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The published collection includesĬounty and local histories, individual families' newsletters, how-to guides, cityĭirectories, school yearbooks, and indexes of records such as marriage, death, cemetery, Over 300 scrapbooksĭocument local organizations, families and individuals. Regional obituariesĭating from 1987-20007 may be accessible from a library database. Compiled over the last 80 years, family surname files and biography and obituaryįiles provide access to numerous family charts and newsclippings. The Special Collections Library houses the largest local history and genealogicalĬollection in Southern Kentucky with a wide array of print, microform and ephemera TOPCAT and in-house guides for additional information. Personal Narratives Confederate Military Manuscripts Papers of Union Staff Officers,ġ861-1865 and the Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America.Search Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War Records of Southern Plantationsįrom Emancipation to the Great Migration Letters Received by the Attorney General Ĭivil War Battles and Campaigns Civil War Unit Histories: Regimental Histories and War, and Gilded Age documents and manuscripts, including: Records of Antebellum Southern Special Collections Library is an extensive microfilm collection of Old South, Civil Search KenCat for additional informationĪt present the nucleus of the Civil War & Southern History research center in the Include William Goebel, Albert "Happy" Chandler, and John Sherman Cooper. Mondale, Jimmy Carter, Michael Dukakis and George Bush. More recentĪdditions include campaign items associated with politicians like Ronald Reagan, Walter Truman, and Alben Barkley are among the politicians best represented. Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay, James Buchanan, Harry S. Running for national office and candidates campaigning for national office in Kentuckyīetween 1830 and the present. Representing three main areas - candidates running for office in Kentucky, Kentuckians
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Julius Rather Political Memorabilia CollectionĬomposed of more than 10,000 examples, the Rather Collection consists of memorabilia More information on these published sources via WKU Libraries’ online catalog TOPCAT. The present, some of which are the only known copy, are a collection highlight. Religious denominations (including the Shakers) state, county, and town histories īiographies maps and travelers' accounts. Collection strengths include Mammoth Cave Our library’s initial focus was Kentucky. Kentucky Library Research Collections – Collections