Finding aid prepared by Megan Mummey
Mary LeGrand Didlake papers
1887-1890, 1905
University of Kentucky Special Collections
Collection is arranged chronologically.
Housed with multiple collections.
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
2012MS036: [identification of item], Mary LeGrand Didlake papers, 1887-1890, 1905, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
0.2 Cubic feet
1 box
Mary LeGrand Didlake (1878-1971) was the daughter of George Ware Didlake and Ann (Nannie) Bain of Lexington, Kentucky. During the Civil War, George Didlake served as a Confederate soldier and was incarcerated at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Mary Didlake worked in the Department of Entomology at the University of Kentucky from 1891 until her retirement in 1957. She started as a student assistant in 1891, served as interim department chair in 1929, and retired as an associate of the department. Additionally, she was the University of Kentucky's first female valedictorian in 1895.
North, Ginny. "My Southern Ancestors." RootsWeb. Ancestry.com. 22 July 2003. Web. Accessed 19 January 2012.
"Entomology Through the Eyes of Mary Didlake." Department of Entomology, The University of Kentucky: Celebrating ONe Hundrend and Twenty Years. 12-13. Web. Accessed 19 January 2012.
The Mary LeGrand Didlake papers consist of a scrapbook of late 19th-century newspaper clippings and a bird watching notebook from 1905.