Gay Robinson Photographic Collection,
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Gay Robinson Photographic Collection,
- Date
- 1860-1930 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Robinson, Gay
- Extent
- .20 cu. ft. (1 box): 54 items
- Subjects
- Confederate States of America-Armed Forces-Pictorial works
- United States-History-Civil War-1861-1865
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Gay Robinson is a living donor and no biographical information will be made public due to privacy concerns.
- Scope and Content
- The Gay Robinson Photographic Collection, 1860-1930 consists of fifty-four photographic items donated to the University of Kentucky by Gay Robinson, from 1988 through 2004. Many items concern her ancestors and depict members of the Swope, King, Young, and Miller families of Central Kentucky.
Contents of the Collection
Album
Lieutenant General James Longstreet (1821-1904), C.S.A.,, [n.d.]
General Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) C.S.A.,, [n.d.]
Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833-1864), C.S.A.,, [n.d.]
General Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891) C.S.A.,, [n.d.]
Lieutenant General Wade Hampton (1818-1902) C.S.A.; Governor of South Carolina (1876-1879) and U.S. Senator (1878-1891),, [n.d.]
Major General Richard Ewell (1817-1872) C.S.A.,, [n.d.]
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889); President of Confederate States of America,, [n.d.]
Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863) C.S.A.,, [n.d.]
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893) C.S.A.,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man in Confederate uniform,, [n.d.]
Unidentified infant,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man,, [n.d.]
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man,, [n.d.]
"Rev. Shipman / Rector of Christ Church / Lexington, KY", handwritten on back in ink,, [n.d.]
Reverend Shipman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man,, [n.d.]
Unidentified boy,, 1868
Unidentified girl,, [n.d.]
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Loose Items
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man and woman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified child,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man,, [n.d.]
Unidentified man,, [n.d.]
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Unidentified woman,, [n.d.]
Two unidentified children,, [n.d.]
Unidentified infant,, [n.d.]
Unidentified infant,, [n.d.]
Unidentified infant,, [n.d.]
Unidentified infant,, [n.d.]
Unidentified infant,, [n.d.]
Unidentified infant,, [n.d.]
Unidentified infant,, [n.d.]
Unidentified infant,, [n.d.]
Unidentified infant,, [n.d.]
Unidentified infant,, [n.d.]
Children around a May Pole, handwritten on front in ink "Gay Loughridge", on back: "May Day at Hamilton College / Lexington KY / May Pole Dance",, [n.d.]
Unidentified man and woman,, [n.d.]
Colonel A. M. Swope (?-1889), C.S.A.,, [n.d.]
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Requests
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