Lexington Human Rights Commission records
Abstract
The Lexington Human Rights Commission records (dated 1965-2023, undated; 1 cubic feet; 1 box) comprise correspondence, appointment records, expense reports, resumes, and letters of resignation for the directors of the Lexington Human Rights Commission in Lexington, Kentucky.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Lexington Human Rights Commission records
- Date
- 1965-2023, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 1 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Civil rights -- Kentucky -- Lexington.
- Public policy and politics
- Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission (Lexington, Ky.)
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 2023ms037 : [identification of item], Lexington Human Rights Commission records, 1965-2023, undated, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Lexington Human Rights Commission was created in June of 1963, its predecessor organization being the Committee on Religion and Human Rights. The Commission was expanded in January of 1967 by an inter-local agreement between the City of Lexington and the Fiscal Court of Fayette County and renamed as the Lexington-Fayette Human Rights Commission. The Lexington and Fayette County governments merged into one consolidated entity in 1974, resulting in the present constitution of the Commission as the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission. The Commission is made up of fourteen commissioners, each serving a four year term, and a multitude of committees. The statutory functions of the Commission are to promote and secure mutual understanding and respect between ethnic and other types of groups; to cooperate with various government agencies, civic, and religous groups to promote inter-group harmony and eliminate discriminatory practices; and to "receive complaints, conduct investigations, hold hearings and make studies as will able the Commission to carry out the purposes of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act." The Commission has especially been involved in disputes regarding discriminatory practices in labor and housing.
- Scope and Content
- The Lexington Human Rights Commission records (dated 1965-2023, undated; 1 cubic feet; 1 box) comprise correspondence, appointment records, expense reports, resumes, and letters of resignation for the directors of the Lexington Human Rights Commission in Lexington, Kentucky. Also includes promotional material, conference reports, contracts, and newspaper clippings. The collection is organized into two series: Commission directors and Subject files. The Commission directors series makes up the bulk of the collection and documents the activities of individual commissioners throughout their time serving on the commission. With a few exceptions, the collection primarily documents the bureaucratic processes in which commissioners engaged rather than the actions and achievements of the commission. The collection includes subject files concerning the removal of Confederate statues from in front of the Old Fayette County Courthouse in 2017 as well as the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Frankfort in 2014.
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 Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Commission directors, 1965-2023, undated
Adams, Cathryn I., resignation, correspondence, 1965
Arnett, Gene, correspondence, expense reports, 1990-1997
Asbury, William, appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 1980-84
Atkins, Cathy Marie, resume, undated
Avery, Napoleon, correspondence, resume, resignation, 1976-1977
Berry, Mary Edna, committee lists, appointment records, 1996-2001
Berthiaume, Brian, appointment records, resume, 2001-2004
Bingham, William, correspondence, appointment records, resignation, 1968-1973
Bolotin, David, appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 1975-1985
Bresnahan, Edward R., court order of appointment, 1968
Brown, Emma W., appointment records, resume, resignation, 1976-1977
Brown, Walter, court order of appointment, 1970
Carey, Carol, appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 1977-1984
Carroll, John, appointment records, expense report, resignation, 1992-1999
Caulder, William F., appointment records, correspondence, 1966-1970
Crenshaw, Jesse, correspondence, contract, resignation, 1975-1983
Crossen, Phillip S., letter from Harry Wiersema Jr., 1970
Davis, Lori, appointment records, correspondence, resume, 2000-2003
Denny, Jamison, appointment records, correspondence, 1973-1975
DeWeese, Kathleen, resume, resignation, 1983-1985
Dowd, Betty, appointment records, resume, resignation, 1979-1983
Duncan, Kathleen, court order of appointment, correspondence, 1971-1973
Edwards, Carolyn, appointment records, correspondence, expense report, 1996-2003
Ehrman, Susan, appointment records, resume, resignation, 1976-1977
El-Amin, Sundiata M., appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 1982-1983
Elliot, James, court order of appointment, 1970
Engel, Paul, appointment records, expense report, 1997-2005
Fender, James, committee assignments, expense reports, 1990-2001
Foster, Berryman, appointment records, correspondence, 1975-1983
Geddes, Mrs. Frankie, appointment records, resignation, 1974-1976
Givens, Jean, correspondence, advertisement, expense report, 1994-1996
Gnatuk, Wayne A., appointment records, headshot, resignation, 2000-2002
Graham, Jane E., appointment records, correspondence, 1979-1984
Grevious, Murray (Bud), appointment record, 1986
Griffin, Lora, appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 1980-1982
Grundy Jr., Charles, committee assignments, appointment records, 1999-2000
Hamilton, Webber, appointment records, correspondence, 1978
Hatchett, Ryce, appointment records, resignation, 1996-1998
Henry, Frank C., letter from Harry Wiersema Jr., 1970
Hill, George C., court order of appointment, newspaper clippings, correspondence, 1968-1969
Huffstutter, Pam, correspondence, 1972
Hutchinson, Julian T., appointment, correspondence, resignation, 1966-1982
James III, Mose, appointment records, biographical information, resignation, 1976-1977
Jefferson, Katie, appointment records, resignation, funeral program, 1994-1998
Jefferson, Robert R., resolution, correspondence, expense reports, 1969-2023
Johnikin, Joseph, committee assignments, appointment records, 1993-2001
Johnikin Correspondence, 2000-2001
Johnson, Lori, committee assignments, appointment records, resignation, 1997-2003
Jones, Sam, appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 1978-1979
Kiger, Sylvester, court orders of appointment, correspondence, resignation, 1970-1975
Kocen, Steven, resume, correspondence, 1986
Laine, Mae, court order of appointment, correspondence, 1968-1986
Larson, Jon, appointment records, committee assignments, expense report, 1996-2000
Logan, Lealeah, appointment records, correspondence, newspaper, 1978-1985
Mabson, Benny, appointment records, correspondence, 1972-1976
Merchant, John, appointment records, correspondence, 1983-1984
Metcalf, Charles W., appointment record, 1966
Miller, Sherman Dr., correspondence, paperwork, photograph, 1966-1980, 2000
Miller, Samye, appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 1995-2005
Mitchell, Bryan, appointment records, expense report, resignation, 1994-1996
Morton, Connie, appointment records, committee assignments, 2004-2005
Papka, Pamela, appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 1983-1984
Persinger, Trime, appointment records, committee assignments, resignation, 2001-2003
Points, Lois, appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 1973-1977
Powell, Charles, appointment records, correspondence, 1978-1984
Powels, William Henry, appointment record, 1967
Price, Cleo, committee assignments, resume, resignation, 2001-2005
Johnson, Priscilla, correspondence, expense reports, press release, 1996-2000
Reed, Mary Ellen, court order of appointment, 1970
Salomon, Simone, expense report, resume, resignation, 1993-1997
Shields, Harry, appointment records, correspondence, 1978-1979
Shives, Paula, appointment records, resignation, 1994-1995
Smith, Bernice A., appointment records, correspondence, expense reports, 1969-2000
Snyder, Carolyn, appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 1977-1978
Steiner, Rev. Tom, committee assignments, correspondence, resignation, 1997-1999
Straus, Barbara, appointment records, correspondence, 1976
Straus, Carol, committee assignments, expense reports, correspondence, 1992-2000
Sudharshan, Nalini, appointment record, nomination form, 2005
Sullivan, Nathan R., correspondence, resume, 1973
Walker, Anna Brown, court order of appointment, 1971
Weil, Vivian, court order of appointment, correspondence, 1969-1970
West, Susie, appointment record, resignation, 1972-1973
Westerfield, Rebecca, appointment records, resume, resignation, 1975-1976
Wharton, William D., appointment records, resume, correspondence, 1982-1983
White, Beverly, appointment records, correspondence, resume, 1976-1978
Wiersema Jr., Harry, contract, 1970
Williams, Russ, appointment records, committee assignments, 2003-2005
Wimsatt, Robert H., appointment records, biographical information, resignation, 1976-1986
Wilson III, George W., appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 1976-1984
Withrow, John, court order of appointment, correspondence, 1973-1976
Zeitlin, Hank, appointment records, correspondence, resignation, 2002-2005
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