Bybee Pottery Collection, ca 1900-1971 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

By Gabi Cook

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Collection Overview

Title: Bybee Pottery Collection, ca 1900-1971

Extent: 2.0 Folders

Date Acquired: 10/07/2002

Subjects: Pottery, American--Kentucky.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Copies of photographs of workers and the pottery making process, flyers from the pottery showing various pottery forms and price listings, an Waco Bank flyer with Bybee Pottery on front.

Collection Historical Note

Bybee Pottery was a pottery company based in Bybee, a community in Madison County, Kentucky. The earliest years of the pottery are undocumented, with earliest clear references to the facility being sales records from 1845. However, even this date demonstrates that the pottery is Madison County's oldest industry. The pottery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as Cornelison Pottery. The pottery closed at the original location in February of 2011, but as of 2019, continues to sell new pieces from Middletown, KY.

Subject/Index Terms

Pottery, American--Kentucky.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Source: N/A

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Advertising Flyers, ca 1900-1971],
[Folder 2: Photographs, ca 1940-1970],
[All]

Folder 1: Advertising Flyers, ca 1900-1971

Includes catalogs and brochures showing forms and price lists.

Barcode: 31234013927734

Folder 2: Photographs, ca 1940-1970

Barcode: 31234013927742

Item 1: Bybee Pottery, appears to be men unloading raw clay: Creator: Scott, W. Ray; Physical Description: 8x10
Item 2: Bybee Pottery, unidentified man at pottery wheel: Creator: Scott, W. Ray; Physical Description: 8x10
Item 3: Bybee Pottery, unidentified man throwing a pot: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 4: Bybee Pottery, unidentified man in pug mill with horse grinding clay: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 5: Bybee Pottery, women working: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 6: Bybee Pottery: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 7: Bybee Pottery: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 8: Bybee Pottery, unidentified boy throwing a pot: Creator: Ebner, Lee; Physical Description: 8x10
Item 9: Bybee Pottery: Creator: Bush, W.E.; Physical Description: 8x10
Item 10: Bybee Pottery, pricing and/or inventory: Creator: Scott, W. Ray; Physical Description: 8x10
Item 11: Bybee Pottery, unidentified man at pottery wheel: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 12: Bybee Pottery, unidentified woman painting pots: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 13: Bybee Pottery: Creator: Scott, W. Ray; Physical Description: 8x10
Item 14: Bybee Pottery, throwing a pot: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 15: Bybee Pottery, pots stacked to go in kiln: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 16: Bybee Pottery, unidentified man throwing a plate: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 17: Bybee Pottery, two women finishing bowls: Creator: Scott, W. Ray; Physical Description: 8x10
Item 18: Bybee Pottery, throwing a pot: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 19: Bybee Pottery, unidentified man wrapping pottery: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 20: Bybee Pottery: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 21: Bybee Pottery: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 22: Bybee Pottery, unidentified man throwing a candlestick for a school group: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 23: Bybee Pottery, kiln doorway with crocks inside: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 24: Bybee Pottery, two men throwing pots: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 25: Bybee Pottery, kiln: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 26: Bybee Pottery: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 27: Bybee Pottery, unidentified man and boy in pug mill with horse grinding clay: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 28: Bybee Pottery, unidentified man rinsing a bowl: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 29: Bybee Pottery: Creator: Dupre, Edward; Physical Description: 8x10
Item 30: Bybee Pottery: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 31: Bybee Pottery: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 32: Bybee Pottery, unidentified boy watching a pot being thrown: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 33: Bybee Pottery: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 34: Bybee Pottery: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 35: Bybee Pottery: Creator: Gross, Richard; Physical Description: 8x10
Item 36: Bybee Pottery: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 37: Bybee Pottery, unidentified man preparing pots for kiln: Physical Description: 8x10
Item 38: Bybee Pottery, with automobiles: Physical Description: 8x10

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[Folder 1: Advertising Flyers, ca 1900-1971],
[Folder 2: Photographs, ca 1940-1970],
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