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The publication of Genealogies of Kentucky Families offers researchers anunprecedented opportunity to acquire a complete collection of the two-hundred family historyarticles published originally in The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society and The FilsonClub Quarterly.With the cooperation of both The Filson Club and the Kentucky HistoricalSociety, we have excerpted the family history articles from the above-named journals and havereprinted them in three large volumes.Two of the three volumes are composed of articlesexcerpted from the Register (covering families in alphabetical sequence from A-M and O-Y); thethird volume is made up entirely of articles excerpted from the Filson Club History Quarterly. The combined articles are preceded by introductory remarks written by the editors of the twoperiodicals, James Klotter of the Register and Nelson Dawson of the Quarterly.Each volume,moreover, is published with its own index. ... Read more

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While the men of Akron busied themselves laying the economic, legal, and industrial foundations, their mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters were equally busy weaving the benevolent and cultural fabric of the growing city. It was pattern replicated in scores of industrial centers across the nation. This is the story of how it happened in Akron, Ohio. Akron's "Better Half": Women's and the Humanization of the City, 1825-1925 looks at how women brought much-needed services to the city, created health institutions that continue today, and built Akron's cultural and literary foundations. Akron women seldom acted alone; they preferred to work with like-minded women through clubs, organizations, and societies, some of which still survive today. This book covers the first 100 years of Akron's history, a time of enormous growth and change in the city. It was also a time of enormous energy and activism on the part of the women's clubs. It is a different perspective on the city, its history, and its institutions. ... Read more

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The object of compiling this book is chiefly to celebrate the first ninety years since the foundation of the Belvedere Newsboys' Club and to prepare for its centenary in 2018. It is hoped that as many of the past leaders, or 'docs' as we were called, and past members whom we call Old Boys, will get much pleasure from the book as they read and reminisce about the happy times they enjoyed in the club. The present generation will learn how the club evolved and what it was like in the 'old days'. Dublin has changed greatly over the past ninety years. Ten-year- old boys in their bare feet no longer stand at their 'pitch' on street corners or scamper from one public house to the next or jump on trams or buses and dismount at the next stop trying to sell as many evening newspapers as possible in order to supplement the meagre family income. The club provided a welcome refuge of warmth and friendship for these boys that they and their families greatly appreciated. On the very day that these boys reached the age of fourteen years they abandoned school and invariably took up jobs as messenger boys cycling heavy bicycles around the city and suburbs.The club provided special classes for the boys to help improve their educational standards. The boys actually enjoyed these classes and benefited from them. Poverty unfortunately was rampant in Dublin in the early years of the club and most, if not all of the boys lived in overcrowded tenement buildings. The standard of housing has improved tremendously over the years and most of our members now live in comfortable apartments or houses in the inner city. Unfortunately poverty has not disappeared but it is a different kind of poverty from that which the club members endured in the early years. The drug culture was unheard of until comparatively recently and this has decimated many families. Added to that there is the spectre of unemployment that has been exacerbated because of the present recession. There is still a great need to have a club such as ours for the youth of the inner city and this is borne out by the fact that we have over four hundred members at present - and a waiting list! Conditions and life styles may have changed but the children of today are just the same as earlier generations when the club started.The young people are, and have always been fun-loving and lovable. The club was built on absolute respect and concern for the wellbeing of the members which continues up to the present time and hopefully will continue into the future. ... Read more

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This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format.Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship. ... Read more

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