SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH CENTER
Find Collections
pertaining to
the
African American Experience
CONTACT:
Phone: (859) 257-1742
Fax: (859) 257-6311
Margaret I. King Library Building (directions)
Many collections are stored off-site. A phone call or an email prior to your visit will help us to better assist you.
OTHER RESEARCH GUIDES AND WEBSITES
- African American Resources - GeneralUniversity of Kentucky
- Civil Rights in Kentucky - Oral HistoriesUniversity of Kentucky
- Freedmen's Bureau OnlineRecords of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
- Historic PreservationUniversity of Kentucky
- Legacies of British Slave-ownership
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Umbrella for two projects based at University College London tracing the impact of slave-ownership on the formation of modern Britain.
- Lexington [KY] Public Library: Genealogy & Local HistoryThe collection features books on all aspects of Kentucky, subject files on Kentucky and Lexington, local newspapers, city directories, maps, and state and local government documents, including select census and vital records.
- Of Another FashionAn alternative archive of the not-quite-hidden but too often ignored fashion histories of U.S. women of color.
- Research Guide for Community UsersUniversity of Kentucky
- Sisters in the Struggle: Kentucky Women in the Civil Rights Era, 1920s-1970sUniversity of Kentucky
Literature and Humanities Liaison
Peter Hesseldenz
Contact:
W.T. Young Library
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0456
(859) 218-1840
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0456
(859) 218-1840