Lloyd "Feller" Ramsey University of Kentucky football and Somerset, Kentucky, slides

Abstract

The Lloyd Feller Ramsey University of Kentucky football and Somerset, Kentucky, slides (dated 1936 September-1937 April, undated; 1 box) comprise 7 rolls of black-and-white slide film (5 positive, 2 negative) depicting University of Kentucky football players and practice; University of Kentucky men's dormitory life and male students; Somerset, Kentucky, high school football practice, recreation, and Ramsey friends and family, 1936 September-1937 April; and horse races at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky (1936).

Descriptive Summary

Title
Lloyd "Feller" Ramsey University of Kentucky football and Somerset, Kentucky, slides
Date
1936 September-1937 April, undated (inclusive)
Creator
Ramsey, Lloyd B. (Lloyd Brinkley), 1918-
Extent
.11 Cubic Feet
Subjects
Student activities -- Kentucky -- Lexington
College students -- Kentucky -- Lexington
Arrangement
Collection retains its original order. Where possible original titles were retained.
Finding Aid Author
Ruth E. Bryan
Preferred Citation
2019ua002 : [identification of item], Lloyd "Feller" Ramsey University of Kentucky football and Somerset, Kentucky, slides, 1936 September-1937 April, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Biography / History
Lloyd Brinkley "Feller" Ramsey (1918-2016) was a native of Somerset, Kentucky. He attended the University of Kentucky (1936-1940) as a scholarship football player and member of the university Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). After graduation, he was commissioned a Second Lietenant in the regular army and served as a career military officer (1940-1970) in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Source: 1. Ramsey, Lloyd B. Maj. Gen. Lloyd B. Ramsey U.S. Army Retired: A Memoir. Clinton County Historical Society, 2006.
Scope and Content
The Lloyd "Feller" Ramsey University of Kentucky football and Somerset, Kentucky, slides (dated 1936 September-1937 April, undated; 1 box) comprise 7 rolls of black-and-white slide film (5 positive, 2 negative) depicting University of Kentucky football players and practice; University of Kentucky men's dormitory life and male students; Somerset, Kentucky, high school football practice, recreation, and Ramsey friends and family, 1936 September-1937 April; and horse races at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky (1936).
The Somerset images include a set of photographs of the exterior and interior of a log cabin, including men and boys sitting around the exterior; a field on which football players are practicing; a river in which young men are wading and bathing; football practices and scrimages; and an African American man in a doorway who may be a cook. The University of Kentucky images include football practices and games, Stohl football field and streets and buildings around the field, football players, and exterior and interior images of buildings and dormitories. In some of the images, Ramsey is wearing a neck brace. There is also a photograph of an empty plaster cast of a male upper torso. There are also photographs of cars and motorcycles; bridges, roads, and a ferry; knives and guns on display on a wall; lambs and sheep in a field; a few hilly landscapes; the race track, horses, and spectators at Churchill Downs (Louisville, Ky.), and men, women, boys, and girls (but predominantly men and boys).

Restrictions on Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment
Use Restrictions
Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Special Collections Research Center.

Contents of the Collection

"'Feller' Ramsey presents U of K football", 1937 April 3

  • Box 1, item 2019ua002.01
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"'Feller' Ramsey presents our dorm" (positive), 1936 Sept.

  • Box 1, item 2019ua002.02
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"'Feller' Ramsey presents our dorm" (negative), 1936 Sept.

  • Box 1, item 2019ua002.03
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"Parkers Mill Briar Jumpers Football Practice" (positive), 1936 Sept. 1

  • Box 1, item 2019ua002.04
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"Parkers Mill Briar Jumpers Football Practice" (negative), 1936 Sept. 1

  • Box 1, item 2019ua002.05
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[Somerset, Ky., possibly 1936-1937], undated

  • Box 1, item 2019ua002.06
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[Somerset, Ky., possibly 1936-1937], undated

  • Box 1, item 2019ua002.07
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