Events Listing

 

​2012 Events

Lectures / Presentations    

Madison's Heritage Rediscovered

  • ​Eastern Kentucky Univeristy
  • Library Discovery Classroom 204D
  • Friday, October 5 at 4:00 pm
  • Authors authors Dr. Fred Engle, Jr. and Dr. Robert Grise, along with editor Kathryn Engle, will discuss Madison's Heritage Rediscovered.  Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about historic Madison County! 
  • Presentation will be followed by a reception, book sale and book signing and is co-sponsored by EKU's Center for Appalachian Studies.

 

Electronic Records Day - Lunch and Learn Presentation

  • ​Activity Room, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
  • Wednesday, October 10, Noon to 1:00 pm
  • Mark Myers, Electronic Records Archivist will discuss the collections of KDLA’s Electronic Records Archives and demonstrate the ways to search the e-Archives using the web interface.
  • http://kdla.ky.gov/records/e-archives/Pages/default.aspx

 

 

Civil War newspapers, the French Tipton papers and the Anna Kadlec papers

  • ​Eastern Kentucky Univeristy
  • Library Discovery Classroom 204D
  • Tuesday, October 16 at 4:30 pm
  • enjoy discussions by three scholars who have collaborated with Special Collections & Archives in the creation of their research.  Library team member, Daniel Weddington, will present exclusive Civil War newspapers; Eastern Alumnus, Neil Kasiak, will share his fascinating work with the historic French Tipton papers; and EKU faculty member, Michele Gore, will discuss her exploration of the Anna Kadlec papers in the field of social work. 
  • Presentations will be followed by a special reception.

     

Exhibits

Miscellaneous Events

Kentucky Council on Archives Fall Meeting

  • ​Kentucky Council on Archives
  • Friday, October 5
  • Campbellsville University
  • View registration information here

​2012 Public Archives Symposium

  • Friends of Kentucky Public Archives, Inc
  • Thomas & King Leadership and Conference Center, 100 Crawford Drive, Georgetown, Kentucky
  • Thursday, October 25
  • The Friends of Kentucky Public Archives, Inc., in cooperation with the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, are pleased to present Dr.Lindsey Apple as the featured speaker at the twenty-fourth annual Public Archives Symposium. He will discuss his book The Family Legacy of Henry Clay: In the Shadow of a Kentucky Patriarch.  Dr. Apple is retired professor and chair of history at Georgetown College.
  • The Symposium is free and open to the public.  There is a $30.00  charge for the luncheon, and pre-registration is required. 
  • View registration information here

Grant Writing Proposal Workshop (Society of American Archivists)

  • Sponsored by the Kentucky State Historical Records Advisory Board
  • Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, 300 Coffee Tree Road, Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Monday, October 29
  • View registration information here