County Histories of Kentucky
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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Rowan County - Belva Bramham Interview, Belva Bramham and Stuart S. Sprague

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Rowan County - Cemetery Index, Rowan County Historical Society

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Rowan County - Cemetery Photographs, Rowan County Historical Society

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Rowan County - Centennial, Committees for Morehead-Rowan County Centennial

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Rowan County - Courthouse, Stuart S. Sprague

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Rowan County - Courthouse Burned, Louisville Journal

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Rowan County - Cut off at Triplett's Bridge, Louisville Daily Democrat

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Rowan County - Dorsie Keaton Interview, Dorsie Keaton and Stuart S. Sprague

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Rowan County - Fight at Triplett Bridge, Louisville Daily Journal

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Rowan County - Folklore, Barbara McKenzie, Linda Lowe, Glenda Martin, A. Y. Manning, Thomas Daugherty, and Winona Foster

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Rowan County - Folktales & Anedotes, Nancy Morris

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Rowan County - Frank Brown Interview, Frank Hamilton Brown and Stuart S. Sprague

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Rowan County - General History, Grace Crosthwaite

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

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Rowan County - Government, George T. Young

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Rowan County - Health Department, Rowan County Health Department

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Rowan County - Kentucky in the World War, 1917-1919, Kentucky Council of Defense., T. B. Tippett, and Fred P. Caldwell

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Rowan County - Methodist Church, Reuel Buchanan and Morehead United Methodist Chruch

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Rowan County - Morehead, Elva Curley Barker

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Rowan County - Morehead Mayors, Rowan County Public Library

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Rowan County - Morehead & Morehead State, No author

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Rowan County - Organization of County, Edward Sargent

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Rowan County - Politics, Jack Litton

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Rowan County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Rowan County - Prisoner taken at Triplett's Bridge, Louisville Daily Democrat