The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and campaign posters related to two prominent Pikeville families, the Colemans and the Pauleys. The Coleman family owned and operated a local department store and George Coleman, a banker, served a term as Pike Country treasurer. Members of the Pauley family operated a drugstore and Hi Pauley served in various elected positions within Pike County. These positions included mayor, county treasurer and county judge. The two families were united through the marriage of their children, Foster Coleman and Autheilia Pauley. After their marriage in the early 1930s, the young couple moved to Louisville, Kentucky in order for Foster to attend medical school. After finishing his degree, they remained in Louisville and Autheilia began to work as a teacher. A majority of the collection is family correspondence mailed to Foster and Autheilia. Foster Colemen, born in 1910, died suddenly in April 1972. Autheilia Coleman, two years Foster's junior, passed away in May 2005.
From the description of Coleman-Pauley family papers, 1860-1999. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 298351417
