Smither family papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Smither family papers
- Date
- 1804-1961, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.4 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Business records -- Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 65m148: [Identification of item], Smither family papers, 1804-1961, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- George W. Smither was the owner of Pond Branch Landing on the Kentucky River. His son, Otto Smither, was a member of the Owen County, Kentucky Board of Education (1926-1940) and was elected to the Kentucky State legislature (1940-1942). The family lived in Monterey, Owen County, Kentucky.
- Scope and Content
- The Smither family papers (dated 1804-1961, undated; 0.4 cubic feet; 1 box) include correspondence, banking records, bills of sale and other financial records concerning the Pond Branch Landing on the Kentucky River owned by the family. Also included is a typescript interview with state representative, Otto Smither and correspondence with Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Keen Johnson, and Harry Lee Waterfield. In the interview, Otto Smither claims a special liking for Chandler who had a road constructed from Monterey, Kentucky to Gratz, Kentucky, two towns in Smither's district.
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.
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