1 item. Name card with note about Cobb meeting.

Folder 3-4: Williams, Roger D., 01 January, 1911

1 item. Letter to "My Dear Judge". Thank you for the books. Judge Mulligan?

Folder 3-5: Williams, Samuel Cole, n.d.

2 items. Letters to JWT.

Folder 3-6: Williamson, John, 05 August, 1930

1 item. Letter to JWT from Louise Prichard of the Van Wormer Library. Title page from Williamson's "Fern Etchings".

Folder 3-7: Willis, George L., 1930 - 1931

4 items. 3 letters to JWT. Copy of letter to Willis from Cobb. Mrs. Sampson, Governor's Mansion library.

Folder 3-8: Willson, Augustus E., 1908 - 1910

5 items. Letters to JWT. Kentucky governor. King Solomon memorial.

Folder 3-9: Wilson, E. Reed, 03 February, 1937

1 item. Pass for JWT in Lexington, Louisville, W.P.A. business. Lexington mayor.

Folder 3-10: Wilson, Francis, 08 October, 1924

1 item. Letter to JWT from Houghton Mifflin Company. "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself". Amy Lowell's "John Keats".

Folder 3-11: Wilson, Frank E., 28 November, 1924

3 items. Letter to JWT. Brochures for "Forest Rose" and "The Hill Billy Kid".

Folder 3-12: Wilson, McLandburgh, n.d.

1 item. Copy of poem "The Youth That Dies". Note to JWT.

Folder 3-13: Wilson, Miss M. E., n.d.

5 items. News clippings of poems (on 2 pages). "By Gone Days", "The Heart's Grief", "The Banquet of Music", "Night".

Folder 3-14: Wilson, Richard Henry, 21 April, 1930

3 items. (Richard Fisquill) Letter to JWT. "Mazel", "Venus". 1 autograph. 1 signed photograph.

Folder 3-15: Wilson, Robert Burns, ca. 1916

2 items. Copy of radio talk by JWT from University of Kentucky WHAS. Copy of news clipping of Wilson's death.

Folder 4: Wilson, Samuel M., 1913 - 1945

36 items. 12 letters to JWT from Wilson. Letter to JWT from "Cakes and Ale Club" committee. 16 letters to JWT from the Landover Lodge. Christmas card. 2 postcards, "Jordan Pond and Bubbles, Mt. Desert Island, Maine", "New United States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.". Copy of letter to Frank J. McVey. Review of "James Lane Allen". Review of Wilson's book by JWT. 2 tickets for "Louisville Branch National League of American Pen Women". Ad for reprint of Metcalf's Indian Narrative.

Folder 5-1: Winchester, Boyd, 06 February, 1912

1 item. Letter to JWT. Letter to JWT with biographical sketch. "The Swiss Republic".

Folder 5-2: Wisconsin State Historical, Apr, 1911

1 item. Brochure "Concerning Publications".

Folder 5-3: Wohlgemuth, E. Jay, 28 October, 1931

1 item. Letter to JWT. "Midland". Jesse Herman.

Folder 5-4: Wood, Eleanor Duncan, 1926 - 1930

9 items. (Mrs. Clarence L. Wood) Letters to JWT. Photograph. Poem " In Memoriam".

Folder 5-5: Wood, Henry Clevelend, 1908 - 1926

14 items. Letters to JWT. News clippings. Poem "Mid-Summer". Ad for "The Night Riders". Harrodsburg Historical Society's 134th Anniversary of the Founding of Harrodsburg program.

Folder 5-6: Wood, Lorenzo K., 1935

2 items. Letters to JWT. National Emergency Council. Talk on July 4, 1935.

Folder 5-7: Woodall, Matilda B., 03 January, 1925

1 item. (Mrs. Frank Woodall) Letter to JWT. Frank Woodall.

Folder 5-8: Woodfill, Samuel Wilson, n.d.

1 item. "Lieutenant Samuel Woodfill: Kentucky's Outstanding World War Soldier" by Bayless Hardin. Mural painted by George Gray under direction of General J. Leslie Kincaid.

Folder 5-9: Woodruff, Jane Scott, 1912 - 1913

7 items. Letters to JWT.

Folder 5-10: Woodson, Carter G., 05 October, 1928

1 item. Letter to JWT.

Folder 5-11: Woodson, Urey, 14 November, 1938

1 item. Letter to JWT. Goebel.

Folder 5-12: World's Columbian, ca. 9/26/1893

1 item. Menu for Complimentary Dinner to the Sovereign Grand Lodge I.O.O.F.

Folder 5-13: Wortley, Emerline Charlotte, n.d.

1 item. Notes on Wortley.

Folder 5-14: Wright, J. Montgomery, ca. 4/30/1914

3 items. Letter to JWT. News clippings. Name card.

Folder 5-15: Wulff, Mary Virginia, 11 January, 1929

1 item. (Mrs. Waldemar A. Wulff) Letter to JWT. "The Scarlet Thread". Biographical sketch.

Folder 5-16: Wyer, James I., ca. 02/1928

1 item. Transcript of "Books vs. Battles", an address delivered before the New York Library Association. How significant battles compare to significant books.

Folder 5-17: Wyllie, John Cook, 10 July, 1956

1 item. Letter to JWT. Homan. Pierson.

Folder 5-18: Young, Bennett H., 1908 - 1913

3 items. Letters to JWT. Durrett.

Folder 5-19: Young, Tom B., 17 February, 1929

1 item. Letter to JWT. Horses. Reilley.

Folder 5-20: Zeurbad, Frances Parra, 06 November, 1913

1 item. Letter to JWT. Dillard.

Folder 5-21: Zimmerman, Betty L., 08 February, 1965

1 item. Letter to JWT. Whistler exhibition and paintings. Cincinnati Art Museum.

Folder 5-22: Zugsmith, Leane, 08 December, 1940

3 items. Letter to JWT. 2 photographs.

Folder 6: Unknown - Partial Names

Folder 6-1: A., P. T., n.d.

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Letter to "Dear Pop". Heard from JWT.

Folder 6-2: Anne, n.d.

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Partial letter from Anne.

Folder 6-3: Bill, 10 February, 1949

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Letter to John.

Folder 6-4: Ell, 22 August, 1944

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Letter to JWT from Wild Ell. Chopin "A Story to Remember".

Folder 6-5: Elvira, 02 November, 1928

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Letter to JWT about "Elvira".

Folder 6-6: Emily, n.d.

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Letter to John from Emily. Sister of Mrs. Gerrit A. Nash.

Folder 6-7: G., C., 13 November, 1928

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Letter to JWT from C.G.

Folder 6-8: G., J. H., 30 November, 1906

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Postcard to JWT from J. H. G. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Folder 6-9: H., Catherine, 1931

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Postcard to JWT. "Grand Central Office Building at Night, New York City".

Folder 6-10: Hallie, 1914

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Letter. Aspen Hall.

Folder 6-11: Hazel C., n.d.

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Partial letter.

Folder 6-12: Jessica, 1928

3 items. (Unknown, partial name) Letters from Jessica. John. The greatness of his writing. John Gray.

Folder 6-13: John, 08 May, 1915

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Letter from John.

Folder 6-14: K., C., n.d.

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Letter to John.

Folder 6-15: M. R. M., n.d.

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Note to Bro Jim from R. M. M. "the South is going dry?" poem.

Folder 6-16: Mary, n.d.

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) List of works about Mary.

Folder 6-17: N., Eliz, 1925

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Postcard to JWT from Eliz. N. Hearn's friendship for Adrian R. "Cunard Line, R.M.S. Lancastria".

Folder 6-18: O., 1958

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Postcard to JWT. "Vanderbilt Hotel, Lake Road, Constantia, New York".

Folder 6-19: P., T. E., 1912

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Memoranda from T. E. P. Frazer, Tient, Collins. "Kentucky Flag", Miss Mary .

Folder 6-20: S., n.d.

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Letter to John from S. Letter.

Folder 6-21: Sarah, n.d.

1 item. (Unknown, partial name) Letter to "dear Ed" from "cousin Sarah". Sarah's husband and his portrait. Mr. Hart.

Folder 6-22: W., E. H., n.d

2 items. (Unknown, partial name) Letters from E. H. W. Suffrage Society, R. W. W. Reubena Hyde Walworth Auxiliary, Saratoga Springs, New York.

Folder 7: Unknown - Illegible Names, 1912 - 1939

40 items. (Unknown, illegible names) 26 letters to JWT. 8 postcards to JWT, "General John H. Morgan Monument, Lexington, Kentucky", "Meeting of the French Road and Swannanoa Rivers, Asheville, North Carolina", "The United States Hotel, Saratoga Springs, New York", "Lexington's Public Library" by Thomas A. Knight, "The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio", "Skyline and Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio". 3 letters. 2 postcards. Union Bank and Trust Company Receipt. Receipt. Also includes an autograph of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Folder 8: Unknown - No Name or Incomplete Letter

Folder 8-1: Arlington, Captain, n.d.

1 item. (Unknown, No Name) Three pages (55-57) from manuscript about Captain Arlington and Caroline.

Folder 8-2: Lincoln, Tom, n.d.

1 item. (Unknown, No Name) Three pages (2-4) of a manuscript for a play about the marriage of Nancy Hanks and Tom Lincoln.

Folder 8-3: Unknown, n.d.

33 items. (Unknown, no name or incomplete letter) 18 letters. 5 postcards. 1 booklet. "Daniel Boone Monument, Frankfort, Kentucky", "Daniel Boone, Fort Boonesboro, Monument", James Whitcomb Riley's Residence, Lockerbie St., Indianapolis, Indiana". "Memorial for Former Eastern Students Killed or Missing in Action" by Grise?. Manuscript "Earth a Theatre of Pleasure and Improvement", may be a sermon. The Spirit of Kiwanis, signed by the playwright, Edward Saxon. Agricultural and Industrial Kentucky by Newton Bright, 1928.

Folder 9: Photographs

Item 1: Blauch, Jacob, n.d.: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 2: Brown, John Mason, n.d.: 1 item. Signed photograph.
Item 3: Burton, Carl D., n.d.: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 4: Carruthers, Olive, n.d.: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 5: Cook, Madge Carr, n.d.: 1 item. Printed photograph, scene from "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch".
Item 6: Dargan, Olive Tilford, n.d.: 2 items. Photographs.
Item 7: Gordon, Caroline, n.d.: 1 item. Signed photograph.
Item 8: Gottschalk, Louis, n.d.: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 9: Hanks, Nancy, n.d.: 1 item. Photo of Nancy Hanks' grave. Trotter horse with 2:04 mile trotting record. Died August 16, 1915. Buried at Hamburg Place, Lexington, Kentucky.
Item 10: Harrodsburg, Kentucky, n.d.: 1 item. Photograph of 134th anniversary.
Item 11: Holland, Cecil Fletcher, n.d.: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 12: Johnson, Eastman, n.d.: 1 item. Print of "Old Kentucky Home-Life in the South".
Item 13: Leonard, James Francis, ca. 1886: 2 items. Photograph of Carrie Leonard at her father's grave. Cousin Tammy. Stamp photo of Leonard.
Item 14: Litsey, Sarah, n.d.: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 15: Mason, Emily V., n.d.: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 16: Mayo, Morrow, n.d.: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 17: McElroy, Robert McNutt, n.d.: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 18: Mulligan, H. V., n.d.: 1 item. Signed photograph.

Folder 10: Photographs

Item 1: Osborn, Henry Fairfield, n.d.: 1 item. Signed photograph.
Item 2: Ramsey, William G., n.d.: 1 item. Photograph. (Damaged)
Item 3: Ratliff, G. C., n.d.: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 4: Rice, Alice Hegan, n.d.: 2 items. Photographs.
Item 5: Stearn, Laurence, n.d.: 1 item. Print.
Item 6: Townsend, Dorothy, n.d: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 7: Truman, Pearl S., n.d: 1 item. Signed photograph.
Item 8: Unknown, 1928: 1 item. Photograph, unidentified man. JWT.
Item 9: Van Deusen, Glyndon, 1937: 1 item. Photograph.
Item 10: Whistler, James, n.d: 1 item. Print of portrait.
Item 11: Wilson, Robert Burns, n.d: 3 items. Photograph of bust. Portraits.
Item 12: Lexington Historians Meeting at the Lexington Public Library, 7 Apr 1949: Pictured left to right are (seated): Sidney S. Combs, William H. Townsend; (standing): Thomas D. Clark, Charles R. Staples, J. Winston Coleman, Jr., John Wilson Townsend.