We all deserve a little something every now and then. What is life otherwise – mere drudgery? Endless toil without reward? What are we, Puritans?! No more, no longer: no. We are self-respecting, joy-loving Cats who have learned a thing or two about the doldrums and their ho-hum tune, the day-in and day-out, and who know the power of a tinsel-bright morsel and all that a gift can do.
So we shout: "Treat yourself!"
This holiday season, serve your curious Cat mind with low-calorie, high-flavor snacks straight from ExploreUK, the portal to UK Libraries' vast collections of archival and primary source materials that document the history and culture of Kentucky, Appalachia, and beyond.
One gets the feeling, sifting or scrolling through the archive, that it is truly endless: that one merely needs to dream of something and poof, the past has not only furnished it – and left evidence of it – but that that evidence has been carefully tagged, organized, and often scanned and uploaded by archivists and librarians dedicated to helping you find it. Beyond their richness and variety, one of the best features of these gifts: they're free!
So search to your heart's content through all of the marvelous materials that UK Libraries has to offer.
To get your inner Cat hearth crackling with the Yuletide spirit, we pored through photographs, postcards, family papers, and scrapbooks to uncover over a century's worth of holiday greetings, festivities, and gatherings of loved ones.
Indulge the past! And create a marvelous one yourself to share with the future!
