xt7b5m625g56 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7b5m625g56/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7b5m625g56/data/0000ua133.dao.xml unknown 1944-1971 collections 0000ua133 English University of Kentucky Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky.  The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.  For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Lincoln School records Gifted children -- Education -- Kentucky. Educational indicators -- Kentucky. Poor children -- Education -- Kentucky. Children with social disabilities -- Education -- Kentucky. Students -- Kentucky -- Simpsonville. School integration -- Kentucky -- Simpsonville. Boarding schools -- Kentucky -- Simpsonville. Government aid to education -- Kentucky Lincoln School records text 1.95 Cubic Feet 4 boxes Lincoln School records 1944 1944-1971 2023 true xt7b5m625g56 collection false 0000ua133 Lincoln School records Guide to the Lincoln School records, 1944-1971  0000ua133 Processed by Janice Childers under the supervision of Deirdre A. Scaggs, University Archivist.; machine-readable finding aid created by Janice Childers University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 2008 January Special Collections Research Center University of Kentucky Libraries Margaret I. King Library Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0039 Business Number: (859) 257-1742 URL:  This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on  2022-06-13 12:28:46 -0400 . Description is written in:  English, Latin script . Describing Archives: A Content Standard 
   
     
       University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 
     
     Lincoln School records 
     0000ua133 
     
       1.95 Cubic Feet 
       4 boxes 
     
     1944-1971 
     The Lincoln School records (dated 1944-1971; 1.95 cubic feet, 4 boxes) comprise materials related to the operation of the both the Lincoln School and the Lincoln Institute, including the original prospectus, reports, materials documenting the planning stages of the school, growth projections, budgets, reports, correspondence, publicity, newsletters, brochures and handbooks, personnel files, calendars of school events, notes on curriculum, programs from convocations and the final audit of the Lincoln School. 
     
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     Conditions Governing Access 
 Collection is open to researchers by appointment.    
   
     Conditions Governing Use 
 Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky.  The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.  For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.    
   
     Preferred Citation 
 0000ua133: [identification of item], Lincoln School records, 1944-1971, University of Kentucky Special Collections.    
   
     Historical Note 
 The Lincoln School in Simpsonville, Kentucky had its roots in the Lincoln Institute, a secondary school for African-American students that was formed with support from Berea College after the 1904 Kentucky Day Law was passed, which prohibited integrated education. The Lincoln Foundation deeded the Institute to the state in 1948 and when the Day Law was amended in 1954 to allow integration, the decision was made to phase out the Lincoln Institute. It continued to operate until 1966 while plans for a new type of school were discussed. A prospectus presented to the Kentucky Department of Education by the Board of Regents from Kentucky State College set out plans for a boarding school designed for academically gifted,  deprived  students of all races. This plan was approved in 1966 and a governing board was created, made up of representatives chosen by Kentucky State College and the University of Kentucky. The Board was instructed to contract with the UK College of Education for the operation of the school and the first class began in September 1967. The objective of the Lincoln School was to  accelerate and enrich  the educational experience of its students in order that they be prepared for entrance into college upon completion. The school was to serve as a sort of research experiment in alternative education, guided and studied by the UK College of Education. The school's residential nature allowed for schedules and teaching methods that differed from the norm at that time, and it also allowed for greater attention to individual students. While results of the experiment were good--test scores, attitudes and interest of most students studied improved significantly--disagreements concerning the overall importance of the program, implementation of policies, and, most of all, a lack of public support for funding led to the closing of the school at the end of the 1970 school year (which included an accelerated summer program that allowed seniors to graduate, thanks to support from Governor Louie B. Nunn). Efforts were made to ensure the acceptance of any interested graduating seniors into college. The site is now home to the Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center, but alumni and former faculty of the Lincoln School continue to keep in touch through a newsletter that began on the school's closing, and is now available in an online version (see  Related Materials  below) along with photographs and other documentation on the school.    
   
     Scope and Contents 
 The Lincoln School records (dated 1944-1971; 1.95 cubic feet, 4 boxes) comprise materials related to the operation of the both the Lincoln School and the Lincoln Institute, including the original prospectus, reports, materials documenting the planning stages of the school, growth projections, budgets, reports, correspondence, publicity, newsletters, brochures and handbooks, personnel files, calendars of school events, notes on curriculum, programs from convocations and the final audit of the Lincoln School. When the Lincoln School was dissolved, records of educational or psychological interest were given to the UK College of Education, medical records of students were sent to the UK Medical Center, academic records and transcripts were sent to the Kentucky State Department of Education, and remaining records were given to the UK Archives.    
   
     Arrangement 
 Arranged chronologically by subject.    
   
     Related Archival Materials note 
 The Lincoln School. http://www.thelincolnschool.com (accessed December 19, 2007). Kentucky Historical Society.  Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky Oral History Project: 20 B 75, Samuel Robinson  http://205.204.134.47/civil_rights_mvt/util.aspx?p=1&pid=15173 (accessed December 19, 2007).    
   
     Immediate Source of Acquisition 
 Gift, 1971.    
   
     Conditions Governing Use 
 Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky.  The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.  For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.    
   
     Gifted children -- Education -- Kentucky. 
     Educational indicators -- Kentucky. 
     Poor children -- Education -- Kentucky. 
     Children with social disabilities -- Education -- Kentucky. 
     Students -- Kentucky -- Simpsonville. 
     School integration -- Kentucky -- Simpsonville. 
     Boarding schools -- Kentucky -- Simpsonville. 
     Government aid to education -- Kentucky 
   
   Reports for Lincoln Institute 1944-1945 4 6 Reports continued 1945-1947 4 7 Reports continued 1947-1948 4 8 Reports continued 1950-1951 4 9 Reports continued 1952 4 10 Reports continued 1953-1954 4 11 Reports continued 1955-1957 4 12 Reports continued 1957-1964 4 13 Policy and planning: prospectus for school from Kentucky State College 1965 1 1 Policy and planning: final report of Lincoln Institute; deed agreement; legislation 1965-1969 1 2 Policy and planning: curriculum development undated, 1966, 1968 1 3 Policy and planning: plans for new campus buildings circa 1969 1 4 Policy and planning: mission statement; research; student eligibility requirements; physical plant renovations circa 1969-1970 1 5 Correspondence: letters to Board of Trustees member Juliet Poyntes 1944-1947 4 5 Correspondence: primarily by or to George Denemark, Samuel Robinson, William Tisdall and other school administrators 1967-1968 1 6 Correspondence continued 1969-1970 1 7 Financial documents: budgets; projections; cost estimates; fundraising efforts. circa 1967-February 1969 1 8 Financial documents continued March 1969-January 1970 1 9 Minutes and reports: Board meeting minutes; reports on status of programs and school objectives. circa 1967-February 1969 2 1 Minutes and reports continued March-September 1969 2 2 Minutes and reports continued October 1969-February 1979 2 3 Personnel: Notices of hire; disciplinary actions and terminations; applications; salary changes; payroll issues 1967-1968 2 4 Personnel continued 1969 2 5 Personnel continued: Also includes summary reports of activities by staff and faculty; evaluations; advertisements placed for hiring staff 1969-January 1970 2 6 Personnel continued: Retirement fund information 1968-1970 3 1 Publicity, newspaper clippings (including photocopies) 1946?-1955, undated 4 2-3 Publicity circa 1967-1970 3 2 Newsletters, brochures, student handbook:  Includes  The Flame News  (May 1964) and  The Tower Gazette  (November 1955) 1949-1964, undated 4 1 Newsletters 1969-1970 3 3 Events:  Commencement programs 1944-1961 4 4 Events: Programs and invitations to convocation; schedules of campus events 1967-1970 3 4 School closing: Correspondence; publicity; financial information including paying off final expenses; Board meeting minutes; legislation relating to dissolution of school 1970 3 5 School closing: Grant application to the Brown Foundation; budget request for summer program; audit report; correspondence with Lawrence (Larry) Forgy and Governor Louie B. Nunn 1970-1971 3 6