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1.	1887. Annual announcement and catalogue of the Millersburg Female College, Millersburg, Bourbon Co., Ky.,	Schools; Education; Universities & colleges; Women -- Education; Women's colleges	Rev. C. Pope, President. Seventy-third Session, 1887.

2.	A backwoodsman takes aim at buffalo.	Frontier & pioneer life; Hunting	"In the wide prairies on the Upper Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansaw and Red rivers, in all the space beyond a distance of two or three hundred miles from civilized settlements, the buffalo is the grand

3.	A bibliography of the several books, reports, papers and maps relating to geology.	Kentucky Geological Survey; Geology;	Series VI, pamphlet 1.

4.	A Broadside for a Lancaster, Kentucky Street Fair.	Circus posters; Circuses & shows; Circus parades; Circus performers; Entertainment; Carnival;	This broadside announced an upcoming fair to be held May 30 to June 4, [year not given], and its attractions. Several illustrations note and depict attractions such as animals, military bands, a conto

5.	A Buffalo Hunt	Frontier & pioneer life; Native Americans; Indians of North America; Spears; Animals; Horses; Horseback riding; Bison; Buffaloes; Prairies; Hunting;	A Buffalo is speared by a Native American man riding on a light colored horse on a prairie. Another man is visible nearby on another light colored horse. More bison are visible in the background.

6.	"A Card" by W.H. Davis.	Hotels	Announcement, thanking citizens of Frankfort for their patronage, business not named.

7.	A Centennial History of Sayre School, 1854-1954.	Schools; Education; Alumni & alumnae; Sayre School (Lexington, Ky.);

8.	A chapter of Trappist history in Kentucky, 1926.	Trappists;	Privately printed. Originally read before the Filson Club, November 2, 1926.

9.	A Commemorative Horse Racing Stamp and 100th Derby Envelope Issue.	Postcards; Postage stamps; Commemorative prints; Kentucky Derby;	This envelope is marked "First Day of Issue." It commemorates the newly issued stamp in honor of horse racing and the one-hundredth running of the Kentucky Derby. The envelope was postmarked in Loui

10.	A Convivial Meeting	Native Americans; Music; Violins; Dance; Interpersonal relations; Manners & customs; Frontier & pioneer life; Indians of North America; Clothing & dress	A Caucasian man and a Native American are dancing as a man smoking a pipe and others are looking on. Barrels and cups are also visible. A building and other people, including a man playing a fiddle ar

11.	A family flees their cabin, set fire by attacking Indians.	Frontier & pioneer life; Forts & fortifications; Indians of North America	"The Indians, in possession of one half the house, fired it. The persons confined in the other part of the cabin had now to choose between exposure to the flames, spreading towards them, or the tomah

12.	A Guide to U. S. Army Insignia and Decorations	Military decorations; Military uniforms; Medals; Insignia;	Rev. ed. prepared with the assistance of Lieut. Robert H. Rankin; with over 160 illustrations in color. Item displayed in the permanent exhibit at the Kentucky Historical Society.

13.	A Home of the Silent Brotherhood: the Abbey of La Trappe in Kentucky, August 1888.	Monks; Abbeys; Religion; Religious communities; Religious groups; Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)	The Century Magazine, volume 36, no. 4. Midsummer holiday number.

14.	A Lottery for the benefit of the Fayette Hospital.	Lotteries; Hospitals; Advertisements; McCalla, Andrew; January, Thomas; Chipley, Stephen; Gaines, B.;	Announcement for a public lottery for the benefit of a hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.

15.	A Negro servant grapples with an Indian attacker, Crab Orchard, 1782.	Frontier & pioneer life; Forts & fortifications; Indians of North America; African Americans;	"In the course of the year 1782, a party of savages approached a house near what was commonly entitled the 'Crab Orchard,' in the close vicinity of one of the Kentucky stations. The only occupants, o

16.	A Wonderful Hour with Abraham Lincoln.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Personal narratives;

17.	A year in Berea, 1933-1934.	Berea College (Berea, Ky.); Berea College--History; Colleges and Universities--Kentucky; Universities & colleges; Schools; Schools--Kentucky--Madison County;	Annual report of the President of Berea College. Together with abbreviated reports of Treasurer and Registrar. Fourteenth annual report with William James Hutchins as President of Berea College.

18.	A-Chippeway-Widow.	Native Americans; Indians of North America; Clothing & dress; Ethnology; Women; Widows; Death; Manners & customs; Skirts;	Representation of a Chippeway widow. She is holding a red and white bundle of her deceased husband's best clothes. This she keeps with her at all times and refers to it as her husband. She is also

19.	A-Mis-Quam, a Winnebago brave.	Native Americans; Indians of North America; Clothing & dress; Face painting; Medals; Jewelry; Headdresses; Ethnology	Native American man with face paint wearing a white shirt fastened with a brooch, a medallion and a feathered headdress. A taupe blanket is wrapped around his shoulders and chest.

20.	Abraham Lincoln’s "House divided" address...	Slavery; Politics & government;	"...delivered in Springfield, before the Illinois State Republican Convention, June 16, 1858 : a reproduction of the exceedingly rare first separate printing, from the copy in the Illinois State Histo

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