xt705q4rjj2s https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt705q4rjj2s/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt705q4rjj2s/data/56m315.dao.xml unknown 1865-1913, undated 1.8 Cubic Feet 5 boxes collections 56m315 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. papers Agriculturists -- Kentucky. Governors -- Kentucky -- Election, 1895. Politicians -- Kentucky. Silver question. Tobacco industry. Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. papers text Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. papers 1865 1865-1913, undated 2020 true xt705q4rjj2s collection false 56m315 Clay, Cassius Marcellus, Jr. Guide to the Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. papers, 1865-1913, undated  56m315 Greg Seltzer University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 2011 March 3 Special Collections Research Center University of Kentucky Libraries Margaret I. King Library Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0039 URL:  This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on  2020-04-03 17:07:42 -0400 . Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2020 March 3 Inventory box and folders updated by Megan Mummey 
   
     
       University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 
     
     Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. papers 
     56m315 
     
       1.8 Cubic Feet 
       5 boxes 
     
     1865-1913, undated 
     The Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. papers (dated 1865-1913, undated; 1.8 cubic feet; 3 boxes) consist of political, personal, and business papers and document the professional and personal life of politician Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. 
     
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     Conditions Governing Access 
 Collection is open to researchers by appointment.    
   
     Arrangement 
 Collection is arranged by format.    
   
     Biographical note 
 Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., the youngest son of Brutus Clay, was born in 1846. Clay attended Yale University, graduating in the class of 1866. He served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly in the 1870s and 1880s. He presided over the convention that drew up a new state constitution for Kentucky in 1890 and 1891. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1891 and 1895. In 1902 he was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the State University, later the University of Kentucky, a position he held until his death in 1913.    
   
     Preferred Citation 
 56m315: [identification of item], Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. papers, 1865-1913, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Scope and Contents 
 The Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. papers (dated 1865-1913, undated; 1.8 cubic feet; 3 boxes) consist of political, personal, and business papers and document the professional and personal life of politician Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.  Professional correspondence, addressed to Clay, composes the bulk of the collection and pertains to political issues within Kentucky. Topics include the gubernatorial election of 1895, the Farmer's Alliance, the question of free silver, the Kentucky Tobacco War, and the University of Kentucky. Additionally, this collection includes petitions, certificates of appointment, and pamphlets relating to elections and other political matters.    
   
     Conditions Governing Use 
 The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Agriculturists -- Kentucky. 
     Governors -- Kentucky -- Election, 1895. 
     Kentucky -- History -- 19th Century. 
     Politicians -- Kentucky. 
     Silver question. 
     Tobacco industry. 
   
   Political documents and petitions Series I. 1865-1872, 1903, undated Scope and Contents This series contains petitions, certificates of appointment, and pamphlets relating to elections and other political matters. 1865-1872 2 1-2 Petitions undated 5 8 Colonel Cassius M. Clay Answers Miss Alice Lloyd's Reply ,  Bourbon News 1903 September 3 1 8 Correspondence Series II. 1884-1913 Scope and Contents This series contains professional correspondence addressed to Clay and pertains to political issues within Kentucky. Topics include the gubernatorial election of 1895, the Farmer's Alliance, the question of free silver, the Kentucky Tobacco War, and the University of Kentucky. 1884-1890 2 3-4 1891-1893 2 5-7 3 1-2 1894-1895 3 3-6 1895 3 7 4 1-6 1896-1902 5 1 1903-1906 5 2 1907-1908 5 3 1909 5 4 1910-1911 5 5 1912 5 6 1913 5 7 William Goebel's letters to Clay 1890 August 2 - 1895 November 25 1