The County Histories of Kentucky consist of photocopies of historical surveys of Kentucky counties written by the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration from 1936 to 1939.The collection includes typescripts, manuscripts, rare publications and oral histories on county and community histories written by regional and local authors. The surveys contain brief county histories, field reports, notes, preliminary and corrected drafts of essays, oral testimony, folklore and other miscellaneous materials. Added to the collection are county histories collected by researchers Stuart Sprague and Robert Rennick, special edition newspapers and other publications on county and community histories.

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Adair County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Adair County Bicentennial Edition, Columbia Statesman

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Adair County - Columbia Statesman Bicentennial Edition, Columbia Statesman

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Adair County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Anderson County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration

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Anderson County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Anderson County - The Anderson News Bicentennial Edition, Anderson News

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Anderson News Bicentennial Edition, Anderson News

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Another Secesh Murder, Cincinnati Daily Journal

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Ballard County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Baptists - History in Kentucky, Works Progress Administration and Writer's Project

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Barren County - Bicentennial Edition, Glasgow Daily Times

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Bath County, Various authors

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Bath County - An Economic History of Bath County, Kentucky, Thomas Uriah Fann

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Bath County - Bath County News-Outlook Heritage Edition, 1774-1974, Bath County News-Outlook

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Bath County - Bath County News-Outlook Sesquicentennial Edition, Bath County News-Outlook

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Bath County - Heritage Edition, Bath County News Outlook

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Bath County - Mt. Sterling Raid (Mud Lick Skirmish), Louisville Daily Journal

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Bath County - Mud Lick Skirmish, Louisville Daily Journal

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Bath County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Bath County - Report on Skirmish at Mud Lick, Louisville Daily Democrat

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Beckham County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Bell and Harlan Counties Summary Report, Works Progress Administration and H. E. Bullock

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Bell County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Bell County Bicentennial Edition, Middelsboro Daily News

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Bell County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Bell County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Boone Bounty - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Boone County - A Brief History of Boone County, Ann Lutes

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Boone County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Bourbon County - Paris Post Office, Patty M. Biddle

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Bourbon County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

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Bourbon County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Bourbon County - Town Names, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Boyd County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Boyd County - 200 Years: A Bicentennial Tribute to Northeastern Kentucky, Ashland Daily Independent

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Boyd County - 200 Years: A Bicentennial Tribute to Northeastern Kentucky, Ashland Daily Independent

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Boyd County - Ashland, Ashland Chamber of Commerce

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Boyd County - Civil War, Stuart S. Sprague

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Boyd County - General History, Works Progress Administration

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Boyd County - Historical Sketch, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Boyd County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

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Boyd County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Boyle County - 75th Anniversary Edition, Danville Advocate-Messenger

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Boyle County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Bracken County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Bracken County - History, Works Progress Administration

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Bracken County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Breathitt County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Breathitt County - Early Doctors, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Breathitt County - Early Settlers, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Breathitt County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Breathitt County - History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Breathitt County - Jackson, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Breathitt County - Loose Notes, Unknown

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Breathitt County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Breathitt County - Recollections, Jackson Times

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Breckinridge County, Works Progress Administration and Robert M. Rennick

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Bullitt County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Cabell County - Bicentennial Edition, Herald Dispatch

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Caldwell County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Caldwell County - Place Names, W. Leroy Baker

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Caldwell County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Calloway County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Campbell County - Campbell County Kentucky: History and Genealogy, Falmouth Outlook

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Campbell County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Campbell County History and Genealogy, Campbell County History

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Campbell County - Newport, Works Progress Administration

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Campbell County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Carroll County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Carroll County - Historic Carroll County, Carroll County Chamber of Commerce and Mary Masterson

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Carroll County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Carroll County - Short History, Anna V. Parker

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Carter County - Carter Caves, David Bruce Conn

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Carter County - Carter Caves, Hubert V. Crawford

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Carter County - Carter City Basketball, James R. Morgan

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Carter County - Community Surveys, Lorraine B. Criswell, Vivian Burnett, and Phyllis Ernst

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Carter County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration

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Carter County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Carter County Historical Edition, Carter County News

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Carter County - Newpaper Clippings, Multiple publishers

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Carter County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Carter County - Railroads & Industry, Hubert V. Crawford

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Carter County - Robert Burgess Stewart, Robert Burgess Stewart

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Carter County - Schools, Hubert V. Crawford

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Carter County - Towns & Villages, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Casey County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration

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Christian County, Works Progress Administration

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Clark County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Clark County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Clark County - Slavery, Works Progress Administration

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Clay County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Clay County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration

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Clay County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Clinton County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration

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Clinton County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Clinton County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Crittenden County - Old Centerville, Braxton McDonald

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Cumberland County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Davies County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick