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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.

Articles Articles

Rowan County - Rowan County News Name Index, 1936-1937, Rowan County News

Rowan County - Rowan County News Subject Index, 1935-1959, Rowan County News

Rowan County - World War II, Rhonda Crisp

Russell County - Bicentennial Edition, Times Journal

Russell County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Robert M. Rennick

Russell County - Miscellaneous, Works Progress Administration

Russell County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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

Scott County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

Shelby County - Bicentennial Edition, Sentinel News

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

Shelby County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

Spencer County - General History, Works Progress Administration

Spencer County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

Taylor County - Bicentennial Edition, The News Journal

The Court House of Rowan County, Cincinnati Daily Commercial

Todd County - Allegree, Ida Lacy Kranz

Todd County - General History, Robert M. Rennick

Trigg County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Robert M. Rennick

Trimble County - Bicentennial Edition, Trimble Banner

Trimble County - General History, Works Progress Administration

Trimble County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

Union County - Place Names & Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

Union County - Towns & Villages, Works Progress Administration

Warren County - Bowling Green, Robert M. Rennick

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