Young Historians Club/Alumni Association Archives Committee collection on Henry Clay High School
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Young Historians Club/Alumni Association Archives Committee collection on Henry Clay High School
- Date
- 1919-2021 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 35.41 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- High school students -- Kentucky
- High school teaching -- Kentucky
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms048: [identification of item], Young Historians Club/Alumni Association Archives Committee collection on Henry Clay High School, 1919-2021, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- In 1904, Morton High School, the first four-year high school for white students in Lexington, Kentucky, was opened with 192 students attending in the old Morton School building on the corner of Short Street and Walnut Street. A new building replaced that one in 1908. In 1918, that building became Morton Junior High School, the high school was renamed Lexington High School, and moved to another new building on the corner of Fourth Street and Limestone Street. In 1928, that building became Lexington Junior High School, the high school moved into a new building on East Main Street, and was renamed Henry Clay High School because of the school's proximity to Ashland, Henry Clay's home. The high school moved to its current location at 2100 Fontaine Road in 1970, by which time the city schools had been merged with the Fayette County Schools. Currently, over 2000 students are enrolled.
- Faculty member Ellen Claire Allen organized the Young Historians Club in 1969, prior to move from old to new high school in 1970. The majority of this collection was acquired by the Club or by the Alumni Association Archives Committee, with which Allen is involved.
- Source: 2009ms048: Allen, Ellen Claire. "Henry Clay High School--the History." Young Historians Club/Archives Committee collection on Henry Clay High School, 1919-2021, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Scope and Content
- The Young Historians Club/Alumni Association Archives Committee collection on Henry Clay High School (dated 1919-2021; 35.41 cubic feet and 340 Megabytes; 42 boxes, 2 slim document boxes, 29 wrapped items, 2 flat boxes, 1 paper box, and 7 digital files) comprises yearbooks, newspapers and other publications, minutes, reports, scrapbooks, clippings, and corespondence documenting the administration, curriculum, student activities, and alumni of Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Processing Info
- Items wrapped in brown paper are numbered "Bx." Items wrapped in white paper are numbered "Wx." This is a preliminary collection guide. Items are physically stored in the order they were received. Items are listed arranged by subject or format. Box numbers are not consecutive.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Open for research
Contents of the Collection
Gabbert Collection
Lexington Public Schools Items
Lexington Public Schools Superintendent's Report, 1924 November
Lexington Teachers' Club Minutes, 1917-1931, 1932-1935, 1935-1944, 1933-1940s
Lexington Education Association Constitution, 1952
Lexington Education Association Articles of Amendement, 1947-1952
LEA/LTA Miscellaneous, undated
LEA, 1957-1961
LEA, 1964-1965
LEA, CTA, FCEA, undated
Merger; a report from school survey staff, undated
Merger, 1967
NEA Regional Conference on Instruction, 1960
Miscellaneous
Administration
Business Manager, Board of Education (Ben B. Herr) Correspondence concerning Henry Clay High School, 1940-1943
Correspondence re: Kiwanis Cup controversy, undated
Curriculum, undated
Dedication (2100 Fontaine Road bldg), 1971
Discipline Committee, undated
English Department, Protest Re: no-credit system, 1932
Guest Book, Henry Clay High School, 1935-1955
Name of school changed to Henry Clay, 1927
Phyiscal Plant, undated
PTSA Newsletters, undated
Rededication of Building, 2001
School Renewal (Transformation Plan), undated
Social Studies Department Affairs, undated
World War II and Henry Clay High School, undated
Faculty and Staff
Articles about teachers: Joe Cable, Elmer "Baldy" Gilb, and Jim Smith, undated
Faculty Affairs, 1940s-1980s
Faculty Minutes, 1934-1970
Faculty Minutes (Incomplete), 1976-1984
Minutes of Student/Teacher Council, 1932-1958
School Based Decision Making Council Minutes, undated
Honors and Awards
Photos, Diplomas, and Plaques
Christmas Caravan Plaque, 1960s
Composite photos; classes of 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1960 (3), 1962, 1963, and 1964.
Courtyard Gardens, story and photos by Ruth E. Mathews, undated
Diplomas of Katherine and Laura Parrish, 1915 and 1916
Etching of Henry Clay High School building, 701 East Main Street b Sandra Columbia, undated
Henry Clay Class of 1933 Fiftieth Class Reunion Photo, 1983 June 11
Henry Clay Class of 1989 photo, undated
Photos, 1930s-1980s
Photos of Carolyn Gabbert, undated
Plaque for Henry Clay Orchestra, 1997
Photo of Iva Dagley, undated
Photo of Lexington High School football team, Coach John George Herber, 1920s
Photo of Marching Band, 1968
Photo of unknown Henry Clay organization, undated
Photo of unknown Henry Clay organization, undated
Cast photograph, Pirates of Penzance (reproduction), 1934
Plaque for the Cast of "Dawn Yankees", 1994
Plaque for Henry Clay High School Orchestra Booster Club, 1990-1991
Plaque for Henry Clay Orchestra Spirit Award, 1988-1999
Plaque for Librarian Susan Miller, undated
Plaque from Cassidy Field bleachers, undated
Sample Diplomas: blank one; Susan Weathers, undated and 1965
Student Council Plaques, 1956-1972
Programs and Events
Christmas and Thanksgiving Program Scripts, undated
Comic Opera Programs
Commencement Programs, undated
Concert Programs
Concert in Ashland, Ky, 1995 May 18
Elementary Orchestra Concert, 2002
Encore Festival featuring Henry Clay and Morton Middle School Orchestras, 2006 March 21
Festival Concert featuring Henry Clay Orchestra, 2003
Festival Concert, 2003 April 1
Festival Concert, 2004 March 23
Festival Concert, 1997 March 20
Henry Clay Holiday Concert, 1996 December 17
Henry Clay Holiday Concert, 1995 Decemer 19
Henry Clay High School Music Department Winter Concert, undated
Henry Clay High School Music Department World of Pops Concert, 1995 May 25
Henry Clay Orchestra, 2003 October 21
Henry Clay Orchestra, 1996 November 7
Henry Clay Orchestra, 1998 October 15
Henry Clay Orchestra, 2001 October 16
Henry Clay Orchestra, 2002 October 27
Henry Clay Orchestra's Dinner and Pop's Concert, 2000
Henry Clay Orchestra's Fifth Annual Dinner and Pop's Concert, 2001 May 12
Henry Clay Orchestra Holiday Concert, 2004 December 14
Henry Clay Orchestra KMEA In-Service, 2002 February 7
Henry Clay Orchestra at Lassiter Theater, 1998 October 15
Henry Clay Orchestra at Lassiter Theater, 2001 December 18
Henry Clay Orchestra, A Musical Celebration, undated
Henry Clay Orchestra Pops Concert, 2002 May 20
Henry Clay Orchestra Pops Concert, 2003 May 20
Henry Clay Orchestra Pops Concert and Dinner, 2004 May 15
Henry Clay Orchestra's Second Annual Dinner concert, 1998
Henry Clay Orchestra Winter Concert, 2000 December 11
Henry Clay Orchestra Winter Concert, 2002 December 17
Henry Clay Pops Concert, 1997 May 22
Henry Clay String Orchestra Mini-Concert, 1998
Henry Clay and Tates Creek High School Choruses and Orchestras Winter Concert, 1999 December 15
Maxwell and Squires Orchestra's Concert, 2004 January 27
Orchestra Concert featuring Henry Clay High School, 1995 April 11
Orchestra Concert featuring The Maxwell and Squires Elementary Strings, 2003
Pops Concert, 2003 May 17
Squires Elementary School Spring program, 2001 May 10
Squires Elementary School Spring program, 2002 May 9
Unidentified, 2003 December 11
Class Reunions, undated
Dedication Program (701 E. Main Street bldg.), 1928
Henry Clay 200th Birthday Celebration, 1977
Henry Clay Birthday Assembly, 1965-1967
John G. Heber Memorial book, Funeral, 1980
Miscellaneous Programs
Ballard High School String Orchestra in Concert, 1993 February 4
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras Prepretory Orchestra, 2002 December 10
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras Prepretory Orchestra, 2003 May 6
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras Prepretory Orchestra, 2004 May 4
Festival of Strings, the final concert, 2002 June 8
Class of 2004 Henry Clay High School Ninety-Ninth Annual Commencement, 2004 May 18
Henry Clay Baccalaureate Class of 1993, 1993 May 30
Henry Clay Baccalaureate Class of 1994, 1994 June 5
Henry Clay Baccalaureate Class of 1995, 1995 May 21
Henry Clay Baccalaureate Class of 1997, 1997 May 18
Henry Clay Baccalaureate Class of 1999, 1999 May 23
Henry Clay Baccalaureate Class of 2000, 2000 May 21
Henry Clay Baccalaureate Class of 2002
Henry Clay Baccalaureate Class of 2004, 2004 May 23
Henry Clay Picnic with Pops 'On Broadway', 1996 May 23
A recital at Southern Hills United Methodist Church, 2004 May 14
Senior Awards and Scholarships, 2004
The Twenty-Eighth Annual Fayette County High School Orchestra Workshop, 1995 October 12
Kentucky Music Educators Association Programs
44th Annual In-Service Professional Development Conference, 2002 February 6-9
Common Wealth String Orchestra, 1995 February 10
All-State Symphony Orchestra, 2003 February 8
District 7 High School Orchestra Festival, 1997 March 26
Festival Orchestra, 1996
Henry Clay Orchestra KMEA In-Service Conference, 2002 February 7
Kentucky All-State Orchestra, 1994 February 4
Kentucky High School All-State Orchestra, 1993 February 6
Kentucky High School All-State Orchestra, 1997 February 8
Kentucky High School All-State Orchestra, 1998 February 7
On Our Way, scripts and program, 1940
Programs, 1930s-1980s
Programs, 2000-2008
Ruth E. Mathews, programs and clippings, undated
Senior Class Pageant, 1939
Senior Play, financial statments, undated
Senior Play Programs, undated
One on One with Governor and Mrs. Bush event, two family admission tickets, 2000 Sept. 19
School Related Publications/Handouts
Clippings, 1920s-1980s
Directories, Faculty/Student, undated
Handouts, official material, 1950s-1980s
The Heritage of Henry Clay High School published by Young Historians, undated
Higher Secondary Education in Lexington article, undated
Hints on How to Study, phamplet, Lexington Public Schools, undated
Information books/phamplets, undated
Jack Issacs writings, undated
National Education Association publications, undated
Student Honors, Teacher Information Manuels, 1963-1984
Student Activities and Clubs
Athletics, undated
Class Reunion booklets, various years
Key Club Calendars, 1988, 1990-1991
National Beta Club Charter
National Honor Society Minutes, 1936-1959
National Honor Society Sign-In book, 1934-1992
Pipers of Pan records, 1950s
Plays, Latin Club materials, and misc. from Miss Mary Brown Latin teacher, 1919-1950
Senior Class Trip, 1962
Student Activities, 1920s-1980s
Student Council, undated
Student Council Constitutions, undated
Student Council Business, 1960s
Student Councils, Kentucky Association of, Convention, 1963
Student Councils, National Association of, convention, 1964-1965
Young Historians Activities, undated
Young Historians Activities "Harvest", Information Sheets, 1970
Young Historians: notes in preparation of 1971 School History, undated
Student and Alumni
News Clippings and historical information
1920s-2002
2002-2008
Herald Leader, 2011 November 28
Herald-Leader, 2017
List of principals and associate principals plus other historical information, 2018
Blue Grass Trust plaque application, 2016
2018
Newspapers and Other Publications
Hi-Times (Henry Clay and Lexington High Schools)
The Flashlight, published by Morton Junior High School
Scrapbooks and Guest Registers
1981 Kentucky State Champions
Anchor Club, undated
Class scrapbooks, 1938-1940
Open House for New Building 2100 Fontaine Road, 1970 October 11
Henry Clay Football, 1980-81
Henry Clay Football (Fasig Tipton), 1982
Key Club, undated
Key Club scrapbook (1969-1970) and materials from the Key Club International Convention (1975), 1969-1975
Letha Troxel, early 1930s
Mathews scrapbook, 1942-1945
Mathews scrapbook, 1946-1950
Mathews scrapbook, 1951-1964
Newspaper Clippings concerning Henry Clay High School students collected by Librarian Mary Owsley, 1956-1966
Senior Play scrapbook complied by Ruth E. Mathews, 1935-1941
School scrapbook compiled by Henry Clay Youn historians, 1928-1970
Student Council, 1963-1964
Student Council, 1965-1966
Student Council, 1967-1968
Student Council, 1971-1972
Student Council, 1974
Student Council Convention, 1950
Unidentified Scrapbook, undated
Young Historians, 1967-1980
Student Council Items
Tapes, Videos, and Cassettes
All County Orchestra and Tates Creek Sting Orchestra, 1971 October 28
All State Chrous, undated
All-State Orchestra & Chorus (reel to reel)
Baccalaureate Sermon (reel to reel), 1963
Blue Devils folder, undated
Morton Junior High's Boys Chorus and Henry Clay High School Band, 1960 December 19-20
Bumper Sticker, undated
Carnegie Hall, 1958 April 13
Christmas Music (reel to reel), 1963
Commencement, Honors Day , Band (reel to reel), undated
Copies of Murmurings, undated
Dedication of new building (video), 1971
Dr. Paul Street on Russia and David Holwerk's campaign speech (reel to reel), 1964
Dunbar High, Henry Clay Orchestra, Morton Junior High, and Lexington Junior High, undated
Dunbar High School Chorus, Henry Clay String Orchestra, Lexington Junior High and Morton Junior High, undated
El Espanol al Dia (reel 7B), undated
Football Memento, undated
First half of Henry Clay concert, 1971 April 6
Henry Clay, 1967 March 16
Henry Clay Band, 1971 February 7
Henry Clay Band, 1967 May 4
Henry Clay Band, Morton's Boys Chorus and Dunbar's Chorus, undated
Henry Clay Band Concert, 1958
Henry Clay Choristers, 1966 December 25
Henry Clay Choristers, May 15
Henry Clay December Concert, 1966
Henry Clay High School, 1967 March 16
Henry Clay High School, 1967 March 16
Henry Clay High School, 1962 December 6
Henry Clay High Christmas, 1956-1957
Henry Clay High, Lexington Junior High, and Morton Junior High Schools, 1957 December 12
Henry Clay High School, Prelude to Act Three, December 4
Henry Clay High String Orchestra, Lafayette String Orchestra and Byran Station Orchestra, 1971 October 28
Henry Clay Southern Association (videocassette), 1984 March
Henry Clay Orchestra, undated
Henry Clay's Summer Music program, 1968
Jacksonville Florida Youth Orchestra and University of Texas viola ensemble, undated
Large pin with photos of basketball team, 1970s
Lexington City Schools, 1966-1967
Lexington City Schools, 1967 April 30
Lexington City Schools and Evaluation, 1966-1967 and 1967 June
Lexington Junior High School's band, undated
Lexington Singers, 1974 December
Unknown Lousiville recording, undated
Morton Junior High Band Spring concert, 1967 May 16
Morton Junior High Christmas, 1967
Morton Junior High Christmas and String Concert, 1957-1958
Morton Junior Concert, 1966 May 17
Morton Junior Orchestra, 1964 May 20
National High School Orchestra pin, undated
Orchestra: Pomp & Circumstance (reel to reel), undated
Part II, Henry Clay, undated
Russell School, May 30
Second Half of Henry Clay Orchestra, 1971 April 16
Speech/Dr. Brown/Mathematics (reel to reel), undated
State Principals' Meeting (reel to reel)
Student Council Convention (reel to reel), 1965
Taped interview with Alcie Reister (Cassette), 1982
Unknown Junior High Band, undated
Unidentified, undated
Unidentified, undated
Unidentified, undated
Unidentified Henry Clay Band, 1971 April 28 and May 1
Vocal Music Theory, 1967 November 6 and 1967 December 4
YHA interview of C.T. Lassiter (reel to reel), 1978
YHA Interview with Harriet Haskins (reel to reel), 1978
YHA unidentfied interview (reel to reel), undated
Young Historians H.C. Harvest Interviews (reel to reel), 1970
Youth Orchestra and Funding Rasing Project, 1955 June 17
Yearbooks
The Mortonian MCMVII Vol. 1, 1907
Statesman, 1962-2018
1905-1919
Sapphire and Gold, Mortonian, and Hi-Times, undated
Cirque du so Clay, 2014
Photographs
1935 class; languages teacher Iva Dagley; building exterior; fight song, 1935, undated
Accession 2014ms0241, 1945-2014
- Box 2014ms0241-01
- Box 2014ms0241-02
Scope and Contents
Comprises primarily newspaper clippings, 2011-2014. Also includes a few clippings, 1947-1978; school directories, 1946-1950; two trophies (Kentucky high school basketball tournament champions, 1919 and 1922); blue felt tip pen, "1983 state basketball champions;" yellow t-shirt square with Henry Clay Blue Devils logo and name; program for "The King and I," 1995; handwritten "criteria for a good teacher," written on back of a mimeographed note to Senior Home Rooms; and correspondence about the Henry Clay Archives. (1.7 cubic feet: 1 slim document box; 1 paper box)
Accession 2016ms034, 1950s-2013
- Box 2016ms034-01
- Box 2016ms034-02
Scope and Contents
Comprises correspondence and memorabilia regarding the Henry Clay High School centennial, 2004-2005; notes by Ken Alexander on the Henry Clay High School class of 1922, along with correspondence between Alexander and Ellen Allen, 2006-2013; the 2014 Henry Clay High School yearbook, "Cirque du so Clay;" a 1950 graduate announcement card; and a dark blue stadium seat cushion printed with "HCHS" in gold letters and images of the school's mascot, the blue devils. (1 slim document box and 1 wrapped item)
Accession 2022ms011, 1964-2021
- Box 2022ms011-01
- Box 2022ms011-02
Scope and Contents
Comprises materials gathered by Ellen Allen, including a Henry Clay Key Club scrapbook (1969-1970); Bill Ambrose photographs, attendance badge, and conference program from attendance at the 1975 Key Club International Convention in New Orleans, La. (1975 June 29-July 2); Statesman yearbooks, 2019, 2020, 2021; "Murmurings" literary magazine (spring 1979, spring 1984); alumni information for Clay Lancaster, Dennis Perkinson ('64), and Ruth M. Matthews (dated 1964-1986); information about teacher Iva Dagley; and a historical sketch of the high school written by Ellen Claire Allen.
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- Gabbert Collection
- Lexington Public Schools Items
- Miscellaneous
- News Clippings and historical information
- Newspapers and Other Publications
- Scrapbooks and Guest Registers
- Student Council Items
- Tapes, Videos, and Cassettes
- Yearbooks
- Photographs
- Accession 2014ms0241, 1945-2014
- Accession 2016ms034, 1950s-2013
- Accession 2022ms011, 1964-2021
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