McDowell family papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- McDowell family papers
- Date
- 1854-1919, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 2.45 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Deeds.
- Farmers.
- Farms -- Kentucky.
- Tobacco industry -- Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 51m20 : [identification of item], McDowell family papers, 1854-1919, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- William C. McDowell was a Danville, Kentucky farmer who served on the Lexington Tobacco Board of Trade.
- Scope and Content
- The McDowell family papers (dated 1854-1919, undated; 2.45 cubic feet; 4 boxes, 1 oversize box) comprise correspondence, financial documents, and deeds that document the Danville, Kentucky family and the farming activities of William C. McDowell during the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries.
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
Letters, 1854-1879
Letters and receipts, 1880-1884
Letters and bills, 1885-1886
Letters and receipts, 1887-1889
Letters, bills, and shares, 1890-1892
Letters, receipts, notary forms, 1893-1898
Letters and receipts, 1901-1910
Letters and bills, 1911
Letters and receipts, 1912
Letters and receipts, 1913
Letters and receipts, 1914
Letters and receipts, 1915
Letters and receipts, 1916 January-June
Letters and receipts, 1916 July-December
Letters and receipts, 1917 January-August
Letters and receipts, 1917 September-December
Letters and receipts, 1918 January-June
Letters and receipts, 1918 July-December
Letters and receipts, 1919
Letters and receipts, undated
Letters, undated
Letters and receipts, undated
Fragments of letters, undated
Letter, undated
The Young Christian Soldier, 1891 July 26
"Non-Negotiable, Live Stock Contract", 1916 July 31
Insurance policies, 1892-1918
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