Chenault-Bowmar family papers, 1852-1942
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Chenault-Bowmar family papers, 1852-1942
- Creator
- Chenault family.
- Extent
- 8 volumes, 1 cubic ft.
- Subjects
- Bowmar family.
- Chenault, R. C. (Robert Cameron), 1834-
- Eastern Kentucky State Lunatic Asylum (Lexington, Ky.)
- Woodford Sun (Ky.)
- Physicians--Kentucky.
- Versailles (Ky.)--History
- Arrangement
- Dr. Chenault Account Books: 1860-1872, 1866-1868, 1872-1892; Woodford SUN Records: 1895-1910, 1935-1942; Ledger: 1852-1853; Marietta Bowmar Journal, Wednesday Club Minutes, and Miscellaneous materials: no apparent order.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Central Kentucky families. Dr. R.C. Chenault was one-time superintendent of the Eastern Kentucky State Lunatic Asylum in Lexington (now Eastern State Hospital). Mary or Marietta Bowmar was Dr. Chenault's daughter. A.A. Bowmar was publisher of the Woodford SUN newspaper.
- Scope and Content
- This collection contains papers of the Chenault and Bowmar families of Central Kentucky. There are three account books of R.C. Chenault's medical practice; subscription books from the Woodford SUN; a ledger of a Versailles store; and a minute book of the Wednesday Club, a Versailles Literary society.
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