Hugh Grundy family papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Hugh Grundy family papers
- Date
- 1835-2012, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 2.7 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Business records -- Kentucky -- Washington County.
- Family farms
- Family -- History
- Farm management -- Kentucky -- Washington County -- Records and correspondence.
- Genealogical correspondence -- Kentucky.
- Historic preservation -- Kentucky.
- Plantations -- Kentucky.
- Washington County (Ky.) -- History.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- China
- Pan American Corporation
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject or format in five series: Hugh Grundy, Grundy family, Valley Hill Plantation, Newspapers, and Photographs.
- Preferred Citation
- 2022ms010 : [identification of item], Hugh Grundy family papers, 1835-2012, undated, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Hugh Lee Grundy was born in Washington County, Kentucky to Charles Lee and Lucy McMakin Grundy on January 7, 1916. He had an older sister, Mary Bowman Grundy Carrico. At age 14 Hugh Lee learned to fly. After receiving his pilot's license in Louisville, he moved to California to attend aeronautical school and began working for Pan America in the late 1930's. When Pan Am received a contract to build air routes in southern Africa, Grundy was the chief architect. During World War II, Grundy served the Army Air Corps. In 1943, he married fellow Washing County native, Elizabeth Frances Christerson. After the war, he returned to Pan Am, and began work with General Claire Chennault, as part of Civilian Air Transport in China. Upon Communist control of Shanghai in 1949, Grundy relocated to Taipei, Taiwan. While there Grundy began working for the Central Intelligence Agency. He helped run Air America, China National Aviation Corporation, and other airlines with covert missions in Communist Asia. Grundy continued this work through the Vietnam War and also worked for domestic aviation companies in Virginia, Texas, and Florida. In 1984 Hugh and his wife, Frances, returned to Washington County and lived at Valley Hill Plantation, an estate and farm owned by the Grundy family since 1792. Hugh helped manage the farm, while working on genealogy and receiving the Kentucky Historic Farm and National Historic Place Register designation for Valley Hill. Hugh Lee Grundy died in 2011 and his wife, Frances died in 2017.
- Sources:
- Newspapers.com, The Springfield Sun, June 7, 2023, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-sun/130982806/
- Newspapers.com, The Courier-Journal, October 29, 2003, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/130982881/
- Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9 - HONORING HUGH LEE GRUNDY FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." n.d. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2001-pt9/html/CRECB-2001-pt9-Pg12199.htm.
- "Elizabeth Frances 'Frankie' Christerson Grundy..." 1922. August 8, 1922. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183505154/elizabeth-frances-grundy.
- Scope and Content
- The Hugh Grundy family papers (dated 1835-2012, undated; 2.7 cubic feet; 8 boxes) comprise genealogical research, farm records, personal papers, and photographs related to descendants of George and Elizabeth Grundy, eighteenth century settlers of Washington County, Kentucky. The genealogical research includes deeds, financial receipts, pedigree charts, property maps, wills of Grundy family members throughout the nineteenth century. The farm records includes research notes and clippings gathered about Valley Hill Plantation and Grundy Home in Washington County, Kentucky for designation as a historic farm and for the Kentucky HIstorical Marker programs. Personal papers in the collection include correspondence and awards given to Hugh Grundy for his service as a World War II veteran, Central Intelligence Agency officer, and former President of Pan Am Airlines. The collection contains numerous newspaper clippings and full issues featuring Grundy family members, Valley Hill Plantation, regional events, and articles about Hugh Grundy and his wife, Elizabeth. Notably the collection contains three English language newspapers from Asia: China Post (1975 March 29), Pacific Stars and Stripes (1970 May 15), and Shanghai Evening Post (1948 November 9). Finally, the collection includes photographs of Grundy family members, horses, Valley Hill Plantation, and Washington County, Kentucky events.
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
Hugh Lee Grundy, 1932-2012, undated
Scope and Contents
The Hugh Lee Grundy series, 1932-2012, undated, comprises papers collected by Grundy throughout his life. The series includes business and personal correspondence from and to Grundy. One item of correspondence is a telegram sent to Hugh's wife, Elisabeth, on their anniversary while he was serving the United States Air Force during the Second World War. The series also includes biographies written about Hugh Lee Grundy and articles about his work as an engineer for the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan Am airlines. The series contains several awards and tributes given to Hugh Lee Grundy for his service with the Central Intelligence Agency and as a community leader in Washington County, Kentucky.
Biographies, 2001-2012, undated
Central Intelligence Agency Citation award (copies), 2001
City of Springfield, Kentucky proclamation honoring Hugh Grundy, 2001 July 3
Correspondence, 1965-1992, undated
Correspondence, 2002, 2008
Correspondence with government officials (copies), 2001-2002
Envelopes, 1988-1993, undated
Hugh Grundy and Elisabeth Christerson news report and copy of marriage certificate, 1967, undated
Message from President Bush for Independence Day event, 2001 June 29
New Horizons: The Magazine of America's Merchant Marine of the Air, featuring Pan Am Airlines, 1943 January
Pan-Am early days article, New York Times, 1985 December 30
Springfield-Washington County Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003 January 23
Telegram to wife, Elisabeth Christerson Grundy, on anniversary, 1944 March 13
Tributes from United States Congress and Kentucky Senate (copies), 2001
Washington Schooldays, paper, Springfield High School, circa 1932
Hugh Grundy portrait photograph, circa 1960
Grundy family, 1859-2012, undated
Scope and Contents
The Grundy family series, 1859-2012, undated, comprises genealogical research papers and some original legal and financial records belonging to the descendants of George and Elizabeth Grundy in Washington County, Kentucky. Legal documents include land deeds, wills, insurance claims, and court records from a family lawsuit against Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Financial records include coal shores, account books, and invoices. The series also contains genealogical notes and copies of papers and clippings about Grundy family members.
Cards, unsigned, undated
Cemetery, hand drawn map, 1989
Charles L. and Maranda Hobbs Grundy China set note, 1963 August 9
Charles L. Grundy land plot and survey (copies), 1905-1906
Charles L. Grundy will, 1896 (copies), undated
Deed papers and plat maps (copies), undated
Felix Grundy, An Oration on the Life, Character and Public Services of Hon. Felix Grundy by Hon. John M. Bright, of Fayetteville, delivered to the Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, John T.S. Fall, Book and Printer, 1859
Felix Grundy research papers, undated
Genealogical research, 1997-2012
Jim Carrico invoice, McLane Motor Company, Springfield, Kentucky, 1942 September 7
Lucy Rogers McMakin Grundy check account books, 1937-1943, 1959-1963
Lucy Rogers McMakin Grundy invoice for Mary B. Carrico gravestone, 1963 August 31
Marithelma Downs Kelly, Kentucky Heritage Commission, letters about the Grundy family, 1970-1979
Palmer Grundy Majestic Coal Company shores, 1931
Patrick H. Bowman funeral invitation, 1859 February 27
Research notes, undated
Thomas S. Grundy and Charles L. Grundy obituaries, 1896, undated
Thomas S. Grundy correspondence and tributes, 1867-1885, undated
Thomas S. Grundy legal papers, 1880-1919
Thomas S. Grundy papers (copies), undated
William Goddard and Lida (Sarah Elizabeth) Grundy mortgage and insurance records, 1916-1947
William Goddard Grundy letters, 1880-1903, undated
Wills (copies), undated
Valley Hill Plantation, 1835-2000, undated
Scope and Contents
The Valley Hill Plantation series, 1835-2000, undated, comprises research and original materials related to the farm, house, and Valley Hill region of Washington County, Kentucky. Thebulk of the materials relate to research on the property used for the National Register of Historic Places, Kentucky Historic Farm Program, and the Kentucky Historic Highway Marker Program designations. Some original documents in the series include a 1835 Farmer's Almanac, deed papers, horse pedigree certificates. Of note are court records pertaining to a dispute between the Grundy family and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company.
American Saddle Horse Breeders Association certificates, 1912-1944
Dana's Breeder Memorandum, West Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1937
Deed papers, 1919, undated
Farmer's Almanac, 1835
Fredericktown, Washington County maps (copies), undated
Great Dispersion Sale of prize winning and prize breeding Short Horns from Valley Hill Herd, Thomas S. Grundy, catalog, 1891 August 11
Grundy Presbyterian Orphans Home and School circuit court papers, 1921 (copies), undated
Grundy v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company court petition, 1888-1895, undated
History of Grundy Lands report research papers, undated
Home Sweet Homes Tour, Springfield-Washington County Woman's Club, program, 1986 October 5
Kentucky Chautauqua, Kentucky Heritage Council, program, undated
Kentucky Historic Farm Program correspondence, research papers, publications, 1969-1992, undated
Kentucky Historical Society Highway Maker Program correspondence and research papers, 1977-2008, undated
Kentucky State Fair programs and brochures, 1992
Marketing Exchange Bulletin, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, 1930 May 15
Mordecai Lincoln House, Washington County, history, 1991, undated
National Register of Historic Places correspondence, nomination, and publications, 1978-2004
The Pride of Washington, Historical Sketches of Washington County, Kentucky booklet, 2000
Touring Washington County booklet, 1991
Valley Hill Country Faire fliers and tentative schedule, circa 1990
Valley Hill Store newsletter, brochure, newspaper clippings, 1986, undated
Walker Heights estate sale flier, 1997
Washington County News from the Historical-Genealogical Society newsletters, 1995, 1998-2000
Farm Plan by Lucy Grundy for Agricultural Conservation Program, 1939
Commissioner's Sale, C.C. McChord v. Thomas S. Grundy, for sale of Palmer and Sallie Grundy land, 1896
Newspapers, 1876-2012, undated
Scope and Contents
The Newspaper series, 1876-2012, undated, comprises newspaper clippings and issues featuring Grundy family members, Valley Hill Plantation, and Washington County news. The series is arranged by subject or publication name. Notably, the series includes three newspapers from South East Asia, presumably collected by Hugh Lee Grundy while serving in the US Air Force and working in Taiwan.
Copies of news clippings, 1896-2002, undated
Hugh L. Grundy, 1993, undated
Grundy family, circa 1900-1978
Grundy house, 1973-1993, undated
Local and regional, 1986-2012, undated
Mary B. Carrico feature, The Pur-Seller, 1954 June 7
Obituaries, 1985-2008, undated
Historic Kentucky, 1973
Louisville Times Obituaries, Louisville, Kentucky, 1958 July 28
Pacific Stars and Stripes, An Authorized Unofficial Publication for the U.S. Armed Forces of the Pacific Command, 1970 May 15
Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, feature on Joe Grundy, 1959 January 25
Preservation and the Tax Reform Act of 1976, A Preservation News Supplement, Washington D.C., 1977 November
Springfield Sun, Springfield, Kentucky, 1969-1979
Various clippings, 1985-2008
China Post, Taipei City, Taiwan, 1975 March 29
Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 1986-1994
Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 1949 August 11
Daily Capital, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1886 May 7
Lebanon Times and Kentuckian Lebanon, Kentucky, 1876 March 8
Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, 1992, 1996
News-Leader, Illustrated Historical Industrial Supplement, written by Sam Carpenter Elliott, circa 1886
News-Leader, Washington County, clippings, 1903, undated
Shanghai Evening Post, Shanghai, China, 1948 November 4, 1948 November 9
Springfield Sun, Springfield, Kentucky (incomplete), 1959-2009
News-Leader, Washington County, clippings, 1903, undated
Photographs, 1896-1992, undated
Scope and Contents
The Photographs series, 1896-1992, undated, comprised photo prints of Grundy family members, Valley Hill Plantation farm and house, horses, and events in Washington County, Kentucky. The majority of the family member photos are portraits taken near the turn of the twentieth century. Valley Plantation images show harvesting machines in the fields and exterior views of the main house and a log cabin. Event pictures include a beard contest and a re-enactment of Abraham Lincoln's parents, Hank and Nancy Lincoln's wedding.
Slides: Air Force Museum and Great Wall, China, 1997
Group at cemetery, 1990
Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln wedding reenactment, Lincoln Homestead Park, 1992
Snow covered cemetery, 1986
Farm equipment and landscapes, 1990-1991
Lawn chairs near barn, 1990
Tractor in a field, 1990
Leafless tree, 1990
Two men next to dock, 1990
Jeep next to dock, 1991
Farm vehicles, 1991
Man and tractor, 1991
Man picking corn next to tractor, 1991
Tractor in a field, 1991
Two tractors pulling harvest, 1991
Farm landscape, 1991
Farm landscape, undated
Woman in grass field, undated
Snow covered cemetery, undated
Unidentified boy, Springfield Kentucky, undated
Unidentified man and woman, Lebanon, Kentucky, undated
Unidentified man, Lebanon, Kentucky, undated
Hugh Grundy, undated
Beard Contest, 1992
Dam of Himyar, oil painting, Lexington, Ky, undated
Himyar, horse painting by Harry Lyman, 1888, Lexington, Kentucky, undated
Unidentified horse and groom, Lexington, Kentucky, undated
Sire of King Ban and unidentified groom, undated
King Ban and Groom, Lewis Todd, 1882, illustration, Lexington, Kentucky, undated
Log cabin by road, undated
Farm equipment, 1990
Grass and trees by driveway, undated
Hammock in a grass field, undated
Silo and farm equipment, undated
Sunset on farm, 1990
Portrait of a woman, tintype, undated
Portrait of a four boys, tintype, undated
Betsy G. Young, Kansas City, undated
Frances A. Young, Kansas City, undated
Group in parlour room, undated
Grundy House (Valley Hill), undated
Horse with groom, undated
Hugh and Elizabeth Grundy with Kentucky Historic Farm award, and black kitten, undated
Late Sheraton Sideboard, called the Hon. Felix Grundy Sideboard, photo by Department of Public Information, Frankfort, 1973
Margaret McChord Boyle, "Babe", daughter of Nell Grundy McChord, undated
People in front of Grundy Plantation House, undated
Rolf, Paul's Valley, Indian Territory, 1896 July 12
School group photo, undated
Unidentified man, Louisville, undated
Unidentified woman, inscribed "Yours for a 'Scare Crow' -M.M.M.", Shelbyville, Kentucky, undated
Unidentified women, undated
Valley Hill Farm panoramic view, 1984
Valley Hill Farm panoramic view, 1985
Valley Hill Farm panoramic view, 1986
Valley Hill Farm panoramic view, 1987 September
Valley Hill Farm panoramic view, 1989
Valley Hill Farm panoramic view, 1991
Valley Hill, flanking wing on main block, photo by Department of Public Information, Frankfort, 1973 June
Valley Hill, photo by Department of Public Information, Frankfort, 1973 June
Walnut Chippendale desk-bookcase c. 1790-1800, descended from Samuel Grundy, photo by Department of Public Information, Frankfort, 1973 June
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