Henry Stites Barker presidential papers.

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Henry Stites Barker presidential papers.

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The Henry Stites Barker presidential papers predominantly consist of correspondence between the President and various faculty, staff, Board of Trustee members and institutions outside of the university. A large part of the correspondence is alphabetized according to the sender or receiver of Barker's letters. There are also numerous reports on topics such as agriculture and engineering as well as annual reports. A small portion of the collection consists of speeches handwritten by President Barker and newspaper articles in which he was mentioned.

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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 ...

Barker, Henry Stites, 1850-1928.

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Henry Stites Barker, son of Richard Henry and Caroline H. Sharp Barker, was born in Newstead, Christian County, Kentucky on July 23, 1850. The oldest of three boys, Barker's young education consisted of formal training. He was heavily influenced by the men in his life such as his uncles and stepfather, Judge Henry Stites, for whom he was named. In 1869, Barker entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky where he was involved in both the military department and the li...