New Additions to ExploreUK

The following collections and items are now available on ExploreUK.

 Archival collections

·         Archibald and Joseph Logan papers 

·         Sanford Thomas Roach Dunbar High School basketball films 

·         Todd family papers

·         Manjushri V Bhapkar photographs of Cafe LMNOP and Fourth of July parade 

·         Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Elsie Munson letters 

·         Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Oriel C. Jones letters     

         Publications 

Evangeliary, 15th century (one of several medieval manuscripts that will be going online with enhanced description)

The University of Kentucky: Its History and Development, 1956

 Bible Creation vs. Fundamentalists and Modernists Creation 

 Educational Bulletin (Kentucky), March 1933-February 1941 (first batch of a larger digitization project) 

 Contact the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center for more information

Lexington, Louisville, and Cincinnati Maps now online

 

Over 30 maps of Lexington, Louisville, and Cincinnati have been digitized and added to ExploreUK. 

• Map of Big Bone Lick, 1831
• A plan of the city of Louisville and its environs in 1831
• City of Louisville and its enlargements in 1836
• Chart of the Mammoth Caves, 1841
• Plat of Queen City, Rowan County, Kentucky, 1875
• Plat of the town bounds of Lexington, 1791
• Map of Lexington, Fayette Co., Ky., 1877
• North America, 1835
• Lands of East Kentucky Coal, Lumber, & Rail Road Company showing proposed R.R. connections, 1874
• Map of Gilbertsville, Marshall County, Ky., 1874
• Plan of the city of Hickman and vicinity, Fulton Co., Ky., 1857
• Lines of the Louisville & Interurban Railroad Company, 191-
• Map indicating the regions apparently adapted to the tea culture in the United States, 1857 ; Map showing the forest and prairie lands of the United States., 1857
• City directory map of Louisville and vicinity, 1866
• A New map of Louisville, Ky., 1856
• [Map of southeastern Kentucky]., 19--?
• New map of Kentucky, 1856
• The Three Islands, Adams County, Ohio, 1888
• [Saltpeter cave in Green River area, Kentucky], 18--
• [Prominent sites in Kentucky], 1855
• Centennial map of rivers, railroads, iron & coal fields of Kentucky, and cities of Louisville, New Albany, and Jeffersonville, 1876
• Post route map of the states of Kentucky and Tennessee, with parts of adjacent states, 1884
• Birds eye view of the principal breeding farms of the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky, 1892
• Louisville, 185-
• Map of the lands of Dunbar's heirs in Jefferson & Bullitt Cos., Ky., 185-
• A new map of Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties, Kentucky, 19--?
• 1825 view of the town of Lexington, Kentucky, 1829
• Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky., 1848
• Blue Grass tour, 1931 
• Cincinnati, 1903
• Scenic and historic map of Lexington and environs, 1940
• [Plat of Corn Island, Louisville, Ky.], 1882
• Sketch map showing location of indigenous peoples of R. des Tonicas, etc, 17--

Contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.

Early 20th Century Suffrage and Women's Organizations Publications Available Online

 A selection of publications from suffrage and women's organizations dating from 1898-1923 have been digitized and are available online via ExploreUK.

• Year Book of the Woman's Club of Central Kentucky, 1899-1923 (scattered)
• Ashland Womans' Club: Year Book, 1918-1919     
• Condensed Minutes of the Victory Convention (1869-1920), National American Woman Suffrage Association and First congress, League of Woman Voters, 1920 
• Woman's Club of Richmond, Ky. yearbook, 1917-1918
• Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs Bulletin, 1912 
• Manual of the Woman's Club of Louisville, 1898-1899 
• School Betterment for Kentucky, 1908 

Contact the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center to learn more!