Pike County (Ky.)

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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.

Scope and Contents These students received high honors at graduation. The Condit watch is reserved for the valedictorians of the class. On back of image: Cumberland Pub. Co. 2 Col. X #14 Florence J. Moore PCA ‘52 ( ? E. Day prize) Harris Ramey, PC ‘52 Condit Watch Patricia Hibbits, PC ‘52 ...

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This image shows the children on the court of the queen for the 1957 May Fair. On back of image:

Standing Charles Baird | Lon Rogers |- Train bearers

Ann Owens - Crown bearer for Queen

Nancy Jo Harp - flower girl

In front - Frances Rasnick - Queen Donna Sue Walters - flower girl William Yost, Jr. - crown bearer for king MF '57

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The Dr. Lena Charles Bailey Collection is arranged in two series:

Series I: Scrapbooks and Biographical Information – The first series contains scrapbooks and other biographical information in book form.

Series II: Plaques and Awards – Contents of this second series include plaques, awards, photographs, and other non-paper materials of Dr. Bailey.

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The Ethel Beem Collection consists of 15 photographic images of the campus of Pikeville College dated from the 1940's. Also included in the collection are two newspaper articles from 1983 which list biographical information about Ms. Beem.

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The Jacob Blair Collections consists of eight manuscript documents dating from 1886 through 1944. The majority of the documents relate to Blair’s military service and his subsequent pension requests.

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This is non-administrative material that provides historical documentation of the institution, it's buildings, policies, and meetings, as well as area information.

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This is non-administrative material that provides historical documentation of the institution, it's buildings, policies, and meetings, as well as area information.

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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.

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The Lillie Chaffin Collection consists of eight linear feet of material which documents the life and career of the eastern Kentucky teacher and writer. The collection contains a wide range of materials from Chaffin’s early career, including letters, manuscripts, and copies of publications, which date from 1950-1979.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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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This is an image of a postcard. On front: The Day and Night National Bank, Pikeville, KY. The back says this is a 1929 view of the interior of the bank, and labels the postcard as # 120973.

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Dils Cemetery at the mouth of Chloe Creek, looking eastward. 1976. Dils Cemetery is thought to be the first integrated cemetery in Eastern Kentucky.

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Moving images connected to Pikeville College, and later, the University of Pikeville.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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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Includes a paper listing early church history for Pike County as compiled by Eunice Smith (Mrs. Clyde Runyon). On the back of the page are notes of the early history of Pikeville, Ky.