Interleavings Collection

Descriptive Summary

Title
Interleavings Collection
Date
1899-1974
Extent
0.23 Cubic feet
Subjects
Artists.
Authors--Correspondence.
Christmas cards.
Freemasonry--United States
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into series by subject and into subseries by format.
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Megan Mummey
Preferred Citation
2012MS240: [identification of item], Interleavings Collection, 1899-1974, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Scope and Content
The Interleavings Collection consists of items discovered in books cataloged by the University of Kentucky Special Collections. When possible the call number of the book, in which the item was found, is recorded in parenthesis following the title. The collection includes primarily letters from or to the authors of these books including John Wilson Townsend, Elizabeth Robsen, and Lula Vollmer. Additionally, the collection contains notes, writings, cards, and newspaper clippings.

Restrictions on Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Use Restrictions
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.

Contents of the Collection

General, 1899-1964

Scope and Contents note

The General series consists of three subseries: Letters, Notes and writings, and Cards. The Letters subseries contains letters from authors, usually concerning the book where the letters were found. Notes and writings includes genealogical notes, masonic writings, and chemistry notes. Cards contains primarily Christmas cards. Notable items include a letter and notes from Thomas Kemp concerning his transcription of the Black Book of Warwick and a letter from the artist Van Deren Coke.

Letters, 1899, 1943-1964

Letter from Thomas Kemp and notes, found in the Black Book of Warwick (DA690.W3 B6), 1899 April 6

  • Box 1, Folder 6
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Private C. Clay to mother, found in a copy of Blackwood's magazine, 1943 October 22

  • Box 1, Folder 7
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Julian [?] to Thomas Clark, found in Introduction to English literature from Chaucer to Tennyson (PR85 .R33 1855), 1957 December 19

  • Box 1, Folder 8
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Van Deren Coke to Peter Pollack, found in The Painter and the Photograph (708.1 N39), 1964 October 30

  • Box 1, Folder 9
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Note from Elizabeth Robsen, found in Seems But Yesterday (CT275.R745 A3 1972), undated

  • Box 1, Folder 10
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Lula Vollmer to G. Cruikshanks, found in Sun-up; A Play in Three Acts (822 V886), undated

  • Box 1, Folder 11
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Notes and writings, 1927, undated

Chemistry notes, found in Syllabus of a complete course of lectures on chemistry (QD41 .S68), circa 1850s

  • Box 1, Folder 12
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Masonic writings, found in pamphlet Historical Sketch of Lewis Lodge (HS539.L82 L49 1926), circa 1920s

  • Box 1, Folder 13
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Wheelock family genealogical notes, found in Mr. Ralph Wheelock, Puritan (F67 .W54 1899), undated

  • Box 1, Folder 14
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Note concerning a Ladies Sewing Society and receipts for freight and tobacco, found in Analytical Index of De Bows Review (HF1.D2 W450 1922), 1927, undated

  • Box 1, Folder 15
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Notes and newspaper clippings, found in Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, 1613-1695, and his descendants (CS71 .S935 1914), undated

  • Box 1, Folder 16
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Cards, undated

Christmas card, civil war/southern pride, found in The Life of Billy Yank (973.74 W648), circa 1957

  • Box 1, Folder 17
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Christmas card, inscribed "To the Judge - One old Confederate to another!", found in Confederate Arms (UD383.5 .A6 1957), undated

  • Box 1, Folder 18
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Card and magazine clipping, found in The Joy of Cooking (TX715 .R750 1951), undated

  • Box 1, Folder 19
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John Wilson Townsend, 1928, 1974

Scope and Contents note

The John Wilson Townsend series consists of letters and newspaper clippings found in books written by, donated by, or pertaining to the author. Notable items include letters from fellow author Virginia Tunstall to John Wilson Townsend.

Virginia Tunstall letters to John W. Townsend, found in A White Sail Set (811 T8367wh), 1928

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Note from Dorothy Edwards Townsend, found in Lore of the Meadowland (F451 .T74 1974),, 1974 October 22

  • Box 1, Folder 2
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Newspaper clipping and advertisement regarding John Wilson Townsend, found in The Life and Works of John Wilson Townsend (E175.5.T58 T6), undated

  • Box 1, Folder 3
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Samuel M. Wilson, undated

Scope and Contents note

The Samuel M. Wilson series comprises items found in books owned by the judge, including a typescript copy of a newspaper article from 1826 concerning Isaac Desha's suicide attempt and various handwritten notes.

Samuel M. Wilson, typescript copy of newspaper article concerning Isaac Desha's attempted suicide, found in Wilson 343.1 D459, 1826, July 21

  • Box 1, Folder 4
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Samuel M. Wilson notes and envelope, found in The Study of Modern Painting (ND190 .A5), undated

  • Box 1, Folder 5
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