Artificial Collection, 1863-1956

Author

Processed by: Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig

Title

Artificial Collection

Date

1863-1956

Repository

Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections & Archives. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931

Conditions Governing Access note

Access at KHS only. Use microfilm, transcriptions or images when available.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Artificial Collection, 1863-1956, 98SC31,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort.

Extent

6 items

Scope and Content

This is an artificial collection of six items: a list of military stores transferred from Lt. Col. A.L. Mand to Lt. Col. R.A. Davis at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, July 29, 1863; a funeral notice for Orpha Jane Preston, Jan. 7, 1881 in Lexington, Kentucky; two memoranda books, one dated Feb. 1882 and owned by Birdett K. Ray of Frankfort, Kentucky and the other dated Dec. 27, 1902 listing members of the Hiram Lodge of Frankfort and some expenditures; a 1936 poll book of Jefferson County, East Middletown Precinct, First Magisterial District, compiled by W.H. Wood; and a letter dated July 28, 1956 from Dorothy Jab Robinson of Penbryn, England to Mrs. Booe and including a color print of a young woman's portrait. The first memoranda book lists expenditures, a note about starting work at the State Penitentiary, a whipping list, and some recipes. The second memoranda book lists Paul Sawyier as one of the Lodge members.

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects

• Preston, Orpha Jane, d. 1881 -- Death
• Robinson, Dorothy J. -- Correspondence
• Voting registers -- Kentucky -- Jefferson County
• Notebooks
• Davis, R. A., fl. 1863
• Mand, A. L., fl. 1863
• Ray, Birdett K.
• Robinson, Dorothy J.
• Wood, W. H.