xt7sj38kdt6h https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7sj38kdt6h/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7sj38kdt6h/data/51m12.dao.xml unknown 1804-1935, undated collections 51m12 English 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. John Winston Coleman, Jr. Stagecoach Days in the Bluegrass papers Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Kentucky. Coach drivers -- Kentucky. Coaching -- Kentucky. Historians. Kentucky -- History. Proofs (Printing) Roads -- Design and construction -- Kentucky -- 19th Century. Taverns (Inns) -- Kentucky. Kentucky Authors Collection John Winston Coleman, Jr. Stagecoach Days in the Bluegrass papers text 0.45 Cubic Feet 1 box John Winston Coleman, Jr. Stagecoach Days in the Bluegrass papers 1804 1804-1935, undated 2022 true xt7sj38kdt6h collection false 51m12 Coleman, Jr., John Winston papers Guide to the John Winston Coleman, Jr. Stagecoach Days in the Bluegrass papers, 1804-1935, undated  51m12 Logan McGuire University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 2021 December 6 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  2022-06-09 15:21:22 -0400 . Description is written in:  English, Latin script . Describing Archives: A Content Standard 
   
     
       University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 
     
     John Winston Coleman, Jr.  Stagecoach Days in the Bluegrass  papers 
     51m12 
     
       0.45 Cubic Feet 
       1 box 
     
     1804-1935, undated 
     The John Winston Coleman, Jr.  Stagecoach days in the Bluegrass  papers (dated 1804-1935, undated; 0.45 cubic feet; 1 box) contain J. Winston Coleman's papers related to his book,  Stagecoach days in the Bluegrass , published in 1935. 
     
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     Conditions Governing Access 
 Collection is open to researchers by appointment.    
   
     Arrangement 
 Collection is organized alphabetically by subject.    
   
     Biographical note 
 John Winston Coleman, Jr. was a native of Lexington, Kentucky. He received degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Kentucky and was president of the general contracting firm of Coleman & Davis, Inc. In the 1930s his interest turned toward Kentucky history. His first book,  Masonry in the Bluegrass , was published in 1933. In 1936 Coleman retired to Winburn, his Lexington farm, in order to devote time to historic research and writing. He wrote more than a dozen books and pamphlets, including  Stagecoach days in the Bluegrass (1935),  Slavery times in Kentucky (1940),  A bibliography of Kentucky history (1940),  Lexington during the Civil War (1968), and  Historic Kentucky (1967).    
   
     Immediate Source of Acquisition 
 Coleman, J. Winston, Lexington, Ky. Gift, 1951 and 1964.    
   
     Preferred Citation 
 51m12: [Identification of item], John Winston Coleman, Jr.  Stagecoach Days in the Bluegrass  papers, 1804-1935, undated, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Scope and Contents 
 The John Winston Coleman, Jr.  Stagecoach days in the Bluegrass  papers (dated 1804-1935, undated; 0.45 cubic feet; 1 box) contain J. Winston Coleman's papers related to his book,  Stagecoach days in the Bluegrass , published in 1935. Included is correspondence, a typed draft of the text, the first proof, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence from 1934 to 1935 consists of reminiscences by Fred K. Irvine (d. 1935), the editor of  American Stone Trade . Irvine's father, a stagecoach driver, first came to Lexington, Kentucky in 1836. Irvine provides accounts of stage drivers in Kentucky, the fine carriage given to Henry Clay by the citizens of Trenton, New Jersey in 1833, road improvements and stagecoach inns and taverns. Original documents dating from 1804 to 1861 include certificates, lists of tavern keepers in Lexington and Fayette County (1830s), correspondence to Col. S. R. Mc Nair, a stagecoach proprietor in Louisville, business records and receipts, legal documents, bills and a printed copy of specifications for early turnpikes in Kentucky (1839).    
   
     Conditions Governing Use 
 The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Kentucky. 
     Coach drivers -- Kentucky. 
     Coaching -- Kentucky. 
     Historians. 
     Kentucky -- History. 
     Proofs (Printing) 
     Roads -- Design and construction -- Kentucky -- 19th Century. 
     Taverns (Inns) -- Kentucky. 
     Kentucky Authors Collection 
   
   Correspondence (78) 1804-1861 1 1 "Forest Retreat" photograph undated 1 2 Irvine, Fred. K correspondence 1934-1935 1 3 Modern ads and menus featuring stage coaches (8) undated 1 4 Stagecoach days in the Bluegrass  first proof undated 1 5-6 Stagecoach days in the Bluegrass  manuscript 1933-1935 1 7 Stagecoach days in the Bluegrass  pages from proofs undated 1 8 Stagecoach days in the Bluegrass  photographs and broadsides (37) undated 1 9