Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Kentucky : records, 1960-1972.

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Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Kentucky : records, 1960-1972.

Records include correspondence primarily dealing with membership and meetings, reports, and meeting programs; material relating to the general society and other state societies; memorial resolutions; business papers; and newspaper clippings.

1.33 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7605323

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Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982

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Thruston Ballard Morton was a prominent political and business leader in Kentucky during the mid-twentieth century. As a student, Morton attended public schools, the Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, and graduated from Yale University in 1929. He married Belle Clay Lyons in 1931 and had two sons. From 1947 to 1953, Morton served three terms as a representative for Kentucky's Third Congressional District. After his tenure in the House, Morton was appointed Assistant Secretary of State of Congr...

Hill, Richard H. 1887-1972.

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Jillson, Willard Rouse, 1890-1975

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Willard Rouse Jillson, geologist, was born in Syracuse, New York, May 28, 1890. He moved to Kentucky in 1917 and served as the state geologist from 1919-1932. Known as a prolific writer, he wrote on such subjects as paleontology, mining, regional history, biography, and history of Kentucky literature. He produced over sixty books and over 500 articles, brochures, and pamphlets. Jillson died Oct. 5, 1975, and was buried in Frankfort Cemetery in Kentucky. From the description of Willar...

Miller, Neville, 1894-1977

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Neville Miller (1894-1977) was the son of Shackelford Miller, Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and his wife Mary. He attended Louisville Male High School before he earned his bachelor's degree at Princeton in 1916 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1920. He became first dean of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in 1930. He was mayor of Louisville from 1933 to 1937. In 1945, Miller opened a private law practice in Washington, D.C. ...

Reed, Stanley Forman, 1884-1980

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Supreme Court justice. From the description of Reminiscences of Stanley Forman Reed, Harold Leventhal and John Sapienza : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309723466 Reed began law practice in Maysville, Kentucky (1910), served as general counsel of the Federal Farm Board (1929-1932) and Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1932-1938), and as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1938-1957). From the desc...

Stahr, Elvis J. (Elvis Jacob), 1916-1998

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Elvis Jacob Stahr (1916-1998), lawyer, government official, and educator, was the Secretary of the Army from 1961 to 1962. He served as President of Indiana University from 1962 to 1967. From the description of Stahr, Elvis J. (Elvis Jacob), 1916-1998 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10568779 Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., was a Secretary of the Army during the early 1960s. From the description of Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., papers, 1961-1992. (US Army, ...

Farnsley, Charles P. (Charles Rowland Peaslee), 1907-1990

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