Linda Neville papers, 1783-1974.

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Linda Neville papers, 1783-1974.

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Biographical materials in this collection, ranging from 1783-1961, include sketches of Neville's life, her daily activity logs, news clippings, and personal keepsakes. Also present are the papers of several of Neville's relatives, including correspondence, business records, financial materials, and personal effects. Linda Neville's correspondence ranges from 1879 to 1959 and documents her relationship with such organizations as the Red Cross, the Kentucky State Board of Health, the Kentucky Society for the Prevention of Blindness, and the Kentucky State Board of Charities and Corrections. There is also correspondence with other Lexington, Kentucky reformers, including Katherine Pettit of the Hindman Settlement School, Mary Breckinridge of the Frontier Nursing Service, and Mrs. Desha (Madge) Breckinridge, who was active in Lexington's women's suffrage movement. Financial materials include cancelled checks, bank statements, bills, deposit slips, and tax bills covering Neville's personal expenses during 1909-1958. Financial materials are also included for the Mountain Fund, the account Neville created in order to keep track of donations given to help needy eye patients, and contain bills received for services rendered to patients, as well as bills reflecting its daily operations. Patient files range from 1908-1958 and include the case records of individuals who applied to the Mountain Fund for medical assistance. Publications present within this collection include journals, newsletters, reviews, pamphlets, bulletins, reports, books, and legislation, mostly relating to blindness, trachoma, syphilis, prison reform, and social welfare reform. Subject files include materials representing Neville's various interests and reform efforts. A collection of photographs also exists for this collection, portraying people and events from both her personal and professional life.

circa 93 cubic ft. (204 boxes)

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Neville, Linda, 1873-1961

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Born on April 23, 1873 in Lexington, Kentucky, Linda Neville devoted much of her life to the welfare of children and the prevention of blindness in Kentucky. Her father, John Henry Neville, was a professor of Greek and Latin at Kentucky University (now Transylvania University) and later at the University of Kentucky. Her mother, Mary Payne, was from a prominent Lexington family. She had one sister, Mary. Neville received a bachelor's degree in Greek and Latin from Bryn Mawr College ...

Mountain Fund (Ky.)

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Pearre, Caroline Neville, 1831-1910.

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Kentucky Society for the Prevention of Blindness.

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Kerr, Charles, 1863-1950

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Payne family.

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Neville, John Henry, 1827-1908.

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John Henry Neville was born November 16, 1827 in Christian County, Kentucky. From 1859 to 1865 he was connected with Kentucky University in Harrodsburg, Kentucky which moved to Lexington and became Transylvania University after the Civil War. In 1880 he became professor of Greek and Latin at State College of Kentucky, which ultimately became the University of Kentucky. He became a widely distinguished scholar of Greek and Latin and was well known as "the possessor of probably more u...

Neville family.

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Breckinridge family.

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