Bullock-Pettit family papers

Descriptive Summary

Title
Bullock-Pettit family papers
Date
1885-1968 (inclusive)
Extent
5.85 Cubic Feet
Subjects
Snuff boxes and bottles.
Blueprints.
Business records -- Kentucky -- Lexington
Schools -- Kentucky.
Articles
Hindman (Ky.)
Medicine -- Practice -- Kentucky.
Medical literature -- 20th century.
Pine Mountain (Ky.)
Gardening -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- History.
Lexington (Ky.)
Education, Rural -- Kentucky.
Appalachian Region, Southern.
Bodley-Bullock House (Lexington, Ky.)
Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital (Danville, Ky.)
Bert T. Combs Appalachian Collection
Arrangement
Organized into sections, one under each of three individuals; Waller Overton Bullock, Minnie Pettit Bullock, and Katherine Rebecca Pettit. Also, a section of audio-visuals. Arranged thereunder into broad categories.
Finding Aid Author
Processed by: Archives Staff ; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig and Deana Thomas
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bullock-Pettit family papers, 1885-1968, 87m26, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Biography / History
Dr. Waller O. Bullock, born in Frankfort, Ky. November 28, 1875, attended Transylvania University (Lexington, Ky.) and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1896. After graduation he interned at Philadelphia's Polyclinic Hospital and in 1899 located in Lexington where he practiced medicine until 1946. During World War I he served as a major in the Army medical corps and later helped found the Lexington Clinic with Dr. David Barrow and his son Dr. Woolfolk Barrow.
Minnie Barbee Pettit was born in 1877 and grew up on a farm outside Lexington. She was married to Dr. Waller Bullock in 1907. In 1912 the Bullocks purchased the house on Market Street where they lived for the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Bullock's interests included gardening, sewing, birdwatching, and collecting snuff bottles. Katherine Rebecca Pettit, born in 1869, was Minnie Pettit Bullock's sister. Kate Pettit, along with May Stone of Louisville, Ky., played a significant role in bringing education to Appalachia when they established the Hindman Settlement School in Knott County and the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County. Among her many interests were collecting coverlets and folk tales and ballads of the region.
Scope and Content
The Bullock-Pettit collection includes the personal papers of Dr. Waller O. Bullock, his wife, Minnie Pettit Bullock, and her sister Katherine Rebecca Pettit. The group of papers from Dr. Bullock's materials include medical articles written by Dr. Bullock, that were reprinted from medical journals, financial documents, newspaper clippings and memorabilia. Separately packaged folios contain blueprints of several retail stores in Lexington as well as the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.
The majority of the papers associated with Minnie Pettit Bullock are of a financial nature, mostly canceled checks and bank statements. Also present are personal memorabilia such as notes on snuff bottles and gardening. In addition there are materials on the John Bradford Historical Society, of which Mrs. Bullock was a charter member, and are organized into three folders. Most of Katherine Rebecca Pettit's materials are related to the settlement schools at Hindman and Pine Mountain (Ky.) and to Appalachia in general. Included are articles written by Ms. Pettit and others, notes, reports and correspondence.
The Audio-visual section includes glass slides used for medical lectures, lantern slides, photographs of the renovation of the Ephraim McDowell House, Danville, Ky. and various other photographs.

Restrictions on Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.

Contents of the Collection

Waller Overton Bullock

Articles Written by Dr. Bullock

A Case of Intestinal Obstruction Due to Impaction with Lubricoids; Operation; Death, 1903 January 31

  • Box 1, folder 1
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Reprinted From American Medicine, Volume V, No. 5, p. 170.

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The Matas Treatment of Aneurysms, with report of a case, 1903 August 29

  • Box 1, folder 2
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Reprinted from American Medicine, Volume VI, No. 9 pp. 364-366.

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A Case of Bilateral Tic Douloureux treated by Removal of the Right Gasserion Ganglion and Excision of the Left Inferior Dental Nerve, 1905 February 25

  • Box 1, folder 3
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Reprinted fom the Lancet-Clinic.

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Intrasaccular Suture of Aneurisms, 1906 September 29

  • Box 1, folder 4
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Reprinted from The Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume xlvii, pp. 1017-1019.

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Oration in Surgery; Drainage, 1906 November

  • Box 1, folder 5
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Reprinted from the Kentucky Medical Journal.

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Carbuncle of the Upper Lip with Special Reference to the Prevention of Caverous Sinus Thrombosis, 1912 February

  • Box 1, folder 6
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Reprinted from Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics.

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Speech typescript: "Aphasia", 1920 March 9

  • Box 1, folder 7
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Presented to the Fayette Medical Society.

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Cancer of the Breast: A New Incision with a Review of the Technique, 1934 May

  • Box 1, folder 8
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Reprinted from the American Journal of Surgery, New Series Volume xxiv, No. 2, pp. 396-416.

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The Ultimate Phase of Life as it Relates to Wounds of the Heart, 1936 May

  • Box 1, folder 9
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Reprinted from Annals of Surgery, Volume 103, No.5, pp. 696-697.

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"The Ephraim McDowall House"

  • Box 1, folder 10
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The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 50, No. 173.

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Articles Owned by Dr. Bullock

Publications by Dr. Rudolpd Matas: The Gall Bladder and Biliary Tract An Available Therapeutic Route to the Upper Bowel, 1911 October

  • Box 1, folder 11
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Reprinted from New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 64, No.4, 19p.

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The Surgical Treatment of Elephantiasis and Elephantoid States Dependent Upon Chronic Obstruction of the Lymphatic and Venous Channels, 1913 July

  • Box 1, folder 11
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Reprinted from the American Journal of Tropical Diseases and Preventative Medicine, Vol. I, No. 1, pp. 60-85.

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Financial Documents

Scope and Contents

Checks and/or check stubs are listed for the following bank accounts: Account #1: First National Bank and Trust Co. Account #2: First National Bank and Trust Co. Account #3: Union Bank and Trust Co.

In 1929, he First and Third National Bank and Trust Company merged with the Phoenix and Third National Bank Company to form he First National Bank and Trust Company. Dr. Bullock continued to use old Phoenix checks until the next year. Account #2 appears to be a separate account for constructions of a building, probably the Montgomery Ward building (see blueprints, Folio 6). Account #3 is a joint account with Mrs. Bullock.

Folders 16-28 contain bank statements for the previous accounts and an additional account: Account #4: Second National Bank

Folders 17-27 contain cancelled checks for Dr. William Thompson Briggs, written on the First National Bank and Trust Company. Dr. Briggs was on the staff of the Lexington Clinic and was the son-in-law of Dr. Bullock's good friend, Dr. David Barrow. Dr. Birggs was the father of Mary (Mrs. Williams) Floyd.

Account #1

no. 22-71, 1929 January-March

  • Box 1, folder 12
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no. 253-372, 1929 December-1930 May

  • Box 1, folder 13
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no. 373-490, 1930 May-September

  • Box 1, folder 14
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no. 500-625, 1930 October-1931 February

  • Box 1, folder 15
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no. 626-680, 1931 February-March

  • Box 1, folder 16
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no. 681-829, 1931 March-September

  • Box 1, folder 17
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no. 830-902, 1931 September-December

  • Box 1, folder 18
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no. 903-953, 1931 December-1932 February

  • Box 1, folder 19
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no. 954-1000, 1932 March-April

  • Box 1, folder 20
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no. 1-52, 1932 April-June

  • Box 1, folder 21
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no. 52-104, 1932 June-September

  • Box 1, folder 22
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no. 105-155, 1932 September-December

  • Box 1, folder 23
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no. 156-293, 1932 December-August 1933

  • Box 1, folder 24
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no. 294-397, 1933 August-December

  • Box 1, folder 25
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no. 1-153, 1938 May-December

  • Box 2, folder 1
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no. 154-300, 1938 December-1939 July

  • Box 2, folder 2
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no. 301-453, 1939 August-1940 March

  • Box 2, folder 3
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no. 454-600, 1940 March-October

  • Box 2, folder 4
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no. 601-750, 1940 November-1941 August

  • Box 2, folder 5
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no. 751-900, 1941 August-1942 April

  • Box 2, folder 6
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no. 901-1005, 1942 April-September

  • Box 2, folder 7
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no. 1505-1651, 1945 April-1946 February

  • Box 2, folder 8
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no. 1652-1792, 1946 February-December

  • Box 2, folder 9
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no. 1793-1852, 1946 December-1947 March

  • Box 2, folder 10
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no. 1853-1899, 1947 March-July

  • Box 2, folder 11
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no. 1900-1951, 1947 July-October

  • Box 2, folder 12
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no. 1952-1999, 1947 October-1948 January

  • Box 2, folder 13
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no. 2000-2060, 1948 January-May

  • Box 2, folder 14
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no. 2061-2114, 1948 May-September

  • Box 2, folder 15
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no. 2115-2188, 1948 September-1949 February

  • Box 2, folder 16
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no. 2189-2255, 1949 February-June

  • Box 3, folder 1
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no. 2256-2312, 1949 June-August

  • Box 3, folder 2
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no. 2312-2399, 1949 August-December

  • Box 3, folder 3
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Unnumbered Checks, 1929-1949

  • Box 3, folder 4-11
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Bank Loan Notes, 1929-1930

  • Box 3, folder 12-13
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Bank Statements, 1929-1949

  • Box 3, folder 16-23
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Account # 2

no. 1- 62, 1929 March-1930 August

  • Box 3, folder 14
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Bank Statements, 1929-1931

  • Box 3, folder 24-26
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Account #3

Unnumber Checks, 1948

  • Box 3, folder 15
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Bank Statments, 1948

  • Box 3, folder 27
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Account #4: Bank Statements, 1933

  • Box 3, folder 28
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Household Receipts

For Miss Bullock, 1922

  • Box 4, folder 1
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Perhaps for Mary or Laetitia Bullock, daughters of Rev. Joe J. Bullock and Caroline Breckinridge Bullock.

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1929-1952

  • Box 4, folder 2-15
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undated

  • Box 4, folder 16
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Cancelled Checks for Dr. William Thompson Briggs

no. 755-838, 1932 July-October

  • Box 4, folder 17
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no. 839-992, 1932 October-1933 March

  • Box 4, folder 18
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no. 1-18, 1933 March

  • Box 4, folder 19
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no. 208-346, 1933 October-1934 February

  • Box 4, folder 20
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no. 347-399, 1934 February-March

  • Box 4, folder 21
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no. 400-482, 1934 March-June

  • Box 4, folder 22
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no. 483-537, 1934 June-August

  • Box 4, folder 23
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no. 538-594, 1934 August-September

  • Box 4, folder 24
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no. 595-676, 1934 September-December

  • Box 4, folder 25
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unnumbered checks, 1933-1934

  • Box 4, folder 26-27
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Blank Checks for Dr. William Briggs, 1932-1934

  • Box 5, folder 1-3
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Personal Memorabilia

Newspaper clipping- "Lexington Cheered, The Boys Broke Ranks When Barrow Unit Returned in '19", 1957

  • Box 5, folder 4
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Dr. Bullock served in the medical unit during World War I.

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Obituaries (his death occurred 1953 January 23), undated

  • Box 5, folder 5
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Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, member certificate, 1915 October 29

  • Box 5, folder 6
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Bookplate- Waller O. Bullock, undated

  • Box 5, folder 7
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Antiques inventory of Mrs. Sallie Bullock (Dr. Bullock's mother), undated

  • Box 5, folder 8
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Promotional brochure advertising Sally Bullock Cave as a dramatic reader and lecturer, undated

  • Box 5, folder 9
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Sally was Dr. Bullock's sister and she later worked in the Lexington Public Library.

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Obituary- William Delbert Funkhouser, 1948 December 24

  • Box 5, folder 10
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Reprinted from Science, Vol. 108, no. 2817. p. 726.

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Correspondence

Postcard to Samuel A. Bullock from his brother, 1900 May 6

  • Box 5, folder 11
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Samuel was Waller's brother, but this could be from another sibling. Other brothers were Dr. Fred in New York; Joe in Lexington, a police judge; and Barry, associate editor of The Courier-Journal in Louisville.

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Letter to Dr. Bullock from Ennion G. Williams, 1920 July 21

  • Box 5, folder 11
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Letter to Dr. Bullock from W.D. Funkhouser, undated

  • Box 5, folder 11
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Italy Trip

Scope and Contents

In 1948, Dr. and Mrs. Bullock traveled to Italy along with a neighbor, Mrs. Anderson Gratz. Folders 12-18 pertain to this trip.

Correspondence with Travel Agency, Thomas Cook and Son of New York

  • Box 5, folder 12
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General Travel Information

Information for Prospective Travelers to Europe in Connection with Cook's Escorted or Independent Tours, undated

  • Box 5, folder 13
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Essential Requirements when Making Application for United States Passport, undated

  • Box 5, folder 13
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Visa Information, undated

  • Box 5, folder 13
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Letters for Certifying Smallpox Vaccinations, undated

  • Box 5, folder 13
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Visa and Passport Applications, undated

  • Box 5, folder 13
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Travel Itinerary and Map of Route in Italy, undated

  • Box 5, folder 14
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Boarding Procedures and Receipts for the ship's passage from New york to Italy and return, undated

  • Box 5, folder 15
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Meal and Hotel Receipts, undated

  • Box 5, folder 16
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Purchase Reciepts, undated

  • Box 5, folder 17
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Business Cards, Brochures, and Postcards, undated

  • Box 5, folder 18
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Train Schedule- Canadian National Railways, 1944 June 25

  • Box 5, folder 19
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Sketch of Sewer System of Bullock House, 200 Market Street, Lexington, Ky; McElhone and Maloney, Plumbers, undated

  • Box 5, folder 20
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Folios

Scope and Contents

Folios are large oversize material, and are stored outside the boxes. The folios in this collecion are numbered in consecutive order.

Hitler Caricature by Grover Page, 1939 March 10

  • Box 14, folder 1
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The America Legion Certificate of Merit, undated

  • Box 14, folder 2
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Overton Family Tree- orignally owned by Mrs. Swope (Nancy) Loughride, undated

  • Folder 7
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Blueprints

Lexington Out-Fall Sewers Through Louisville and Nashville Yards, 1916 March

  • Folder 1
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A Garden Wall- Architect- Robert W. McMeekin, 1936 April 13

  • Folder 2
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Montgomery Ward Company (11p.), 1928 December 12

  • Box 13, folder 3
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Plot Plan of the Property Occupied by Montgomery Ward and Company (1p.), 1934 July 10

  • Folder 3
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Plot Plan of the block (1p., 2 copies), 1929 March

  • Folder 3
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Specifications of the Retail Store Building (50p.), 1929 April 3

  • Box 13, folder 4
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Specifications of the Mechanical Equipment of Retail Store Building (1 copy- 10p.; 1 copy- 13p.), 1929 April 3

  • Box 13, folder 4
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Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children (11p.), 1925 September

  • Folder 4
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Minnie Pettit Bullock

Financial Documents

Scope and Contents

The following folders contain Mrs. Bullock's canceled checks and/or check stubs, written on Security and Trust Company. Checks are arranged in numerical order; however Mrs. Bullock did not write her checks chronological in numerical order. Those folders containing checks out of chronological order are noted.

no. 1-52, 1945 June-January 1946

  • Box 5, folder 21
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no. 101-250, 1946 November- 1947 July

  • Box 5, folder 22
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no. 251-394, 1948 April-1949 April and other dates

  • Box 5, folder 23
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no. 401-541, 1947 July- April 1948

  • Box 5, folder 24
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no. 501-555, 1949 December-1950 March

  • Box 5, folder 25
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no. 556-619, 1950 April-July

  • Box 5, folder 26
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no. 621-687, 1950 July-October and other dates

  • Box 5, folder 27
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no. 688-750, 1950 October-1951 January

  • Box 5, folder 28
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no. 751-800, 1951 January-February and other dates

  • Box 5, folder 29
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no. 801-918, 1949 March-July

  • Box 5, folder 30
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no. 859-918, 1949 July- November

  • Box 6, folder 1
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no. 919-950, 1949 November and other dates

  • Box 6, folder 2
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no. 1-57, 1951 March- June

  • Box 6, folder 3
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no. 58-118, 1951 June- September

  • Box 6, folder 4
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no. 119-182, 1951 October-November and other dates

  • Box 6, folder 5
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no. 183-273, 1951 December-1952 April and other dates

  • Box 6, folder 6
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no. 290-299, 1951 October-December

  • Box 6, folder 7
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no. 1-66, 1952 October-1953 March

  • Box 6, folder 8
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no. 68-147, 1953 March-May and other dates

  • Box 6, folder 9
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no. 148-216, 1952 April-July

  • Box 6, folder 10
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no. 217-253, 1952 July-September and other dates

  • Box 6, folder 11
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no. 254-297, 1952 September-October and other dates

  • Box 6, folder 12
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no. 503-562, 1954 September-November

  • Box 6, folder 13
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no. 640- 699, 1954 and other dates

  • Box 6, folder 14
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no. 701-799, 1953 September-1954 January and other dates

  • Box 6, folder 15
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no. 800-898, 1954 January-June

  • Box 6, folder 16
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no. 900-950, 1954 July-August and other dates

  • Box 6, folder 17
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no. 288-297, 1956 January-February

  • Box 6, folder 18
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no. 73-120, 1956 December-January

  • Box 6, folder 19
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no. 550-559, 1958 January-March

  • Box 7, folder 1
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no. 605-698, 1958 April-July

  • Box 7, folder 2
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no. 700-780, 1958 July-November

  • Box 7, folder 3
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no. 936-937, 1958 August

  • Box 7, folder 4
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no. 1034-1066, 1968 March-April and other dates

  • Box 7, folder 5
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unnumbered checks, 1949-1958

  • Box 7, folder 6-10
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Bank Statements, 1948-1958, 1968

  • Box 7, folder 11-21
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Household Reciepts, 1942-1968, undated

  • Box 8, folder 1-9
  • Box 8, folder 1-9
  • Box 7, folder 22-29
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Personal Memorabilia

Scope and Contents

Folders 10-12 (from box 11) contain account books for the John Bradford Historical Socierty, founded in 1916 as a memorial to the publisher of the Kentucky Gazette. Mrs. Bullock was one of the 50 charter members. The Society was active until the 1950s, then was reorganized in 1963 by Dr. Thomas D. Clark.

Legal Documents

Lexington Industrial School Agreement with Security Trust Company, 1936 February 25

  • Box 8, folder 10
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Petition to the City Manager, 1938 May 10

  • Box 8, folder 10
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Will Bequest to Mrs. Maudie Hedges (Mrs. Bullock's nurse), undated

  • Box 8, folder 10
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Stationary- monogramed noted paper, pre-addressed paper and envelopes, Christmas cards, postcards depicting the house, undated

  • Box 8, folder 11
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Correspondence

Donation acknowledgement from National Women's Christian Temperance Union, 1940 July 10

  • Box 8, folder 12
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Postcard to her sister, Mrs. Higgins Lewis, 1946 May 20

  • Box 8, folder 12
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Letter from Beulah Crowe, 1953 April 19

  • Box 8, folder 12
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Letter from (illegible), 1949 April 14

  • Box 8, folder 12
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Letter from W. Atlee Burpee Co., 1956 February 20

  • Box 8, folder 12
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Letter from Lee Stewert, 1957 July 3

  • Box 8, folder 12
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Letter ordering cheese gift, undated

  • Box 8, folder 12
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Christmas Cards received by the Bullocks, undated

  • Box 8, folder 13
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Christmas Card name list in Mrs. Bullock's handwriting, undated

  • Box 8, folder 13
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Membership Card

Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, undated

  • Box 8, folder 14
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Charter Individual, 1968 April 1

  • Box 8, folder 14
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Miscellaneous from Mrs. Bullock's desk

Notes of phone numbers, undated

  • Box 8, folder 15
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Postcard of Boston, Massachusetts, undated

  • Box 8, folder 15
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Notecard of Transylvania University, undated

  • Box 8, folder 15
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Postcard to Mrs. C. W. (Mabel) Mason from Bob, 1928 October 2

  • Box 8, folder 15
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"Little Willie"- a poem by Eugene Field, undated

  • Box 8, folder 15
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Snuff Bottles (collection remains at the Bodley-Bullock House)

Purchase Receipts, 1942-1951, undated

  • Box 8, folder 16
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Business cards, sales promotion letters from dealers, undated

  • Box 8, folder 16
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Note written by Mrs. Bullock, listing 75 snuff bottles in cabinet, 1945 November

  • Box 8, folder 17
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Handwritten inventory fom Wolff's in Atlantic City, undated

  • Box 8, folder 17
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"Being a Documentary Account of the Strange Case of the Personable John William Francis McClarty" (the story of a snuff bottle theft), 1949

  • Box 8, folder 17
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Descriptive articles, undated

  • Box 8, folder 18
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Genealogy

Note in Mrs. Bullock's handwriting regarding John (Bradford?), undated

  • Box 8, folder 19
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Note in Mrs. Bullock's handwriting regarding he Overton family, undated

  • Box 8, folder 19
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Letter regarding Barbee coat-of-arms

  • Box 8, folder 19
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See Folio 0 for rendering of the coat-of-arms. See also Box 8, Folder 12 for letter from Beulah Crowe, regarding the Barbee family.

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Greeting Card Scrapbook, undated

  • Box 9
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Gardening

Gardening Scrapbook, 1925 October

  • Box 10
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List of Ferns at Pine Mountain School, undated

  • Box 11, folder 1
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Cultural Directions for Gloriosa Rothschildiana, undated

  • Box 11, folder 1
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Noted on shrubs and vines, undated

  • Box 11, folder 1
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Newspaper clippings, undated

  • Box 11, folder 2
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Brochures, undated

  • Box 11, folder 3
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Birds- Five booklets, undated

  • Box 11, folder 4
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Publications about historical houses

Map- Open House in Kentucky, 1950

  • Box 11, folder 5
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Brochure- Old homes of the Bluegrass, undated

  • Box 11, folder 5
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Map of Kentucky Highways, 1941

  • Box 11, folder 6
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Newspaper clippings

Kentucky subjects, undated

  • Box 11, folder 7
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Obituraries

John Whitney, undated

  • Box 11, folder 8
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Benjamin F. Pettit, 1890 January 25

  • Box 11, folder 8
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Reprinted from Lexington Gazette.

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James L. Kraft, New york Herald Tribune, 1953 February 17

  • Box 11, folder 8
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Miscellaneous, undated

  • Box 11, folder 9
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Account Books for John Bradford Historical Society

Scope and Contents

Folders 10-12 (from box 11) contain account books for the John Bradford Historical Socierty, founded in 1916 as a memorial to the publisher of the Kentucky Gazette. Mrs. Bullock was one of the 50 charter members. The Society was active until the 1950s, then was reorganized in 1963 by Dr. Thomas D. Clark.

Receipts and Expenditures, 1929 January-1938 December

  • Box 11, folder 10
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Savings account deposit book, 1932 May-1935 June

  • Box 11, folder 11
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Savings account deposit book, 1937 October-1940 July

  • Box 11, folder 12
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Folios

Scope and Contents

Folios are large oversize material, and are stored outside the boxes. The folios in this collection are numbered in consecutive order.

Chinese bird print, undated

  • Box 14, folder 3
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Barbee coat-of-arms, undated

  • Box 14, folder 4
Scope and Contents

See box 8, folder 19 for attached letter.

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Daughters of the American Revolution membership certificate, 1923 April 14

  • Box 14, folder 5
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Woman's Auxiliary of the Fayette county Medical Sociery, honorary membership certificate, 1961 December 19

  • Box 14, folder 6
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Map- Sesquincentennial of Kentucy 1792-1942 showing original 9 counties and present day counties, undated

  • Folder 5
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Katherine Rebecca Pettit

Articles Written by Kate Pettit

Typescript hardcover diary, 1885-1900

Scope and Contents

Diary of typescripts in hardcover form.

Extract from the Louisville Commercial (p.1-5), 1885 July 8

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Record of the Settlement of the State Federation of Women's Clubs at hazard, Perry Co., KY, summer of 1899 and Hindman, Knott Co., KY 1900

Camp Cedar Grove at Hazard, KY summer of 1899 (p. 1-9)

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Camp Industrial at Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky from June 12 to August 21, 1900 (p. 10-45)

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Report of the Sewing Class (written by May Stone) (p. 46-49), undated

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Cooking Class (p. 62-63), undated

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Collected Folk Songs (p. 64-74), undated

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Extracts from Letters of the Hindman People to us since our return (p. 75-78), undated

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Expressions Heard (p. 78-81), undated

  • Box 11, folder 13
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From the funeral (p. 82), undated

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Lists of Members of the Sewing Class (p. 83-84), undated

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Members of Kindergarten Class, undated

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Members of Cooking Class, undated

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Guests at Camp Industrial (p. 86-88), undated

  • Box 11, folder 13
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Typescript, hardcover diary, 1899-1900

Camp Cedar Grove at Hazard, Kentucky, 1899 Summer

  • Box 11, folder 14
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Camp Industrial at Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky, from 1900 June 12-August 31

  • Box 11, folder 14
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Report of the Sewing Class (written by May Stone) (p. 46-49), undated

  • Box 11, folder 14
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Report of the Kindergarten Work in the Kentucky Mountains (written by Eva W. Brunner) (p. 50-61), undated

  • Box 11, folder 14
Scope and Contents

2 pages are numbered 53 followed by a blank page.

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Cooking Class (p. 62-63), undated

  • Box 11, folder 14
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Daily record of the Social Settlement at Sassafras, Kentucky (p. 1B-57B), 1901 July-October

  • Box 11, folder 14
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Louisville Commercial (p. 1-3), 1885 July 8

  • Box 11, folder 14
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Continuation of the Daily Record of the Social Settlement at Sassafras, Kentucky (written by May Stone and Katerine R. Pettit) (p. 58B-75B), undated

  • Box 11, folder 14
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Letter from Mary B. Stacy (p. 76B-77B), 1902 January 7

  • Box 11, folder 14
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Letter from Mary B. Stacy (p.78B), 1902 February 1

  • Box 11, folder 14
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The Daily Record of the Social Settlement at Sassafras, Kentucky, 1901 July-October

  • Box 12, folder 1
Scope and Contents

Written by May Stone and Katherine R. Pettit, 157 pages. Diary of typescripts in hardcover form.

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Looseleaf typescripts, 1885-1900

Louisville Commerical (2 copies), 1885 July 8

  • Box 12, folder 2
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Report of Kindergarten Workin the Kentucky Mountains (2 copies), undated

  • Box 12, folder 2
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Camp Industrial at Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky, 1900 June 12-August 31

  • Box 12, folder 2
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Cooking Class (2 copies), undated

  • Box 12, folder 2
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Report of the Sewing Class, undated

  • Box 12, folder 2
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Camp Cedar Grove at Hazard, Kentucky Summer of 1899

  • Box 12, folder 2
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Daily Reminder 1931

Scope and Contents

Diary recording Kate Pettit's trip from Santa Barbara, California to South America. She frequently mentions the Kentucky people she meets and the books she reads.

p. 1-365 top half of page, 1931 January 1- December 31

  • Box 12, folder 3
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p. 1-109 bottom half of the page, 1932 January 1- 1932 April 19

  • Box 12, folder 3
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Summary of beginning of the trip (p.366-368)

  • Box 12
Scope and Contents

Starting 1930 July 10, which ook her to Yellowstone National Park, the Canadian Rockies, Alaska and then to California

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Correspondence

Typed letter from Katherine Pettit to Ruth (20 pages), 1932 February

  • Box 12, folder 4
Scope and Contents

The letter was written aboard a Japanese freighter, it recounts her trip to South America.

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Letters written to Katherine Pettit, 1928, 1933, 1935, undated

  • Box 12, folder 5
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Personal Memorabilia

"The Law on Wolfrun" by Lucy Furman, undated

  • Box 12, folder 6
Scope and Contents

From the Country Gentlemen. Handwritten note by author states, "The story has for a foundation Kate's experience with Andy."

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Country Gentleman, 1938 December

  • Box 12, folder 6
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"Memorial" by Samuel M. Wilson, president of the John Bradford Club, undated

  • Box 12, folder 7
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Katherine Pettit, Pioneer Mountain Worker by Lucy Furman, 1936 September 6

  • Box 12, folder 7
Scope and Contents

Reprinted from the Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY).

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Pine Mountain Settlement School

"Uncle William's Reasons"

Scope and Contents

William Creech donated 136 acres of land to found the school.

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Pencil sketch by Elizabeth Felling(?) is a portrait of a young man, undated

  • Box 12, folder 8
Scope and Contents

Cover folder is labeled Uncle William Creech, Pine Mountain, Kentucky, Pine Mountain School, Duplicates of pictures in books." Since photos show Uncle William Creech to be an older, heavily bearded man when the school was settled, this sketch may be mislabeled.

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"Pine Mountain Settlement School, Incorporated"- list of advisory board members and applications for monetary contributions, undated

  • Box 12, folder 8
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"Information for Workers and Vistors arriving at the Pine Mountain Settlement School"- how to travel by rail, motor road or horseback, how to send mail and what clothing to take when visiting, undated

  • Box 12, folder 8
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Booklets- Appalachia

"Appalachia Land of the Sky" Church Missions House, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York, NY, No. 1550, 11p., undated

  • Box 12, folder 9
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Booklets- Folk Songs

"Folk Songs, Chanteys and Singing Games", edited by Charles H. Farnsworth and Cecil J. Sharp; Pine Mountain Settlement School, Inc., Pine Mountain, Harlan County, Kentucky 10p., undated

  • Box 12, folder 10
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"Mountain Ballads for Social Singing", collected by James Watt Raine and Cecil J. Sharp; Berea College Press, Berea, KY, 27p., c. 1923

  • Box 12, folder 10
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Newspaper Clippings- folk songs and dancing, undated

  • Box 12, folder 11
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Newspaper Clippings- weaving, undated

  • Box 12, folder 12
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Coverlet Collection, undated

  • Box 12, folder 13
Scope and Contents

Inventory of woven coverlets collected by Kate Pettit. She presented these coverlets to the John Bradford Society in 1936. They currently (1986) are in the Bodley-Bullock House, 200 Market Street, Lexington, Kentucky. Photo negatives of the coverlets are inclueded in the audio-visual series.

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The South American Handbook 1930 edited by H. Davies Trade and Travel Publications, Ltd. London, England, 746p., undated

  • Box 12, folder 14
Scope and Contents

It is a guide to the countries and resources of Mexico, Cuba, Central and South America. The map has been marked in Kate Pettit's handwriting.

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Newspaper Clippings and miscellaneous that were loosely placed into The South American Handbook 1930, undated

  • Box 12, folder 15
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, undated

  • Box 13, folder 1
Scope and Contents

A leather volume embossed with Katherine Pettit's name. Includes name of the people in Hindman, KY who gave it to her. A Christmas card dated 1919 from Cecil J. Sharp is attached to the endpaper.

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Bookmark and note that had been loosely placed in The Holy Bible, undated

  • Box 13, folder 2
Scope and Contents

It is a Chinese translation of a Bible verse

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Folio

Scope and Contents

Folios are large oversize material, and are stored outside the boxes. The folios in this collection are numbered in consecutive order.

Map, Cumberland and Purchase Unit, 1931

  • Folder 6
Scope and Contents

See Box 12, Folder 5, for attached letter.

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