The history of this collection is unknown but many of the lantern slides in Series X duplicate images in other Kentucky collections such as the C. Frank Dunn Photographs Collection, the Louis Edward Nollau F Series Photographic Print Collection, and the Women’s Club of Central Kentucky Slide Collection, 1900-1915.
The University of Kentucky Classroom lantern slides were used for classroom instruction and lecture at the Agricultural and Mechanical School, the Kentucky State College, and the University of Kentucky. The subjects include the construction of the Panama Canal; Kentucky State College buildings, classrooms and campus life; mining and road construction in Kentucky; construction of the Torresdale Conduit; the School of Mechanical Engineering classes in Direct Connected Machinery, Machine Design, Foundry, Machinery, Forging and Casting; the College of Agriculture classes “Better Sires Equal Better Stock” campaign, Water Well and Pump Installation, local crop production, and livestock performance; Radio Listening Centers; local Kentucky history depicting famous Kentuckians, frontier and pioneer life, Fort Harrod, the Battle of Perryville, and scenery from the Mammoth Cave and Cumberland Falls areas of Kentucky. The contents have been described at the item level.
This collection is arranged in ten series based on subject and pre-existing titles.
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
The intellectual rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections and Digital Programs.
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The Panama Canal series contains eighty-nine images of the construction of the Panama Canal between December 1904 and December 1913. Subjects include maps and charts, villages, church and convent ruins, and some village life scenes. Item numbers 1 through 89.
The Kentucky State College series contains sixty-one images of Kentucky State College in 1897. Subjects include exterior views of the campus buildings, interior views of the classrooms, outdoor scenes of campus life, and group portraits of athletes and various team activities. Item numbers 90 through 150, and 1168 through 1178.
The Torresdate Conduit series contains two hundred ninety-six images of the plans, diagrams, and on-site construction of the Torresdale Conduit from 1901 to 1904. Subjects include construction of buildings, shafts One through Eleven, conduits, profiles and elevations. Item numbers 151 through 446.
The Sheep series contains fifty-two images of individual ewes and lambs in conformation stances, as well as group views of ewes and lambs, and a roll of fleece. This collection of lantern slides was created in 1920. Item numbers 447 through 498.
The Henry Clay series contains thirty-eight images related to Henry Clay. Subjects include copies of portraits of Henry Clay and his family, interior and exterior views of Ashland, his law office, Mrs. John M. Clay’s home, and various other images associated with his life. This collection of lantern slides was created in 1930. Item numbers 499 through 536.
The Direct Connected Machinery series contains fifty-nine images for classroom presentation and lecture on Direct Connected Machinery for a Junior Machine Design Class at the Kentucky State College. All of the slides are identified according to make and/or manufacturer. Make and manufacturers include Niles Tool Works, Brown and Sharpe, Cincinnati Shaper, Hendey Machine Company, Jas Clark Jr. and Company, Fosdick Machine Tool Company, Bullock, Michigan tool Company, J. Morton Poole Company, Lodge and Shipley, and Whitcomb Manufacturing Company. The date of this collection is unknown. Item numbers 537 through 595.
The Public Relations series contains one hundred thirty-five images of the University of Kentucky from 1900 to 1930. Subjects include copies of portraits of the faculty and administration, student life, campus buildings (exterior views of campus buildings, library, dorms, classrooms, hothouse, nursery, arboretum, observatory, cafeteria, dining hall), marching and concert bands, athletic teams, and the Reserve Officers Training Corps. The collection also includes slides pertaining to the Radio Listening Centers which covers slides of rural interviews, families and individuals listening to a radio, interiors and exteriors of some rural homes, and some mountain scenery. Item numbers 596 through 730.
The College of Agriculture series contains seventy-three lantern slide views that were used for classroom instruction and lecture in the College of Agriculture.
Water Well and Pump Installation contains thirty-nine slides that were used during the 1930s and include views of barns, drawings illustrating water well and pump installation, cisterns, pump houses, bathrooms and water storage tanks. Item numbers 731 through 769.
Better Sires Program contains thirty-four slides that were used during the 1920s and includes views of various grades of cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry. They were used to illustrate and promote a “Better Sires Equal Better Stock” campaign. It is presumed that this series of slides was also used for classroom instruction and lecture in the College of Agriculture. Item numbers 770 through 803.
The School of Mechanical Engineering series contains twenty-six images from the School of Mechanical Engineering, Kentucky State College (University of Kentucky), on April 3, 1893. Subjects include students in the woodworking, machine, foundry, moldry, brass casting, and forging shops. Item numbers 804 through 829.
The Kentucky History series has an assortment of three hundred thirty-nine images that are related in some way to the University of Kentucky and Kentucky history. The slides were used during the 1930s and 1940s in classroom instruction and lecture. The following subjects are included: Kentucky maps, landscape scenes, Mammoth Cave, The Tennessee Valley Authority Dam, architecture, famous Kentuckians, monuments and cemeteries, newspaper articles of a historical nature, steam engine design, steamboats and railroads, pioneer life and instruments, covered bridges, road construction, livestock, industry (including coal, tobacco, hemp, lime, and oil), Fort Harrod, Cumberland Falls, and the Battle of Perryville. Item numbers 830 through 1167.