Z.F. Smith papers, 1889-1909.

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Z.F. Smith papers, 1889-1909.

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Collection consists of correspondence, research and genealogical notes, unfinished manuscripts, sermon extracts, and other materials of Z.F. Smith, an educator, historian of Kentucky, and an elder in the Church of Christ. Of primary interest is correspondence with Lucretia Hart Clay (granddaughter of Henry Clay) regarding Clay family history, Smith's 300+ page unfinished history of the early 19th century restoration movement inaugurated in Kentucky by Barton W. Stone, research notes on the Clay family, a 17-page handwritten bio of Henry Clay, and other miscellaneous items pertaining to Kentucky religious history.

.66 cubic feet.

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