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State historical and patriotic organizations, as well as all avail- pupj
able material relating to Kentucky. None of the books are mu,
circulated, but the library is in constant use by those engaged f may
in historical and genealogical research. y dgu,
The Ancmvms Room, across the hall, contains a collection l T_ }
of State archives, dating from 1792, when Kentucky attained
‘ statehood, to 1915. These records, transferred from the office mm
of the Secretary of State to the custody of the Historical Society Vail
in 1926, consist of bound volumes of executive and legislative Luc;
journals and numerous docu1nents kept in file cases. Military
records, including letterbooks, pay rolls, certificates of service, wall
and other data relating to Kentucky’s part in various wars, cov- begi
ering a period of more than one hundred years, are also on file. _ east
These were transferred from the office of the Adjutant General by (
Lo the Historical Society in 1935. Valuable source material is serv
V contained in tax lists, some as early as 1787, bearing the name byol
"Tithables." These contain the names of white males over i ,HuH
twenty-one years of age, with the amount of land, number of `Coll
slaves, horses, and cattle, as reported annually from each county by t
in the State. case
\Vithin the Roroxm, opposite the entrance on the main ofP
floor, is a section of the first railway track laid in the State in corn
1831. The stone sleepers, running parallel with the rail, proved is a
unsuccessful, and were followed by the modern cross tie. There the
'is a section of water pipe constructed of wood, a portion of jul-6
F1·ankfort’s first water system laid from Cedar Cove Spring in ` 1847
1804. On the right wall is an old print of the First Ovariotomy one
Operation, performed by Dr. Ephraim McDowell in Danville, colu
Ky., 1809. In the right wing of the transverse hall are three exte
glass cases of mounted birds found in Kentucky. , in c
Perhaps the finest architectural feature of the entire build- l the
ing is the graceful Cmoutan Srnriuvnr which rises from the floor Libr
of the rotunda to the balcony above. Designed of Kentucky . Rick
River marble by Gideon Shryock, it is so constructed that the (187
secret of its structure is the keystone at the top. On the circn— man
lar walls of the stairway are engravings from the original edi- . me-
tion of Birds of America by the great ornithologist, John James ings
Audubon, and a map of Kentucky made in 1818 from actual sur-
vey by Dr. Luke Munsell. It was the first map to be officially , into
accepted by the State. _' to V
V On the walls of the rotunda balcony on the second floor are   I-mls
paintings by Kentucky artists. These include: Little Blonde   stan
Girl, an original by Frank Duveneck, a copy of Whistling Boy iv (gm).
by the same artist, Brittany Woman Knitting by Dixie Selden, ¤ picu
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