xt70p26q228k https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt70p26q228k/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt70p26q228k/data/66m15.dao.xml Alben W. Barkley Statue Advisory Committee 1960-1965, undated 0.63 Cubic Feet 2 boxes collections 66m15 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. Alben W. Barkley Statue Advisory Committee records Sculpture Vice-Presidents -- United States Alben W. Barkley Statue Advisory Committee records text Alben W. Barkley Statue Advisory Committee records 1960 1960-1965, undated 2017 true xt70p26q228k collection false 66m15 Alben W. Barkley Statue Advisory Committee records Guide to the Alben W. Barkley Statue Advisory Committee records, 1960-1965, undated  66m15 Ida Sell University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 2011 June 15 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  2017-11-29 16:36:50 -0500 . Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2017 October 5 EAD and description updated by Megan Mummey 
   
     
       English 
     
     
       University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 
     
     Alben W. Barkley Statue Advisory Committee records 
     
       Alben W. Barkley Statue Advisory Committee 
     
     66m15 
     
       0.63 Cubic Feet 
       2 boxes 
     
     1960-1965, undated 
     The Barkley Statue Advisory Committee records (dated 1960-1965, undated; 0.63 cubic feet; 2 boxes) contain correspondence, programs, audiotapes, photographs, and a marble sample documenting the commission of a statue to memorialize former Vice President Alben William Barkley, a native of Kentucky.  
   
   
     Conditions Governing Access 
 Collection is open to researchers by appointment.    
   
     Arrangement 
 The collection is arranged by format.    
   
     Biographical note 
 Alben William Barkley (1877-1956) was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States (1949-1953), under President Harry S. Truman. Prior to the Vice Presidency, Barkley served in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate from Kentucky for over twenty years, and was Majority Leader of that body from 1937 to 1947. After his Vice Presidency he returned to the U.S. senate in 1954 and served there until his death in 1956. He also hosted a national political television program called  Meet the Veep  on NBC.    
   
     Preferred Citation 
 66m15: [identification of item] Barkley Statue Advisory Committee records, 1960-1965, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Scope and Contents 
 The Barkley Statue Advisory Committee records (dated 1960-1965, undated; 0.63 cubic feet; 2 boxes) contain correspondence, programs, audiotapes, photographs, and a marble sample documenting the commission of a statue to memorialize former Vice President Alben William Barkley, a native of Kentucky. The correspondence discusses the design of the statue and the planning of the statue's dedication ceremony. Also included are ceremony invitations, ceremony programs, Governor Bert Combs' speech, and audiotapes of the ceremony. The photographs depict the Barkley statue.    
   
     Conditions Governing Use 
 The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Sculpture 
     Vice-Presidents -- United States 
     Kentucky -- Politics and government -- 20th century 
     Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 
     Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991 
     Alben W. Barkley Statue Advisory Committee 
   
   Correspondence 1960 March-July 1 1 Correspondence 1960-1962 1 2 Correspondence 1963-1965 1 5 Sample of St. Genevieve golden vein marble 1962 October 1 3 Governor Bert Combs speech and program for unveiling of statue 1963 October 3  1 4 Dedication of statue invitations and programs 1965 November 1 6 Dedication of Barkley Statue, audiotape 1963 October 3 1 7 Speech by Everett M. Dirken, Senate Minority Leader, on Barkley Day, audiotape 1965 November 23  1 8 Excerpts from Barkley Day, audiotape 1965 November 23 1 9 Barkley Statue photographs undated 2 1-23