Kentucky Utilities records
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Kentucky Utilities records
- Date
- 1933-2009 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 8 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Annual reports.
- Electrical utilities -- Kentucky
- Lexington (Ky.)
- Newsletters
- Scrapbooks
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format in three series: Annual reports 1933-2009, Kentucky Utilities Employee's Newsletters 1944-1998, and Scrapbooks 1949-1973.
- Preferred Citation
- 2018ms010 : [identification of item], Kentucky Utilities records, 1933-2009, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Kentucky Utilities (KU) started services on December 2, 1912. In 1998, KU was acquired by Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LGamp;E). As of 2010 LG&E and KU Energy, a litmited liability company is owned by Pennsylvania Power & Light Company (PPL). Kentucky Utilities was founded to serve five areas of Kentucky and has grown to serve 77 Kentucky counties and five Virginia counties. At its beginning, KU provided a variety of services to customers, including deliviries of ice; now it primarily offers coal and dam generated electricity. Since 1999 LG&E and KU Energy has investment in power companies throughout the world, including in Argentina, Spain, and Germany.
- Sources: Corporate History, LG&E and KU Energy, https://lge-ku.com/our-company#c-overlay, accessed 2021 February 2. Kentucky Utilities, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Utilities, accessed 2021 February 2.
- Scope and Content
- The Kentucky Utilities records (dated 1933-2009; 8 cubic feet; 12 boxes) primarily comprise reports, newsletters, and scrapbooks that document the history and operations of Kentucky Utilities in Lexington, Kentucky. The collection also includes a scrapbook documenting community events in Lexington from 1949-1950. The newsletters consist of employee newsletters sharing information about the individual workers of Kentucky Utilities from 1944-1998.
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 Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Annual reports, 1933-2009
Kentucky Utilities Company annual reports, 1933-1944
Kentucky Utilities Company annual reports, 1945-1952
Kentucky Utilities Company annual reports, 1953-1958
Kentucky Utilities Company annual reports, 1959-1965
Kentucky Utilities Company annual reports, 1966-1976
Kentucky Utilities Company annual reports, 1976-1980
Kentucky Utilities Company annual reports, 1981-1986
Kentucky Utilities Company annual reports, 1987-1990
Kentucky Utilities Company amended and restated articles of incorporation, 1990
Kentucky Utilities Company annual reports, 1991-1994
Kentucky Utilities Company annual reports, 1995-1996
Kentucky Utilities Company assorted shareholder resources, 1993-2000
E.ON annual report, 2000
E.ON strategy and key figures report, 2002
E.ON annual report, 2003
E.ON annual report, 2004
LG&E energy delivery annual report, 2004
E.ON annual financial report, 2008
E.ON annual company report part 1, 2009
Kentucky Utilities Employee's Newsletters, 1944-1998
Scope and Contents
The Kentucky Utilities Employee's News (dated 1944-1998; 2 cubic feet; 2 boxes) primarily comprise of bound newsletters that document the lives and accomplishments surrounding the workers of Kentucky Utilities in Lexington, Kentucky.
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1944 July-1949 December
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1950 January-1954 December
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1955 January-1957 December
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1958 January-1960 December
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1961 January-1964 December
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1965 January-1967 August
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1967 September-1974 June
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1974 July-1979 July
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1979 August-1984 August
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1984 September-1988 March
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1988 April-1992 April
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1992 May-1994 December
Kentucky Utilities Employee's News, 1995 January-1998 July
Scrapbooks, 1949-1973
Kentucky Utilities Company personnel and property scrapbook, 1961-1965
Western Kentucky Gas Company scrapbook, 1968
Kentucky Utilities Company scrapbook, 1968
Kentucky Utilities Company scrapbook, 1969
LG&E scrapbook, 1970
Kentucky Utilities Company scrapbook, 1970
LG&E gas scrapbook, 1973
Kentucky Utilities Company scrapbook, 1973
Lexington homecoming, 4-H and kite scrapbook, 1949-1950
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