Folder 11

Scope and Contents From the Collection: These are correspondence, maps, photographs and published works of Willard Rouse Jillson (1890-1975) who served as Kentucky State Geologist from 1919 to 1932.  Material of particular interest in this collection are a nearly complete set of Kentucky county survey maps executed while Jillson was State Geologist and over 2000 photographs that document Kentucky’s geography and culture as well geological features. Additionally there are manuscripts and published copies of several of his many...