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Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939. Urey Woodson papers, 1898-1939, 1929-1939 (bulk dates).

Title: Urey Woodson papers, 1898-1939, 1929-1939 (bulk dates).

This collection contains the correspondence and other papers of Urey Woodson, dating primarily from 1929 to 1939.

ArchivalResource: 2.8 cubic ft. (7 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14249473 View

Kuhn, Bowie, 1926-2007. Bowie K Kuhn Collection : papers 1932-1997.

Title: Bowie K Kuhn Collection : papers 1932-1997.

A collection of correspondence, meeting minutes, official trips, litigation files, manuscripts, programs, tributes, audio and video recordings, scrapbook, photographs and artifacts all relating to the tenure of Bowie Kuhn as commissioner of Major League Baseball. Series I, Committees, is divided into two sub-series, providing excellent documentation of the organization and operation of Major League Baseball, especially through the Executive Council meeting minutes. Series II, Labor Issues, is divided into four sub-series, documents the evolution of the player-management relationship during Kuhn's tenure as Commissioner, including the Flood case. Series III, Major League Baseball Meetings, is divided into three sub-series, these papers primarily include minutes, itineraries and other documents related to the meetings. Series IV, Litigation and Television, is divided into three sub-series. Sub-series 1 primarily includes cases involving Major League owners and cases brought against Major League Baseball as a whole. Sub-Series 2 includes material about the negotiation of broadcasting contracts and proposals. Sub-Series 3 is documentation relating to the Finley lawsuit. Series V, Official Trips and Tours, includes itineraries, correspondence, programs and related documents. Trips include spring training, All-Star games, League Championship Series, World Series and trips to Japan, Mexico, Dominican Republic, England and others. Series VI, Administrative and Misc Commissioner Files, is divided into seven sub-series. This series documents both the operation of the office and its rulings. Of note is the Lieberman Reserch Report, files on the designated hitter, Winter Leagues and World Baseball Association. Series VII, Correspondence, is arranged chronologically and includes notebooks of outgoing correspondence and letters of congraturlation upon his election and re-election as Commissioner. Series VIII, Harball Material, contains research material, correspondence and manuscripts relating to Kuhn's book. Series IX, Scrapbook and Photographs, one scrapbook from his election in 1969 and a wide variety of photographs. Series X, Audio and Video Recordings, primarily interviews given by Kuhn. Series XI, Publications, Programs, Tributes, Stamps, Olympics, contents include annual reports, magazines, dinner programs, Olympic publications and a large stamp and First Day Cover collection.

ArchivalResource: 109 boxes : (48.2 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780066009 View

Kleber, John E., 1941-. Lawrence W. Wetherby oral history project, 1978-1984.

Title: Lawrence W. Wetherby oral history project, 1978-1984.

Wetherby and his associates discuss his family history, Louisville politics in the 1930s and 1940s, the Legislative Research Commission, the State Democratic Central Committee, political patronage, the gubernatorial campaign of 1951, road building, tourism, governmental reorganization, economic growth, mental health care improvements, child welfare reform, conservation, education reform, state fairground improvements, the Minimum Foundation Act of 1954, school desegregation, Kentucky State College, election reform, the Registration and Purgation Election Act, the gubernatorial campaign of 1955, and Wetherby's United States senatorial campaign of 1956. People discussed include Thomas Rhea, Mickey Brennan, Neville Miller, Earle C. Clements, A. B. "Happy" Chandler, William H. May, Harry Lee Waterfield, Adron Doran, Bert T. Combs, Doc Beauchamp, Eugene Siler, Louis Cox, William Curlin, Keen Johnson, John Y. Brown, Sr., John Watts, Henry Ward, and Jess Lindsey.

ArchivalResource: 49 sound cassettes (34 hr., 30 min.) : analog, stereo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64548545 View

Donovan, Herman Lee, 1887-1964. Papers/Records, 1922-1943.

Title: Papers/Records, 1922-1943.

Correspondence, official and personal; University records, including financial records; Board of Regents minutes, reports and publications; photographs and blueprints; speeches, writings and travel records of H.L. Donovan.

ArchivalResource: 113 boxes (51 cubic ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/528648773 View

Du Pont, Ethel Bidermann, 1896-1980. Ethel Bidermann Du Pont : papers, 1914-1980.

Title: Ethel Bidermann Du Pont : papers, 1914-1980.

Papers primarily reflect her involvement with the labor movement. Those that do not are personal correspondence, lecture notes as an economics teacher at the University of Louisville, house renovation plans, bills, literary efforts, and Louisville Arts Center Association material. Du Pont's labor activities included the Kentucky Federation of Teacher's, Workers Education Council, Louisville Labor League for Political Education, Kentucky Federation of Labor, the NAACP, Kentucky Conference of Community Leaders, and her column in the Louisville Times entitled "With Labor's Ranks." Her column ran from 1938 to 1951 and covered labor news and issues in Kentucky, and national labor issues which affected Kentucky. Copies of Du Pont's columns and labor research, and correspondence associated with it comprise a large portion of her papers. Also, newspaper clippings and Du Pont's unpublished labor stories.

ArchivalResource: 7.33 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49241856 View

Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991. Letters received by Demetrius Heliopolis, 1930-1961.

Title: Letters received by Demetrius Heliopolis, 1930-1961.

Letters from various political and military leaders discuss the Greek Othodox Church, chaplaincy positions and political speeches. Correspondents are: Albert Benjamin Chandler (Happy Chandler), Mamie Eisenhower, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Gen. James A. Van Fleet, and Adlai Stevenson. Also included is a letter from Dwight Eisenhower to the Rev. Demetrius Meintanis, 1945 January 13, regarding one of Eisenhower's soldiers, Corporal John Ligelis.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32135333 View

Nicholas County Memorial Library oral history collection, 1976-1986.

Title: Nicholas County Memorial Library oral history collection, 1976-1986.

This is a collection of interviews with Nicholas County, Kentucky residents. Subjects include the Old Stone Tavern; the Battle of the Blue Licks; family life; the recollections of a teacher; Captain Peter M. Everett, a Confederate officer; family genealogy; and various Nicholas County communities.

ArchivalResource: 11 audio tapes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191917622 View

Harrison, William Benjamin, 1889-1948. William Benjamin Harrison scrapbook, 1931.

Title: William Benjamin Harrison scrapbook, 1931.

A large scrapbook of newspaper clippings collected by the Harrison campaign in his 1931 bid for Governor of Kentucky on the Republican ticket. The race included Harrison and John C. Worsham on the Republican ticket and Ruby Laffoon and Happy Chandler on the Democratic ticket. The scrapbook has clippings discussing the issues of the day such as the Highway Commission scandal and the fraud in the Louisville DMV. There are also political cartoons and editorial articles discussing both candidates and articles about women's political clubs for both parties.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301995787 View

Integration - Correspondence & Clippings : papers 1937-1973.

Title: Integration - Correspondence & Clippings : papers 1937-1973.

This collection contains correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to the integration of baseball. Correspondence between Commissioner Landis, Major League executives and owners, Negro American League and Negro National League executives. There is correspondence from writers and fans wanting an end to segregation in baseball. There is also correspondence staing why African-Americans should not play in organized ball. There are newspaper clippings from 1937 through to 1975.

ArchivalResource: 1 box : (.02 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319518639 View

Perkins Carl D., 1912-1984. Carl D. Perkins oral history project, 1980-1987.

Title: Carl D. Perkins oral history project, 1980-1987.

Forty-eight interviews with politicians, government officials, educators, and others associated with Perkins, including Wendell H. Ford, A. B. "Happy" Chandler, and Earle C. Clements. Topics include politics, political leaders, electioneering in Kentucky (especially eastern Kentucky) and Washington, D.C., labor, education, the coal industry, mine safety, black lung benefits, environmental concerns, welfare, and flood control and water projects, especially the Paint Creek Dam in Paintsville and the Red River project.

ArchivalResource: 52 sound cassettes (ca. 50 hr.) : analog, mono.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85776941 View

Memorabilia from inaugurations of Kentucky governors, 1911-1995.

Title: Memorabilia from inaugurations of Kentucky governors, 1911-1995.

This collection consists of souvenir and official programs, press passes, invitations, and newspaper articles concerning the inaugurations of Kentucky governors from 1911-1995. Governors include Paul Patton, Brereton Jones, Martha Layne Collins, John Y. Brown, Jr., Julian Carroll, Edward Breathitt, Wallace Wilkinson, Simeon Willis, Earle Clements, A.B. Chandler, and Wendell Ford. Also included is a program for the inauguration of Richard Nixon in 1969.

ArchivalResource: 72 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39948723 View

Governor Albert Benjamin Chandler.

Title: Governor Albert Benjamin Chandler. [1960?]

ArchivalResource: 26 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50282666 View

Underwood, Thomas R. (Thomas Rust), 1898-1956. Thomas R. Underwood papers, 1896-1956, 1923-1935.

Title: Thomas R. Underwood papers, 1896-1956, 1923-1935.

The papers reflect the journalistic and political activities of Thomas R. Underwood. Name folders in both the general and political files may include correspondence and materials by and about the person listed. Among the individuals represented by folders are the following political figures: Alben Barkley, Desha Breckinridge, Virgil Chapman, A.B. Chandler, Earle Clements, James M. Cox, James Farley, Albert Gore, Keen Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Estes Kefauver, Thruston Morton, Franklin Roosevelt, Richard B. Russell, Jouett Shouse, A.O. Stanley, Harry Truman and Fred Vinson. Photographs have been removed to the photo archives.

ArchivalResource: 6 v.8, 000 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14993460 View

Coleman, J. Winston (John Winston), 1898-1983. J. Winston Coleman papers, 1780-1965 1935-1965.

Title: J. Winston Coleman papers, 1780-1965 1935-1965.

The papers of Kentucky historian J. Winston Coleman comprise this accession.

ArchivalResource: 6.3 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16398791 View

Kentucky. Secretary of State. Governor's requisitions : Governor A. B. Chandler, 1955-1959.

Title: Governor's requisitions : Governor A. B. Chandler, 1955-1959.

These records document the governor's role in the apprehension of fugitives from justice. Included are applications from local officials in which the governor is asked to request the return of fugitives from other states. Also included are copies of pertinent indictments and other court records, and executive orders from the governor of Kentucky directing the secretary of state to issue requisition papers.

ArchivalResource: 10.6 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122372461 View

Clements, Earle C. (Earle Chester), 1896-1985. Earle C. Clements papers, 1940-1960.

Title: Earle C. Clements papers, 1940-1960.

These are the personal and political papers of Earle C. Clements.

ArchivalResource: 134.4 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14117719 View

National League of Professional Baseball. National League Meetings, Minutes, Conferences and Financial Ledgers : records 1876-1992 1899-1992.

Title: National League Meetings, Minutes, Conferences and Financial Ledgers : records 1876-1992 1899-1992.

This is a collection of National League minutes from 1876, 1899 to 1950 and financial ledgers from 1902 to 1992. This collection also includes 20 recorded disks. The collection of minutes are from annual, board of directors, mid-summer and schedule meetings. Also included are minutes from special meetings such as board of arbitrations and special board of directors. Table of contents are included with most of the minutes. Financial ledgers, cash books and assessment ledgers are part of this collection. Please note there is a 50-year release restriction on financial information as per the commissioner's office. The recorded media are of game broadcasts from May 3rd and 4th, 1951 between the Chicago Cubs v. Boston Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies v. St. Louis Cardinals.

ArchivalResource: 26 boxes : (33.65 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/260422989 View

Pearce, John Ed,. Henry Ward interviews, 1985.

Title: Henry Ward interviews, 1985.

This extensive life history with Henry Ward covers his childhood experiences; his life during the Great Depression and his (concurrent) early years in the newspaper business and in the state legislature; his extensive experience in state parks and the creation of the interestate system in Kentucky. He also discusses his experiences in politics, with particular emphasis on the gubenatorial election of 1967, which Ward lost to Republican Louie Nunn. Ward also discusses many of his colleagues - many of whom were luminaries in Kentucky politics - including Alben Barkley, Happy Chandler, Earle Clements, Edward Prichard, Jr., Edward Breathitt, and Bert Combs.

ArchivalResource: 4 sound cassettes (90 min. each) analog, stereo.Transcripts : 152 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63130317 View