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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives is a collection of library and information resources. KDLA's mission is to serve " Kentucky 's need to know" through its services "assuring equitable access" to information and services. Many of the materials available from KDLA are public domain .
Thomas Dionysius Clark (July 14, 1903 – June 28, 2005) was an American historian. Clark saved from destruction a large portion of Kentucky's printed history, which later became a core body of documents in the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Often referred to as the "Dean of Historians" Clark is best known for his 1937 work, A ...
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The National Archives and Records Administration ( NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, [4] charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It is also tasked with increasing public access to those documents that make up the National Archives. [5]
The Public Library of Kentucky was opened to the public on April 27, 1872, inside the Central Market building in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The library consisted of thousands of volumes of books, an art gallery and a museum. It was the dream of its founders to build a museum inside the library that would rival the British ...
The Lexington Public Library opened in 1905 in Lexington, Kentucky. It incorporated the collection of the former Lexington Library Company (est.1801) and the former Transylvania Library (est.1795). Today the main location of the Lexington Public Library system is Central Library along East Main Street connected to Park Plaza Apartments .
The Kentucky Historical Society ( KHS) is an agency of the Kentucky state government that records and preserves important historical documents, buildings, and artifacts of Kentucky's past. [1] It was originally established in 1836 as a private organization. The KHS history campus, located in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, includes the Thomas D ...
The Louisville Free Public Library was created in 1902 by an act of the Kentucky State Legislature, and in 1904 it merged with the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky. Services began in 1905 when the Polytechnic Society's collection, held in the top floor of the Kaufman-Straus Building, was open to the public. [2]