Garry Wheeler Stone papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Garry Wheeler Stone papers
- Date
- 1947-1993, undated (inclusive)
- Creator
- Stone, Garry Wheeler
- Extent
- 0.68 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Historic preservation -- Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 2019ms016: [identification of item], Garry Wheeler Stone papers, 1947-1993, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Garry Wheeler Stone was born in Xenia, Ohio. He is a historical archaeologist who studied under John Cotter at the University of Pennsylvania. As of 2017, he has retired as Regional Historian for the State Park Service and Historian for the Monmouth Battlefield State Park with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
- Source: Huey, P.R. An Interview with Garry Wheeler Stone. Hist Arch 53, 226–235 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-019-00173-z
- Scope and Content
- The Garry Wheeler Stone papers (1947-1993, undated; 0.68 cubic feet; 2 boxes, 3 oversize folders) comprise correspondence, plans, timelines, court proceedings related to historic preservation efforts in downtown Lexington during 1969-1970 as well as architectural plans and letters from and drawings by architectural historian, Clay Lancaster. The papers primarily relate to historic preservation efforts made by the South Hill Neighborhood Association.
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
Papers and photographs, 1947-1993, undated
Scope and Contents
The Papers and photographs series includes correspondence, plans, timelines, court proceedings, newspaper clippings and research notes and articles relating to the South Hill Neighborhood Association historic preservation efforts in 1969-1970. The photographs show building sites after demolition during the preservation efforts. The series also contains letters and research materials authored by Clay Lancaster and two college papers about nineteenth century Lexington history by Garry Wheeler Stone.
"Exploding the Myths of Urban Renewal" by Martin Anderson, Reader's Digest, 1965 April
Henry Clay Law Office archeology correspondence and report by Stone, 1968-1970
Henry Clay Law Office correspondence with Clay Lancaster, 1968-1970
High Street newspaper clippings, 1969-1970
High Street, Urban Renewal Agency correspondence, 1969
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) correspondence and notes, 1969-1970
Historic Lexington, Inc. data reports, 1969
Historic preservation reports, Lexington, 1968-1970
Historic preservation notecards, Lexington, 1969-1970
Historic views of Lexington postcards, undated
Lancaster, Clay bibliography, 1987
Lancaster, Clay cards, undated
Lancaster, Clay correspondence, 1969-1981
Lancaster, Clay drawings, circa 1968
Lancaster, Clay journal and magazine articles, 1947-1975
Leadership in Lexington, Kentucky, 1810-1820 paper by Garry Wheeler Stone, 1966 March 30
Lexington archaeology clippings, 1981-1982
Lexington demolition photographs, circa 1970
Railroad track removal and Urban Renewal Agency resume of events and reports, 1964-1967, 1967
The Negro in the County Court of Fayette County, 1803-1818, paper by Garry Wheeler Stone, American Civilization 600, University of Pennsylvania, 1967 May 5
The Urban Renewal Program in Lexington pamphlet, circa 1963
"Water Supply and the Early Settlement of Lexington" by Gary O'Dell, Filson Club History Quarterly, 1993 October
Lancaster, Clay letter re: Liberty Hall kitchen, 1981 February 25
Architectural drawings and plans, 1968-1980, undated
Scope and Contents
The Architectural drawings series contains architectural plans for a Kentucky housing project in Hodgenville, two central Kentucky homes, and kitchen renovation plans for Liberty Hall Historic Site. Also included are drawings of streets in Lexington and Nantucket, Massachusetts by Clay Lancaster.
Plans, Elevations, and Section for Restoring the Henry Clay Law Office, Clay Lancaster, 1970 May 11
Elevation of Buildings on the North Side of High Street, Lexington, Kentucky. Each appropriately restored by Clay Lancaster, 1968 June 30
Hodgenville Municipal Housing Commission, Hodgenville Housing Project, Number S3-1, circa 1970
Liberty Hall Restoration blueprints, Harry M. Sparks, Architect, 1980 July 21
Nantucket, Massachusetts, Sketch of the Northside of Lower Main and Federal Street to the Atheneum showing buildings after the Great Fire of 1846, undated
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Caldwell residence, Danville, Kentucky, undated
Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott, Lexington Avenue, Winchester, Kentucky, undated
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