UA36I Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Series 6 Lennie Lancaster

Description: Records regarding the nomination of Lennie Lancaster for the Kentucky Medical Association and Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians awards. The series is arranged in chronological order. A short biographical sketch by Dr. Jerry W. Martin, who made the nominations, is included. Dr. Lancaster's diplomas are in the collection, as well as an oral history interview conducted in 1973 which tells, among other things, of his work to establish Western's first campus bookstore in the summer of 1921. The collection also includes the KMA and KAFP awards, as well as several other certificates and awards.

Extent: 2 boxes

Dates: 1923-1976

Biographical/Historical Note: L. Y. Lancaster was born August 12, 1893 in Stewart County near Dover, Tennessee. He taught in rural schools in Calloway County, Kentucky before earning a Life Certificate from the Western Kentucky State Normal School in 1921 and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Kentucky in 1923. He joined the Western faculty in 1923 but then returned to school to earn a Master of Science and a Ph. D., both in Zoology, from Ohio State University in 1928 and 1931 respectively. He returned to Western where his success in preparing pre-medical students made him known as the “father” of the school’s pre-medical curriculum. Dr. Lancaster’s devotion to two hobbies, ornithology and refinishing antique flintlock rifles, also earned him statewide recognition. He retired in 1960. In 1975, Dr. Lancaster received awards from both the Kentucky Medical Association and the Kentucky Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians. L. Y. Lancaster died May 15, 1980, the same year in which the L. Y. Lancaster Memorial Lecture Series was established in his honor. For more information, see the University Archives vertical file and photograph file.

Container List:

Box 1

Folder 1 nd Inventory

Folder 2 1923 B. S. diploma, University of Kentucky

Folder 3 1969 Letters in support of the naming of the “L. Y. Lancaster Hospital
Clinic” in Western’s Academic Complex

Folder 4 1973 Transcript of interview of Dr. Lancaster by Gayle Carver and Sarah
Tyler

Folder 5 1971-74 Membership certificates

Folder 6-9 1975 Awards and certificates: Kentucky Medical Association Award,
Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians, Certificate of Commemoration from Governor Julian M. Carroll, see also box 2

Folder 10 1975 Biographical sketch and remarks of Dr. Jerry Martin at portrait
unveiling

Folder 11 1975 Miscellaneous programs

Folder 12 1975-76 Nomination letters of Dr. Jerry Martin for “Kentuckian of the Year”

Box 2 1928-1975 Diplomas and Awards, oversized, Ohio State University, Sigma Xi, Kentucky Colonel, Kentucky Chapter of Family Physicians, Kentucky Medical Association

Subjects:

Lancaster, Lennie Young, 1893-1980

Accession Information: These records were transferred to the University Archives upon its creation.

Access Restrictions: none

Copyright Notice:

Preferred Citation: UA36I Faculty/Staff Personal Papers, Series 6 Lennie Lancaster, WKU Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA.

Processing Information: Processed by Lynn Niedermeier