George Rogers Clark Memorial Movement records, 1941-1942.

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George Rogers Clark Memorial Movement records, 1941-1942.

Correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous materials related to the efforts of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Movement to raise money for the construction of a Clark monument in Kentucky. Collection is mainly correspondence to and from educators, politicians, newspaper editors and other prominent Kentuckians. Includes information on the Filson Club's role in the movement and especially the involvement of Hambleton Tapp who was the chairman of the Memorial Movement.

2.5 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7794954

The Filson Historical Society

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Johnson, Keen, 1896-1970

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George Rogers Clark Memorial Movement.

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Tapp, Hambleton

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