Navigating Our Resources | SCRC
Navigating Our Resources | SCRC
Navigating Our Resources | SCRC
Module Instructions: Read each section below as well as the content of each link provided.
- Top Resources
- ExploreUK
Links to an external site.is the gateway to many of University of Kentucky Libraries’ rare and unique resources, particularly those housed in the Special Collections Research Center, providing free and public access to digital materials for research, teaching, and curious exploration. Materials include manuscript collections, University of Kentucky archives, rare books, photographs, organizational records, newspapers, maps, architectural drawings, government publications, and more. The collections document the social, cultural, economic, and political history of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, but also include materials of national and international significance.
- SPOKEdb Oral History Catalog Links to an external site. is the Nunn Center's online collection catalog. This online resource is where you go to search our oral history project and interview records. These records tell you what we have in our collection and how to obtain access to the information that you are looking for.
- Notable Kentucky African Americans Database Links to an external site.has been developed as a finding aid to bring together descriptions of pertinent names, places, and events, and to list the sources where additional information may be found.
- Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program Links to an external site.
- Lexington Herald-Leader Photographs Links to an external site.
- Rare Books & Print Collections
Links to an external site.
- ExploreUK
Links to an external site.is the gateway to many of University of Kentucky Libraries’ rare and unique resources, particularly those housed in the Special Collections Research Center, providing free and public access to digital materials for research, teaching, and curious exploration. Materials include manuscript collections, University of Kentucky archives, rare books, photographs, organizational records, newspapers, maps, architectural drawings, government publications, and more. The collections document the social, cultural, economic, and political history of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, but also include materials of national and international significance.
- All Online Archival Collections
The SCRC website Links to an external site. here for more details and links. - Highlighted Programs, Projects, and Initiatives
- The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History Links to an external site. is internationally recognized for its work in collecting and preserving oral histories. With over 17,000 oral history interviews, Nunn Center collections span an incredible breadth of topics and provide an invaluable resource to researchers across Kentucky and around the world.
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John G. Heyburn II Initiative for Excellence in the Federal Judiciary Links to an external site.is a non-partisan endeavor devoted to the preservation and study of federal judicial history. Using archival materials and oral histories, this site highlights Kentuckians in the Federal Judiciary, contextualizing their work as part of the broader sweep of American, particularly Kentuckian, history.
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Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center Links to an external site.preserves the history of Kentucky politics and government and provides access to primary source materials pertaining to public policy and the US Congress. Utilized by scholars around the world, the collection has been recognized as one of the finest and most thorough public policy repositories in the United States. Our collections contain the personal and political papers of prominent public figures from or representing Kentucky, with materials including correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs, audio and video recordings, memorabilia, and more.
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