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The Manuscript Collection consists of diaries, correspondence, business records, photographs and business ledgers that focus on the rich history and culture of southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee that make up the Jackson Purchase.
Manuscript Collections A-Z
A
Aden Family Papers
Agricultural Wheel of the State of Kentucky Articles of Incorporation
Allen, C. Hall Manuscript
American Association of University Women - Murray Branch Records
Anderson, J. E. Letter
Anderson, John Memoir
Ashby, Bob Collection
Ashby, Turner
B
Bailey & Wilson Company Daybook
Ballance Family Papers
Barclay and Son Funeral Home Records
Barkley, Alben W. Sound Recordings
Barnhill, Walter Diary
Beale Family Papers
Beall, Kate Walker Memoir
Beech Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records
Beeler, George Diary
Billington, Owen Papers
Blackford Family History Collection
Bodkin, Annie Young Diary
Boyd Family Papers
Boyd, Bettie Jones Letter
Breathitt, Edward T. Papers
Breckinridge, John C. Collection
Bridges, Mary Scrapbook
Broach Family Papers
Brooks Bus Line Records
Brown, Morgan W. Nomination
Bryan, Bobby Orchestra
Burnett, Henry C. Letter
Burnett, James Account Ledger
C
Calhoun, Rickey-Dale - Tobacco Book
Calloway County Common School Grade Book
Calloway County Deed Abstracts
Calloway County Election Certification, 1921
Calloway County Land Grant
Calloway County School District No. 26
Calloway News Editorial Policy
Camp Murray Order
Campbell, Margaret Papers
Carr Family Papers
Carroll, Julian Lieutenant Governor Photo Album
Chandler, Albert Benjamin "Happy" Collection
Chandler, Jerrald Photograph Collection
Clark, Cathy - Old Textbooks
Clay, Henry Letter
Clements, Earle Day Photo Albums
Cobb, Buff Scrapbook
Cobb, Irvin S. Papers
Cole, Ruth E. Collection
Cole, Ruth E. Scrapbook Collection
Collins, Irma Papers
Concord and Hamlin News Scrapbook
Confederate Bonds
Craig, Betty J., Soviet Russia Trip
Cruce, Richard Collection
Crumbaugh, George C. Papers
Cunningham, Henry Hebron Collection
Cunningham, William "Bill" Harold Collection
Curd, Dollie Allen Papers
D
Darnall Family Papers
Davie, Montgomery D. Papers
Davis, June G. Diary
Davis, W. T. Papers
Declaration of Conduct of the Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)
Demartra, Nancy Tyler Collection
Diltz, Anna L. Diary
Dinwiddie, John H. Letter
Downs, Judy School Scrapbook
Duncan, Benjamin F. Letters
Duncan, Samuel P. Letter
Dunn, D. Y. Collection
E
Eastern Dark Fired Tobacco Growers Association Records
Eddyville Town Plat
Eldridge, Obediah Papers
Election of 1876 Declaration
Everett, Robert A. Papers
F
Family Photograph Collections
Fayette County (Kentucky) Election Certification, 1860
First District Education Association Records
Fisher, Jack E. Papers
Forrest, Nathan Bedford Signature
Fort Heiman Order
Fortson, Charles Earl Diary
Foster, Len Orchestra
Foster, William Forrester Papers
Foulks, Sally Letter
Freeland, Joseph S. Papers
Freeman, Wayne W. Papers
Fulks, Joe Collection
Fuller, Lizzie Lowe Manuscript
Fulton County Administrator’s Bond Ledger
Fulton County (Kentucky) Ephemeral Collection
Fulton Methodist Papers
G
General Federation of Women’s Clubs Kentucky, District 1 Records
Grant County (Kentucky) Marriage Bonds
Graves, Gilbert Collection
Gregory, Noble J. Papers
Gregory, William V. Papers
Grogan, Rufus L. Papers
H
Hacker vs. White Lawsuit
Hall, Floyd Scrapbook
Hall, Michael Papers
Hammack Political Oral History Interview Papers
Hamlett, John J. Letters
Hart, George S. Papers
Hatcher, Mildred Papers
Hazel Academy Sabbath School Ledger
Hazel Telephone Exchange Company Records
Henry, John Letter
Heuser Family Collection
Hickman County Court Account Ledger
High School Memorabilia - Regional
Hill, Daniel Harvey Letter
Historic Bible Pages Collection
Historical Schoolrooms of Calloway County Photograph Collection
Holley, Mary Austin Letter
Hopkins, Elias Letter
Holbert, Robert W. Papers
Hortin, L. J. Papers
House, Sam Letters
Howerton, Judge - Authorized Opinions
Huffaker, B. W. S. Letter
Humphreys, Robert Papers
I
International Association of Administrative Professionals – Kentucky Division
International Association of Machinists, Local Lodge 1382 Papers
International Association of Machinists, Local Lodge 1627 Papers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 816 Papers
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 791 Papers
Irwin, James Parker Diary
Irvan, John T. Papers
J
Jackson Purchase Primitive Baptists Papers
Jackson Purchase Treaty Documents
James, Joe Pat Collection
James, Lemah S. Manuscript
Jennings, Kerby and Dorothy Papers
Jewell, Ouida Scrapbooks
Jinkins, Mansfield D. Letter
John, Hastings Proclamation
Jones, Caleb S. Letter
Jones Family Papers
K
Kemp, Merryman Papers
Kentucky Folklore Society Papers
King, B.C. Letters
King, Edward W. Letter
Kurth Tobacco Barn Photograph Collection
L
La Clede House Register
Land Records
Landreth, C. C. Letters
Lawrence, Humphrey Papers
Lee, Robert E. Letter
Lochte, Bob Research Work
Locke, John Franklin Journal
Lodge, A. N. Letter
Lonardo, Tom Orchestra
Long, J. H. Letter
Lyon, Hylan B. Papers
M
Marvin University School Collection
Matthews, William M. Letter
Maupin, Judith Ann Papers
Mayfield City Records
McBeath, Thomas R. Letter
McCann, Robert Collection
McDonald, Adam M. Letters
McKinney Family History Collection
McMinn County (Tennessee) Daybook
Morgan, Fred H. Papers
Morris, Edward Craig Collection (On display in the Breathitt Room)
Murdock, Rothrock, and Roark Family Papers
Murray and Calloway County Mental Health Retardation Association Records
Murray Business and Professional Women’s Club Records
Murray Chapter No. 92, R. A. M. Program
Murray, City of and Calloway County Photograph Collection
Murray Civic Music Association Records
Murray Democrat Photographic Negatives Collection
Murray Male and Female Institute Papers
Murray Scrapbook
Murray Woman’s Club Records
Murray-Calloway County Chamber of Commerce Records
N
Nance Family Papers
Nash, David Diary
Neidig, Kenneth Music Collection
New Century Hotel
New Providence Primitive Baptist Church Records
New Providence Methodist Church Records
Newspaper Collection
Neuman, Fred G. Scrapbook
Nichol Family Papers
“Nobody Hurt!” Broadside
Norell, Alney Allbritten Papers
O
Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union, Local 7-550 Records
P
Paducah Airport Corporation Records
Paducah Business and Professional Women’s Club Scrapbooks
Paducah Central Labor Union Records
Paducah Flood Papers
Paducah Memorabilia
Paducah National Postal Union Records
Paine, E. A. Court Martial Papers
Paschall, Gideon W. Papers
Paschall Truck Lines Company History
Payne, Charles Account Ledger
Peden & Rogers and Company Records
Phipps, Alice Henderson Memoirs
Pierce Family Land Records
Pierce, William G. Collection
Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Records
Pogue, Forrest C. Collection
Pogue, Forrest Stamp Collection
Polk, Alexander Hamilton Letter
Pulford, Joseph D. Papers
Purchase Area Development District
R
Rice, Sarah Young Letters
Riddle, William Harold Collection
Riley, E. W. Papers
Roark, Rothrock, and Murdock Family Papers
Ross, John Kelly Papers
Rotary Club Records (Murray, KY)
Rothrock, Murdock, and Roark Family Papers
Russell, Johny B. Collection
Ryan & Company General Dry Goods Store Receipt Ledgers
S
Saxon, C.O. & Son General Store Ledger
Scott, Burgess H. Papers
Scott Family Papers
Scotts Grove Baptist Church Bulletins
Seay, Alma Gordon Memoirs
Sevier, John Letter Seals
Sherman, Enoch C. Diary
Shuff, Parker Layton Ledger
Sixteenth (16th) Illinois Infantry Regiment Letter
Slave Purchase Documents
Smith, Edmund Kirby Letter
Smith, W. R. Letters
Soviet Russia Trip, Craig, Betty J.
Spurr, Richard J. Letter
St. Lo Manuscript
Stalls, William M. Papers
Stamps Family Papers
Stewart Family Pedigree
Stokes, Thomas H. Photograph Album
Stuart, Jesse Papers
Stubblefield, Frank Albert Papers
Stubblefield, Nathan B. Collection
Stubblefield, William J. Diary
Sullivan-Bruch Papers
T
Tayor, Hawk Collection
Taylor, June Laffoon Collection
Terrell, Spot Fontaine Diary
Thomas - Stiles Family Papers
Timberlake, Clarence L. Papers (Education)
Tolley, William B. Ration Card and Coupons
Tracy, Martin B. Papers
Trigg County (Kentucky) Circuit Court Papers
Trigg County Scrapbook
Turner Family Photographs
Tyler, Jack C. Letter
U
United Brick and Clay Workers of America, Paducah Chapter Papers
United Daughters of the Confederacy - Calloway County
United Daughters of the Confederacy - Graves County
Utley, W. L. Letter
V
Valentine, Van D. Collection
Vertical File Collection
Vick Family History
Vinson, Mancil J. Papers
Vintage Newspaper Collection
Vittetow, Frank H. Papers
W
Wadesboro Land Purchase Records
Waller, Sarah Bell Photograph
War Plane (Boeing B-29 Superfortress) Crash
Ward, Henry Manuscript
Waterfield, Harry Lee Papers
Waters, John C. Papers
Weakley Family History Collection
Wear, W. O. Scrapbook
Weathers, Wilson L. Speech
Wells, A. G. J. Papers
West Kentucky Baptist Monthly Journal
West Kentucky Brikcrete Company Collection
Western Dark Fired Tobacco Growers Association Records
Western Kentucky Area Council, AFL-CIO Records
White, Paul Papers
Whitehead, Corrine Papers
Williams, Carlos E. Papers
Williams, Lowell Allen Papers
Wilson, George Tipton Papers
Wilson, Dr. M. P. Medical Ledgers
Wilson, Robert E. Biography and Pocket Watch
Winn, Austin Papers
Wise, Cyrus N. Journal
Witherspoon, H. M. Letter
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Murray Meeting Minutes
Woods Florist Ledgers
Y
Yarbrough, Benjamin Letters
Young, Jonathan C. Letter
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