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Jesse Oliver Mays collection (archival material)

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Jesse Oliver Mays

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Jesse Oliver Mays, an African American native of Salem, KY. The materials cover 1937-1985 and relate to Mays' career as a teacher and Boy Scout leader in western Kentucky coal fields, Indiana, and Chicago.

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“Jesse Oliver Mays collection (archival material),” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 11, 2026, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300002684.

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