• KY Derby 1940

    "The Derby's On!"

    (Image source:  Kentucky Derby ca. 1940.  From the Works Progress Administration photo collection in the e-Archives.)

    Celebrate Kentucky Derby weekend with a newly relaunched section of the Governor's Office website archives. 

    This section highlights Derby activities of the Governor's Office.  Highlights include photos of events, images of the Governor's Commemorative Derby posters, links to the Governor's Derby Breakfast, and an audio clip from Governor Patton in 2003 and a video of former First Lady Glenna Fletcher from 2006

  • 2013 Kentucky Archives Institute

    The 29th annual Kentucky Archives Institute is scheduled for June 21, 2013, at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, 300 Coffee Tree Road, Frankfort.  The Institute, sponsored by the Friends of Kentucky Public Archives, Inc., provides information for scholars, general researchers, and genealogists interested in archival research.

     

    Featured speakers at this year's event include Nancy Richey of Western Kentucky University; Kandie Adkinson of the Secretary of State’s Land Office; Walter Bowman, Kari May of the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.  Participants will also have the opportunity to tour the Kentucky State Archives.

    2013 Kentucky Archives Institute Registration Information

  • May 18th--KDLA Celebrates Armed Forces Day

    Fort Knox trainees, 1948-1952
    Fort Knox trainees, 1948-1952
    Source: Public Information Photo Collection, Public Records Division--Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

  • May is Get Caught Reading Month

    Get Caught Reading is a national campaign to promote the joys of reading for the fun of it - for readers of all ages. Find your next title in the KDLA Catalog.

 

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