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Summer hours begin Monday, May 14
Manuscripts include unpublished diaries, family papers, correspondence, church minutes, business records, memoirs, literary papers, theses, land grants, court records. Our historical documents of famous and everyday people date back to the 1700s. Materials describe local, national, and international events and reveal details about day-to-day life in 19th and 20th century Kentucky and around the world.

Researchers interested in transportation, politics, religion, and wars must visit this collection. Politicians, Kentucky authors, and families have chosen the Kentucky Library and Museum to care for their legacy. For a sampling of the types of collections available during your in-house visit, check out the collections described below.

Tim Lee Carter
Civil War
Courtney M. Ellis
Janice Holt Giles
Green Family
South Union Shakers
20th-Century Wars
Underwood family



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