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The William Walter Williams Collection consists of photos and miscellaneous papers related to Jesse James, the Potter family, and Williams' early history.

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The Nancy Forsyth Collection contains material related to the University of Pikeville and the surrounding area. It has artifacts, wills, documents, and books.

Scope and Contents The Alice Kinder Collection is arranged in four series. The First Series, Manuscripts and Writings of Alice Kinder, contains rough drafts and manuscript copies of three of Kinder’s book length works: Mama’s Pathway to Heaven, Pikeville College Looks to the Hills, and Papa’s Neighbors. Of particular note are the three drafts of Pikeville College Looks to the Hills, which stands as the only book length project to be published about the mountain school.The Second Series, Personal...

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The Old Regular Baptist Church Minutes are obituaries and meeting minutes of the church associations. These materials, consisting of three cubic feet of archival material, are arranged in chronological order, and the contents of each year’s folder may contain the minutes of several different associations.

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The Pike County Historical Society Collection is composed of a wealth of materials on the history of Pike County. Included are ledgers, journals, historical scrapbooks, photographs, and records on a variety of a variety of historical and genealogical topics.

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A noted eastern Kentucky historian and genealogist, Henry Scalf collected a great volume of individual family information through his research for the East Kentuckian and his numerous publications. The surname files cover the various names researched by Henry Scalf and were donated to Special Collections, Allara Library, as a portion of the Henry Scalf Collection, 93-03.

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The Tackett Family Association Collection contains images, school record books, and journals relating to the Tackett/Tackitt family.

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The Wesley Yonts Collections contains material related to the Old Regular Baptists. It has history books of different Baptists and their associations, most of which were locally printed or published on a very small scale. There are also associational minutes of many different associations, dating from the 1800s through 2014. The history books are housed in Special Collections and may be searched through the library catalog.

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Books related to the Appalachian area.