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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection of materials documents Clarence's activities as mayor and his attempts to advise future mayors on city financial matters. His brother Archie attended Central University and his letters to his father and sister document that experience. A later series of letters were written to Archie's wife and many express sympathy at her husband's death.
Collection Historical Note
Clarence E. Woods was born in 1865 in Marion County, Kentucky. He attended Central University and served as the owner and/or editor of newspapers in Marion County and Richmond, KY. He became mayor of Richmond in 1906 and later moved to Florida where he died in 1940.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Bunch, Clyde
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Folder:
[
Folder 1: Photographs],
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Folder 2: Documents],
[Folder 3: Correspondence, 1897-1898],
[
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1873-1874],
[
Folder 5: Clarence E. Woods Records],
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All]
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1897-1898
- A series of letters to Kate Woods, many of which express sympathy due to her husband Archie's death.
