Burton family scrapbooks
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Burton family scrapbooks
- Date
- 1859-1931
- Extent
- 1.83 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Women--Ohio--Cleveland.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject.
- Preferred Citation
- 71M2: [identification of item], Burton family scrapbooks, 1859-1931, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Bishop Lewis William Burton was the first Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, which was organized in 1896. He resigned his post at the Diocese in 1928. His father, Lewis Burton, Sr., was a Reverend at St. John's Parish in Cleveland, Ohio, a position that Bishop Burton later acquired. Burton had two sisters, Mrs. A.B. Leslie and Mrs. E.J. Backus, who were active members of the Women's Auxiliary Diocese of Ohio.
- Scope and Content
- The Burton family scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and church programs that chronicle the lives of the Burton family members, including Lewis Burton, Sr. and his children, Lewis William Burton, Mrs. A.B. Leslie, and Mrs. E.J. Backus. Materials record events in St. John's Parish, St. Mark's Parish, the Diocese of Lexington, and the Women's Auxiliary Diocese of Ohio. Notable events include the death of Lewis Burton, Sr. in 1894 and the appointment of Lewis William Burton as Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington in 1896.
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.
Contents of the Collection
Lewis Burton, Sr. scrapbooks, 1859-1895
Women scrapbooks, 1859-1931
Scope and Contents note
The Women scrapbooks included materials about the lives of Mrs. A.B. Leslie and Mrs. E.J. Backus (sisters of Bishop Lewis William Burton), as well as Emily P. Berry, and their work in various church organizations.
Mrs. A.B. Leslie and Mrs. E.J. Backus scrapbook, 1877-1931
Emily P. Berry scrapbook, 1859-1896
Lewis William Burton scrapbooks, 1878-1931
Scope and Contents note
The Lewis William Burton scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and other printed materials about the life and career of Burton at St. John's Parish and as Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington.
Official scrapbook, 1878-1931
Personal scrapbook, 1884-1918
Invoices/Official scrapbook, 1914-1925
Bishop Burton, Volume I, 1900-1921
Bishop Burton, Volume II, 1921-1928
Bishop Burton, Volume III, 1928-1933
Bishop Burton, Volume IV, 1900-1931
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