Pearl Day Bach papers, 1941-1964.

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Pearl Day Bach papers, 1941-1964.

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Correspondence and research notes from Bach's work as a paid genealogist in Lexington, Kentucky. Much of her work was conducted on behalf of persons seeking admission to the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) or seeking ancestors in Eastern Kentucky. Some pedigree charts and Bible records are included, along with publications such as Hazel Green School Journal and 18 vol. manuscript copy of John Jay Dickey's diaries.

personal correspondence 96 linear ft.unprocessed remainder 6 linear ft.diary 18 v. (6, 200 p.)

Morehead State University, Camden-Carroll Library

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Morehead State University, Camden-Carroll Library

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Dickey, John Jay, 1842-1934

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John Jay Dickey, Methodist minister and educator, was born in Fleming County, Kentucky. He helped found the Jackson Academy in Jackson, Breathitt County, Ky., and served as its principal until 1891. At that time, the Academy was taken over by Central University of Danville, Ky., some time after which it became Lees Junior College. In 1888, Dickey was elected president of the Breathitt County Teachers Association. In 1895, he helped establish Sue Bennett College in Laurel County, Ky. This is a ma...

Morehead State University

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Bach, Pearl Day

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Pearl Day Bach, was born June 9, 1887, in Hazel Green, Kentucky. She graduated from Hazel Green Academy in 1905. Later she moved to Lexington, Kentucky and became an active Kentucky genealogist and club woman. She was a charter member of the Kentucky Mountain Club and chairman of its Sick and Hospital Committee from 1945-1958. She served as historian of the Former Students Association beginning in 1940 and was president 1951-1952. From the description of Pearl Day Bach papers, 1941-1...

Bach, Pearl Day 1941-1964.

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