Finding aid prepared by Laura A. Hess
Burton family scrapbooks
1859-1931
University of Kentucky Special Collections
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71M2: [identification of item], Burton family scrapbooks, 1859-1931, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
1.83 Cubic feet
12 items
Burton family.
Bishop Lewis William Burton was the first Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, which was organized in 1896. He resigned his post at the Diocese in 1928. His father, Lewis Burton, Sr., was a Reverend at St. John's Parish in Cleveland, Ohio, a position that Bishop Burton later acquired. Burton had two sisters, Mrs. A.B. Leslie and Mrs. E.J. Backus, who were active members of the Women's Auxiliary Diocese of Ohio.
The Burton family scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and church programs that chronicle the lives of the Burton family members, including Lewis Burton, Sr. and his children, Lewis William Burton, Mrs. A.B. Leslie, and Mrs. E.J. Backus. Materials record events in St. John's Parish, St. Mark's Parish, the Diocese of Lexington, and the Women's Auxiliary Diocese of Ohio. Notable events include the death of Lewis Burton, Sr. in 1894 and the appointment of Lewis William Burton as Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington in 1896.
The Lewis Burton, Sr. scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and other printed materials about the life and career of Reverend Lewis Burton, Sr.
The Women scrapbooks included materials about the lives of Mrs. A.B. Leslie and Mrs. E.J. Backus (sisters of Bishop Lewis William Burton), as well as Emily P. Berry, and their work in various church organizations.
The Lewis William Burton scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and other printed materials about the life and career of Burton at St. John's Parish and as Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington.