Clara Warland White scrapbooks and autograph books
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Clara Warland White scrapbooks and autograph books
- Date
- 1879-1893 (inclusive)
- Creator
- White, Clara Warland, d. 1940
- Extent
- 0.68 Cubic Feet
- Preferred Citation
- 46m5: [identification of item], Clara Warland White scrapbooks and autograph books, 1879-1893, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Clara White was born in Lexington in either 1873 or 1874. Her father was Dr. James G. White, a professor of mathematics at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, later the State University, Lexington, Kentucky. He also served as the interim president of the university in 1910. Clara White attended State University, Lexington, Kentucky. From 1913 to 1918, she taught Home Economics, and between 1919 and 1936, she worked in the College of Law as a clerk and later the first law librarian. Clara White passed away on October 1, 1940, and is buried in the Lexington Cemetery.
- Scope and Content
- The Clara Warland White scrapbooks and autograph books (dated 1879-1893; 0.68 cubic feet; 2 boxes) comprise several albums filled with poems, newspaper clippings, advertisements, autographs from friends and family, and collages of illustrations. Two of them contain dedications written to Clara White, one from W.O. Sweeny (box 1, folder 1) and the other from Mary Fairhuish (box 1, folder 5).
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
W.O. Sweeny Jr. to Clara White, Scrapbook, 1883 December 25
Favorite Scrapbook: Mrs. James (Clara) White, Lexington, Ky., 1879 September
Scrapbook, undated
Album, undated
Album, from Mary Fairhuish to Clara White, 1884 January 1
Clara White, autograph albums, 1883-1889
Clara White, autograph albums, 1885-1893
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