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The Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Historical Society are agencies of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet.

This exhibit is a “Let’s Move: Museums and Gardens” event, an initiative of First Lady Michelle Obama and the Institute for Museums and Libraries.

The Kentucky Historical Society is an agency of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet.

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Featuring the stories of women who influenced the game from its start in 1891 to today.

2012 NAIA DIVISION I WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

In honor of the

The Kentucky Historical Society & the Frankfort Convention Center Present

Image courtesy Stanford University.

Shoot hoops with a basketball from around 1900, and then compare it to

modern rules and equipment.

On exhibit now through May 5 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, Kentucky.

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history?The staff at the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library is available to assist you with genealogical queries.

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Kentucky Doctor Shares Family Heirloom

KHS HistoryMobile Criss-crosses Kentucky

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FEATURE ARTICLES

NEW DONATIONS AND ACQUISITIONSTO THE KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

KHS CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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Cover: Sword presented to Gen. William O. Butler for his service during the War of 1812.

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Winter 2012. The Chronicle is published by the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS), Frankfort, Ky. Printing fees are covered by the KHS Foundation. The Chronicle is a periodical for KHS members and friends that builds awareness

of the mission of the Society as it engages people in the exploration of the diverse heritage of the commonwealth. The Chronicle reports how the comprehensive and innovative services, interpretive programs and stewardship of

the Society are providing connections to the past, perspective on the present and inspiration for the future. If you are interested in making a bequest to the Society’s work, use our full legal address: Kentucky Historical Society

Foundation, 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601. Send all address changes to: The Chronicle, Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601. Website: www.history.ky.gov.

E-mail: KHSmembership@ky.gov.

Executive Director Kentucky Historical Society

Kent Whitworth

Assistant Director Kentucky Historical Society

Scott Alvey

Director of CommunicationsLisa Summers Cleveland

EditorLisa Summers Cleveland

Assistant EditorChelsea Compton

ContributorsJody Blankenship, Dana Bauer Cox,

Mike Deetsch, Julie Kemper Elizabeth J. Van Allen

Creative DirectorCharley Pallos

Design Kelli Thompson

PhotographyCreative Services

James JohnsonCharley Pallos

Sam Richardson

Circulation ManagerLeslie Miller

2011 KHS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BOARDPresident, Sheila Mason Burton, FrankfortFirst Vice President, J. McCauley Brown, LouisvilleSecond Vice President, John Kleber, Ph.D., LouisvilleThird Vice President, Brian Mefford, Bowling GreenConstance Alexander, Murray; Bill Bartleman, Paducah; Dawn Browning, Maysville; Marion Forcht, Corbin; Mike Hammons, Park Hills; Derrick Hord, Lexington; David Lee, Ph.D., Bowling Green; Gerry Montgomery, Paducah; Patti Mullins, Corbin; Nancy O’Malley, Paris; Wayne Onkst, Erlanger; Laurie Risch, California; Renee Shaw, Lexington; Nancy Smith, Paris; Sue Speed, Louisville; Louis Stout, Lexington; Tommy Turner, Magnolia; Sharon Withers, Lexington

2011 KHS FOUNDATION BOARDPresident, John R. Hall, LexingtonFirst Vice-President, Ann Rosenstein Giles, Lexington Second Vice-President, Buckner Woodford IV, ParisSecretary, Kent Whitworth, FrankfortTreasurer, Dennis Dorton, PaintsvilleBruce Cotton, Lexington; James T. Crain Jr., Louisville; Robert M. “Mike” Duncan, Inez; Thomas P. Dupree, Sr., Lexington; John S. Greenebaum, Louisville; Frank Hamilton, Georgetown; Jamie Hargrove, Louisville; Raymond R. Hornback, Ed.D., Lexington; Elizabeth Lloyd Jones, Midway; James C. Klotter, Ph.D., Lexington; Nancy Lampton, Louisville; Hon. Crit Luallen, Frankfort; Robert E. Rich, Covington; Gerald L. Smith, Ph.D., Lexington; Charles Stewart, Frankfort; Bosworth M. Todd, Louisville J. David Smith, Lexington, pro bono counsel

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KHS APPROACHES SPRINgTImE WITH RENEWEd vIgOR

As we anticipate the arrival of spring, all of us at the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) are busily working to wrap up important winter season projects. As you will read in this issue’s feature on the KHS Special Collections & Library Team, they recently completed a Kentucky county microfilm cataloging project – totaling 5,766 roles of microfilm! You also will see images of scaffolding that literally fills all of the Hilary J. Boone Commonwealth Hall from floor to ceiling as the skylights are being replaced. All the while, KHS has continued to serve groups in the library reading room and museum galleries (complete with mobile 1792 Store.) We look forward to the return of public hours for walk-in guests beginning in mid-March – complete with new roof, more KHS collections accessible, and the momentum from a most successful 2012 Annual Fund Phonathon!

Speaking of the Annual Fund Phonathon and generous donors to the KHS Foundation, this issue of the “Chronicle” includes the annual report for fiscal year 2010-2011. It always is an honor to formally recognize those individuals, foundations and corporations that support the ongoing work of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation. Your contributions are more important than ever, especially in light of the additional proposed 8.4% budget cut to KHS’s general fund appropriation. Let there be no mistake that the Kentucky Historical Society continues to progress because we are a public-private partnership!

To that end, we express our heartfelt thanks to several outgoing board members and one colleague for their respective service to KHS and the KHS Foundation. Robert E. Rich served on the KHS governing board (executive committee) from 2003 through 2011, including as president the last two years. Others rotating off the KHS Executive Committee at the end of 2011 were William Fred Brashear II, Ruth Ann Korzenborn, Karen McDaniel and Lowell Reese. Henry C.T. “Tip” Richmond served on the KHS Foundation Board from 2001 through 2011, with officer responsibilities for the last seven years. Anita Madden also rotated off the KHS Foundation Board and William Sturgill transitioned to director emeritus. Dana Cox recently resigned as Executive Director of the KHS Foundation. We appreciate Dana’s work for the Foundation, but recognize her desire to spend more time with her family and wish her the very best.

As winter turns to spring, we thank you for continuing to turn to the Kentucky Historical Society for connections to the past, perspective on the present and inspiration for the future.

Robert Rich “Tip” Richmond Dana Cox

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KJHS to Celebrate 50tH anniverSary!

The Kentucky Junior Historical Society (KJHS) will celebrate an important milestone this year, its 50th anniversary! KJHS is a youth program that runs throughout the school year in which participants explore the commonwealth’s history through service-learning and research projects, field trips to historic sites and academic contests.

The year is capped off by an annual meeting and state History Day contest, the winners of which compete in a national contest in College Park, Md., each June. Students may participate as individuals or in groups such as homeschool families, school classes or a scout troop.

Participation at the annual meeting and state contest has continued to grow over the past few years. Last year, over 500 participating students were supported by an additional 350 parents, teachers and siblings for a total meeting attendance of approximately 850 people.

To commemorate KJHS’ 50th year, the Kentucky Historical Society is asking all alumni to attend the annual meeting, to be held on the KHS history campus in Frankfort April 27-28. In addition to the traditional student events such as History Bowl, special events will be hosted for alumni throughout the weekend, including a Friday afternoon lunch and a special alumni History Bowl competition against the KJHS champions. Alumni are also being sought to serve as judges for the

Kentucky History Day contest where they will see first-hand the impressive work that Kentucky’s students have done over the year.

Judges will help determine who will represent the commonwealth at the national contest this summer.

For more information about the annual meeting and everything else going on with KJHS, “like” KJHS on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kyjhs or contact Cheryl Caskey at cheryl.caskey@ky.gov.

2011 Kentucky History Day participants accept their award.

Above: The KJHS logo has evolved over the past 50 years.Top: Winning design from the KJHS 50th Anniversary t-shirt design contest.

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This school year, the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) is piloting a multi-visit partnership program with the fourth grade at Bridgeport Elementary School in Frankfort. The goal of the program is to introduce students to KHS collections over the course of a year through educator visits to the classroom and school visits to the KHS history campus. The program is comprised of three cycles per year. Each cycle consists of a planning meeting between a KHS education team staff member and the participating fourth grade teachers; a pre-visit, where the KHS educator conducts a lesson in the classroom; and a school visit to the KHS history campus facilitated by the KHS educator.

This new partnership approach is designed to help students develop a long-term connection to KHS by building students’ historical thinking skills incrementally during each cycle. In addition to this multi-visit approach, the partnership will also focus on the development of 21st century skills and those skills related to history education, primarily critical thinking and problem solving. Also unique to this partnership is the use of “visual thinking strategies,” an open-ended, open-response questioning strategy for analyzing photographs, paintings and prints, which is being utilized by Kentucky teachers in the classroom to improve reading comprehension.

The Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) has awarded the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation $4,500 to lead workshops and create a theatre production based on oral history interviews by high school girls with Kentucky women.

This project, “Staging Voices,” is designed to help inspire a new generation of women to discover their voices and to promote change through artistic performances. KFW, which was formed by Louisville writer Sallie Bingham in 1985, recently awarded 32 grants totaling $100,000 to Kentucky artists and organizations to promote positive social change through feminist-led, arts-based activities in communities throughout the commonwealth.

“This project is a great example of the new approaches we are making in the education department to attract and engage teens,” said Greg Hardison, KHS student programs administrator.

Ten young women were chosen from a pool of applicants, representing diverse counties in the commonwealth ranging from Kenton to Marion and Jefferson to Wayne. During the year-long project, the participants will attend several workshops and sessions designed to teach the basics of documenting the past and the process of creating a new theatre production.

On Dec. 17, they met with Sarah Milligan, administrator of the Kentucky Oral History Commission, to learn how to conduct oral history interviews with Kentucky women who experienced gender discrimination. The information and stories collected from their interviews will be the foundation for a new play they create with a professional theatre artist. The teens will continue to meet with Milligan, other KHS staff and women in their communities throughout the year. The final product of “Staging Voices” should help inspire a new generation of women to discover their voices and promote change.

To learn more about Staging Voices and other student programs at KHS, contact Greg Hardison at greg.hardison@ky.gov or 502-564-1792 ext. 4454.

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“CIVIL WAR: MY BROTHER, MY ENEMY” EXHIBIT TRAVELS TO FRANKFORT

The Frazier History Museum’s popular exhibit “Civil War: My Brother, My Enemy” closes at the Louisville museum in early April, but it won’t be gone for long. Just in time for the Kentucky Historical Society’s (KHS) annual Boone Day event on Saturday, June 2, the exhibit will be open to the public once more, this time in the Keeneland Changing Exhibits Gallery at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in downtown Frankfort.

The War Between the States pitted brother against brother. In Kentucky, family lines were often the battle lines. “The war was rough on Kentucky,” explains the exhibit’s curator Kelly Wilkerson. “People literally woke up one morning and were living in enemy territory– Kentucky was treated like a traitor by both sides. No one could be trusted.”

The exhibit examines not only the chronological events of the Civil War, but the people behind the events and personal stories that divided families all over the commonwealth.

“My Brother My Enemy” was designed with students and families in mind. Its over 100 artifacts are accompanied by hands-on activities and interactivity with smart phones.

KHS serves as administrator for the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. For more information about events and exhibitions commemorating the Civil War, visit www.history.ky.gov/civilwar.

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WE NEED YOU!VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR KHS

The Kentucky Historical Society is seeking volunteers for its history campus again this year.

A variety of opportunities exist, so whatever your interests or talents may be, KHS likely has a place for you! School and community groups continue to visit the KHS history campus, and volunteers often fill the role of informative and engaging tour guides. Volunteers also fill valuable roles in the administrative, special collections and museum collections departments.

Over the past two years I have met people from all over the United States as well as every continent. I have led school groups, church groups and preservation groups. I have served in the upper chambers on Boone Day. But just as important as serving as a docent and attempting to be a goodwill ambassador for our commonwealth, I have been able to learn more about the history the commonwealth and that of the United States of America.”

-Russ Wright, KHS volunteer since 2008

For more information on these and other volunteer and internship opportunities, contact Phyllis Gilman at 502-564-1792, ext. 4422 or phyllis.gilman@ky.gov.

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Women in BasketBallexamines sport from the female perspective

“Women in Basketball” opens to the public this spring at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History.

The exhibition offers a look at the sport from the female perspective and features the stories of women who influenced the game from its start to today. Visitors will have a chance to experience women’s basketball from around 1900, including using a ball with a seam, and then shoot some hoops with modern rules and equipment.

Women started playing basketball soon after it was invented in 1891. Their rules, however, did not allow dribbling, jumping, running, pushing or stealing. Changes in women’s basketball reflected society’s trends and expectations of women. A college basketball game in the 1910s was more akin to a social gathering with a game played afterward. In the 1950s, it was not unusual for members of a traveling women’s team to participate in a beauty contest before the game.

For many years, women’s basketball allowed for six players per team. The players were assigned to one of three zones and could not leave that area. KHS Collections.

All of that changed in 1972, with the passage of Title IX. Title IX requires educational institutions to offer female athletes the same opportunities as male athletes. Today, over 400,000 young women play high school basketball. “Women in Basketball” allows visitors to see not only the changes in the game, but also who influenced them.

“Women in Basketball” was developed in partnership with the Frankfort Convention Center, which is hosting the 2012 NAIA Division I tournament. The exhibition will be on display through May 5.

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Recent visitors to the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History may have noticed that some big changes are in the works! In January 2012, construction began in Commonwealth Hall to replace the massive skylight with a new roof. Scaffolding filled the entirety of the hall, re-routing foot traffic for family history workshops and visiting groups to the Ann St. entrance. Both “A Kentucky Journey” and the Keenelenad Changing Exhibits Gallery remained accessible by back entrances near the Brown-Forman room. The Stewart Home School 1792 Store was blocked, but visitors could still buy their favorite items from “mobile” 1792 Store sites inside the Old State Capitol and “A Kentucky Journey.” This project should be completed in mid-March, when the KHS history campus returns to its regular hours of operation.

The project was finanaced by the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet.

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The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) is a multifaceted history organization, dedicated to the promotion of historical understanding and history education in the commonwealth. To achieve this ambitious mission, KHS programs and activities are developed, implemented and managed by a number of functional divisions with many activities requiring cooperative planning, expertise and coordination of staff from across the organization. This is the third in a series of profiles highlighting the programs and activities currently underway within KHS’s seven functional teams.

rom the outside, the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library looks peaceful. Stacks of books, rows of orderly tables and chairs and traditional reference desks bring back memories of libraries from childhood school days. These were quiet places, where the librarians sometimes insisted upon proper behavior through a brusque glance directed toward unruly patrons.

But looks can be deceptive. Scratch just beneath the surface, and one will find that the research library at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History is anything but quiet. Library staff is working feverishly to catalog collections in order to make them available to patrons. They threw a party recently to celebrate a major milestone in their work – the cataloging of 5,766 rolls of microfilm from all 120 Kentucky counties.

The team’s primary objective is to make the KHS collections more accessible to a broader audience in the library and online. Louise Jones, the Kentucky Historical Society’s (KHS) director of special collections and library services, said the “goal is end-user knowledge. The push is always to get that stuff out so that people can use it.”

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The KHS library team is made up of 10 full-time employees, two grant-funded staff members and one intern. Unlike a traditional library, members of this team do a little bit of everything. Every team member catalogs, performs reference work, acts as conservators and participates in the public service aspect of the library. Jones said the nature of their work requires that team members have a broader focus on work, although many of them do have specialized knowledge in particular areas.

“In a traditional library, you would find reference staff, catalogers, technicians, conservators and administrators,” Jones explained. “At KHS, you find all of those things, but everyone does a wide range of work.” Jones said the library team does have individuals who are fast, accurate catalogers who understand that rule-based world, but those same people also perform reference-related duties.

Reference work includes everything from answering patrons’ emails and phone calls to assisting with one-on-one research questions. Another big part of the library team’s work deals with conservation. Because KHS has permanent collections – many of which date back to previous centuries – conservation is an on-going challenge.

“Paper isn’t permanent,” said Jones. “It’s always in the process of falling apart.”

The research library contains a wide variety of materials from Kentucky’s past, including books, manuscripts, microfilm and oral histories. All of these items require careful cataloging in order to make them useful to researchers. This has been the focus of the library team over the last two winters. Team members painstakingly combed through thousands of rolls of microfilm, making sure that accurate descriptions existed for the contents of those rolls in order to make them searchable.

The microfilm rolls are a treasure trove for family history researchers. They contain information from all of Kentucky’s counties, including marriage records, court records, deeds and more. Each three-inch roll of microfilm can store as many as 1,000 pages of historic records.

“It’s an amazing medium,” said Jones. Once records are on microfilm, they’re much more stable. It’s a great way to store material, but if it isn’t organized, it can be difficult to get to that information.”

Jones acknowledges that the work can be tedious at times, saying “you have to take it in batches.”

And that’s just what the team will be doing over the next few

Every now and then, researchers come across a real gem in the collections. That was the case when library team members discovered Virginia Louise Hart’s high school memory book from 1921.

“This book offers a light-hearted glimpse into that period,” said Jones. “It’s filled with funny stuff.”

The book was given to Hart by her aunt at Christmas 1919 so that Hart could document special moments and events during her senior year at Paducah High School. Hart filled it with information about all of her classmates, as well as school cheers, autographs and playbills. She even made reference to all the boys who had given her pieces of Wrigley’s gum, apparently a flirtatious tool of that time.

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Another find in the KHS collections is an account book from D.D. Martin, a doctor in Paris, Ky. from 1848-1849.

From the outside, the book could be construed as a straightforward account of payments, but the contents inside are much more valuable. The book is actually a visitation record that includes births, deaths and even altercations from a small town doctor who likely served most everyone in Paris during that time period.

“Just to call it a ledger would make you think it’s an account of business transactions,” said Louise Jones, director of special collections and library services at the Kentucky Historical Society. “In fact, it catches a snippet of time in the life of that community.”

She says the book is “gold mine” for people who had ancestors who lived in Paris during that time.

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weeks and months. Two smaller batches of microfilm are next in line for cataloging. One series of approximately 150 rolls chronicles vital records from the 19th century, documenting birth, deaths and marriages. A second batch of microfilm made up of approximately 600 rolls, contains tax records from the 19th century.

“What makes KHS unique is that we collect the records of individuals both great and small,” said Jones.

Those records are priceless in the search for family history. But they also document Kentucky’s past in a myriad of other ways. The library team’s work is always on-going, as new collections are brought in and older collections require conservation. Jones said the team still has to tackle its manuscript collections, which contain wills and other significant legal documents.

First impressions aside, Jones said that the library team’s work is really about access and responsible stewardship. “You’re unlikely to be shushed in our library,” said Jones. “If we are viewed as gatekeepers, it’s only so that patrons’ great-grandchildren will have access to the same materials that they had access to.”

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Diary, 1864-65Civil War diary of Confederate soldier Henry L. Stone, who captured the journal from an unknown Union soldier on Valentine’s Day 1865. Stone served with the 9th Kentucky Cavalry from 1862-1865 and used the remaining pages of the diary to document his service for the final four months of the war, as well as his travel experiences as he was trying to get back home to Bath County, Ky. In the diary, he details troop movements, foraging missions and his unit’s escort of President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet after Lee’s Surrender. The diary supplements a published speech by “Colonel” Stone from 1919, held by KHS, in which he gives an in-depth description of his experience as a soldier under the command of John Hunt Morgan. Diary of Henry Lane Stone, KHS Collections, SC 879

Fishing Reel, 1858Made in Frankfort, Ky., this Meek & Milam fishing reel carries its history with it. The name of each owner and the date they received it is engraved on the side of this beautiful silver reel: Reverend Phillip Fall, 1858; George L. Payne, 1885; Albert B. Blanton, 1941; Robert S. Howell, 1954.Donated by Robert S. Howell in memory of Albert B. Blanton, 2011.80.

Firefighter’s Helmet, 2001Bill Callinan, chief of a volunteer fire department in Liberty, Ky., wore this helmet while working rescue and recovery in New York City in September 2001. Callinan and his crew of 10 volunteers took with them donations of money, food and 15 cases of first-aid supplies from Casey and surrounding counties. While cataloging the helmet, curators discovered dust from Ground Zero embedded in the crevasses.Donated by Bill Callinan, 2011.99

Hat, 1916Photograph, 1916This hat was worn by A.B (Bige) Combs who was sheriff of Hazard, Ky., from 1914 until 1918. Combs never carried a weapon, using his large size instead to enforce the laws of Perry County. This photograph shows him astride his Tennessee Walking Horse, Billy.Donated by Jim Combs in memory of Abijah Benjamin Combs (Bige), 2011.98

Memory Book, 1919-21High School memory book of Virginia Louise Hart, a student of the 1921 graduating class of Paducah High School. This memory book was given to Virginia by her aunt at Christmas the previous year so Virginia could fill it with her most precious senior year memories. Virginia’s documented memories include cheers, events, autographs, playbills and songs and dances of note. However, Virginia embellished this volume with numerous photographs, labels and other colorful mementos of her senior year.Virginia Louise Hart Memory Book, KHS Collections, SC 679

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President John R. Hall, Lexington

1st Vice President Ann Rosenstein Giles, Lexington

2nd Vice President Henry C. T. Richmond III, Lexington

Secretary Kent Whitworth, Frankfort

Treasurer Buckner Woodford IV, Paris

Bruce Cotton, LexingtonJames T. Crain Jr., LouisvilleDennis T. Dorton, PaintsvilleRobert M. “Mike” Duncan, InezThomas Dupree, LexingtonJo M. Ferguson, LouisvilleJohn Greenbaum, LouisvilleFrank Hamilton, GeorgetownJamie Hargrove, LouisvilleRaymond R. Hornback, Ed.D., LexingtonElizabeth Lloyd Jones, MidwayNancy Lampton, LouisvilleCrit Luallen, FrankfortAnita Madden, LexingtonMargaret Patterson, FrankfortWarren W. Rosenthal, LexingtonJames W. Shepherd, GeorgetownGerald L. Smith, Ph.D., LexingtonCharles W. Stewart, FrankfortJohn P. Stewart, M.D., FrankfortWilliam B. Sturgill, LexingtonBosworth Todd, LouisvilleJames M. Wiseman, Erlanger

Robert E. Rich, Cincinnati, Ex OfficioJ. David Smith, Pro Bono Counsel

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On the cover (clockwise from top left): Kentucky History Day winners travel to Washington D.C. to compete in National History Day, tour historic sites, and visit with Kentucky legislators on Capitol Hill; the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort, home to KHS and the KHS Foundation; high school students in the Governor’s Scholar Program learn about the research resources of the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library and Special Collections; the Kentucky Military History Museum reopens at the State Arsenal; seven of the eight living Kentucky governors attended the 2010 Boone Day celebration and the reopening of the Toyota Kentucky Hall of Governors after extensive renovations; a young Kentuckian enjoys the KHS hobby horse races at the Governor’s Derby Breakfast; students from the KHS Camp Arty Fact demonstrate their projects; KHS History Awards honor outstanding projects, publications, and professional service to Kentucky history; 14 History Awards were presented in November 2010 at the Old State Capitol thanks to funding from KHSF; tours of the Old State Capitol provide meaningful insight into Kentucky’s political and social history.

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Foundation Director’s Report ivRevenues by Source & Fund Disbursement vGifts from Individuals viGifts from Corporations xiiGifts in Memorial xiiGifts in Honor xiiAbraham Lincoln Society Members xivNew Members xvi

Inspired by the self-supporting stairway designed in Kentucky’s Old State Capitol (1830) by Gideon Shyrock, this graphic element is also reminiscent of a similar architectural feature in the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History 1999.

October 2011

For more than 20 years, the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation has been a solid keystone for the Kentucky Historical Society,

offering researchers, students and visitors the resources to unlock connections to the past, perspective on the present and

inspiration for the future. Donors to the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation enable KHS to thrive.

In this 2011 KHS Foundation Annual Report, we acknowledge and thank those individuals, corporations and foundations who

gave to more than 30 different programs and activities this year at KHS. By giving to the 2011 KHS Foundation’s Annual Fund,

Elizabeth Lloyd “Libby” Jones Student Scholarship Fund, the Kentucky Treasures Fund, or any number of KHS Foundation restricted

initiatives, donors bring Kentucky history to life and keep it alive for generations to come.

We are proud of the work that the Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Historical Society Foundation accomplish together. We

are especially proud of and thankful for the donors who support the ongoing and important work of preserving and collecting the

commonwealth’s heritage so that all generations of Kentuckians can know, understand and cherish their history now and well into

the future.

Together, KHS and the KHS Foundation are entrusted with an important statewide mission to preserve, present and protect the

vital historic resources of our state. We are honored by the generosity of those who joined with us to make this year a success.

John R. HallPresident, KHS Foundation2010-2011

Sincerely,

Robert E. RichPresident, KHS 2010-2011

Donors are Key to Success at KHS

As executive director of the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) Foundation, I am pleased to present the

2011 KHS Foundation Annual Report. We take this opportunity to thank those who have supported us

this past year through their financial contributions and also, to present some of the ways in which your

contributions have advanced the mission of KHS so that “all Kentuckians can know their roots in time

and in place,” as Dr. Thomas D. Clark envisioned.

We hope you will take time to review this annual report and come to understand how critical private

donations of all sizes are to the success of the Kentucky Historical Society. We are pleased to note that

the KHS Foundation this year received more total gifts than ever before, with 934 people and organizations contributing 1,141

donations to KHSF in fiscal year 2011, including 228 new donors. We are extremely grateful to those who continue to support KHS

and the KHS Foundation even in difficult financial times. Private contributions enable KHS to carry out its statewide mission of

preserving, collecting and presenting Kentucky’s heritage for all age groups, all across Kentucky.

Each year, the Elizabeth Lloyd “Libby” Jones Student Scholarship Fund supports school field trips to the KHS history campus for

qualifying schools and their teachers. Named for former KHS president and current KHS Foundation board member Elizabeth Lloyd

“Libby” Jones, this scholarship paid the admission fees for 8,417 students and their teachers in fiscal year 2011. In addition, the

Kentucky Treasures Fund helped KHS acquire an important photograph documenting the individuals associated with a key Civil

War artifact in the KHS Collections. You can read about this artifact on the back cover of this Annual Report.

Gifts to the KHS Foundation’s Annual Fund this year supported approximately 30 different programs and activities at KHS,

including new educational programming for teachers and students as well as an annual summer internship program to provide

experiential training to the next generation of public historians, librarians and museum professionals. The KHS Foundation is

also extremely proud of the fellowship support we offer to scholars and historians to visit KHS to study and utilize our collections

in their writings and research. The role of a state historical society is to promote historical knowledge and understanding, and

the KHS Research Fellows program makes a lasting impact on the future of Kentucky history. The KHS Foundation also provided

support for the successful opening of the newly renovated “Toyota Kentucky Hall of Governors” exhibition with financial assistance

to one of the most memorable Boone Day celebrations in KHS history. Seven of the eight living Kentucky governors participated in

a panel discussion as part of Boone Day 2011, which was moderated and broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television. For many

of us, the 2011 Boone Day program showed the best of KHS in providing a forum where history can be shared, discussed and

understood in new contexts.

Please take a few moments to celebrate what you helped KHS achieve in 2010-2011.

KHS Foundation Executive Director

Sincerely,

Making Donor Historywith Increasing Numbers

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IndividualsEarned IncomeFoundationsCorporationsOrganizations

Amount

$207,764$57,574 $44,325$41,729$37,282

Percentage

53%15%11%11%10%

$358,674TOTAL

Percentage

48%22%12%18%

ProgrammaticOperatingFundraisingUncollectible pledges

Amount

$321,579$152,787$79,363$115,540$557,887TOTAL

KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETYLEADERSHIP TEAM

Kent WhitworthExecutive DirectorKentucky Historical Society

Dana Bauer CoxExecutive DirectorKentucky Historical Society Foundation

Scott Alvey Director of Design Studio

Jody BlankenshipDirector of Education

Lisa S. ClevelandDirector of Communications

Louise JonesDirector of Library and Special Collections

Trevor JonesDirector of Museum Collections and Exhibitions

R. Darrell Meadows, Ph.D.Director of Research and Interpretation

Linda RedmonDirector of Finance and Human Resources

Theresa YoungExecutive Assistant

The Kentucky Historical Society engages people in the exploration of the commonwealth’s diverse heritage. Through comprehensive and innovative services, interpretive programs and stewardship, we provide connections to the past, perspective on the present and inspiration for the future.

The Kentucky Historical Society will be the recognized leader in helping people understand, cherish and share Kentucky’s stories.

REVENUE BY SOURCE

FUND DISBURSEMENT

OUR MISSION

OUR VISION

Programs funded by grants in prior years.

Individuals53%

Earned Income15%

Corporations11%

Foundations11%

Organizations10%

Programmatic48%

Operating22%

Fundraising12%

Uncollectible pledges18%

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Kentucky Historical Society Foundation

GIFTS FROM INDIVIDUALSJuly 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011

Each year, the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation recognizes the generosity of KHS members and friends who make gifts to benefit KHS programs and services through annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, grants and corporate matching gifts. Please note: This report reflects only those gifts received by the Foundation during the period July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011. The outstanding balance on multi-year pledges is not reflected in this report.

Gifts of $10,000 - $49,999Mr. Thomas P. Dupree, Sr. +Mr. Owsley B. Frazier +Mr.+ and Mrs. John R. HallMr. Robert E. Rich +

Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999Ms. Sandra FrazierMr. and Mrs. John E. Tobe

Gifts of $1,000 - $4,999Mr.+ and Mrs. James E. Bassett IIIMr.+ and Mrs. J. McCauley BrownMr. and Mrs.** James CoxMr.+ and Mrs. James T. Crain, Jr.Mr.+ and Mrs. Robert M. DuncanGeneral+ and Mrs. Jo M. FergusonMr. and Mrs.+ Terry ForchtGen. (Ret.)+ and Mrs. Richard L. FrymireMr. and Mrs.+ William GilesCol. David B. GroverMr.+ and Mrs. Frank Hamilton Jr.Ms. Catherine HargreavesMr.+ Frank B. Hower, Jr.Mrs. Mary Doyle JohnsonMs. Nancy Lampton+Mr. William LusskyMr. and Mrs. Richard MassonMr. Brian R. Mefford+Mr. and Mrs.+ William S. PattersonMr.+ and Mrs. Henry C. T. Richmond IIIMr.+ and Mrs. Warren RosenthalMr. and Mrs. Jack RussellDr. and Mrs. David B. StevensDr.+ and Mrs. John P. StewartMr. Mark L. ThornewillMr.+ and Mrs. Bosworth ToddMr.+ and Mrs. Buckner Woodford IVKHS Onsite Donation Boxes

Gifts of $500 - $999AnonymousMr. Jody Blankenship** and Mrs. Barbara WaldenMr. and Mrs. James R. BoydMrs. Jane V. BrownMr.+ and Mrs. Bruce CottonMr. and Mrs. Norwood Cowgill, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. CunninghamMr. and Mrs. Ambrose W. Givens, Sr.Ms. Geraldine GordonMr. Trevor Jones** and Ms. Katherine McDougallMr. and Mrs.+ Charles L. KorzenbornDr. R. Wathen Medley, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Franklin MoosnickMr. and Mrs. Ronald W. MorganMr. and Mrs. Robert RocheMrs. Charlotte H. StagnerMr. and Mrs. William R. Stamler

Mr. John O. VenableMr. and Mrs. William C. White IIIMr. Michael R. WhitleyMr.**+ and Mrs. Kent WhitworthMrs. Holly B. WiedemannDr. William E. WiseMs. Marilyn Zoidis**

Gifts of $1 - $499AnonymousMr. William G. AdamsJeanie A. AdamsDonn and Joan AdrianMs. Dorothy AlexanderMs. Patricia J. AllenMr. and Mrs. Ray AllenDr. and Mrs. John R. AllenMr.** and Mrs. Scott AlveyMs. Jean N. AndersonMs. Linda A. Anderson**Mr. William M. AndrewsMs. Juanita AntoneDr. + and Mrs. Lindsey AppleMr. and Mrs. Charles ArensbergMs. Florence AyersVioletta Jean AyuloMr. David BaileyMrs. Nancy D. Baird+Jerry E. BakerMrs. Walter A. BakerMs. Amy BallardMr. and Mrs. Fontaine Banks, Jr.Ms. Rogers R. BardeMs. Elizabeth S. BarrMrs. Frances K. BarrMr. and Mrs. Garland H. Barr IIIMr.c+ and Mrs. J. William BartlemanMr. and Mrs. Mike BartonMr. Gardner D. BeachLeondus BeachMr. Richard T. BealmearJerry BeardMr. Thomas BeattyMr. Robert BeckMr. Paul BegleyMrs. Betty L. BellMr. Donald BellMrs. Linda O. BellGeorge J. BellamyMrs. June C. BertramMr. and Mrs. William BevinsMs. Patricia BillingsMrs. Edith S. BinghamDr. James D. BirchfieldDr. Robert BlakeMr. Madison V. BlantonMrs. Nancy BlazerC. J. BlevinsMr. and Mrs. Edward J. BlumJohn Boh

Ms. Helen R. BolceMs. Elizabeth K. BollingMr. and Mrs. Alan BonarMr. and Mrs. Robert D. BooneMs. Shirley BoozeDr. and Mrs. Lawrence BoramMr. Nathan C. Bowen Jr.Mr. William BowkerMr. and Mrs. Buddy BowlesMr. Stanley R. BradburyJack and Brenda BrammerMr.+ and Mrs. William F. Brashear IIThomas BraunMrs. Helen B. BreckinridgeDr. McHenry N. BrewerMr. and Mrs. Robert M. BrewerMr. David T. BrownFrank and Martha BrownMr. Jim BrownMeredith M. BrownMr. and Mrs. Philip BrownMr. Preston BrownVirginia L. BrownMs. Elizabeth BrowningMrs. Mildred P. BrowningMr. Ray BrundigeMr. Roy A. BryanNancy O. BuchananMr. and Mrs. Edward D. BullardMr. Jack D. BunnellBernard BurchMs Marilyn F. BurchettMr. and Mrs. Greg BurnsMr. Tom BurnsMs. Sheila Mason Burton+Mr. Joseph BusemeyerMs. Maria BushMrs. Mildred M. BusterMs. Laura Lee Smith ButlerMs. Cynthia S. ButtorffJames and Marilyn CainDr. Glyn CaldwellMs. Cornelia CalhounMrs. Deborah J. CampisanoColette CardwellMr. Bruce CarenderMr. and Mrs. Stephen CarlisleCarol CarpenterMr. Vincent A. CarrafielloMr. Jeffrey D. CarruthersMs. Annie CarterMs. Kathy CarterL. Curtis Cary, M.D.Mr. Lindy CasebierMs. Sharon CatesMrs. Anne F. CaudillMr. and Mrs. Proc CaudillMr. Richard D. CawbyMr. D. D. Cayce IIIMs. Anne CecilMr. and Mrs. Garland CertainMr. Glen ChaneyMr. Dennis L. ChapmanC. H. ChelfThe Honorable James S. ChenaultGeorge M. Chescheir, IIIMr. + and Mrs. Bennett ClarkMs. Cheryl ClarkMrs. Genevieve ClarkMr. Richard T. ClarkMr. Robert S. ClarkMrs. Thomas D. ClarkMr. and Mrs. Danny W. ClayMr.+and Mrs. James C. Claypool, Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs.** Larry ClevelandMs. Madgel Cleveland

Mrs. Barbara G. CliftonMs. Lynda W. ClossonMr. and Mrs. J. Michael CodellMr. L. Coleman CoffeyMr. and Mrs. William D. CoffeyDr. Mac CoffmanMrs. Carole L. ColeMr. and Mrs. Everett L. ColemanMrs. Laura Coleman Prichard**Ms. Constance L. CollinsMrs. Jane M. CollinsLisa CollinsW. Ernest and Mary Lynn CollinsMr. and Mrs. Terry CollisMrs. Jane K. ColtenMr. and Mrs. James R. ColumbiaMs. Catherine ConderWalton ConnMs. Irene CookMs. Katelyn CooperMr. Alan CorbittMs. Mary P. CothrunDr. Thomas A. CourtenayMrs. Nash CoxMr. John M. CraigMs. Ruth N. CraigMs. Deborah Crocker**Mr. Alvin M. CrossMs. Mary Jo CrossDr. and Mrs. Ward CroweMrs. Lou CurrieJohn and Marilyn CurryMrs. Julia Curry**Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. CurtisMr. Anthony P. Curtis**Dr. and Mrs. W. Lisle Dalton Sr.Mr. Don DampierMr. Ed DanceDr. and Mrs. Charles E. DanielsMs. Betty R. Darnell

Mr. Allen R. DavidDr. and Mrs. Charles L. DavisMs. Helen DavisLouis and Ann DawersMr. & Mrs. C. Leslie DawsonMs. Diane DawsonDr. and Mrs. Nelson** DawsonMr. Lloyd DeanMs. Anna L. DearingerMr. David B. DearingerMr. and Mrs. Richard DeCampMr. and Mrs. Larry C. DeenerMr. Mike Deetsch**Mrs. Alice H. DelambreMr. and Mrs. William H. DenhamMs. Vicki DennisMr. G. Michael DewMs. Joanne DeWittMs. Heloise C. Di RiccoMiss Alice V. DoddMrs. Dorothy G. DodsonDouglas and Rose DoertingMr. Steve DooleyMrs. Susan DowningMr. Ron DrydenMr. Gail A. DugginsMr. and Mrs. Donald O. DuludeMr. and Mrs. George A. DuncanMr. and Mrs. Bruce DunganMs. Debbie DunnMeredeth S. DurrEddie and Susan DyerMrs. Melissa EarnestBarbara EctonMs. Brenda S. EdwardsMs. Helen EdwardsJoe and Bramblett ElamMr. and Mrs.** John ElliottMr. and Mrs. William E. EllisMr. William L. Ellison Jr

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Mr. George ElyMr. Tom EmbertonThe Honorable+ and Mrs. William Engle IIMr. James EyMaj. Gen. (Ret.) Verna Fairchild+ & Maj. Byrnes FairchildDr. Mary FallatMs. Jean Y. FarriseeMs. Marilyn FaughnMr. and Mrs. Kenneth FeldMr. Walter B. FergusonMs. Sharon FieldsMr. and Mrs. Bruce FinneyMrs. Joyce FischerMr. and Mrs. James L. FishbackMs. Rhonda FisterMrs. Virginia P. Flanagan**James R. FleenorMrs. Jean C. FleischerMs. Sarah R. FlemingWinona L. Fletcher Ph. DMrs. Barbara B. FloresMr. and Mrs. James A. FoersterEdwin S. FooteDr. Margaret FooteBetty H. FordMr. and Mrs. Ben FowlerMr. Donald FowlerMary P. Fox, M.D.Mr. and Mrs.+ Cabell Francis IIMrs. Sandra G. FrazierDr. Robert E. FrenchMs. Brenda FritzMs. Connie FryMs. Clara M. FulkersonMr. and Mrs. Roger H. FutrellMr. Tim FutrellMr. and Mrs. Robert E. GableMrs. Linda GabyMr. and Mrs. Carl GardnerMr. Lewis E. GarrisonMs. Elizabeth GaskinsMr. Mark GaskinsMr. and Mrs. Joe R. GatewoodSheree GatliffMr. George W. GayhartMs. Susan A. GeorgeMrs. Jo-Ann GeringerMs. Anne M. GibbsMr. and Mrs. Matthew GibbsMr. Douglas GibsonMrs. Wilma J. GibsonStella GieselerDr. James M. Gifford, Ph.D.James GilbertMs. Gloria GilesMr. James V. GillMr. Stephen GillaspieMr. Roger GivensMr. Thomas B. GivhanMs. Melanie GoanMrs. Anne Bevier GoinMs. Laura Leigh GoinsMr. Walter GoochDr. and Mrs. Robert GoodmanMrs. Betty M. GorinMr. Lance P. GormanMr. and Mrs.** Walt GrabonDr. and Mrs. William J. Graul, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas S. GraverMrs. Rollie D. GravesMr. and Mrs. Everett GrayDr. Scott GreenMs. June G. GreenwellSister Theresina GreenwellMr. and Mrs. Robert H. Gregory

Mr. Lowell M. GriffinMrs. Lois GrigsbyMr. and Mrs. Larry GrossMr. and Mrs.+ Neil HackworthMr. Robert HaddadDr. Paul C. HagerMr. Donald HallMrs. Mary A. HallerMs. Rosemary N. HamblinJames and Judith HamiltonMr. Merrill R. HammonsMr. Michael J. Hammons+Ms. E. F. HamrickMr. and Mrs.** John HanlyHelen HappyMr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hardy, Jr.Ms. Rose Gayle D. HardyMr.+ and Mrs. Jamie HargroveMr. and Mrs. Brian D. HarneyMr. Charles E. HarperCol. Douglas A. Harper Ret.J. Russell Harris**Mr. Theodore HarrisMr. and Mrs. James B. HarrisonMr. Thomas S. HarveyMr. and Mrs. Todd HastingsMr. and Mrs. I. Michael HatcherMark S. HendersonMrs. Judy B. HendrixMrs. Laura H. HendrixWilliam HerndonKathryn J. HickeyMs. Marsha T. HicksSharron HilbrechtMr. and Mrs. H. E. HillMs. Nancy M. HillMr.** and Mrs. Charles F. HindsMs. Ann HinesMs. Dorcas M. HobbsMs. June L. HockenberryMs. Theresa M. HodgeMs. Debra A. HoffmanMrs. Willa S. HogeMr. and Mrs.** David HollingsworthMr. and Mrs. Alvis HoltonJames L. HoodMs. Mary Jane HoogMs. Barbara HopkinsMr. John J. Hopkins IIIHonorable and Mrs. Larry J. HopkinsMr. Derrick C. Hord+Ms. Alice W. HornDr.+ and Mrs. Raymond HornbackMr. and Mrs. W. James HostMs. Olga H. HouchinMr. and Mrs. Thomas R. HouseMs. Sharon HouseknechtMs. Katharine M. HoustonMrs. Betty P. HowardDr. and Mrs. Donald E. HowardJohn D. Howard, M.D., F.D.C.S.Mrs. Martha HowardMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. HowardMs. Margaret L. HowellDr. George HromyakMike** and Paula HudsonMr. and Mrs. Eugene HuffineMrs. Rebekah M. HuffmanMr. Hal T. HughesMs. Glendolynn N. HughesMr. and Mrs. John L HumeMrs. Alice S. HumeMrs. Billy HumphreysMr. and Mrs.** J.L. HurstMs. Margaret HurstMr. and Mrs. Michael Huskisson

Mr. Patrick R. IrelandDr. and Mrs. Robert M. IrelandMrs. Janice K. JacksonMr. William G. JanesMr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Jenkins, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Kirk C. JenkinsMs. Phyllis L. JewellMs. Sarah JohansenMr. David W. Johnson**Mrs. Florence JohnsonMr. Hobart C. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Vernon JohnsonMr. and Mrs. William E. JohnsonBob JohnstonMary M. JohnstoneMr. James L. JonesPatsy JonesMr. Paul R. JordanNicholas and Patricia KafoglisMs. Stacia Y. KaufmannMr. and Mrs. Edward P. KeleherColonel (Ret.)+ and Mrs. Arthur L. KellyThe Hon. and Mrs. Dan KellyMr. and Mrs. Timothy M. KellyMr. and Mrs. Charles KendellArba L. KennerMr. Albert KingMr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Kiser, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Larry and Bonnie KittingerDr. John E. Kleber+Mr. Donald KleierDr.**+ and Mrs. James C. KlotterMs. Linda F. KnightDavid and Barbara KnoxGary and Leslie KohlerGeorge and Yvonne KolbenschlagMs. Virginia KonermanMr. Marvin A. KummerMr. and Mrs. Theodore R. KusterAmanda Lange M.D.Mrs. Shirlee LaRosaMr. James D. LaRue, Jr.Mr. Charles LawrenceJoAlice LaymanDavid D. Lee, Ph.D.Ms. Nancy W. LeeAnn LegerMs. Ethyl S. LetcherMr. Edwin P. LewisMr. Walter R. LightnerMs. Linda J. LinderMr. and Mrs. Steven R. LindseyMr. Pierce LivelyMs. Beverly E. LopezMs. Nora LovanMr. Todd LoweDr. Marion B. LucasMr. and Mrs. Gary LuhrPriscilla A. LyndMr. Edmund D. LyonMr. J. E. MaddoxMr. and Mrs. Dan MaenzaMs. Anne MahoneyMs. Mary Louise MajorsMr. Steve ManningMiss Betty J. MarkwellDr. and Mrs. Glenn MarshMs. Janet H. MarshallMr. and Mrs. William J. MarshallDr. and Mrs. Charles E. MartinMr. E. F. Martin, Jr.Mr. Joe D. MartinMrs. Miriam H. MartinRichard and Jean MassamoreMs. Nancy K. MastersMs. Nancy Masterson

Mrs. Robert F. Matthews Jr.Mrs. Angelita M. MayJoan MayerMr. and Mrs. Josef MayntzMs. Anne W. MaysMs. Ellen McCarthyMs. Lynn C. McCarthyCol. Stewart Boone McCarty, Jr.Ms. Anna J. McClureMr. Wayne E. McCollomFrank and Sue McCrackenMs. Valerie McCurdyMr. and Mrs.+ Rodney McDanielMr. and Mrs. Mike McDonaldDavid McElrath**Mr. and Mrs. James C. McGaryWilliam McGinnisMr. Michael McGrathMr. Richard G. McGuireMrs. Virginia McHenry-HepnerBonnie McKeeCol. Willis McKee, Jr., M.D.Fonda McWilliamsMary MeadeR. Darrell Meadows, Ph.D.**Mr. and Mrs. John A. Medley, Jr.Virgelia MeekMr. Neil E. MellenMrs. Eldred W. MeltonLewis and Barbara MeltonElborn and Burney MendenhallMr. and Mrs. Thomas MengMr. Boynton Merrill, Jr.Mrs. Oveda MesserMr. Joseph U. MeyerMs. Ann B. MilburnMr. and Mrs. Roy MilburnMr. and Mrs.** Brett A. MillerThe Hon. and Mrs. Jerry Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Guion MillerSarah Milligan**Ms. Elizabeth S. MillsMr. and Mrs. Henry D. MillsMr. and Mrs. Robert A. MinshMarion L. MitolaMr. Corpus E. Mohedano**Mr. David MohneyWilliam and Karyl MohrmannGeneral (Ret.)+ and Mrs. James H. M. MolloyMs. Esther H. MoneyMs. Marilyn MontgomeryMr. Robert C. MoodyMrs. Mimi MooreMs. Paula MooreMs. Sarah L. MooreMr. William T. MooreMs. Betsy MorelockMs. Hazel MorrisMrs. Melissa MorrisMr. Steve J. MorrisMr. Wayne MorrisMs. Jane B. MoserMr. Fred R. MozenterMr.+ and Mrs. Mike MullinsMrs. Patti Mullins+Mr. and Mrs. Charles MuntzMr. Chester J. MyersDr. Marshall MyersMs. Rebecca C. MyersMrs. Elizabeth NaberMr. Gregory and Dr. Dorothy NagelLee NalleyBonnadean NelsonMr. Jack NelsonMr. James NelsonAlton and Betty NeurathMs. Verna Mae Newman

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GIFTS FROM INDIVIDUALS(continued)Mr. and Mrs. Nick Nicholson Jr.Dr. Patricia K. NicolMr. J. D. NiehausMr. and Mrs. Robert H. NilesMs. Patty NilestMr. Jeff NobleMs. Shirley NoelMr. Carson Y. NolanMs. Yvette NorsworthyMrs. Anne NovyDr. Nancy O’Malley+Ms. Darlene O’NanMs. Donna C. OrrDr. James A. Orr, Jr.Ms. Janice OsborneMr. Walter E. OverstreetMs. Judy K. OwensMrs. Debra T. PackMs. Roberta P. PadgettMs. Judith A. PalermoJudge and Mrs. John S. PalmoreDr. and Mrs. John PappasMr. and Mrs. James Park, Jr.Agnes ParmanDr. Allan M. ParrentMr. George ParsonsDr. John Patterson and Dr. Ann PollockMr. and Mrs. Warren PayneMr. James A. PearsonMr. and Mrs. James L. PeelClarence and Barbara PennMs. Ann J. Pennington+Ms. Helene R. PerkinsMr. John S. PerkinsMr. Alwyn B. PerryMr. John A. PerryMr. and Mrs. William R. PetersMr. and Mrs. Rob PetrilloMr. and Mrs. H. Foster PettitMr. and Mrs. Don PhilpotMr. and Mrs. Anthony PicarazziWilliam and Jane PiersonMr. and Mrs. Melvin PlattMr. Thomas H. Plummer, Jr.Tom PoirierMr. Edwin I. PollockMr. William R. PotterEugenia PotterVandy and Linda Powell

Ms. Rebecca PreeceMr. and Mrs. O. Lenard PressMs. Amalie M. PrestonMs. Lori Lyn PriceMr. Alexander T. ProbusMs. Ann ProthroMr. and Mrs. Carlos PughMr. James PulliamDr. Carolyn PurcellLaura QuinnMs. Becky RaffJanet and Jerry RaiderMs. Mary RallJohn M. RansdellMrs. Margaret T. RatliffMs. Morgan ReckEdward and Linda** RedmonMr. David ReeseMr. Lowell ReeseMr. Jeffrey A. ReesorMr. John F. ReesorMr. Herman D. Regan, Jr.Ms. Kathie J. ReganMrs. Joy ReidMr. Fred ReinertMr. and Mrs. Joseph R. ReinhartMr. and Mrs. Reece ReinholdMr. and Mrs. Gary RembackiMr. and Mrs. Richard M. RenfroMr. and Mrs. Sam RevlettMs. Beverly Sue ReynoldsHoward and Dee ReynoldsMs. Gail RheaMr. Ronald E. RhodyMrs. Sally RiceMrs. Pat RichardsonMr.** and Mrs. Samuel L. RichardsonDouglas RiddellMs. Teressa RiggsMrs. Margaret RileyJayna Jones RinerMr. and Mrs. Hobart L. RisleyMr. and Mrs. William L. RobbinsMr. and Mrs. Eugene RobertsMs. Forrest RobertsMr. and Mrs. James RobertsMr. and Mrs. William H. RobertsMr. John E. RobertsonMr. and Mrs. Charles H. Robinette IIDr. George W. Robinson

Mr. Donald RobinsonMr. Ed RobinsonMr. Nelson RodesMs. Charlotte C. RodesMs. Carolyn M. RodgersMs. Anne L. RodickPhillip RogersMr. and Mrs. Bill RoggenkampSgt. Major (Ret) Jose RosarioDr. and Mrs. Jerry G. RoseMrs. Kenney S. RoseberryDr. and Mrs. Daniel B. RowlandMr. and Mrs. Malcolm D. RoyseMr. and Mrs. David L. RugglesThomas L. RussellMs. Colleen RyanDr. John N. RyanDr. and Mrs. Irwin T. Sanders IIDrs. John and Marilyn SandersMr. John S. SandersStuart Sanders**Ms. Joyce SanfordMs. Evelyn Fendley SangsterMs. Linda C. SawyersMs. Sandra SayersMrs. Zenet SchisslerMr. Peter SchlerethMrs. Tish SchmedekeMr. and Mrs. James N. SchraderMr. Ed ScottMr. and Mrs. William ScruggsMs. Judy SeidtJohn and Jane SemonesMrs. Joseph Severance, Sr.Mrs. Pamela P. SextonMr. and Mrs. Donald M. SharrowMs. Renee M. Shaw+Mr. Charles ShefferMr.+ and Mrs. James W. ShepherdDr. William D. ShraderMr. Gerald T. SilversMr. James H. SimpsonMr. and Mrs. James L. Simpson IIIMr. Bruce SiriaJoyce SiskMs. Gail SmathersBeverly SmithMs. Brenda J. Smith**Ms. Carolyn M. SmithMr. Earl T. SmithDr. and Mrs. James Smith, Jr.Mrs. Lee SmithMr. Marion L. SmithRichard and Jane Smith

Mr. and Mrs. W. Robert SmithMr. Robinette C. SmithMr. S. R. Smith IVMr. Walter A. Smith, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. SnappMr. and Mrs. Chester SnellingDr. James H. Snider Ed.DMs. Rita SoutherMr. and Mrs. John G. SparksMs. B. Holliday SparrowMs. Sue Speed+Mr. Robert L. Spencer IIIMs. Cora J. SpillerMs. Georgia StamperMr. Brandt N. SteeleMr. and Mrs. Mike SteenMr. Richard E. SteinmetzMr. Bruce StephensMr. Giles L. Stephens, Jr.Capt. Ronald C. StephensMs. Jane B. StephensonMr. Richard C. StephensonMr. William O. StidhamMrs. Kathleen StilwellMrs. and Mr. Mary StitesMs. Betty StokesJune StokleyMr. Earl W. StoneMr. George B. StoneMr. and Mrs. Ronald StoneReverend Jack StoutMr. Louis StoutMrs. Emma StuckerMs. Sallye H. StumboAndy Stupperich**Ms. Ann D. SturgillMs. Joyce SturgillMr. James L. SublettJ.H. SullivanMs. Joy SullivanMr. and Mrs. Garnett SuterMr. and Mrs. Henry N. SutherlandMr. and Mrs. Robert SutherlandMs. Beverly SwansonMrs. Nancy L. SwiftMr. and Mrs. C. W. Swinford Jr.Arthur and Glenna SymonsMr. Ronald SzudyMr. and Mrs. Stafford TackettMrs. Carol TannerMr. Robert F. TatmanMs. Alice P. TaylorMrs. Carolyn M. TaylorMs. Linda TaylorDr. Paul A. TenkotteMr. and Mrs. Jim TerrellProf. and Mrs. John ThelinMs. Patricia G. ThomasKelli Thompson**Mrs. Peggy F. ThompsonMs. Alexis TillettMr. and Mrs. Leonard TingleMs. Ouida F. Tisdall-PattonMr. Martin B. TracyMr. L. Michael TrapassoMs. Margaret Q. TravisArdis TrinkleMs. Margaret J. TrinkleMayor and Mrs. Roger TruittMs. Nancy TuckerMr. Bob TurnerMr. James H. TurnerMs. Bettie J. TuttleMrs. Linda TwymanJohn and Donna UlmerMr. and Mrs. John Updike

Mrs. Janet H. UptonBeth Van Allen, Ph.D.**Mr. Raymond Van HookDeborah Van Horn**Mrs. George M. VanMeterMr. and Mrs. James C. Van MeterThe Honorable Laurance B. VanMeterDr. and Mrs. John Van WilligenMs. Virginia VassalloMs. Lisa VaughnMs. Melinda VeirsKaren Vizi**Mr. and Mrs. James VoylesMr. and Mrs. Donald L. WagonerMs. Johnna M. WaldonMs. Carol C. WalkerMr. and Mrs. John W. WalkerMr. and Mrs. James E. WallaceMrs. Mildred J. WallinMr. W. Grady Walter IIMs. Karen S. Warford**Ms. Pat A. WassonMr. Allen D. WatersMr and Mrs. Hays T. WatkinsMr. Lowry R. Watkins JrMs. Elizabeth WaudMr. and Mrs. Robert W. WeantMrs. Charles S. WebbMrs. Jean Anne WebbMr. Mark C. WebsterMrs. Jessieanne H. WellsMs. Joan B. WellsMr. and Mrs. Paul WellsMr. James A. WescheMr. and Mrs. Charles WesleyMrs. Lynn WesleyMs. Ivor L. WetherbyMrs. Jo Ann M. WeverMr. and Mrs. Galen J. White JrDr. and Mrs. Albin C. WhitworthAdalin WichmanMs. JoEtta Wickliffe+Clara Y. WielandMs. Susan H. WilburnMr. Dennis G. WilderMrs. Shirleen WilhelmMr. Marshall D. WilkinsMr. Ken WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Richard L. WilliamsPat WilliamsenMs. Michelle WilloughbyMs. Bobbie L. WilsonMs. Dorothia L. WilsonMrs. James R. Wilson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. John K. WilsonMr. and Mrs. Richard L. WilsonPresley and Ethel WinnerMr. and Mrs. Robert L. WittMs. Carol WittenJames and Joe Ann WolcottMr. and Mrs. Charles WolfeMrs. Joyce M. WoodMr. and Mrs. Buckner Woodford VMr. John H. WoodsMiriam WoolfolkRobert G. WrightMs. Ruth P. WrightMs. Janet YatesMs. Wilma YearyMs. Sara L. YoungMs. Theresa Young**Mr. Robert M. Zwick *deceased** current or former KHS staff + current or former KHS or KHSF Board Members

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Elizabeth Lloyd “Libby” Jones Scholarship Fund Supports Student Visits to KHS

The Kentucky Historical Society experienced another strong

year of school group participation during the 2010-2011 school

year. Approximately 17,500 students, parents and teachers

visited the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History and the

Old State Capitol.

Nearly 8,500 of those students and adults who visited KHS this

year received scholarship assistance from the Elizabeth Lloyd

“Libby” Jones Scholarship Fund, which covers the admission

fees for qualifying school groups under the federal free and

reduced lunch criteria.

In 2010-2011, KHS revised its approach to school group

programming to better meet the curricular needs of students

and teachers. The result has been pre- and post-visit contact

with teachers, smaller group sizes and greater individual

participation in our galleries and exhibits, and a sharper focus

on learning outcomes. Teacher response has been extremely

positive.

“Libby Jones’s commitment to education and to Kentucky

preservation efforts led to the KHS Foundation to create a

special fund that ensures all school groups, regardless of their

students’ ability to pay, can experience the Society’s exhibitions

and educational programs,” said John R. Hall, KHS Foundation

president.

Most of the private donations to the Libby Jones Scholarship

Fund are contributed during a benefit held in conjunction

with the Abraham Lincoln Society major donor recognition

event. Additional funding is contributed throughout the year

by corporations, foundations, and individuals with interests in

supporting history education and at-risk youth programming.

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2010-2011 By the Numbers

GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL

417STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

KHS HistoryMobile Gift in Kind, Pilot Corporation

Supported by Libby Jones Scholarship Fund

NUMBER OF BOXES OF CHURCHILL WEAVERS TEXTILES PROCESSED AND

PLACED SAFELY IN STORAGEJoan Cralle-Day Funds

143STUDENTS

Girl Scout workshops supported by KHS Foundation Annual Fund

73SCOUT LEADERS

238STUDENTSCamp ArtyFact supported by KHS Foundation Annual Fund

SUPPORTERS CALLED DURING 2011 KHS

FOUNDATION PHONATHON

GRANT PROPOSALS22Submitted by KHS Foundation to support 18 programs. 11 of these were successful, resulting in $502,072.

PAGES190+US Colored Troops Records scanned by Bookeye Scanner 138

DONORSAttended Abraham Lincoln Society Gala,8001 +

8,

2,

160+

782.5

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GOVERNORS IN ATTENDANCE7

Supported by the KHS Foundation Annual Fund, Boone Day expense

UK GRADUATE EDITORIAL ASSISTANTSHIP

1Supported by James Graham Brown Foundation Grant

6Supported by KHS Foundation Annual Fund

KHS RESEARCH FELLOWS13Supported by KHS Foundation Annual Fund

PARTICIPATION IN KJHS/NHDKentucky Junior Historical Society / National History Day

3,717MUSEUM THEATRE OUTREACH PARTICIPANTS

TEACHERS79

Supported by Teaching American History Grants

TEACHERS73

Kentucky History Education Conference

38DONORSPurchased bricks on Pathway to History

DONORSWho purchased leaves, acorns or stones on the

KHS Family Tree in the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

,3001

INTERNS

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Gifts of $10,000 - $49,999Kentucky Veterans Trust FundRosenthal Foundation IncToyota Motor Engineering & Mfg. North America, Inc.

Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999Ray Black & Son, Inc.Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation Inc.

Gifts of $1,000 - $4,999AnonymousBrown-Forman CorporationCitizens National Bank of PaintsvilleE.O. Robinson Mountain FundFirst Citizens Bankhardscuffle, inc.Hyden Citizens Bank, Inc.Kentucky BankKentucky National Guard Historical FoundationLarry R. Coffey Charitable TrustMarilyn and William Young Charitable FoundationNational History DayThe Helen H. Donan Charitable Fund

Gifts of $500 - $999Bank of the MountainsCity of Maysville & Mason County Arts CommissionCommercial Bank of GraysonFarmers National BankUnited BankYour Community Bank

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MEMORIAL GIFTS GIVEN IN MEMORY OF LOVED ONES AND FRIENDSCharles T. “Chuck” AnglinMr. and Mrs. William Scruggs

Fred, Tony, Gary, Cecilia, and Darlene AntoneMs. Juanita Antone

Howard BakerMr.** and Mrs. Samuel Richardson

Walter Baker+Ms. Ann J. Pennington+

Maultie Garrison BramblettJoe and Bramblett Elam

Bill Chescheir**George M. Chescheir III

Daniel B. and Aileen B. CormanJune C. Bertram

Compton CroweDr. and Mrs. Ward Crowe

Vivian “Tommie” HockensmithMr. Jeff Noble

James HowardMrs. Martha Howard

Robert H. KinkerMs. Kathy Carter

Earnest MastersMs. Nancy K. Masters

Carol McGurk**Ms. Deborah Crocker**

Herman MullinsMr.+ and Mrs. Mike Mullins

William F. McWhorterDr. and Mrs. Lawrence Boram

Helen RobinsonMr. Ed Robinson

Martin F. Schmidt+Mrs. Nancy D. Baird+Sharron Hilbrecht

Robert M. SextonPamela P. Sexton

Clay B. SnedegarMs. Kathy Carter

Family of Valentine StoneMr. William G. Adams

T.O. and Marguerite ThompsonDr. and Mrs. Ward Crowe

Horace Greeley TurnerMrs. Lynn Wesley

John Updike, Jr.Mrs. Betty Updike

Isabella Reed Clay WeisigerRogers Barde

F. Marshall WiseDr. William E. Wise

William Wise IIIDr. William E. Wise

IN HONOR OF A SPECIAL PERSON OR OBSERVANCEThe Woodard Adams FamilyWilliam G. Adams

Senators Fred F. and Lillie BishopMargaret Hurst

Freda L. BrownMr. and Mrs. Robert Witt

Archibald CaseyDr. William E. Wise

Omer & Osie Cunningham, Jack R Cunningham, Jennifer C. Rock, Blake W. RockJack Cunningham

Linda Grabon**Edward and Linda** Redmon

Joe Gross and Tony GrossLarry Gross

John, Geneva, and Kristin HarperMr. Charles E. Harper

Erica Harvey**Mr. and Mrs.** John Hanly

Sam W. MooreMimi Moore II

Mark MyersMrs. Debra T. Pack

David New**KHS Staff

Mr. Ross O’Nan, Sr. and Mr. Ross O’Nan, Jr.Darlene O’Nan

John PerryWanda H. Perry

Kathie Jane ReganDebbie Dunn

J. Owen ReynoldsHoward and Dee Reynolds

Save the “Fighting Falcon”Mr. Lowell Reese

Doug and Gerri SandersonMr. and Mrs. William Scruggs

Bill and Wilma ScruggsMr. and Mrs. William Scruggs

Kilby TatmanMr. Robert F. Tatman

Dorothy O. ThomasPatricia Thomas

Roy Edward ThomasPatricia Thomas

Jennie Barton WescheJames A. Wesche

Albin and Katie WhitworthFaith Fellowship Choir

Dorothy O. WilsonPatricia Wilson

Maxie H. WiseDr. William E. Wise

William E. WiseDr. William E. Wise

Buckner Woodford IV+Mr. and Mrs. Buckner Woodford V

GIFT-IN-KINDAle-8-One Bottling Company, Inc.Beef O’Brady’sBuddy’s PizzaCapital Cellars Wine and Spirits Café MarketLouisville Genealogical SocietyLynne Hollingsworth**Pilot Travel Centers, LLC.Starbucks Coffee Company

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Kentucky Historical Society Foundation

GIFTS FROM FOUNDATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS & CORPORATIONSJuly 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011

Each year, the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation recognizes the generosity of KHS members and friends who make gifts to benefit KHS programs and services through annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, grants and corporate matching gifts. Please note: This report reflects only those gifts received by the Foundation during the period July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011. The outstanding balance on multi-year pledges is not reflected in this report.

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New Bookeye® Scanner Enables Researchers to Make Copies of Delicate Documents

Grants from the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) Foundation

and the Kentucky Genealogical Society (KGS) recently made

possible the purchase of a high-quality Bookeye® scanner for

the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library.

The scanner enables staff in the library to help preserve the

condition of historic books and documents, while still receiving

high resolution images of the pages. The Bookeye® scanner,

which cost more than $20,000, scans in full-color up to 600

dots per inch, which is necessary for preservation-quality

images. It also has a cradle that adjusts the elevation of the

documents during the scanning process, which is especially

helpful with bound documents. The machine can scan large

copies, up to 22” x 28”.

“What this means for researchers is that material that could

not previously be copied can be copied now,” said Louise Jones,

KHS director of special collections and library services. “This

allows everybody to have the same technological access.”

The scanner also makes high-quality photocopies as well

as digital images which can be copied to a flash drive.

Researchers who are interested in using this equipment simply

inquire at the reference desk and KHS staff will assist with

making either digital or hard copies. The cost is 25 cents per

page for KHS and KGS members and 30 cents per page for

non-members.

KHS has begun to explore outreach possibilities with the

Bookeye. In October 2011, the library and special collections

staff held their first “Scan Fest” so that individuals and

organizations could come in to scan their items free of charge.

Without the support of the KHS Foundation and the KGS, it is

unlikely that this equipment could have been acquired.

“This technology is expensive, in part, because of its

versatility,” said Jones.

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COLLECTIONS DONORS

Jann AlexanderLorraine AndrewsSamuel BanksDebra BarrowsTerry BayNina BiggsDr. Janice BlythePat BradleySteven BullardMartha DavisGladys GardnerKenneth HodgesGlendora IsonKentucky Historical Society StaffElinor KnightWillis McKeeRonald MorganMichael MossburgerEverett PfanstielLeif Erickson RigneyDonald RooneyRuby SharpLucinda SpanglerUnknownJerry WentzelJane H. WhiteAlbin WhitworthBarbara Worful

SPECIAL COLLECTIONSAndrew AlbatysAnonymousMelissa Perkins BaskettTerry BayBobbie Smith BryantAmy CarpenterL. Curtis CaryGary ColeMary CombsLoretta ClarkJulie ConnerKay CrabtreeMartha DavisMichael D.DrydenCharles S. FergusonGretchen GilligRebecca HecklerNorma HonnDon Hoover

Eleanor JenkinsPatricia W. JohnsonElinor KnightMike McDanielSarah Milligan**Ronald MorganKeith NorrisDonald PhillipsNancy Lee-RiffeRichard RaleyAmy SandersGreg SoaperSylvia StevensConnie TaylorBen TidwellLanny Tucker

MEMBERS OF THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN SOCIETYPRESIDENTIAL ADVISORSLifetime giving equals or exceeds $1 million dollars or more in cash or cash equivalent.

Hilary J. Boone*+ Sara Shallenberger Brown*James Graham Brown FoundationRosenthal Foundation Martin F. Schmidt*+Toyota

CHANCELLOR’S FRIENDSCumulative contributions equal or exceed $500,000 or more in cash or cash equivalent.

Mr.*+ and Mrs.* Ralph G. AndersonBrown-Forman CorporationNational Endowment for the HumanitiesThomas A. Courtenay and Mary Ann Courtenay Davidson

DIRECTOR’S FELLOWSCumulative contributions equal or exceed $250,000 in cash or cash equivalent.

Anonymous Dr. Richard C.* and Genevieve Brown* Owsley Brown Frazier+Mary D. Kelly Living TrustJohn S. and James L. Knight Foundation Keeneland Foundation The Stewart Home School

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TRUSTEESCumulative contributions equal or exceed $50,000 in cash or cash equivalent.

Abercrombie FoundationCinergy FoundationCralle FoundationCSX TransportationDelta AirlinesGen. (Ret.)+ and Mrs. Richard L. Frymire John+ and Donna HallJames F. Hardymon+Gov. Brereton+ and Libby+ JonesKentucky Association of Electric CooperativesW. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little FoundationPNC BankRobert E. Rich+

MEMBERSCumulative contributions equal or exceed $25,000 in cash or cash equivalent.

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Ball HomesBellsouthRay Black and Son, Inc.Gov. Edward T. Breathitt*+Katherine Alexander BrewerMartin Brown, Jr.Budd CompanyCincinnati Bell FoundationDr. Thomas D. Clark*+Clay Ingels CompanyCorporexC. Michael DavenportR. C. Durr FoundationJames A. and Natalie HaslamCharles and Melba P.** HayJacob and Edith Horn FamilyMr. and Mrs. Frank B. HowerJohnson Controls FoundationMr.+ and Mrs. William KirklandKentucky Bankers Association, Inc.Kentucky Farm Bureau InsuranceKentucky Genealogical SocietyKentucky Veterans Trust FundDr. Glenn and Judy MarshLois Mateus and Tim PetersMr.* and Mrs.* Joseph H. Murphy, Jr.Pilot CorporationHenry E.* and Betty Pogue IVRhodes BequestRosenstein FamilyMartin F. Schmidt/Kate Schmidt Moninger FundJames+ and Lynne ShepherdMr. and Mrs. Fred SilhanekFrank W. Sower*+Steele-Reese FoundationStock Yards Bank and TrustSumitomo CorporationJohn E. and Joanne Tobe

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What YOU Can Discover at the Kentucky Historical Society

The Kentucky Historical Society Foundation began supporting

an annual KHS Internship Program in summer 2011. The

foundation’s goal is to support up to six paid summer

internships per year to achieve projects important to KHS and

to provide professional development opportunities for both

undergraduate and graduate students interested in public

history, museum and library professions.

Below is one intern’s account of his summer 2011 experience,

taken from the KHS blog, www.historyburgoo.com. It was

originally posted June 28, 2011:

When I first got the phone call that I had been accepted as an

intern at the Kentucky Historical Society, I was thrilled. The

internship at KHS would offer some much needed hands-on

experience in archiving practices and, as I would discover upon

my first day at KHS, that there is much more to working in a

historical society than I had perceived. 

On any given day working at the historical society, I am

learning something new about the state of Kentucky.  In

the oral history collection, I am more than likely auditing

and digitizing tapes of interviews or writing descriptions of

collections that haven’t been cataloged yet. The most recent

of which is the oral histories of some of our more prolific

governors of the 20th century. I can’t tell you the amount of

intrigue one can accumulate while watching an interview with

Bert T. Combs over his battle with educational reform in this

state or reading through a transcript of John Y. Brown and his

dealings with the famous “Colonel” of Kentucky Fried Chicken

fame. And these are only a fraction of interesting artifacts to

be found. 

Genealogy is a huge interest of patrons who come to the

society.  When I am in the microfilm room or manning the

reference desk, I help patrons find all sorts of records about

ancestors that inhabited this state, spanning from marriage

certificates from the late 1700s or court records of the 19th

century.  There are even rare books that patrons can access

that date back to the 1800s. If you are a visual person, KHS

has thousands of photographs in our collection of many

different topics. A personal favorite of mine are photographs

of Kentucky servicemen going off to fight WWII in the 1940s.  I

could go on and on about the vast amount of historical

information that can be found at the historical society, but

then it wouldn’t be any fun in discovering it for yourself!

Interning at the Kentucky Historical Society will no doubt be

a tremendous impact on my future professional career.  The

things I have learned here will be things I take with me forever.

Tommy Grant, master’s candidate in Library and Information

Science, University of Kentucky, was a 2011 summer intern in

the Martin F. Schmidt Library.

KHS Summer Interns for 2011:

Leah Craig, Auburn University

Thomas Grant, University of Kentucky

Jennifer James, Western Kentucky University

Matthew Peek, Kent State University

Derrick Ranostaj, Kent State University

Whitney Ziegler, University of Kentucky

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Mr. and Mrs. John DurelMrs. Deborah Jo DurrMr. and Mrs. Bob DuvallMs. Paula R. EadsMrs. Kim EismanMs. Delores ElamMr. and Mrs. Jack EllisDr. Morris EvansMs. Jacqueline FarrisMrs. Connie FeeseMs. Sue FieldsMr. and Mrs. Bruce FinneyMr. Clyde Fletcher, Jr.Ms. Helen D. FlowersMrs. Marion C. Forcht+Ms. Ruth L. FoxMs. Jill M. FraleyMs. Allison FredetteMs. Becky FrenchMr. Craig FriendMr. Darrell GammonMs. Karen GarrisonMr. Douglas GibsonMr. Warren K. GilbertMrs. Phyllis Gilman**Mr. and Mrs. Mason GlassMs. Mary Jo GohmannMr. Robert D. GoodlettMs. Cathy GottschMs. Mary Ann GramigMrs. Mary A. GreathouseMs. Dena C. GreenMr. John Greenebaum+Ms. Jennye GriderDr. Margaret GripshoverMr. Larry GrossMs. Jane G. HaldemanMr. Homer HallMr. Donald HallMrs. Robyn HamiltonMr. Jonathan HancockMr. Mel HanklaMs. Laura F. Hargis

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Ms. Mary O. StokesMrs. Jennifer StoltzMs. Alice T. StoudenmireMrs. Emmie K. StrohMs. Sandie S. SuttonMr. Jonathan SuttonMs. Beverly SwansonMs. Sharon TaborMrs. Carol TannerMs. Tresa TatyrekMs. Ada M. TaylorMs. Julia A. TeuschlerMs. Wanda ThompsonEva and Charles ThornberryMr. Montgomery F. ThornsburyMs. Renee TilkerMr. William ToddMr. Bosworth M. Todd+Ms. Janice ToebbeMs. Lynne TornellMr. and Mrs. Eric TrimbleMr. Larry K. TrivetteMs. Maria TrotterMs. Margaret TuckerMr. and Mrs. Dave TuckerMr. Dennis TurnerMrs. Janie TurnerMrs. Janet H. UptonMrs. J. Harold UtleyMr. and Mrs. Bill Van ArsdallMs. Twylane VanLahrMr. John VaughnAssoc. Prof. Tangi VillerbuMs. Marjorie M. VogelMs. Carolyn VoseMr. and Mrs. Clark WadeMs. Johanna WaikelMr. and Mrs. Craig WallerMs. Kathleen Walsh-PiperMrs. Volinda WaltersMr. David WarrenMs. Becky L. WarrenMs. Pat A. WassonMr. Otis WatkinsMs. Deborah G. WatsonMs. Linda WattsMr. Steve WeaverMrs. Virginia WebbProf. Rob WeiseMs. Patti WelchMr. Robert S. WestMs. Laurie WestbergMr. Jerrell WhiteMrs. Leigh WhittakerMrs. Joyce WilcherMr. Alan WilesMs. Linda WilliamsMs. Patricia WilliamsMs. Eleanor WithrowMs. Jane WoernerMs. Olga WoodMr. Jack WoodMs. Ardie L. WoodallMs. Carol F. WorkmanMrs. Millie WynneMr. Al YoungMs. Kathryn B. YoungMr. and Mrs. Jon ZachemMr. Samuel A. Zimmerman

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Kentucky History Research & Interpretation

PROMOTING HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Simply owning collections is not enough to ensure the future of

Kentucky history. New historical understanding requires in-depth

research into these collections. KHS and the KHS Foundation raise

private funds each year ($10,000 in fiscal year 2011) to support

short-term scholarly research fellowships. These one- to four-week

fellowships assist scholars with travel and living expenses to

conduct groundbreaking research in KHS collections. Often, these

researchers come from outside Kentucky to seek new knowledge

about the state and the region.

Funding from the KHS Scholarly Research Fellowships allows

scholars to spend time with KHS collections and staff, and serves

as the basis for countless doctorate dissertations, scholarly books

and articles published in the Register of the Kentucky Historical

Society and other leading history journals. It is just one important

way in which KHS and KHSF are expanding the field of historical

knowledge about Kentucky and its people.

Fellowship applications are awarded on a competitive basis

and are evaluated by a panel of historians on the merits of the

proposed research and the extent to which the judges believe that

research can be advanced through use of collections at KHS.

During fiscal year 2011, KHS and KHS Foundation supported the

following 13 scholars from across the country:

Jeffrey Bain-Conkin (University of Notre Dame)

Religious Practice in Nineteenth-Century Louisville

Nancy E. Baker (Sam Houston State University)

The ERA Battle in Kentucky

Shannon Smith Bennett (Indiana University)

A Different Civil War: Rioting in the Ohio Valley, 1860-1890

Anne Y. Brinton (The Pennsylvania State University)

Households Built on Shifting Sands: Slavery and Emancipation in

the Loyal Western Border States

Allison Fredette (University of Florida)

Between North and South: Gender, Regional Identity, and the Law in

the Border South, 1840-1880

Lorraine McConaghy (Museum of History & Industry)

Richard Dickerson Gholson: A Political History in Kentucky,

Washington Territory, and Tennessee, 1849-1862

Kent A. McConnell (Phillips Exeter Academy)

A Time-Stained God: Civil War Deaths, Religion,

and the Remaking of God

Brian Craig Miller (Emporia State University)

Reconstructing Manhood: Women and the Experience

of Confederate Amputees

Jennifer Nickeson (State University of New York at Buffalo)

Transforming Appalachia: Motherhood and Reform in the

Mountains, 1900-1940

Amber Nickolson (University of New Orleans)

Women in the Border States During the American Civil War

Ibram Rogers (State University of New York,

College at Oneonta)

Diversity Demanded: A Narrative History of the Black

Campus Movement, 1965-1972

Blair M. Smith (University of Dundee)

The Rise of the New Elite? The Organization of Leadership

in Kentucky, c.1770-1792

Tangi Villerbu (Université de La Rochelle)

Bishop Flaget’s Diary, 1813-1821: Spirituality, Daily Life,

and Social Control on the Catholic Frontier

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Each year, nearly 1,500 students participate in the Kentucky

Junior Historical Society (KJHS), an educational program that

provides opportunities for Kentucky’s youth (grades K - 12) to

learn about Kentucky history and contribute to their communities

through service-learning projects.

The Kentucky Historical Society Foundation provides annual fund

and restricted grant support to KJHS and the complementary

Kentucky History Day (KHD) Program. These two programs were

joined in 2010 to provide programmatic support to each other.

In fiscal year 2011, KJHS and KHD received $13,845 in private

support from grants and gifts made to the KHS Foundation.

“KJHS is building leaders, historians and good stewards,” wrote

Robin McMurtrey, a kindergarten teacher at North Jackson

Elementary in Barren County, in a recent letter to KHS,  “We must

continue to maintain clubs and start new clubs - our children

deserve them!”

At the end of April each year, nearly 600 KJHS members gather

in Frankfort for the annual conference, consisting of service-

learning workshops, student officer elections and an awards

ceremony.

KJHS members also compete in academic contests at regional,

state and national levels. State winners in each category travel

to Maryland each June to face peers from across the nation.

Students and their families also have the opportunity to visit

museums and memorials, speak with Kentucky’s legislators and

see the U.S. Capitol.

“I believe the Kentucky Junior Historical Society has done a lot

for me,” wrote Mikinley Grace Lustenberg, a sixth grade student

from Phillip A. Sharp Middle School in Pendleton County.  “I am a

straight ‘A’ student, and I believe KJHS is a big part of that.”

Kentucky Junior Historical SocietyKHS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS

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The KHS Foundation appreciates the individuals, corporations and foundations that

supported the Kentucky Historical Society in 2010-2011. To make your contribution

for 2011-2012, please contact the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation at

502-564-1792, ext. 4451 or visit www.history.ky.gov. Donations are accepted by

check, by credit card and online. As you consider your estate plans, please remember

the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation.

Collections are the centerpiece of the Kentucky Historical Society’s mission. The

Kentucky Historical Society Foundation plays an important role in assisting KHS by

providing financial resources to purchase, preserve, and present Kentucky-related

artifacts and special collections through the Kentucky Treasures Fund.

In 2011, the KHS Foundation provided funds through Kentucky Treasures to purchase

an ambrotype of Color-Sgt. Freeland H. Cully of Elizabethtown, Ky., to go along

with a historic Confederate flag already in the KHS Collections. An ambrotype is a

negative image on a glass medium, and when inverted and placed in front of a dark

background, a positive image is produced. This was one of the primary forms of

photography from the early 1850s through the 1870s, and a popular form during the

Civil War.

Culley was a color-bearer of Company C, 2nd Infantry, Confederate States of America

(CSA). The flag he carried, the Confederate 1st National Flag, is housed at KHS,

along with four additional artifacts in special collections also related to Culley: an

original “Application for Furlough under General Order No. 227,” “Descriptive List

and Account of Pay and Clothing,” his “Soldier’s Hospital Certificate” from 1864,

and his signed “Oath of Allegiance” to the United States of America, dated June 10,

1865. These documents tell much about Culley’s family, occupation, and experiences

before, during and after the war.

Thanks to the Kentucky Treasures Fund, KHS now has an image of Culley to bring

these artifacts and documents to life. Adding Culley’s ambrotype to the KHS

Collection was an important acquisition because of its historical value. Identified

Confederate ambrotypes are rare, especially of Kentucky Confederates, and the state

has no official records for the 2nd Kentucky Infantry (CSA).

Perhaps most important is that the ambrotype puts a human face on a collection

of items that KHS already owns. Visitors and researchers no longer need to try to

imagine what Freeland Culley looked like, since KHS now has an actual image of him

dating to 1861. Providing critical funding to purchase artifacts such as the Freeland

Culley ambrotype is one important way the KHS Foundation supported the mission of

the Kentucky Historical Society in 2011.

The Kentucky Historical Society is an agency of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet.

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FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR, DEADLY MOB VIOLENCE BECAME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, as Americans sought to secure or protest their position in society and to eliminate potential competitors for employment, goods and social status. Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) fellow Shannon Smith Bennett, a Ph.D. candidate at Indiana University, focuses her work on the riots that occurred in the Ohio Valley from 1860 to 1890. On a recent visit to KHS, she investigated documents that are essential to her assessment of the reaction of official forces, such as police and militia, to rioting in Kentucky.

In an interview with Elizabeth Van Allen, assistant director of Civil War Governors of Kentucky and associate editor of the Register, Bennett describes how violent events that occurred in Kentucky and Ohio were characteristic of those across the United States and how civil unrest was a valuable tool for renegotiating the social order in the decades after the Civil War.

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Allen Pinkerton, Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives (New York, 1878)Engraving entitled “Drunken Rioters attacking Private Residences in the streets of Louisville,” which depicts the 1877 railroad strike in the city. Such images shaped how the public percieved protesters.

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Rioting in the ohio Valley, 1860-1890AN INTERVIEW WITH KHS FELLOW SHANNON SMITH BENNETT

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Van Allen: There have been no broad comparative studies of post-Civil War violence in the United States across a span of decades. What led you to conceptualize your study in this way? Why did you choose to look at the states of Kentucky and Ohio? What do you hope to accomplish?

Bennett: I have been interested in the topic of rioting for many years. Specifically, I wondered why people engaged in violent activities even when they knew they were dangerous. What was so important to them that they thought it worth risking punishment, injury or even death? Most studies of riots in the late 19th century explore either single events or particular types of hostilities, such as lynching, race riots or labor violence. My goal is to try to understand the motivations and experiences of those who participated in a broad range of riots—as workers, as citizens, as police and as soldiers.

In the late 19th century, many people were fighting for full participation in the social, political and economic life of the United States. At a personal level, people risked their lives to secure their livelihood, the well-being of their families and their individual status in their local communities. They also were negotiating the creation of the new social order in post-Civil War America and were competing to see who had the power to secure their vision as the dominant one.

For my project, I chose to focus on one location where I could see how individuals in a particular place and time grappled with the changes at work in their world. As I looked at various cases of rioting, it became apparent that the Ohio Valley would be a fruitful region from which to address the larger issues at work in the nation—racial tensions, questions about voting rights, the relationship between workers and capitalists in an industrializing society, and what it really meant to be a citizen. In Kentucky and Ohio, trade and social relationships, the racial and ethnic composition of the area, and the increasing dependence on wage labor shaped the choices available to area residents.

Van Allen: How did rioting in the Ohio Valley change from the antebellum to the postwar years? How did that impact the nature and response to mob violence?

Bennett: There were many continuities between antebellum and postwar rioting. Riots often broke out when something in society was changing—during economic depressions, when individuals feared increasing job competition, or, as in riots in Cincinnati in 1862 and in Frankfort in 1871, when the citizenship status of African Americans was under debate. In the postwar years, white workers felt it increasingly difficult to maintain their racial, social and political privileges.

The real postwar changes were in the organization and suppression of riots. White and black workers increasingly acted through unions as they organized strikes and city leaders reacted with harsher measures to secure law and order. During the 1870s and 1880s, National Guard units debated how much force was necessary to suppress a riot, eventually leading to more rigorous regulations for riot duty. Both unions and the militia experienced a shift from local control to a more centralized organization, either at the state or federal level. More organization often resulted in greater polarization, and thus greater conflict, between the two groups. Some individuals, however, still retained membership in unions and in the National Guard, seemingly without contradiction. The social order was never entirely set. People could always behave in unexpected ways.

Van Allen: Who participated in these riots? Why? Are there any groups that weren’t visible? If so, why do you think these people are absent from the record?

Bennett: My study focuses on group-on-group violence, primarily involving black and white workers and the militia. Sometimes men planned to inflict harm on others to protect their jobs, their voting rights and political position, their status in the community and in the eyes of others—that is, their very identities as men. At other times, they sought to avoid violence, but the situation escalated to unexpected bloodshed. In some cases, strikers and the National Guard shunned violence, even when tremendous potential for conflict was present. With such a wide variety of reactions, it is necessary to look closely at the particular context and participants in each case.

Of course, some people joined riots because it seemed like an adventure, or they felt sure that they would not be punished. But it is still possible to determine what people were after by looking at the crowd’s behavior. For example, during the 1877 riot in Louisville the crowd attacked railroad property, ransacked stores and broke windows in the homes of wealthy residents. In the midst of an economic depression when people were impoverished, out of work and hungry, symbols of wealth and property were common points of attack.

Women were often invisible in riots, even though in any city crowd some would have been present. Commentators were continually shocked when women participated in riots. Typically the power and spaces at stake in the rioting were male zones. Women were excluded from the male working-class workplace, from military service, from citizenship and in some cases from rioting itself. Riots took place in the public sphere rather than the domestic sphere. Women’s involvement was seen as an aberration, but they had just as much at stake in securing their own position and that of their families in society.

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Van Allen: How did the riots that occurred in the Ohio Valley region shape political, racial and economic relationships between citizens? How is the context of emancipation and attitudes toward newly freed African Americans essential to an understanding of rioting during the postwar years?

Bennett: Many people viewed economic and social status as a zero-sum game—the gains of one group could only mean the loss of status for another. The emancipation of enslaved African Americans eliminated one form of differentiation between black and white workers. Large numbers of black men remained in the bluegrass region or moved to Louisville and were viewed by white men as threats to the social order. Most postwar violence targeted those who challenged white supremacy, especially black men who claimed citizenship through military service and the vote. Black men continued to be excluded from the militia, but they never stopped fighting for equal social status.

Van Allen: Are there any ways in which Kentucky stands out? If so, how?

Bennett: Many riots broke out in the Ohio Valley, but not as many as there could have been. The conditions were ripe for violent opposition to industrialization and urban unrest across the nation, so it is significant that there were relatively few riots in Louisville and Frankfort. Leaders were always concerned about maintaining positive trade relations and did not want to be seen as violent places. Just prior to the 1877 riot, city boosters asserted the “New South” identity of Louisville. They characterized it as a city with the ambition and economic power of a northern city, but lacking the contentious labor relations of the North and the racial tensions of the South. Workers shattered that image, however, when they went on strike and fomented a riot. Certainly the history of race relations and the shift to emancipation impacted the types of violence in Kentucky, but Kentuckians also had other methods besides rioting to ensure white dominance.

Van Allen: What legacies have these riots left behind? Why is it important to study civil unrest in societies across time?

Bennett: As we have seen in 2011, riots are not a thing of the past. The Arab Spring, the summer unrest in London and the recent violent turn of some Occupy Wall Street protests all demonstrate how people sometimes resort to violence—intentionally or unintentionally—to try to change the social order or to maintain their own position within it. Violence often is the result of confrontations between citizens and the forces of law and order, whether police or the military. Common themes of recent riots echo those of the past: blaming unrest on “outside agitators,” the role of rumors in

initiating conflict and how the public perception and media representation of protestors—as people with legitimate grievances or as an unruly mob—shapes the official response to those protests. As long as riots continue, whether inspired by calls to social justice, anger at economic situations or even the win or loss of a sports team, it is imperative to try to understand how and why violence occurs and why people choose to participate in it.

Engraving of the Hocking Valley miners’ strike in the town of Buchtel, in southeastern Ohio, which appeared in the Octiber 25, 1884 issue of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. In this illustration, women play an unusually visible and active role. Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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r. Thomas Anderson Courtenay, of Shelbyville, became the caretaker of a family heirloom in 1931, when a rare presentation sword was passed down to his father. Courtenay, now 83 years old, said the sword has been in his family for 163 years.

“I grew up with it under my bed much of the time for safekeeping,” said Courtenay.

The gold sword was originally presented to Gen. William O. Butler, and is one of the highest quality American-made swords in existence. The U.S. Congress authorized the presentation of six swords to general officers during the Mexican War. Only five are known to survive and only this one retains its original walnut case and doeskin cover.

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Courtenay’s great-grandfather, John Russell “Russ” Butler, was a nephew and aide to Gen. Butler. Upon Butler’s death, the sword came into Courtenay’s great-grandfather’s hands and has been passed down through the family for generations. Last fall, Courtenay and his sister, Mary Ann Courtenay Davidson, donated it to the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS).

“I’m not getting any younger,” explained Courtenay. “I thought the sword really belonged in Kentucky. There were people out-of-state who wanted to buy it, but I thought it was better to leave it in Kentucky.”

The sword was first placed on display on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2011 during the reopening of the Kentucky Military History Museum.

Courtenay is a Louisville native, but has lived in Shelby County since 1975. He is a graduate of Male High School and Washington & Lee University. After serving in the Korean War, Courtenay attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a medical degree. He practiced as a pediatrician in Louisville for more than 30 years.

Courtenay was honored for his donation at the Abraham Lincoln Society Dinner, held Oct. 24, 2011 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History. He said he’s always held the sword while wearing gloves, which may help explain why it is in excellent condition today. The sword retains its intricate engraving, which was a hallmark of the maker, Ames Manufacturing.

The scabbard is made of gold and has a fluted tip. The center panel is engraved, “Presented by the President of the United States agreeable to a Resolution of Congress, to Maj. Gen.

Abraham Lincoln Society Gala, October 2011.

William O. Butler, in testimony of the high sense entertained by CONGRESS of his GALLANTRY and GOOD CONDUCT in storming Monterey, Resolution approved March 2d, 1847.”

The sword has a double-edged blade, which is etched on the obverse with a floral pattern and military theme. The center of the blade is etched with an eagle perched on a shield that reads “STORMING OF MONTEREY.” The handle is gold with raised engraving of rifles, spears and cannons and the pommel is cast in a floral pattern, containing a cut topaz on top. The crossguard has an inset 3.2-karat ruby in the center.

The engraving on each of the remaining swords is unique. The six swords were the last to be authorized by Congress. Ordered on Jan. 1, 1848, Congress appropriated $1,000 for Gen.Butler’s sword. The final cost of each averaged $1500. Today, Gen. Butler’s sword is valued at one- half million dollars.

Gen. Butler was second in command to Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Monterey. Taylor planned to envelop the fortified city in hopes of breeching its defenses. Through withering fire, Butler seized an opportunity to advance his command into the city. As street to street fighting intensified, Butler was wounded and forced to withdraw from the field. His bold assault led to the surrender of the city.

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The Kentucky Historical Society’s HistoryMobile is well on its way to accomplishing a goal of visiting all 120 Kentucky counties in less than two years. Since July 1, 2010, the HistoryMobile has stopped in 101 counties, bringing the story of Abraham Lincoln’s life to communities throughout the commonwealth. Plans are in place to visit the remaining 19 counties this spring.

With students as a primary audience, a new exhibit in the HistoryMobile is set to debut in August. This exhibit, called “Torn Within and Threatened Without: Kentuckians in the Civil War” will focus on the choices made by six Kentuckians during that time. Visitors will be able to examine choices made by these historical figures and consider what decisions they would have made during the war. The exhibition will bring the past to life via a graphic novel format and combine hands-on activities with authentic artifacts to help visitors understand what the Civil War meant to Kentucky and why it still matters today. The new exhibit will be on display at the 2012 Kentucky State Fair and begin travelling the commonwealth afterwards. Preliminary sketches for the exhibit are shown on the opposite page.

The KHS HistoryMobile program is made possible by generous support from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, the Pilot Corporation and the KHS Foundation. The new Civil War exhibit is made possible through a reimbursement program for the United States Department of Transportation and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

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Preliminary sketches from upcoming HistoryMobile exhibition, “Torn Within and Threatened Without: Kentuckians in the Civil War.”

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The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) has appointed new officers and elected five new members to its 2011 Executive Committee. The appointments were approved by KHS members at the Nov. 11, 2011 annual meeting.

Constance Alexander of Murray, Laurie Risch of California, Ky., Tommy G. Turner of Magnolia and Sharon Mayne Withers of Lexington, will each serve a four-year term expiring in 2015, and Gerry Montgomery of Paducah will be completing a term expiring in 2013.

Officers are Sheila Mason Burton of Frankfort, president; J. McCauley Brown of Harrods Creek, first vice president; John Edward Kleber of Louisville, second vice president; and Brian Mefford of Bowling Green, third vice president.

The KHS Executive Committee serves as the policy-setting body for the Society. The Executive Committee consists of the Governor of Kentucky as Chancellor, four officers, 16 members and one person designated by the State Archives and Records Commission. Members of the Executive Committee are nominated through the nomination process of the committee and elected by the membership of the Society. The Executive Committee meets quarterly at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in downtown Frankfort.

In addition to these continuing officers and new directors, the Kentucky Historical Society welcomes returning board members J. William “Bill” Bartleman, Paducah; Dawn Browning, Maysville; Marion C. Forcht, Whitley County; Michael J. Hammons, Park Hills; Derrick Hord, Lexington; David D. Lee, Bowling Green; Patti Mullins, Corbin; Nancy O’Malley, Paris; Wayne Onkst, London; Renee Shaw, Lexington; Nancy Smith, Paris; Sue Speed, Louisville; and Louis Stout, Lexington.

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And the Winners Are…

The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) presented the 2011 Kentucky History Awards in a ceremony Friday, Nov. 11, at the Old State Capitol in downtown Frankfort.

The awards recognize outstanding achievements by historians, public history professionals, volunteers, business and civic leaders, communities and historical organizations throughout the commonwealth. Individuals and communities across the state are encouraged each year to nominate projects and individuals for their efforts to promote the preservation, awareness and appreciation of state and local history.

The 2011 Kentucky History Awards winners are:

Thomas D. Clark Organization of the YearFredonia Valley Heritage Society (Fredonia)

Lifetime Dedication to Kentucky History Award“Preserving History,” Celia Hagan Keeling (Bardstown)

Award of DistinctionBetty Dobson, “The Hotel Metropolitan,” (Paducah)

Volunteer Organization or Group AwardSkirmish near Simpsonville Project Team, Shelby County

Historical Society (Shelbyville)

Frank R. Levstik Award for Professional ServicePhillip Seyfrit, “Battlefield Park, Richmond, Ky.” (Richmond)

Brig. Gen. William R. Buster AwardJohn M. Trowbridge (Lawrenceburg)

Class A Publication (tie)“James H. Holloway Diary,” Bluegrass Heritage Museum

(Winchester) and “’Til Freedom Came: Slaves in Allen County, Kentucky 1815-1865,” Glen Connor (Scottsville)

Class A Education“Tieng Noi Luu Vong: Moving Voices from Vietnam,” Vietnam

Oral History Project, Crane House (Louisville)

Class B Publication“Clear as Mud: Early 20th Century Kentucky Art Pottery,”

Warren and Julie Payne (Louisville)

Class B Education“William Smith ‘Bill’ Monroe Centennial” exhibit,

International Bluegrass Music Museum (Owensboro)

Class C Publication“Centre College: Scholars, Gentlemen, Christians,”

William (Beau) Weston (Danville)

Class C Education “Quest for the Perfect Bourbon,” Buffalo Trace Distillery

(Frankfort)

Class D Publication“Lessons in Likeness,” The Filson Historical Society (Louisville)

Class D Education“Water Works: 150 Years of Louisville Water Company,”

Louisville Water Company (Louisville)

Class E PublicationWebsite, Duncan Tavern Historic Center, Kentucky Society

Daughters of the American Revolution (Paris)

Class E EducationDuncan Tavern Historic Center Restoration Project, Kentucky

Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Paris)

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Phonathon 2012: donors answered the Call!

Over 10 days in late January and early February, KHS staff volunteered their time to call prospective donors during the 2012 Annual Fund Phonathon. This year’s goal was to raise $45,000 in 10 nights.

As of Feb. 29, 450 donations were made to this year’s campaign, helping the Foundation raise over $47,500!

Calling provides KHS staff the time to reconnect with members and donors. “By speaking one-on-one with our constituents, we learn what we are doing well and what we need to do better. It’s about listening and learning about the donors’ connections to our commonwealth’s diverse history,” said Sam Richardson, development associate for KHS.

Thanks to these contributions, the KHS Foundation is well within reach of meeting its 2012 Annual Fund goal of $250,000. These unrestricted funds are critical to KHS as the state budget becomes more restricted. Donations to the Annual Fund have helped support educational programs, community outreach initiatives and the acquisition of resources for the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library.

Phonathon has ended, but donations to the 2012 Annual Fund can still be made through June 30th in a number of ways:Donate securely online at www.history.ky.gov by clicking Give/Join.

Complete information on the attached envelope in the Chronicle and mail to:Kentucky Historical Society FoundationP.O. Box 6856 Frankfort, KY 40602Call the development office at 502-564-1792, ext. 4451.

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The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) received three of the 2011 Kentucky Travel Industry Association’s (KTIA) Traverse Awards for Excellence in Tourism Marketing.

KHS received its awards Tuesday, Oct. 18, during the Traverse Gala held at the Lexington Convention Center as part of KTIA’s annual conference.

Kentucky travel and tourism businesses and marketing organizations vie for awards in 21 separate categories and are judged by a panel of out-of-state experts. Each entry was judged for concept, creativity, design and how well it related to its audience.

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KHS received honorable mention for its social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and Typepad; second place for print ad series for advertisements in Kentucky Monthly magazine; and second place for visitors guide/other booklet for the Chronicle’s Summer 2011 issue. First place winners included Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Newport Aquarium and the Kentucky Distillers’ Association.

KTIA is a Frankfort-based state association that represents every segment of Kentucky’s tourism industry. The 950-member association offers continuing education programs, works in the area of governmental relations, produces four state-wide travel conferences each year and provides legislative advocacy for Kentucky’s travel industry.

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KENTUCKY MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM AT THE STATE ARSENAL RE-OPENS

Following extensive renovations, the Kentucky Military History Museum reopened on Veterans Day 2011.

Guests were treated to performances by the Westridge Elementary School Choir and 202nd Army Band Quartet. Maj. Gen. (Ret) Verna Fairchild served as master of ceremonies. Maj Gen. Edward Tonini and Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Marcheta Sparrow were featured speakers.

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Candlelight Tour and Saturday with Santa events at the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) proved popular in late 2011, drawing hundreds of people to the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in downtown Frankfort. Both events have become holiday traditions at KHS.

Candlelight Tour takes place annually in November and marks the start of the holiday shopping season. KHS participates by offering visitors free musical performances, free admission to the history campus and a large Lionel train display in the Brown-Forman Kentucky Room. Saturday with Santa comes on the heels of Candlelight Tour, and brings the jolly old man himself to the Center for Kentucky History. This year, hundreds of children stood in line to share their Christmas gift lists with Santa.

HOLIDAY EVENTS DRAW CROWDS IN CELEBRATION OF SEASON

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

For updated calendar information, visit www.history.ky.gov. All events held at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History unless otherwise noted.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHTAnne Shelby, Aunt Molly JacksonWednesday, March 21, noon – 1:30 p.m.Born in 1880 in Clay County, Aunt Molly Jackson was a miner’s wife, mother, midwife, political activist, union organizer and ballad singer. She became an instrumental figure in the movement for workers’ rights and became an outspoken advocate for miners’ unions throughout the depression era. Join award-winning author Anne Shelby as she performs excerpts from her one-woman show, “The Lone Pilgrim: Songs and Stories of Aunt Molly Jackson” and shares stories of more of her Kentucky feminist folktales. A book signing will immediately follow the program. Reservations required by March 16. $18 for KHS members and $23 for all other patrons. Contact Julia Curry at 502-564-1792, ext. 4414.

HOMESCHOOL DAYTUESDAY, MARCH 27For more information, contact Greg Hardison at 502-564-1792, ext. 4454.

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FAMILY HISTORY WORKSHOP1940 CensusSaturday, April 14, 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.The 1940 census will be released on April 2, 2012. In this workshop, KHS staff will explain what to expect and effective strategies for researching the 1940 census. Registration is required before noon on Friday, April 13 for this free workshop. A light lunch is available, if requested at time of registration, for $6, payable at the door. Contact the Reference Desk at KHSRefDesk@ky.gov or 502-564-1792, ext. 4460.

FOOD FOR THOUGHTThe Kentucky Derby: How the Run for the Roses Became America’s Premier Sporting EventWednesday, April 18, noon – 1:30 p.m.Odds are, that on the first Saturday in May, you along with the rest of world will turn your attention to the “greatest two minutes in sports” – the Kentucky Derby. What is it about the Kentucky Derby that causes people who will not see another horse race all year to pay attention? Why is the Derby more than just a horse race? Join KHS for an afternoon of horse racing history as Dr. James Nicholson discusses the traditions, culture and evolution of the Kentucky Derby. Reservations required by April 13. $18 for KHS members and $23 for all other patrons. Contact Julia Curry at 502-564-1792, ext. 4414.

(April cont.)KHS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGFriday, April 20, 1 p.m.

KENTUCKY JUNIOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & KENTUCKY HISTORY DAYFriday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28For more information, contact Cheryl Caskey at cheryl.caskey@ky.gov.

GOVERNOR’S DERBY CELEBRATIONDowntown FrankfortSaturday, May 5, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.Join KHS for a day of fun-filled family activities. Visit the KHS history campus free of charge all day. Make a derby hat and bring young ones to participate in the annual hobby horse races.

FOOD FOR THOUGHTCrawfish Bottom: Recovering a Lost Kentucky CommunityWednesday, May 16, noon – 1:30 p.m.Located on 50 acres of swampy land along the Kentucky River, this small Frankfort neighborhood had a reputation for vice, violence, moral corruption and unsanitary conditions, thus making it a target for urban renewal projects that replaced the neighborhood with the Capital Plaza in the mid-1960s. Using oral histories and firsthand memories, Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, provides a record of a vanished neighborhood and its culture and demonstrates how this type of study enhances the historical record. Reservations required by May 11. $18 for KHS members and $23 for all other patrons. Contact Julia Curry at 502-564-1792, ext. 4414.

COMING SOON“Civil War: My Brother, My Enemy” in the Keeneland Changing Exhibits Gallery

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EXPLORING KENTUCKY’S AFRICAN AMERICAN PASTA special issue of theRegister of the Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 109, Numbers 3 & 4Coming in April 2012. To get your copy ($12), contact leslie.miller@ky.gov

GERALD L. SMITHGUEST EDITOR“Collectively, the essays serve as a solid portrayal of black community life, institutions, organizations, and individuals in both nineteenth- and twentieth-century Kentucky.” -Gerald L. Smith

FOREWORDResearch on Kentucky Blacks, RevisitedGeorge C. Wright

INTRODUCTIONKentucky African Americans: “So Much Remains to be Told”Gerald L. Smith

ARTICLES“Upon This Rock”—The Free African American Community of Antebellum Louisville, Kentucky by J. Blaine Hudson

“Kentucky Is More Or Less Civilized”: Alfred Carroll, Charles Eubanks, Lyman Johnson, and the Desegregation of Kentucky Higher Education, 1939-1949 by John A. Hardin

Direct-Action Protests in the Upper South: Kentucky Chapters of the Congress of Racial Equality by Gerald L. Smith

“Even I Voted Republican”: African American Voters and Public Accommodations in Louisville, Kentucky, 1960-1961 by Joshua D. Farrington

“It Is Hard to be What You Have not Seen”: Brenda Hughes and the Black And White of the Zebra Shirt—Race and Genderin Kentucky High School Basketball by Sallie L. Powell

Register cover image: A group of demonstrators in front of city hall in Lexington, Kentucky, in the 1960s. Calvert McCann is the fourth person from the right. Courtesy of Calvert McCann.

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