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Politics/Public Policy: Primary Sources in Special Collections: Primary Sources in Special Collections (A - D)

This guide will help you find primary sources pertaining to Politics and/or Public Policy.

Primary Manuscript Sources With Online Finding Aids (A-D). Click On Links To Access Full Collection Descriptions.

Robert Alexander Papers, 1774-1849
American Association of University Women, Lexington Branch, 1936-1981, 1938-1943 & 1954-1975 (bulk dates)
Equal Rights Amendment.
James Blythe Anderson Papers, 1751-1946
Kansas Politics, 1855.
Appalachian Regional Commission, 1965-2010
Louis Wagner Arnett Papers, 1927-1953, 1943-1953 (bulk dates)
C.H. Ashton Scrapbook, 1808-1889, 1851-1889 (bulk dates)
Alben W. Barkley Papers, 1900-1956
Member of Congress, U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Vice President of the United States.
Creed Black Papers, 1969-1970
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
Alpheus W. Blinn Scrapbook, 1835-1852
Blue-tail Fly Newspaper, 1969-1971
University of Kentucky student underground newspaper.
Bradley Family Papers, ca. 1839-1962, 1903-1925 (bulk dates)
William Goebel Assassination.
John B. Breckinridge Collection, 1931-1979
Kentucky Attorney General and Member of U.S. House of Representatives.
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge Papers, 1867, 1888-1923
Social and political activist.
Scott D. Breckinridge, Jr. Collection, 1801-2000, 1980-2000 (bulk dates)
Central Intelligence Agency.
Breckinridge Family Papers, 1784-1869
Benjamin H. Bristow Papers, 1854-1875
*Kentucky State Senate, 1863-1865.
*U.S. Solicitor General
*Secretary of U.S. Treasury
Bullock Family Papers, 1812-1908
Wendell P. Butler Papers, 1918-1994, 1960-1979 (bulk dates)
Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Agriculture.
Florence McDowell Shelby Cantrill and Mary Brinker Bryan Papers, 1876-1981
Anne and Harry M. Caudill Collection, 1854-1996
Historian, author, member of the Kentucky General Assembly.
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler Collection, 1920-1974
Harry Caudill was a former state legislator, historian, and Appalachian scholar. This is a large collection and may take a few seconds to download.
Thomas D. Clark Collection, 1903-1998
Historian, author, education activist.
Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. Personal Scrapbook Extracts, 1870-1913
Henry Clay Papers, 1801-1843
Clay Family Papers, 1780-1959
Clay-Russell Family Papers, 1788-1929
Earle C. Clements Collection, 1922-1970s
Governor of Kentucky, U.S. Senator.
Virgil M. Chapman Papers, 1940-1950, 1940-1941, 1949-1950 (bulk dates)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Coke Family Papers, 1822-1936, 1900-1931 (bulk dates)
Dark Tobacco Growers Association, 1924 Road Bond issue.
Collins Family Letters, 1808-1895, 1839-1879 (bulk dates)
Bert T. Combs Collection, 1959-1990
Governor of Kentucky, member of U.S. 6th Court of Appeals, litigator for Kentucky Education Reform Act.
Leslie Combs Letters, 1839-1857
Henry Clay.
Continuing Education for Women Papers, 1964-1984
John Sherman Cooper Collection, 1927-1972
U.S. Senator, Member of the Warren Commission, Ambassador to India and Nepal, Ambassador to East Germany.
John J. Crittenden Papers, 1836-1861
Marvin Nell Darnell Papers, 1928-1932
Director of Kentucky State Parks Commission.
Democratic Party Papers, 1896-1952, 1920-1930 (bulk dates)
Russell Des Cognets Papers, 1918-1957
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment.
Dobbins Family Papers, 1808-1877
Eldon S. Dummit Collection, ca. 1917-1972
Attorney General of Kentucky.