Kentucky Civil War Commission press releases
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Kentucky Civil War Commission press releases
- Date
- 1961-1965 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.23 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Centennial celebrations, etc.
- Press releases.
- Journalism -- Kentucky
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 65m126: [identification of item] Kentucky Civil War Commission press releases, 1961-1965, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Joe Speed Jordan was born in Fayette County in 1902 and died in Lexington in 1965. Joe Jordan worked for the Leader newspaper as a journalist from 1922 until shortly after the outbreak of World War II. During the war he served as a lieutenant for the Navy. After the war he returned to the Leader and wrote a very popular local humor column called "Four Bits". He was also a beat journalist for the newspaper. After he retired from the Leader he focused on in depth research for a book on the famous abolitionist, Cassius M. Clay. In 1960 he became the executive coordinator for the Kentucky Civil War Commission. Until his death he wrote a column sponsored by the commission that appeared in newspapers throughout the state called "100 Years Ago This Week".
- Scope and Content
- The Kentucky Civil War Commission press releases (dated 1961-1965; 0.23 cubic feet; 1 box) includes the manuscripts for a weekly newspaper column by the executive coordinator of the commission, Joe Speed Jordan. The column was called "100 Years Ago This Week" and was a historical review of the Civil War day by day in Kentucky. The collection includes each manuscript of the column from 1961 until 1965.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Use Restrictions
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
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