Sesquicentennial Celebration records, 1925
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Sesquicentennial Celebration records, 1925
- Creator
- Sesquicentennial Celebration (1925: Lexington, Ky.)
- Extent
- .4 cubic ft. (ca. 250 pieces)
- Subjects
- Maxwell, John--Monuments.
- Sesquicentennial Celebration (1925: Lexington, Ky.)
- Pageants--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Processions--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Lexington (Ky.)--History.
- Lexington (Ky.)--Anniversaries, etc.
- Account books.
- Blueprints.
- Telegrams
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Lexington, Kentucky was founded in 1775. Samuel M. Wilson, a Lexington politician and historian, gathered materials relating to the 150th anniversary celebration in 1925.
- Scope and Content
- This is a collection of papers relating to the sesquicentennial celebration of Lexington, Ky. It includes many materials relating to the staging of a commemorative pageant, including a typescript of the program, plans for a municipal parade, and other papers relating to the celebration. These include correspondence, an account book, telegrams, drafts of speeches, some photographs, and newspaper clippings. A related piece is 56M27, a blueprint design for a commemorative tablet which was to be erected in memory of John Maxwell, an early Lexingtonian.
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