Cooper-Phillips family papers
66M37
University of Kentucky Special Collections
0.45 Cubic feet
1 box
Bulk, 1857-1866
1839-1911
The Cooper-Phillips family papers document the family of Spencer Cooper, a Lexington, Kentucky clergyman and his daughter Annie's family with Theodore Phillips.
Cooper family.
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Preferred Citation note
66M37 : [identification of item], Cooper-Phillips family papers, 1839-1911, bulk 1857-1866, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Biographical note
Spencer Cooper, a Methodist minister from Lexington, Kentucky, had two daughters Anna (Annie) and Virginia. In 1869, Annie married Theodore B. Phillips an accountant for W.S. Hume and Co., distillers of sour mash, bourdon, rye and malt whiskies. Virginia married Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe a lawyer and editor of the Lexington
Observer and Reporter and Kentucky Secretary of State under Governor James Fisher Robinson.
Scope and Contents note
The Cooper-Phillips family papers consist of letters, receipts, and business papers created by the family of Spencer Cooper, a Lexington, Kentucky clergyman. Included are several letters concerning the Civil War from Cooper's children, all of whom supported the Union. Letters dating from the 1880s and 1890s were created by the family of Annie Cooper and her husband, Theodore Phillips.
Arrangement note
Collection is arranged by format.
Cooper family.
Cooper, Spencer, 1787-1839
Observer and reporter. (Lexington, Ky.)
Phillips family.
Phillips, Annie, (Anna), Cooper
Phillips, Theodore B.
W.S. Hume and Co..
Wickliffe family.
Wickliffe, Daniel Carmichael, 1810-1870
Wickliffe, Virginia, Cooper
Kentucky--Genealogy.
Liquor industry--Kentucky--History--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Public opinion.
Correspondence
I.
1839-1893
General
1
1
1839-1868
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains invitations and announcements received by the Cooper family, as well as correspondence in which the recipient or sender could not be clearly identified; some documents are undated.
General to Anna Cooper
1
2
[11 February 1858]-11 September 1865
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains letters written to Anna Cooper from friends and relatives, including nieces and nephews.
General to Anna Cooper
1
3
21 January 1867-15 June 1881
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains letters written to Anna Cooper by friends and relatives, including nieces and nephews; some documents are undated.
General to Mary H. Cooper
1
4
18 April 1853-4 April 1863
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains letters and invitations received by Mary Cooper from her children and friends; some documents are undated.
Ellen Cooper to Anna Cooper
1
5
24 September [1861]-5 July 1863
Georgeanna Cooper to Anna Cooper
1
6
7 February 1857-1 October 1866
Helen Cooper to Anna Cooper
1
7
18 September 1857-28 February 1859
Henry Cooper to Anna Cooper
1
8
9 September 1857-23 July 1864
Jane Cooper to Anna Cooper
1
9
23 December 1857-187[1] September
Sallie Cooper (Venable) to Anna Cooper
1
10
17 September 1861-29 November [1869]; undated
Wickliffe Cooper to Anna Cooper
1
11
29 September 1863-7 March 1865
Theodore B. Phillips
1
12
6 November 1888-1893
Wickliffe (Cooper), Virginia to Anna Cooper
1
13
[22 March 1865]-1 May 1866
Records
II.
1855-1911
Scope and Contents note
This series contains documents pertaining to the Cooper and Phillps families, including receipts for family and housefold expenses, invitations and accouncements, stock certificates, and pamphlets.
Cooper family receipts
1
14
1855-1859
Phillips family documents
1
15
1864-1889, 1910-1911
Photographs
III.
1888
Scope and Contents note
This series contains two photographs retained by the Cooper and Phillips families.
General John Hunt Morgan and Martha Ready
1
16
undated
"Office at Coal Mines Lily Laurel Co. Ky."
1
17
1888 April