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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection of scrapbooks appears to have been created by Mary Floyd, dean of the Crabbe Library. There are a number of letters addressed to John Wilson Townsend and to Mary Floyd. It isn't clear if the Townsend letters came from the Townsend Papers or another source. The Kentucky Pictures scrapbook was created by Floyd's American History students in 1926. The remaining volumes are arranged thematically by the following topics: Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College Kentucky Art & Artists, Kentucky Homes, Kentucky History, Kentucky Poets-Men, Kentucky Writers-Men, Kentucky Writers and Kentucky Personalities. The scrapbooks are mostly news clippings with some photographs, correspondence and ephemera included. They cover the entire state and include many subjects beyond the narrow topics above.
It is recommended that the user refer to the Name Index to the Townsend Room Scrapbooks to find specific information. This is only available in a digital format and can be accessed by clicking on the green arrow.
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Administrative Information
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Barcode: 31234013791379
- Item 1: Eastern Kentucky State Teacher's College, Vol. 1, 1909-1939
- Postcards, programs (commencement, cultural events, meetings), athletics schedules and news clippings about Eastern. Of particular note is a series of letters between the artist Sudduth Goff and Mary Floyd (wearing her Alumni Secretary hat) regarding a commission to paint a portrait of Thomas J. Coates. One news clipping shows a time capsule being placed in the Keen Johnson Building cornerstone.
- Item 2: Eastern Kentucky State Teacher's College, Vol. 2, 1937-1939
- Programs (commencement, cultural events, meetings), athletics schedules and news clippings about Eastern. Some programs are from outside organizations.
- Item 3: Kentucky Art and Artists, Vol. 1, 1907-1938
- News clippings about artists and their works. Mediums represented include paintings, sculpture, photographs, quilts, dance, film and landscape architecture to name a few.
- Box 2
- Barcode: 31234013791387
- Item 1: Kentucky Art and Artists, Vol. 2, 1938-1940
- News clippings about artists and their works. Mediums represented include music, weaving, sculpture, quilts and antiques to name a few.
- Item 2: Kentucky Homes, 1936-1939
- News clippings about flowers and Blue Grass homes.
- Item 3: Kentucky History, Vol. 1, 1931-1937
- News clippings about various historical topics such as churches, Mammoth Cave, Daniel Boone, Abraham Lincoln, distilleries, woman's clubs and more. Pamphlets for celebrations such as the Transylvania Memorial Celebration, Old Taylor Distillery, Order of St. Anne, and Hodgenville, KY are also included.
- Box 3
- Barcode: 31234013791395
- Item 1: Kentucky History, Vol. 2, 1933-1938
- News clippings about various historical topics across the state. Pamphlets include a dedication program for the Bert Mullins portrait of Daniel Boone at the Glyndon Hotel and a program for a dinner honoring Dr. James H. Richmond.
- Item 2: Kentucky History, Vol. 3, 1937-1940
- News clippings about various historical topics across the state including meteorites, sorghum, packhorse librarians, Keen Johnson, Nathan Stubblefield (inventor of radio), covered bridges and prison riots to name just a few.
- Item 3: Kentucky History, Index
- Index to the three Kentucky History volumes.
- Box 4
- Barcode: 31234013791403
- Item 1: Kentucky Poets - Men, 1867-1941
- Includes manuscript poems (some signed by the author), typescripts of poems and news clippings of poems. There are also correspondence, photographs, pamphlets and news clippings about Kentucky poets. The pamphlets include reviews of poets' works and advertising materials for published works.
- Item 2: Kentucky Writers - Men, 1912-1941
- Includes pamphlets, news clippings, photographs, and an occassional poem. The pamphlets include reviews of works, advertising of books and biographical information about some of the authors. Of particular note is a program from the American Lyceum and Chautauqua Bureau for Nicholasville in 1914 and an advertising pamphlet for King Swope for his campaign for Circuit Judge .
- Item 3: Kentucky Pictures, 1926
- This volume was prepared by a class in American history under the direction of Mary Floyd. It covers topics across the state including the press, prisons, governors, pioneer Kentucky and more. Most of these images appear to be from the Courier-Journal Magazine.
- Box 5
- Barcode: 31234013791411
- Item 1: Kentucky Writers - Women, Vol. 1, 1909-1938
- This volume includes numerous letters to John Wilson Townsend and Mary Floyd from the authors represented. There are also photographs, news clippings, published and manuscript poetry, and pamphlets which contain biographical information about the authors and promote books. There are also photographs of a number of the women covered in this volume and a piece of sheet music, "Kentucky: State Song" written and composed by a Kentucky woman and spproved as the state song in 1926.
- Item 2: Kentucky Writers - Women, Vol. 2, 1932-1941
- The bulk of this volume is news clippings, however there are letters to Mary Floyd from Elizabeth Madox Roberts and Anne B. McGee responding to invitations to speak.
- Item 3: Kentucky Personalities, 1936-1939
- News clipping about Kentuckians from all walks of life.
- Item 1: Name Index to the Townsend Room Scrapbooks
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