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By Jackie Couture
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This small collection includes photos taken on Eastern's campus in the 1920s. There are also photos of friends, field trips to locations such as Shakertown and Natural Bridge and the Rural Training School on Lancaster Avenue. Also included are a small autograph album signed by her friends at Eastern and a lesson plan for teaching art to children in grades 1-8.
Collection Historical Note
Agnes Chandler Kenney taught in six one-room schools in Boone County, KY from 1918 until 1928, when she married William Roy Kenney of Walton, KY. She attended Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College during the summer. Mrs. Kenney was from Rising Sun, IN and she rode the train from Aurora, IN to Cincinnati, OH where she transferred to a southbound train to Richmond, KY.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Accruals:
6-28-2014 Autograph Album and art lesson plans for grades 1-8.
8-17-2015 5 photographs of Agnes Chandler and friends
Acquisition Source:
Wiley, Kathleen
Acquisition Method:
gift
Finding Aid Revision History:
Revised 8-11-2015 to include accreted materials.
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
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Folder 1: Photographs],
[Folder 2: Notebooks],
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- Folder 2: Notebooks
- Barcode: 31234013928690
- Item 1: Autograph Album, 1925, 1937
- Autographs are all dated 1925, pages written by a child are dated 1937. Her daughter Kathleen Wiley noted that she wrote in the book as a child.
- Item 2: Practical Drawing, Book 1
- Item 3: Art Lesson Plans, undated
- This appears to have been created as a class assignment as each section is graded. Also included are class notes from other courses she took.
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Folder 1: Photographs],
[Folder 2: Notebooks],
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