KRS 171.620: Private documents of public interest.

The department is authorized, whenever it is deemed to be in the public interest, to accept

for deposit:

(1) The papers and other historical materials of any Governor of the Commonwealth of

Kentucky, or of any other official or former official of the state or its subdivisions,

and other papers relating to and contemporary with any Governor or former

Governor of Kentucky, subject to restrictions agreeable to the department and the

donor;

(2) Documents, including motion picture films, still pictures, sound re cordings, maps,

and papers, from private sources that are appropriate for preservation by the state

government as evidence of its organization, functions, policies, and transactions or

those of its subdivisions.