Collection Title: John C. Waters Papers
Series Number: MS88-01
Processed and Cataloged by: No record exists on who originally processed the collection or what date it was processed.
Date Listed: July 14, 2010
Date Span: 1923-1967
Size of Collection: 7.0 linear feet.
Number of Boxes: 11 legal size document cases and 3 oversized boxes.
Type of Material: Manuscripts, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks and photographs.
Condition of Material: Fair with some foxing and fading due to aging and improper storage.
Arrangement: Organized alphabetically by subject title; Chronological arrangement.
Biographical / Historical Information: John C. Waters was a local historian from Murray, Kentucky. He was born in October of 1908 at Hohenwald, Tennessee. His parents relocated to Murray when he was child. He attended local public schools and graduated from Murray High School in 1926. Following graduation, he worked for an oil business in Calloway County and later as assistant superintendent of maintenance and operations at Murray State University. He was instrumental in movement to preserve the Calloway County Courthouse and was the founder of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society. He also wrote numerous articles on regional history for local newspapers and publications. He died on May 19, 1967.
Scope and Content: Collection consists of typescript manuscripts and handwritten research notes kept by Calloway County, Kentucky historian John C. Waters from 1923 to 1967. The papers contain subject files, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks and photographs. Subject areas of interest include Early Settlers to Calloway County, Civil War, Night Riders, Nathan B. Stubblefield, Church and Family histories and the Jackson Purchase Historical Society.
Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Waters, John C., 1908-1967.
Calloway County (Ky.) – History.
Murray (Ky.) – History.
Jackson Purchase (Ky.) – History.
Calloway County (Ky.) – Genealogy.
Kentucky – History – Civil War, 1861-1865.
Night Riders.
Stubblefield, Nathan Beverly, 1860-1928.
Jackson Purchase Historical Society – History.
