Samuel M. Wilson classified papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Samuel M. Wilson classified papers
- Date
- 1748-1973, undated (inclusive)
- Creator
- Wilson, Samuel M. (Samuel Mackay), 1871-1946
- Extent
- 34 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Court records -- Kentucky.
- Decedents' estates -- Kentucky.
- Fayette County (Ky.) -- Genealogy.
- Historians.
- Kentucky -- History.
- Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Mammoth Cave (Ky.)
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Wills.
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Kentucky.
- American Bar Association
- American Legion
- Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
- Daviess, Joseph Hamilton, 1774-1811
- Filson Club
- Genet Mission
- Henry Clay Memorial Foundation (Lexington, Ky.)
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Kappa Alpha.
- Kentucky Governor's Advisory Council
- Kentucky State Bar Association.
- Kentucky Union Company.
- Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826
- Transylvania Company.
- Wilson family.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
- YMCA of the USA
- YWCA of the U.S.A.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.
- Preferred Citation
- 51W11: [Identification of item], Samuel M. Wilson classified papers, 1748-1973, undated, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Samuel MacKay Wilson was born, October 15, 1871, to Mary Bell and Reverend Samuel Ramsay Wilson, in Louisville. His grandfather, Joshua Lacy Wilson and father were Presbyterian ministers. Wilson's primary education was taught by his father before he entered Centre College Academy preparatory school, and then matriculated to a freshman of Centre College as a freshman in 1888. In his junior year, Wilson began teaching and continued to for a few years before returning to Centre College to study law. He apprenticed under Judge Jere R. Morton in Lexington and was admitted to the Fayette County Bar on October 14, 1895. Wilson married Mary Bullock Shelby, the great granddaughter of Kentucky's first governor, Isaac Shelby on October 26, 1899. During the first World War, Wilson served as judge advocate alongside troops in France from 1917-1919. He suffered injury from a fragment air bomb and was discharged with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. During his career he practiced law alone and in partnerships. His longest lasting partnership was with law associate Mr. Harbison. Notably Wilson aided the United States Supreme Court boundary cases between Missouri and Kansas states. He also defended the constitutionality of Library Laws for small cities throughout Kentucky. Samuel M. Wilson taught law at Transylvania University and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1924. In addition to law, Wilson was very active in civic leadership. He served on the Trustee and Treasurer for Lexington Public Library, and Vice President of Lexington's Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of organizations like the Odd Fellows, Fraternities, American Legion, Reserve Officers mess of Central Kentucky, Pendennis Club Louisville, and many more. He remained active and served as an elder in the Presbyterian Church throughout his life. Wilson was also very interested in regional history and was a member of many historical societies including the Filson Club, Kentucky Historical Society, Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley, John Bradford Society, National Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, etc. He died from an infection after surgery at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis on October 10, 1946.
- Sources: Obituary for Samuel Wilson (Age 74), Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky, p. 1, October 11, 1946. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88339096/obituary-for-samuel-m-wilson-aged-74/, accessed 2021 November 4.
- Samuel Wilson Named Head of Sesquincentennial Celebration, Courier-Journal, Louisville, p. 6, July 7, 1940, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88339560/, accessed 2021 November 4.
- Scope and Content
- The Samuel M. Wilson Classified Papers (dated 1748-1973, undated; 34 cubic feet; 72 boxes) are part of Judge Samuel M. Wilson's papers and contain legal court records and history subject files. The classified files include such items as legal papers, law suits, bank notes, church papers, correspondence, addresses, notes on Wilson's research projects, articles, genealogies of many Kentucky families, and materials concerning associations, organizations and Kentucky history. Some of the topics covered in detail include the American Legion, the American Bar Association, Burley Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association, the Filson Club, the YMCA, Mammoth Cave, the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation, Genet Mission, Kappa Alpha, the Kentucky constitution, the Kentucky Governor's Advisory Council, Kentucky Bar Association, Kentucky Union Company, Transylvania Company, Wilson family genealogy, Woodrow Wilson, Joseph H. Daviess, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and Isaac Shelby.
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 Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
A, 1831-1945
Abbott, Reverend H.P.A., D.D., 1929
Adair, John, 1922
A: case files and court transcripts, 1896-1902
Allen, James Lane, 1925
Alexander, ALA, 1923-1929
American Bar Association, 1903-1914
American Bar Association, 1902-1942
American Bar Association: public information program, 1943-1945
American Legion Questionnaire (A-D), 1920-1921
American Legion Questionnaire (E-J), 1920-1921
American Legion Questionnaire (K-O), 1920-1921
American Law Institute: dinner program, 1934
American Legion Questionnaire (P-Z), 1920-1921
American Legion: various documents, 1919-1944
American Life: insurance company, 1903-1904
American Type: founders, 1896-1897
Appleton vs. Boulder Phosphate Company, 1903
Army: dinner menu of reunion, 1923
Atherton letters, 1831-1832, 1942
B, 1775-1944, undated
B: case files and court transcripts, 1896-1934
Badges, 1888-1935
Badin, Stephen Theodore, 1811-1936
Bankers: welcome, undated
Baker, A.M. vs. City of Lexington, undated
Baker, George T. and Sun Life Insurance Company, 1901
Bank notes, currency, etc., 1775-1923
Barry, William Taylor, 1928
Bartlett, William F.V. biographical sketch, undated
Bastrop, Baron de, 1921-1923
Bastrop, Baron de, 1921-1922
Beaumont, Texas, 1901
Beckner W.M.: Indian fields, 1925
Best, Katherine E. vs. Interstate Savings Investment Company, 1899
Bicentenary charter celebration: Annapolis, MD, 1908
Big Leatherwood Baptist Church, 1891-1916
Blaine, James G., 1934
Bluegrass: Wilson notes, 1926
Bluegrass: miscellany, 1924-1926
Bluegrass: correspondence, 1924-1936
Bluegrass: clippings, pictures, pamphlets, 1922-1941
Bonfils, Saint Sauver Francois, 1939
Bonnell, F.M. vs. T.A. Combs, 1904
Book reviews: notes, 1932-1941
Bosworth, J.C. vs. W.S. Payne, undated
Bourbon Remedy Company vs. Blue Grass Stock Remedy Company, 1908
Bourbon Remedy Company vs. Blue Grass Stock Remedy Company, 1909
Bowman's Encampment, undated
Bowyer, L.C. vs. Elizabeth B. Bowyer, 1903
Boyle, Samuel G. vs. Willis Stivers, 1897-1901
Brand's Administrator, and C. vs. Voohies, and others, undated
Breck, R.L. Central University inauguration addresses, 1874
Breck, R.L. papers, 1847-1927
Breckinridge, Desha, 1900-1936
Bronstun, Walter Scott, 1903
Brotherhood of Saint Barnabas, 1941-1944
Brotherhood of Saint Barnabas: inter-church Bible study group, 1944
Brotherhood of Saint Barnabas, 1943-1944
Brown, Patrick, 1892
Bruce, Helm: How Kentucky became a State, 1937
Bryan's or Bryant's Station, 1932
Buckland, Jack, 1881-1901
Buford, Tom, 1915-1916
Bunker Hill day celebration, 1922
Burley Tobacco, 1919-1922
Burnam, C.F., Estill and Owsley counties, 1845-1851
Bull, Aaron, 1921-1935
C, 1843-1958, undated
C: court documents and various files, 1898
Calvert, Sarah vs. Meyers, August H., 1899
Calvert vs. Morning Democrat of Lexington, Kentucky, 1901-1903
Calvin vindicated, undated
Cambell, W.M. vs. Claypoole, 1914
Casm, J.B. vs. Alex Paige, 1893-1905
Cassell, Mary vs. Rebecca Calvert, 1912
Carvan, John and Thomas Flahavan: deed, 1883
Central Christian Church, 1901
Centre College, 1896-1941
Centre College, 1911-1915
The Century Club, 1911
Cherry vs. Porter correspondence, 1899-1902
Cherry vs. Porter: briefs, 1891-1903
Cherry Springs Presbyterian, 1935
Chesapeake and Ohio address to Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1911
Chestnut vs. National Weekly Investment Company, 1904
China, undated
China, Phil T., 1900-1902
Christian Church Centennial, 1932
Clark, George Rogers, 1929
Clark (Clarke), William, 1935
Clay, Henry: address notes, etc., 1843-1930
Clay, Henry: notes, 1844-1939
Clay, Henry: livestock memorial, 1937
Clay, Henry: Memorial Foundation, 1924-1926
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation, 1926 May-September
Clay, Henry: monument, 1867-1926
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation, 1928-1940
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation: correspondence, 1949-1950
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation: documents, 1950-1958
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation: folders, etc., 1953
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation, 1926 October-December
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation: clippings, 1940-1956
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation, 1927 January.-May
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation, 1927 June-December
Clay County, 1920
Clayhole election precinct case, 1922
Cleland, Thomas, 1858-1859
Clemmons vs. Grow, 1897
Cochran, Judge Honorable A.M.D., 1935
Cole case, 1927
Coleman, John vs. Graves, 1879
Coleman, Winston, 1942-1944
Colonial Dames of America, 1937-1945
Combs, James and George Tarlton, 1829
Combs vs. Happy Coal Company, 1928
Commercial Unity of Kentucky, 1907
Commission Form of Government, 1910
Commonwealth vs. Levi Young, 1896
Confederate Memorial Day, 1913
Congleton Lumber Company vs. Arkie Clay Young, 1909
Connolly, John, 1933
Cowan, John, 1904
Cooke, John Esten, 1938-1939
Craft, J.A. vs. W.E. Barron: briefs, 1900-1904
Craft, J.A. vs. W.E. Barron: correspondence, 1898-1904
Craft, J.A. vs. W.E. Barron: notes, 1904
Crimm vs. Robb, undated
Cronly, Sara B. est. vs. Maria L. Payne, 1902
Cumberland Gap, undated
D, 1803-1945, undated
D: various documents, 1868-1899
Dailey, Thomas vs. L. T. R, 1915
Daughters of the American Revolution, 1907-1943
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton: genealogy and family history, 1889-1909
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton: Wilson correspondence, 1914-1920
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton: Wilson correspondence, 1921-1942
Daveiss, Joseph H.: pictures, 1920
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton: speeches, 1920
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton: contemporary notices in press, 1806-1812
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton: copies of documents, 1803-1813
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton: clippings, 1920-1931
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton: Wilson notes, undated
Democratic National Convention, 1924
Desha, Isaac B., 1826
Doctors: "Welcome to Doctors", 1910
Doyle, James E. vs. Gibman, C. B., 1901-1903
Dodge, Asa, 1897
Doyle vs. Gilman, 1901-1903
Drake, J. S. vs. Wilson, G.D., 1899-1900
Dudley, Thomas P., 1940-1945
E, 1869-1934, undated
E: various documents, 1897-1900
Eades, A. vs. Pat Mooney, 1904
Eagle Nest Mine, undated
Economy Oil Company vs. Cress, W. R. etc.: correspondence, 1903-1904
Economy Oil Company vs. Cress, W. R., etc.: briefs and notes, 1909
Elgin vs. Coons, Howard, 1899
Elkin vs. Jett, 1896
Elks: "Memorial Address", undated
Embly vs. Clay, 1891
Erwin vs. Higgins, 1869
Estill Station, 1934
F, 1974-1946, undated
Farra, 1874
F: documents, various, 1895-1910
Fayette County Bar, 1898-1914
Fayette County Bar: early bar of Fayette County, 1901-1945
Fayette County Magistrate, 1821-1839
Fayette County Schools, 1909
Fayette Leaf Tobacco, 1909
Federal Court in Kentucky: Judge Barr, 1908-1935
Federal Court in Kentucky: Judge Hays, 1935
Federal Court in Kentucky: Judge Tremble, 1928-1935
Federal judgeship, 1934 May 1-1934 June 22
Federal judgeship, 1934 June 23-30
Federal judgeship, 1934 July
Federal judgeship, 1934 August-1935 January
Feuds, 1898-1899
Filson Club: notice and meetings, 1913-1946
Filson Club: correspondence, clippings, etc., 1891-1946
Filson, John, 1887-1939
Fishbank, William M.: estate, 1898-1901
Fleck, George vs. Keller, George, 1898-1897
Fleming, William, undated
Ford, Honorable H. Church, 1935
Fordham, Elias Pym: personal narratives, 1906
Foushee, Hopkins, 1891-1899
Foushee, C. W. vs. Havely, Gross, 1898-1900
Foushee & Company, D. H., 1896
Fox, John, Jr., 1939
Franklin County Bar Association, undated
"Fraud", 1891
"Freedom vs. Fear & Fanaticism", 1928
G, 1770-1950, undated
G: documents, various, 1898-1948
Garrard County, 1928-1932
Gauah, Michael, 1839
Genealogy, 1920-1930
Genealogy: Adair, undated
Genealogy: Allen, 1900-1926
Genealogy: Anderson, 1910
Genealogy: Ball-Singleton, undated
Genealogy: Barbour, 1923
Genealogy: Barr family, 1939
Genealogy: Baylor family, 1928
Genealogy: Bedford County, VA: records, 1905-1926
Genealogy: court material, 1814-1816
Genealogy: Bell, 1910
Genealogy: Bell: miscellany, 1933
Genealogy: Bell: Wilson notes, undated
Genealogy: Bell: Wilson correspondence, 1894-1899
Genealogy: Bell: Wilson correspondence, 1910-1919
Genealogy: Bell: Wilson correspondence, 1921-1944
Genealogy: Bell: miscellany, 1904-1908
Genealogy: Bell: miscellany, 1909-1910
Genealogy: Bell: miscellany, 1919
Genealogy: Bell: miscellany, undated
Genealogy: Bell: Wilson correspondence, 1900-1909
Genealogy: Bell: Wilson notes, 1910-1935
Genealogy: Bell: Wilson notes, 1903-1920
Genealogy: Bell: Wilson notes, 1897-1907
Genealogy: Bell: Wilson notes, 1903-1926
Genealogy: Bell: pictures, 1907-1910
Genealogy: Boone, 1931-1936
Genealogy: Botetourt County: notes, 1905
Genealogy: Bowman, 1941
Genealogy: Bradford, 1917-1932
Genealogy: Brand, 1898
Genealogy: Breckinridge, 1806
Genealogy: Bryan family, 1927
Genealogy: Buckner, 1923
Genealogy: Bullock family, 1895-1898
Genealogy: Calloway, 1905-1934
Genealogy: Campbell, 1871
Genealogy: catalogs, etc., 1903-1950
Genealogy: Clements, 1935
Genealogy: Craig, 1903-1934
Genealogy: Crockett, 1892-1906
Genealogy: Daveiss: Davis, undated
Genealogy: Denny, undated
Genealogy: Dervy, 1944
Genealogy: Desha, 1936-1940
Genealogy: Danelson family, 1859
Genealogy: Drake, 1902-1903
Genealogy: Duncan, undated
Genealogy: Elliot family, undated
Genealogy: Ellis, 1924
Genealogy: Estill, 1940
Genealogy: Ferguson, 1944
Genealogy: Evans, 1905
Genealogy: Finley: Wilson correspondence, 1926-1934
Genealogy: Finley: miscellany, 1915
Genealogy: Finley: miscellany, undated
Genealogy: Finley: Wilson notes, 1929
Genealogy: Fleming, 1916
Genealogy: Fowler, undated
Genealogy: Fraizer, 1930
Genealogy: Gaines, 1916
Genealogy: Gates, 1926
Genealogy: Gist, 1936
Genealogy: Glover, undated
Genealogy: Goodloe, 1932
Genealogy: Greenbrier County, West Virginia records, 1905
Genealogy: Halley, 1903
Genealogy: Halley, 1910-1932
Genealogy: Hart: clippings and articles, 1917-1921
Genealogy: Hart: Wilson's notes, 1930
Genealogy: Hart Rice, Lacy, undated
Genealogy: Hart: documents, 1929-1930
Genealogy: Hart: Wilson notes, 1925-1930
Genealogy: Hamilton, 1921
Genealogy: Harrison, 1935
Genealogy: Hart: Wilson correspondence, 1930-1962
Genealogy: Hart: documents, 1897-1906
Genealogy: Hart: documents, 1930
Genealogy: Hawkins, 1895-1934
Genealogy: Henderson, 1770-1930
Genealogy: Henry, 1940
Genealogy: Hines, undated
Genealogy: Hog, Hogg, undated
Genealogy: Holmes, Noel, undated
Genealogy: Howard, 1934
Genealogy: Humphrey, 1926
Genealogy: Doett: miscellany, undated
Genealogy: Douett: Wilson correspondence, 1930-1939
Genealogy: Kelly, 1927
Genealogy: Knapp, undated
Genealogy: Lacy, 1874-1930
Genealogy: Lewis, 1928-1933
Genealogy: Lightfoot, undated
Genealogy: Lee-Leigh, 1872
Genealogy: Lindsay, 1927
Genealogy: Littell, 1851
Genealogy: Luttrell, 1935
Genealogy: Lyle, 1931
Genealogy: Lynne family, 1907
Genealogy: McChord, 1922-1940
Genealogy: McClanahan, 1932-1933
Genealogy: McClelland, 1929-1930
Genealogy: McDowell, 1935-1941
Genealogy: McIntyre, 1903
Genealogy: McCracken-Sharpe, 1905
Genealogy: Machir, 1934
Genealogy: Marshall, 1864-1925
Genealogy: McCracken, 1925-1932
Genealogy: Maxwell, 1925
Genealogy: Martin, 1812
Genealogy: Massie, undated
Genealogy: Mason-Masson, 1934
Genealogy: McGee, 1906-1940
Genealogy: Menefee, 1926
Genealogy: Morton, undated
Genealogy: Miller, undated
Genealogy: Mills, 1902-1910
Genealogy: Nickell, 1930
Genealogy: Offutt, 1910
Genealogy: Payne, undated
Genealogy: Parker, 1895
Genealogy: Phillips, 1930
Genealogy: Polk, 1903
Genealogy: Pope, 1934
Genealogy: Preston, 1849
Genealogy: Price, 1904
Genealogy: Redd, 1895-1910
Genealogy: Reed, 1942
Genealogy: Rice, 1929-1930
Genealogy: Roche, 1940
Genealogy: Shannon, 1925
Genealogy: Sharpe, 1941
Genealogy: Simpson-Simrall, 1930-1945
Genealogy: Smith, 1903-1931
Genealogy: Singleton, 1928
Genealogy: Sprigg, 1905-1925
Genealogy: Springer, 1942
Genealogy: Stanton (see also: Richard Stanton and sub files), 1934
Genealogy: Steele, 1904
Genealogy: Stephens, 1935
Genealogy: Steptoe, 1923
Genealogy: Stitt, 1935
Genealogy: Stone-Stoner, 1906-1925
Genealogy: Talbott, undated
Genealogy: Taylor, undated
Genealogy: Thompson, 1897-1912
Genealogy: Todd, 1839-1912
Genealogy: Tompkins, 1931
Genealogy: Venable, 1894
Genealogy: Wallace, undated
Genealogy: Walton, 1909
Genealogy: Ward, 1905
Genealogy: Warren, 1928
Genealogy: Washington County, Maryland Land Records, 1926
Genealogy: West, undated
Genealogy: Wilcox, 1935
Genealogy: Wilson national family, 1928
Genealogy: Wingfield-Garland, 1898-1904
Genealogy: Wooten, 1905-1906
Genet Mission: copies of original documents and letters, 1920-1923
Genet Mission: Isaac Shelby, 1920-1921
Genet Mission: pictures of Genet, undated
Genet Mission: miscellany, 1915-1920
Genet Mission: Wilson notes, 1922
Genet Mission: Wilson correspondence, 1920-1926
Georgetown, Kentucky, 1894-1912
Georgetown & Lexington Traction Company, 1901
Geppert, Hester Higbee: "Dolly", undated
German Evangelical Church, 1902
Gibson, C.G. Estate, 1887-1895
Gillespie, R.L., 1886-1902, undated
Gist, 1813
Good Samaritan Hospital, 1913
Goodin, John vs. Goodin L.B., 1900
Grant Station, 1924
Grayson, John, undated
Gregg vs. Perry, 1898-1902
H, 1862-1954, undated
H: documents, various, 1895-1902
Haggin vs. Montague, 1906-1907
Haley vs. Henderson, 1900-1902
Halley Estate: checks, 1933-1934
Halley Estate: insurance, 1932-1934
Halley Estate: correspondence, 1933-1936
Halley Estate: will, assets, liabilities, inventory, appraisement, 1933
Halley Estate: notes, mortgages, claims, and mile papers, 1928-1934
Halley Estate: guardian slip of Sam Halley, 1928-1936
Halley Estate: Wilmott purchase, 1933-1934
Halley Estate: Fairlands, 1933-1934
Halley Estate: papers pertaining to final settlement of Estate, 1935-1939
Halley Estate: photographs, personal papers, and will, 1893-1914
Halley Estate: purchase of townhouse (Lexington) by Katherine Halley, 1937
Halley Turnpike Case: correspondence, 1897-1904
Halley Turnpike Case: citations and authorities on case, undated
Halley Turnpike Case: data collected in preparation of case, undated
Halley Turnpike Case: legal papers offered in trial of case, 1897-1904
Hamilton vs. McClellan: John M. Elliot vs. Emma Hamilton, undated
Hancock, R.A. vs. Parker, 1896
Hanks, Nancy, 1911
Harbison, Gathright vs. Haynes, Hayes, 1899-1900
Harp, Millie vs. Harp, Thomas, 1893-1899
Harris, J. S. vs. Commonwealth, 1896-1898
Harrison, William Henry, 1834-1835
Harrod, James, 1930-1934
Harrodsburg Historical Society, 1923-1942
Hartford Fire Insurance Company vs. Price and Sayre, undated
Hawkins, 1899
Haynie picture, undated
Hazlett vs. Duncan, 1908-1910
Head, Jesse, 1921
Heintz and Williams vs. Sawyer, undated
Henderson, Richard, 1929-1930
Herriot & Company, 1895
Herring, undated
Higbee, Peter, 1933
Hightower, Raymond Lee: Joshua L. Wilson Frontier Controversialist, 1933
Historical Markers Society, 1935-1936
Historic houses: Colonial Dames survey, 1949-1954
Historical Markers Society, 1936-1954
Hobbies, undated
Hogsett vs. Magee, 1897-1898
Holeman, B.A. vs. Holeman, D.E., 1925-1929
Hornsey, T.A. vs. Adams, etc., 1862-1905
Horticultural Society of Kentucky, undated
Huff vs. Walker, 1896
Hughes, J.M., undated
Humphrey, Ew. C., 1896
Hunt, Adam, etc. vs. Beck, 1898
I, 1897-1944, undated
"I am an American Day", 1943-1944
Inns and taverns, undated
Idoh, P.H. (see the Milward Company), 1897-1900
Innes, Harry, 1935
Innes, John. P. and Lewis, 1894
Insurance loans, undated
Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company, 1918-1931
Ipswich Cartulary, 1931-1933
J, 1845-1942, undated
J: documents, various, 1845-1901
Jackson, Andrew, 1915
Jefferson County, Kentucky: Flat Rock Church: extracts from constitution, 1805-1876
Jefferson Day Banquet, April 14, 1930
Jillson, Willard Rouse, 1932-1942
Johnson vs. Johnson, 1902
Johnston, Sam J.: "A Forgotten Feud of the Kentucky Mountains", undated
Johnston, Stoddard J.: "The Settlement of Harrodsburg" address, 1908
Jones Heir vs. Lee Taylor (1800), 1926
Jones vs. Adams Express Company, 1903
Jouett, Matthew Harris: notes, 1937-1940
Jouett, Matthew Harris: Wilson correspondence, 1897-1939
Jouett Matthew Harris (1727-1821), 1938-1939
Jouett, Matthew Harris: pictures, clippings, 1938-1980
Jouett, Matthew Harris: Wilson correspondence, 1939 July-December
Jouett, Matthew Harris: Wilson correspondence, 1940-1941
Judaism, 1922-1923
K, 1830-1956, undated
K: various documents, 1896-1939
Kansas State Historical Society, 1922
Kappa Alpha correspondence, 1895-1897
Kappa Alpha correspondence, 1898 June-February
Kappa Alpha correspondence, 1899 September-December
Kappa Alpha correspondence, 1900-1927
Kappa Alpha: mailing list, 1899
Kappa Alpha: manuscripts, undated
Kappa Alpha: mimeographs, photographs, 1889-1929
Kappa Alpha: catalogues, convention minutes, 1885-1898
Kappa Alpha: journal, 1897-1899
Kappa Alpha correspondence, 1898
Kappa Alpha correspondence, 1899
Kenney vs. Shipp, 1899
Kenton County Bar Association, 1912
The Kentuckian magazine, 1912-1913
Kentucky Abstract Company, 1917
Kentucky Chautaugua Assembly ads, 1902-1903
Kentucky Christian Education Society, undated
Kentucky Commonwealth vs. Cole, W.T., 1927
Kentucky Commonwealth vs. H.T. Duncan, 1889-1908
Kentucky Commonwealth vs. Doyle, E., undated
Kentucky Constitution, 1931
Kentucky Constitution: clippings, statistics of vote, 1931-1939
Kentucky Constitution: addresses, notes, etc., 1931-1939
Kentucky Constitution (1931-1934): correspondence, 1928-1932
Kentucky Constitution (1931-1934): correspondence, 1933-1934
Kentucky Constitution Convention: correspondence and Danville Political Club, 1941
Kentucky Constitution, 1946
Kentucky Counties, 1889
Kentucky Education Commission: Board of Education, 1904-1925
Kentucky General Assembly, 1904
Kentucky governors, undated
Kentucky Governor's Advisory Council: drafts, bills, pamphlets, 1922-1932
Kentucky Governor's Advisory Council: clippings, 1932-1933
Kentucky Governor's Advisory Council: correspondence, 1933-1934
Kentucky Governor's Advisory Council, 1933
Kentucky history notes, 1911-1937
Kentucky motto, 1922
Kentucky Pioneer Association, 1907-1938
Kentucky Press Association, 1937
Kentucky poems, 1916-1936
Kentucky Reporter, 1830-1831
Kentucky resolutions, 1887-1915
Kentucky River Coal Corporation, 1918-1923
Kentucky seal, undated
Kentucky State Bar Association, 1886-1945
Kentucky State Historical Society, 1906-1946
Kentucky State Racing Committee vs. Latonia Agriculture Association, 1909
Kentucky State Medical Association, 1910
Kentucky Tercentenary Commission, 1920-1922
Kentucky Union Company, 1893-1946, undated
Kentucky Union Company stockholder meeting, 1897-1901
Kentucky University Association, 1954-1956
Kierr Charles, 1917-1922
King & Metzger vs. T. L. Cassell, 1911
King, Rachel vs. Tuttle, Catherine, 1905-1906
King's Mountain, 1880-1941
Kinkead, George B., 1916-1935
Kiwanis club speech, 1921
Knott, Proctor, undated
L, 1809-1946, undated
L: various documents, 1941
Labor Day, 1922
Lake Erie Rail Road Company vs. Anson C. Barier, 1856
Land Grants, 1906
Landover, 1884-1930
Landover Lodge, 1927-1928
Langham vs. Woolfolk, etc., undated
Law books: index, 1924
Law school address: Samuel M. Wilson, 1933
Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, 1912
Lay, Peter W., 1895-1896
Leavy, 1940
League of Women Voters, 1923-1924
Lee's College, 1926-1936
Lee, Robert E., 1910-1934
Leestown, 1925-1931
Legal notes, 1860-1905
Legal point of view, 1909
Leonard, D.E. vs. City of Lexington, 1899-1901
Leonard D.E. vs. City of Lexington, 1890
Lexington Academy, 1938
Lexington Board of Commerce, 1915-1945
Lexington & Central Kentucky Title Company, 1886-1915
Lexington & Eastern Railroad Company, 1900-1917
Lexington & Ohio Railroad, 1831
Lexington Banking & Trust Company, 1897-1908
Lexington Bar address, 1939
Lexington Board of Education, 1900-1920
Lexington Cementary Company, undated
Lexington Citizens Association, undated
Lexington City Charter, 1894
Lexington, City of vs. J.T. Farmer, 1901
Lexington Civic league, 1900
Lexington, City of, 1900-1934
Lexington, City of vs. Lawyers, 1901
Lexington Commercial Club, 1907-1914
Lexington Community Chest, 1927-1936
Lexington Gas Company, undated
Lexington High School address, 1908 May 1
Lexington History, 1878-1920
Lexington Industrial School: Record Book, 1894-1907
Lexington Industrial School: Roll Book Number 1, 1904-1907
Lexington Industrial School: Roll Book Number 2, 1907-1910
Lexington Industrial School: Roll Book Number 3, 1910-1914
Lexington Investigating Company, undated
Lexington Observer & Reporter, 1809-1855
Lexington Ordinance, 1847-1930
Lexington Savings & Building Association, 1898-1900
Lexington Railway Company, 1900-1901
Lexington Sesqui-centennial Celebration, 1925-1939
Lexington: streets, 1908
Licentiate: "Is a licentiate a minister?", 1942-1943
Lilly, G.E.: Clay Floyd, 1906
Lincoln, Abraham, 1882-1942
Lincoln: Letters, Photo Stats, 1915
Lindsay, Chay, 1896-1899
Lindsay, Joseph, 1934
Lisle vs. Foster and Lisle vs. Milward, 1900
Littell, William, 1931
Lugan vs. Gallard, 1944
Lost Cause, undated
Louisville, Kentucky: Wilson, undated
Lowry, C.B., 1900-1903
Lowry, C.B., undated
Lowry, James, undated
Lyle, Joel, 1852
Lynn, William H., 1897-1904
Lynn, Samuel Carrick, 1803-1872
Lyons vs. Caroll, 1899-1900
M, 1842-1943, undated
M: various documents, 1867-1937
McChord, 1933-1938
McClellan, H.B., undated
McClelland, Sallie vs. McClelland, Frances, 1910
McConnell, 1925
McCullough, James vs. Barbour, R.N., 1900-1901
McDowell, Ephriam, 1929
McDowell, Samuel, 1842-1946, undated
McIntyre, James R., 1889-1903
McIntyre, James R. vs. Lucinda McIntyre and Ads Birch, Walters, etc., 1885-1903
MacKay, George, 1928-1929
MacKoy, Harry Brent, 1935-1936
MacKoy, William H., 1923-1937
McLaughlin, Michael, 1901-1903
McMichael, Robert, 1887-1898
Madden, John E. vs. Simons, Albert, 1907
Mahin, C.A. and The Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company, 1900-1901
Mammoth Cave: correspondence, 1927-1943
Mammoth Cave: printed material, undated
Mammoth Cave: clippings, 1927-1928
Mammoth Cave, undated
Marie, Queen, 1926
Marble Creek Station, undated
Marshall, J.W. vs. Reagan, D.J., 1902
Martin and Woolfolk vs. The Crystal Creek Coal Company, 1897
Maryland, 1908
Mason and Hoge vs. Ohio & Kentucky Railway Company, etc., 1902
Mason, Richard Barnes, undated
Masonic Ball, 1842
Massie, Robert Kinloch, 1923
Massie, G.B. vs. LAN Railroad Company, 1909
Massie School, 1922-1923
Maxwell, John vs. Bosworth, B., undated
Maysville, Kentucky: New Sensation Store, 1890
Memorial Day, May 30, 1935
Merrill, C.E.: Sketch, Jefferson Davis, 1913
Miller, Marion Mills: Poems, undated
Miller, T.O. vs. Pitman, W.R., 1900-1904
Milward Company vs. P.H. Idol, 1891-1896
Milward, Stanley vs. Wilkerson, J. Tevis, 1903
Ministers Annuity, 1936-1939
Mississippi Valley Historical Society, 1910-1946
Möller, M.P., 1896-1900
Montague, Thomas vs. Lexington & Nicholasville Turn Pike Company, 1839-1907
Moore, Mary vs. Hez Brown, etc., 1895-1901
Moore, James, 1928
Morgan, John Hunt, 1933
The Morning Democrat, 1900-1902
Morrison, James, 1930
Morton and Darnall, 1902
Morton, J.B., 1885-1889
Morton, Jeremiah R., 1870-1892
Morton, Webb, Wilson, 1903
Morton, Webb, Wilson, 1905-1909
Mulligan, James H., 1895-1916
Mulligan, James H. and Charles Staples: Episcopal cemetery, undated
Municipal and proprietary, undated
Municipal Corporation, 1904
Murray, Setiah: will of 1854, 1854
Mutzenbergh, 1910
N, 1842-1940, undated
N: various documents, 1864
Narcotics: educational facts about narcotics, 1842
National Committee to uphold Constitutional Government, 1940
Neagle, Mr. and Mrs. Mike, 1895
Neet, Jessamine Porter vs. Kentucky Highland Railroad Company, 1910
Ne: various documents, undated
National Weekly Investment Company, 1900-1902
Nelms and Bickers vs. Stevens, 1897-1899
Nelson vs. Carrick, 1898
Nelson, George vs. Baptist Church (black church), 1903
New Providence Church, 1934
Nicholas, George, 1899-1942
Nicholas, W.D. and J.V. Nicholas, 1912
Norman, C.E. vs. B.E. Hughes, 1903
North Carolina: photographs, 1930
North Folk Coal & Timber Company, Hazard, Kentucky, 1914
O, 1748-1939, undated
Oberdorter, L. vs. Taylor, Charles, 1900
O'Brien, John vs. Lexington Street Railway Company, undated
Ohio Company of Virginia, 1748-1798, 1925-1929
Ohio Valley in the Revolution, undated
Oil Shale, 1920-1925
Old Court-New Court Controversy, 1915-1938
Oots, A.J. vs. Lexington Hydraulic & Manufacturing Company, 1901-1910
Oots, A.J. vs. Lexington Hydraulic & Manufacturing Company, undated
Osborn, Albert: questioned documents, 1922-1931
Owings, Thomas D., 1922-1939
P-Q, 1881-1940, undated
P: various documents, 1899-1901
Paint Lick, 1933
Palladium, undated
"Panama Canal" address, 1904
Park, Kate McVey: peace song, undated
Parker, James and Mary, undated
Parker Pen Company, 1899
Parker Decision, 1902
Patrick and Gum vs. J.R. Farrow, 1905
Patrick Case and Rice University, undated
Patterson, C.B., 1895-1900, undated
Patterson James Kennedy, 1924-1935
Patterson, Maria vs. Johnson, T.S., 1904-1905
Patterson, Colonel Robert, 1911
Paune vs. Fizer, 1901
Pepper, James E., 1896-1907
Pete, A.M. vs. Duvall, S.H. etc., 1895
Philosophy of the Civil War Address, 1811
Phoenix Insurance Company, 1897-1902
Phoenix Investment Bank, 1909-1933
Piatt and Barnes, 1903
Pine Mountain School, 1913-1920
Pisgah address, 1924
Place names, 1932
Poems, songs, 1887
Poor in Lexington, 1935
Porter, Clifford, 1898-1901
Presbyterian Church, 1936-1940
Preston vs. Lexington Hydraulic Company, undated
Quotations, 1881-1935
R, 1790-1954, undated
R: various documents, 1897-1901
Rafinesque, 1953
"Railroad Pioneers of Kentucky": address, 1916
Ranck, George W., 1901-1903
Ranck, George W., 1901-1903
Recipes, 1900-1924
Religious Freedom Day, undated
Rice, Reverend David, 1934
Rickie, Charles G., 1904
Roberts, George T. vs. Stumbo, Oliver H. (see also: Stumbo), 1928
Robertson, George, 1790-1874, 1922-1924
Robinson, Lizzie P. vs., 1910-1911
Roche, James M., 1922-1941
Roche, John, 1826-1925
Roche, John, etc. vs. Shields, W.M., 1905
Rockwell Manufacturing Company vs. Thomas, J.M., 1895
Rodes, J. Waller, undated
Rogers, Fanny C., 1897
Rogers, J.B. vs. Duncan, H.T., 1901-1902
Rogers, James C., 1900
Rosenbach, A.S.W., 1933
Rowan, John, 1921-1941
Royal Springs, 1915-1954
Russell vs. Board of Education, 1901
S, 1864-1947, undated
S: various documents, 1888-1943
St. Patrick's Day, 1916 March 17
St. Peter's Catholic Church, 1919
Sampson Trial, 1906-1914
Sampson Trial, 1914
Sayre, J.W., 1899-1902
Scott, Charles M., 1932-1935
Scott, Harvey, 1863
Scott, John W., 1901
Scott, SR. Walter: picture, 1824
Scribbler's Club, 1894
Security Trust & Safety Vault Company, 1898-1916
Security Trust & Safety Vault Company vs. Hopkins, Maggie, 1898-1899
Security Trust & Safety Vault Company vs. Reuter, John, 1902
Security Trust & Safety Vault Company vs. Spencer, undated
Security Trust & Safety Vault Company: record book, 1893-1901
Sequoyah, 1931
Shane Collection, 1945
Sharp, S.G., 1895-1900
Shelby, Isaac, undated
Shelby, D.H. vs. Pullman Company, 1900
Shelby, Edmund P.: estate papers, 1936-1943
Shelby, Evan, undated
Shelby, Isaac: inauguration anniversary, 1940
Shelby, Isaac: documents and correspondence, undated
Shelby, Isaac miscellany, 1908-1938
Shelby, Isaac: photo stats, 1938
Shelby, Isaac: from Wilson's pamphlet collection, 1911
Shelby: Wilson correspondence, 1864-1942
Shelby, Isaac: sketches of his life, 1909-1911
Shelby, Susan (Hart): miscellany, undated
Shelby: Wilson correspondence, 1925-1933
Sherry, P.J. vs., 1901
Simms, Lucy B., 1874-1914
Slade, J.T. vs. city of Lexington, 1896-1932, undated
Smith, Benjamin B., 1942-1943
Smith, H. Neff: Memorial of Rev. W.S. Doak, 1887
Smith, J. Soule vs. city of Lexington, 1901
Smith, W.B., undated
Smith, W.B., 1923-1925
Solicitor General, January 1913
Solicitor General, February 1913
Solicitor General, March 1913
Solicitor General, April 1913-May 1919
Sons of the American Revolution, 1906-1945
Southern Historical Association, 1924-1939
Southern Inter-state Oratorical Association, 1895
Southern Inter-state Oratorical Association, 1896
Southern Inter-state Oratorical Association, 1897
Southern Judicial District, 1927-1930
Southern Mutual Investment Company, 1898-1901
Southern Railway vs. Thurman, Lorella, 1901-1907
"Sovereignty", 1921-1922
Souvenirs, 1890-1923
Spalding, Rebecca W., 1946-1947
Spears, Woodford & Sons, 1937-1940
Spindle, John, 1907-1908
Sprague, George P., 1936-1940
Springfield Church, 1838-1943
Stallcup, Mary P. vs. Cronley's Trustees, 1903
Stallcup, Mary P. vs. Cronley's Trustees, 1904
Spurr, Richard, undated
Standard Oil Company vs. Doyle, 1901-1905
Stanton, Richard H., 1891-1937
Staples, Chas. R., 1935
Steele, O.L. vs. Talbott, Mrs. T.C., 1910
Stevens, Nannie vs. Stevens, Henry, 1897
Stickles, Arndt M., 1943
Stone, Edward L., 1928-1935
Stone, Paulina N., 1890-1899
Straus, 1898
Stumbo, W.L. vs. U.S.A., undated
Sulgrave, 1922
Supreme Court for District of Kentucky, 1939
Supreme Court for District of Kentucky, 1935
Swan, 1901-1930
Sweet, Forest H., 1932-1937
Swift & Company, 1922
T, 1871-1946, undated
T: various documents, 1894-1900
Talbert (Talbott) vs. Ramey, John Henry, 1896
Talbert (Talbott) vs. Ramey, John Henry, 1898
Tatman vs. Stewart, 1897
Taul, Colonel Micah, 1939
Taylor, John: Commonwealth vs. John Taylor, 1904-1905
Templin, Terah, 1941-1944
Texas vs. Wisdom, B.H., 1890-1906
The Three Georges by S.M. Wilson, 1932
Thomas, B.G. Estate, 1871-1913
Thomas, Edmund, undated
Thompson, William, undated
Thompson, Chas R. vs. Felton, S.M., 1897
Title Guarantee & Trust Company, 1912-1914
Tobacco, 1914
Todd, Levi & Jour, 1925
Townsend, John Wilson, 1935
Torch Press vs. Townsend, J.W., 1913-1933
Transylvania College, 1932-1934
Transylvania Company, 1930
Transylvania Company: article by Samuel Wilson, 1940
Transylvania Enterprise: Wilson notes, 1926-1930
Transylvania Company (Enterprise): miscellany, 1906-1916
Transylvania Enterprise or Company: Correspondence, 1916-1942
Transylvania Enterprise: Miscellany, 1906-1935
Transylvania Enterprise: Miscellany, 1930
Transylvania Map of Settlement, 1930
Transylvania map of settlement, 1916-1930
Transylvania University, 1923-1946
Traveler's Rest, 1930
Troy Buggy Works Company, 1899-1900
True, Sarah T. vs. Caldwell, 1897
Trumbo, A.H., 1897
Tudor, S.M. vs., 1904
Tuttle, Miranda vs. Dunlap, Fayette, 1899-1903
U, 1820-1937
U: various documents, 1898
United States History: Constitution Week, 1923
United States History: District Court, 1935
United States History: Civil War, 1861-1863
United States History: Battle of Lexington, Revolutionary War, 1935-1936
United States History, 1904-1934
United States History: War of 1812, 1911-1921
United States vs. Mitchell, Colonel W.M., 1820
United States mutual investment, 1900-1901
United States Supreme Court, 1935-1937
United States Supreme Court: clippings, 1935-1937
V, 1896-1943, undated
V: various documents, 1928
Vance, John T., 1943
Vance, Nettie, 1896-1897
Vandervorst, R. vs. Lucotte, Eugene, 1895
Van Meter vs. Berry, 1898-1901
Virginia Military Surveys, undated
Von Engelken Louisiana B.M.G., 1935
W, 1850-1973, undated
Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church, 1924-1973
W: various documents, 1895-1900
Ward, A.H., 1867-1946
Ward, J. Miller, 1903
Warder Bushwell & Glessner Company, 1899-1902
Warfield, Ed., 1896-1897
Warfield, Ed., 1876-1891
Washington, George, 1911-1932
Washington, Mary: copy of will, 1778, undated
Watkins, Ellen vs. Bennett, 1920
Watterson Memorial, 1915-1922
Webb, Hettie vs. Commonwealth Distillery Company, 1899-1904, undated
Webster, L.G., 1899
Webb, George C. vs. Curry, J. Howard, 1905
Webster, L.G., undated
Weiman vs. Chinn, 1897
Welch, Garrett, 1901
Welch, James, 1928-1936
West Fincastle, 1934-1935
The Western Citizen, undated
Westminster Assembly Tercentenary Address, 1943
Wilderness Road, 1902
Wilderness Road, 1824
Williams College, 1882-1893
Wilkinson, James, 1935
Williams College, 1894-1919
Williams College, 1920-1939
Williams College, 1940-1945
Williams, Samuel Cole, 1930-1937
Colonial Williamsburg and list of shop items (from Wilson pamphlet collection), 1941
Wills and estates: incomplete, 1897-1908
Wilson, B.B., 1898-1904
Wilson, Ellen Memorial Association, 1916
Wilson, G.B. Ads. Drake, J.S. (see; Drake, J.S. vs. Wilson G.), 1860-1862
Wilson, John N and Wooley, 1864-1899
Wilson, Sam E. etc., 1897
Wilson family genealogy, 1850-1946
Wilson, Samuel M.: Bible notes and studies, 1922-1945
Wilson, Samuel M.: Bible notes and studies, undated
Wilson, Samuel M.: Fifty Years a Lawyer, 1945
Wilson, Samuel M. vs. City of Lexington, 1901-1904
Wilson, Woodrow Dinner, 1916
Wilson, Woodrow Memorial Foundation, 1921-1928
Woman's Club of Central Kentucky, 1930
Woman's Club of Louisville, Kentucky, 1926
Woman's Suffrage, 1913-1946
Women in Kentucky History, 1922
Wood, J.E., 1901-1902
Wood Oil Company, 1934
Wood, W.G., 1895
Woods, Dr./Rev. Alva, 1946
Woolley, Robert W.: Art Collection, 1938-1939
Woolley's heirs, 1897-1899
Y-Z, 1898-1955, undated
YMCA, 1899-1919
YMCA, 1920-1944
YWCA, 1926-1955
YWCA, 1918
YWCA, undated
Yantis, S.S., 1905
Yantis, S.S., 1906
Yantis, S.S., 1907
Yates, etc. vs. Ficklin's hens (Latham), 1899
Yeaman, M.V.P., Rev.: Harrodsburg vs. Boonesboro address, 1907
Yellman, 1898
Zimmerman vs. Yellow Creek (for Innes Coal Company), 1903
Zimmerman vs. Yellow Creek (For Innes Coal Company), undated
UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center is open Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm. Appointments are encouraged but not required. Schedule an appointment here.
Researchers must have an SCRC Researcher Account to request materials. View account set-up and use instructions here.
Questions? Contact SCRC via our Contact Form.
Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- A, 1831-1945
- B, 1775-1944, undated
- C, 1843-1958, undated
- D, 1803-1945, undated
- E, 1869-1934, undated
- F, 1974-1946, undated
- G, 1770-1950, undated
- H, 1862-1954, undated
- I, 1897-1944, undated
- J, 1845-1942, undated
- K, 1830-1956, undated
- L, 1809-1946, undated
- M, 1842-1943, undated
- N, 1842-1940, undated
- O, 1748-1939, undated
- P-Q, 1881-1940, undated
- R, 1790-1954, undated
- S, 1864-1947, undated
- T, 1871-1946, undated
- U, 1820-1937
- V, 1896-1943, undated
- W, 1850-1973, undated
- Y-Z, 1898-1955, undated
You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.
If you find description with problematic language that you think SCRC should review, please contact us at SCRC@uky.edu.
UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center is open Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm. Appointments are encouraged but not required. Schedule an appointment here.
Researchers must have an SCRC Researcher Account to request materials. View account set-up and use instructions here.
Questions? Contact SCRC via our Contact Form.
Requests
No items have been requested.
You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.
If you find description with problematic language that you think SCRC should review, please contact us at SCRC@uky.edu.