Cahill family papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Cahill family papers
- Date
- 1895-1932 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.23 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Dairy farming -- Kentucky.
- Business records -- Kentucky.
- Harness racing -- Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 66m32: [Identification of item], Cahill family papers, 1895-1932, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- William J. D. Cahill, an 1898 graduate of the State University, now the University of Kentucky, in mechanical engineering, operated a dairy in Fayette County, Ky. and was active in racing meets for trotting horses.
- Scope and Content
- The Cahill family papers (dated 1895-1932; 0.23; 1 box) contain correspondence and business records relating to William James David Cahill, horse racing, his dairy, and his family. They also contain bills, receipts, business letters and miscellaneous family items. A folder of business correspondence contains information on the 1914 election of alumni to the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky.
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
Business correspondence, 1896-1932
Horse racing programs, advertisements, and correspondence, 1895-1927
Dairy correspondence and advertisements, 1895-1927
Personal, horse breeding and dairy receipts, 1895-1927
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