John C. Waters papers, 1923-1967

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John C. Waters papers, 1923-1967

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Collection consists of typescript manuscripts and handwritten research notes kept by Calloway County, Kentucky historian John C. Waters from 1923 to 1967. The papers contain subject files, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks and photographs. Subject areas of interest include Early Settlers to Calloway County, Civil War, Night Riders, Nathan B. Stubblefield, Church and Family histories and the Jackson Purchase Historical Society.

7.0 linear ft.

Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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Jackson Purchase Historical Society

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Waters, John C., 1908-1967.

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John C. Waters was a local historian from Murray, Kentucky. He was born in October of 1908 at Hohenwald, Tennessee. His parents relocated to Murray when he was child. He attended local public schools and graduated from Murray High School in 1926. Following graduation, he worked for an oil business in Calloway County and later as assistant superintendant of maintenance and operations at Murray State University. He was instrumental in movement to preserve the Calloway County Courthouse and was the...

Stubblefield, Nathan Beverly, 1860-1928

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Nathan Bowman Stubblefield was an American inventor from Murray, Kentucky during the latter part of the 19th Century and early part of the 20th Century. He was born at Murray on November 22, 1860. In his youth he was tutored by a governess and later attended a boarding school in Farmington, Kentucky. He also was self-educated in the field science. He patented improvements for the telephone and developed plans for a lamp lighter, electric battery and a mobile radio telephone. He founded the Wirel...