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UK Special Collections Learning Lab Interns Present Work on Lexington's Architectural History

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 13, 2016) — Students from the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center Learning Lab program will present their yearlong projects 3-4 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the Great Hall of Margaret I. King Library. The students have been engaged since the beginning of the academic year in processing the Frankel and Curtis Architectural Drawings Collection. A reception will follow the presentations.

“The interns have created some really fascinating tools and projects that document the city’s architectural history and economic development and we would love to share this with the broader campus community,” said Learning Lab Manager Stacie Williams.

The Learning Lab internships allow students from all fields of study to spend an academic year learning and working in the Special Collections Research Center. They evaluate and catalog primary source archival documents, and produce original research on the subject matter.

UK Special Collections Research Center is home to UK Libraries' collection of rare books, Kentuckiana, the Archives, the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, the King Library Press, the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center and the Bert T. Combs Appalachian collection. The mission of the Special Collections Research Center is to locate and preserve materials documenting the social, cultural, economic and political history of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu