Cemetery Inventories

Record Group

Identifier: MS-1999-00-VF

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Cemetery Inventories are filed alphabetically under the name of the cemetery, except when a cemetery inventory is large enough to warrant a separate folder. Folders not listed under a letter of the alphabet in the folder listing below represent separate cemetery folders.

Dates

1993 - 2001

Creator

Davis, Peggy (Compiler, Person)

Historical Sketch

As of May 2001, no publication or institution contains a comprehensive list of cemetery inventories in Pike County. Peggy Davis, Professor of Anthropology at Pikeville College, often assigned cemetery inventories as a classroom exercise, and many of the inventories included in the collection are a result of the labors of her students. As volunteers completed an inventory of a local cemetery, they were encouraged to donate them to Special Collections, where they are open to all researchers. Special Collections contains 126 cemetery inventories for eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. Another reference to local cemetery inventories is the series "East Kentucky Cemeteries" and "Floyd County Cemeteries," published by Joe Skeens.

Extent

21 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Donated by various individuals since 1993.

Subjects

Cemeteries -- Kentucky Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Floyd County (Ky.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Letcher County (Ky.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Pike County (Ky.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Pikeville College -- Students Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings