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| Members of the Gray family with Deirdre Scaggs. Photo credit: Lewis Warden |
On October 14, the Special Collections Research Center accepted the
gift of the Gray family collection. The collection consists largely of the papers
of Lois Howard Gray who was very supportive of the University of Kentucky. The
materials document her civic and artistic activities - including her enlistment
in the WAVES during World War II - as well the activities of her immediate family, most
notably her parents, C.C. Howard and Julia Franklin Howard.
The Howards were prominent residents of Glasgow, Kentucky. C.C.
Howard was a World War I veteran and established a tuberculosis hospital in
Barren County. The collection also contains expansive family history files,
including a significant number of original documents and photographs that date
back to the late 18th century. The Howards trace their lineage back to
the Mulkey family, who established the Old Mulkey Meetinghouse, the
oldest log meetinghouse in Kentucky (built around 1804).
In
attendance at the gift ceremony were Franklin, Stephen, Jim (Mayor of Lexington), and Howard Gray,
along with UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center faculty and staff.
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