MSS Finding Aids

Mammoth Cave Collections in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky University

Document Type Finding Aid

The collections noted herein are housed in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU's Department of Library Special Collections that contain materials relating to Mammoth Cave. Topics include descriptions of the Cave by visitors and guides, operation of the Cave as a tourist attraction and briefly as a tuberculosis sanatorium, the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park, and assorted Cave archaeology, geology and lore. Included are links to collection finding aids.