Special Collections Research Center: digital collections update

A photo slide of a Central Kentucky horse farm,
 from the Raitz collection. 

The following collections have been digitized and are now available on ExploreUK and the Kentucky Digital Library. Many thanks to everyone who played a role in providing access to this content.

Community Action in Appalachia: An Appraisal of the "War on Poverty" in a Rural Setting of Southeastern Kentucky 

This collection was suggested by a UK sociologist and it dovetails nicely with the Action in Appalachia: Revealing Public Health, Housing, and Community Development Records in the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center project that Ida Sell is managing. The publication is divided into 13 units:

Unit 1. Quality of Life in Rural Poverty Areas
Unit 2. Economic Progress in an Appalachian County: The Relationship Between Economic and Social Change
Unit 3. A Selective Description of a Knox County Mountain Neighborhood
Unit 4. Family Life Styles, Social Participation, and Socio-Cultural Change
Unit 5. Poverty, Participation, and Political Socialization
Unit 6. The Youth Development Program
Unit 7. Modernization of Life Styles
Unit 8. Leadership and Community Relations
Unit 9. The "Image" of the Knox County Community Action Program
Unit 10. The Knox County Economic Opportunity Council Anti-Poverty Arts and Crafts Store Program
Unit 11. The Early Childhood Program
Unit 12. The Health Education Program
Unit 13. Recent Home Construction in Two Appalachian Counties

Frontier Nursing University Quarterly Bulletins, Vol. 90, No. 2, Summer 2015 and Vol. 90, No. 3, Fall 2015

Karl Raitz Kentucky slides, 1980s-2000s 

This collection consists of color slides taken by Karl Raitz, documenting rural and urban architecture, landmarks, manufacturing, resources, and demographics throughout the regions of Kentucky.

Lambert Luten letters, 1861-1865 

These letters comprise correspondence written by Lambert Luten, a Civil War Union solider, to his brother, Hiram, and his parents, Berteld and Gezinna Luten.

Louisville Tornado of 1890 stereographs 

This collection comprises stereographs that document the Louisville Tornado of 1890 taken by George Barker.