Collection on the Breckinridge family photographs
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Collection on the Breckinridge family photographs
- Date
- undated
- Extent
- 0.3 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Families--Kentucky--History--19th century.
- Families--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Families--Photographs.
- Family.
- Portraits.
- Preferred Citation
- 2007av035: [identification of item], Collection on the Breckinridge family, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- R. J. Breckinridge (1800-1871) was a Kentucky State Representative, Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction, and a candidate for delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention in 1849. He was the son of John Breckinridge, and in 1823, he married Ann Sophonisba Preston.
- John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) was a member Kentucky House of Representatives, a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856, Vice President of the United States from 1857 to 1861, candidate for President of the United States in 1860, a United States Senator from Kentucky in 1861, and the Confederate States Secretary of War in 1865. He was the son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge.
- Scott Dudley Breckinridge, Sr. (1882-1941) was a physician in Lexington, an author, and was the U.S. Fencing Champion in 1906 and 1914. He competed in 1912 Olympics. He married Gertrude Ashby Bayne. He was the son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr.
- Robert Lee Breckinridge was born in 1825 and died in 1906.
- Scope and Content
- The Collection on the Breckinridge family (undated; cubic feet; 15 items) consists of photographs collected specifically for their relation to the Breckinridge family of Lexington, Kentucky. Included are engravings, a tintype, and a large albumen portrait of the Breckinridge family in which the members are identified. Members of the family depicted in the photographs includes Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, and Scott Dudley Breckinridge. Several of the photographs are unidentified.
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 Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Mary Clay Smith, wife of Joseph C. Breckinridge, mother of John C. Breckinridge, undated
Unidentified man; note of unknown origin states "Any namesake of Henry Howard Gratz is to have this picture.", undated
Unidentified young man, undated
Unidentified woman, undated
Unidentified woman, undated
John Breckinridge, undated
Robert Lee Breckinridge, undated
R. J. Breckinridge and his six sons, undated
John Cabell Breckinridge, undated
Joseph Cabell Breckinridge in dress uniform, undated
Joseph Cabell Breckinridge as Major General, during the Spanish-American War, undated
Scott Dudley Breckinridge at a national competition in New York, undated
Breckinridge family portrait, undated
James Breckinridge, undated
Reverend John Breckinridge, undated
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