Merry Lewis Pence papers, 1879-1954.

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Merry Lewis Pence papers, 1879-1954.

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The Merry Lewis Pence papers contain writings, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other items related to the life and work of Merry L. Pence. Folders 1 and 2 contain a number of letters and writings by Pence. Of note are a series of poems written by Pence and his Davies County Teacher's Certificate. This collection also contains diagrams and documentation related to a patent granted to Pence for a safety gas burner he designed. The majority of the included newspaper clippings are related to Pence's daughter Dr. Sallie Pence. There is one photograph of the 1900 State College of Kentucky faculty. The included manuscript by Pence is a history of the University of Kentucky from 1866-1936. This manuscript was completed only a few weeks before his death in 1938. The Transit Book, 1890 contains field notes that were the basis on which the topographic maps of the University of Kentucky campus were made in 1890.

0.4 cu. ft. 2 boxes.

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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 ...

University of Kentucky. College of Engineering

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Pence, Merry Lewis, 1854-1938.

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University of Kentucky. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.

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Pence, Sallie.

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Pence family.

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Merry Lewis Pence was born in Davies County, Kentucky on August 8, 1854. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1881 and earned his Master's degree in 1885. After studying at a number of universities and holding a series of teaching positions, Pence became a Professor of Civil Engineering at UK in 1889. He stayed in the department for five years, including two years as the department head. In 1894, Pence organized the Department of Physics and served as the department head ...