Friday, January 16, 2015

"Fun? Well Rather" The Diary of Virginia Clay McClure - part of the Sesquicentennial Stories Series





 January 16, 1911


Lillian, Addie, Bess, Marion, Lillie, Maria, Pauline, Susan, and I met to see “Madam Sherry” on general admission.  I had taken Edna’s coat away from her on the campus that afternoon, and Pauline wore it back to the Hall under her cloak.  Lula and Therese wanted her to let Therese have her coat at the gate, but of course she couldn’t.  We had a lot of fun about it, and I worried Edna about her coat.  Then after supper, about fifteen minutes before time to start, Lillian, Addie, and I decided to go, and get ready in a jiffy.  I couldn’t find my coat and I knew immediately that Edna had it.  She wouldn’t give it to me, so I borrowed Annie’s, and we went on.  We ran most of the way, cut across to Broadway.  Lillian and I got separated in the crowd and had to wait in line about half an hour.  When we finally got in we had to stand away up.  Annie seemed to be perfectly disgusted, but who cares? “Every Little Movement Has a Meaning all its Own.”  Addie spent the night with me, and we stayed awake a long time. Chocolate candy with “figs.”

Friday, January 9, 2015

James Edwin "Ed" Weddle Photographic Collection, 1948-1981 now on ExploreUK!

The James Edwin "Ed" Weddle Photographic Collection, 1948-1981, consists of 4744 photographic prints and 6202 negatives representing the freelance news and sports photography archive of Ed Weddle and work done in conjunction with his business, Cross Country Fotos (sic).  The prints have been arranged by subject matter and described on an item level with either their original captions or a descriptive summary written by UK AV Archives.

View the full finding aid here.

http://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt734t6f3d29_301_1
 Above: Kentucky All Stars vs. Soviet National Junior Basketball Squad; Mikhail Borisov shoots over Bob Lindsay, 1974

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 Above: Ladybird Johnson and children at school, 1964

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Above: Rupp is given "The Louie B. Nunn Award"
 
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 Above: Paul "Bear" Bryant with wreath and ribbon that reads "Sugar Bowl Champs", 1952

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 Above: People at the Keeneland track on ORBRAD Oct 22, 1951

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 Above: Malone's Service Station; Gas Station Attendant pumping gas for a woman and man

Thursday, December 18, 2014

UK Special Collections Research Center receives CLIR funding to process significant Appalachian collections

UK Libraries is one of the recipients of CLIR funding for “Action in Appalachia: Revealing Public Health, Housing, and Community Development Records in the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center”! This processing project targets seven hidden collections of War on Poverty-era, social justice organizational records.

More information can be found here.

http://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7pvm42s12q_1_51
Above: “General scene upper station Weeksbury Mining Camp (Eastern Gas).; creek runs beside dwellings, people look on,” 1946, from the Russell Lee: Wheelwright, KY Photographic Collection

Monday, December 8, 2014

Tutinama (Book of the Parrot) Available on ExploreUK

Tutinama, or “Book of the Parrot,” is a Persian series of 52 moral tales dating from the 14th century. The original authorship is credited to Nakhshabi, a Persian physician and Sufi saint, who adapted his tales from ancient Sanskrit stories. The Tutinama tales are narrated by a parrot to distract his mistress from having an affair while her merchant husband is away from home on business. This 30 cm manuscript is bound in brown leather with gilt embossed medallions and floral motifs.


http://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7r222r6t2q_30

http://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7r222r6t2q_73

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Friday, December 5, 2014

Jack Guthrie Kentucky Kernel Integration of SEC (1963) Scrapbook on ExploreUK

The Jack Guthrie Kentucky Kernel Integration of SEC (1963) scrapbook is now available on ExploreUK. The scrapbook covers civil rights and the racial integration of Southeastern Conference (SEC) and University of Kentucky (UK) Athletics during the university’s spring semester, 1963, and was compiled by Kentucky Kernel editor (1962-1963) Jack Guthrie in about 2002.

http://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7j0z70xm3d/guide

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http://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7j0z70xm3d_1_54?

Monday, December 1, 2014

"Fun? Well Rather" The Diary of Virginia Clay McClure - part of the Sesquicentennial Stories Series





December 1, 1910


Oh you key in the window of the Educational Building! Did I get even with Addie without so much as trying? I believe I’ll never take revenge on anybody, but just wait and let it “work out”.  Addie likes to tease powerful well but she doesn’t like to be teased.

Now the Taylor Education Building

Virginia and Addie