Historic African-American materials added to Kentuckiana Digital Library
FRANKFORT, Ky. (October, 2002) - New materials
on the history of Kentucky African-Americans are now online
at the Kentuckiana Digital Library, a project of the Kentucky
Virtual Library. The materials are from the library collection
at Kentucky State University and include four books and the
Kentucky Negro Education Association Journal from 1916-1952.
"We are thrilled to enhance the historical resources available
to Kentucky and the world,” explained Walter Baker, a
member of the Council on Postsecondary Education and president
of the Kentucky Historical Society. The Kentucky Virtual Library
is a part of the Kentucky Virtual University, a unit of the
Council.
“These materials provide teachers, school children, scholars
and genealogists with important records on African-American
history in Kentucky," added Baker.
The books include: “A Century of Negro Education in Louisville,”
by George D. Wilson; “Pictorial Directory of the Kentucky
Association of Colored Women,” by Lucy Harth Smith; “History
of the Anti-Separate Coach Movement of Kentucky,” by S.
E. Smith; and “A Brief History of the Colored Churches
of Frankfort, Ky.,” by Elsworth E. Underwood.
Kentuckians can also browse through full-page images of the
“Kentucky Negro Education Association Journal” which
includes proceedings of the association, articles, advertisements,
new school dedications and award announcements.
The Kentuckiana Digital Library digitizes finding aids, photos,
sound recordings, diaries, scrapbooks, books of Kentucky history
and other materials held by the special libraries and archives
of Kentucky. Currently the collection includes more than 3,700
finding aids, 10,000 photographs, 80 oral history transcripts,
120 electronic texts (diaries, scrapbooks, etc) and more than
50 audio files.
Libraries that have included materials from their collections
include Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University, Filson
Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Department
of Library and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky
State University, Morehead State University, University of Kentucky,
University of Louisville, Western Kentucky University, Asbury
College, Berea College, Transylvania University and Lexington
Public Library.
The Kentuckiana Digital Library is located at
www.kyvl.org. For more information, call toll-free at 1-877-588-5288.
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