MSS Finding Aids

Kimbrough, Mary Alice (Sexton), 1907-1991 (MSS 159)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky University

Document Type Finding Aid

This collection is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 159. Family correspondence, greeting cards, handicrafts, and newspaper clippings of Mary Kimbrough, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes items from various family members. Mary Kimbrough suffered from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), but she created many craft items that required great skill with scissors. She is most noted for the miniature collages that she made from tiny pieces of postage stamps.