Edward Ellershaw papers, 1889-1943.

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Edward Ellershaw papers, 1889-1943.

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The Edward Ellershaw papers consists of five UK President Patterson's letters to Ellershaw (1892-1922), a collection of Ellershaw's student papers and transcripts of student orations (1887-1889), miscellaneous news clippings about Ellershaw, and a transcript of a conversation with Ellershaw, done from memory by former UK archivist Ezra L. Gillis.

0.22 cu. ft. 1 box.

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University of Kentucky.

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The University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY is a land grant institution founded in 1865. The University evolved through three stages before becoming the University of Kentucky in 1916: the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky University, 1865-78, a private, denominational institution in Lexington created by an act of the legislature on February 22, 1865; the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky, 1878-1908; and State University, Lexington, 1908-1916. A statute in 1916 changed ...

Patterson, James K. (James Kennedy), 1833-1922

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Ellershaw, Edward.

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British born Edward Ellershaw was a State College of Kentucky alumnus, class of 1889. He was a personal friend of President James K. Patterson, who personally recruited Ellershaw to the College. He was admitted to the Bar and attended Middle Temple of London beginning in June 1892. He was a retired Captain in the British Army and served nearly two-and-a-half years during the Boer war, during which he was awarded a medal with five clasps. From the description of Edward Ellershaw paper...