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Brizendine, Thomas Swearer, 1919-2016 (Sc 1397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brizendine, Thomas Swearer, 1919-2016 (Sc 1397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1397. World War II letters, 1941-1945, of Brizendine to his family in Greenville, Kentucky, concerning his military service with the United States Marine Corps in the South Pacific area. Includes associated items.
Sheffield, Brent (Sc 1427), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sheffield, Brent (Sc 1427), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1427. Paper written by WKU student Brent Sheffield for a history class, based on an interview with his father Richard Sheffield, which relates his and his family's involvement in World War II.
Boyd, Alexander (Sc 1389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boyd, Alexander (Sc 1389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1389. Confederate soldier Alex Boyd’s letter to his sister Mattie, 8 January 1862, written while stationed at Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes the design and construction of the fortifications on College Hill and the damage his comrades have inflicted on the town in light of the approach of Federal troops. He also describes incidents of military life, including the resignation of a commander, the requisitioning of private homes for hospitals, and the temporary detention of a Union sympathizer.
Turpen, William P. (Sc 1403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Turpen, William P. (Sc 1403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1403. Paper written by Turpen titled "Tim Lee Carter: The Vietnam War...", which analyses a speech U.S. Congressman Tim Lee Carter, Tompkinsville, Kentucky, gave before the House in 1967, advocating the withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam.
Lucas, Nathaniel, 1755?-1807 (Sc 1419), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lucas, Nathaniel, 1755?-1807 (Sc 1419), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1419. Letters (pasted on inside backs of a Bible), 1781, 1786, written by soldier Nathaniel Lucas, Camp Surrey, Virginia, to his sweetheart Sarah Rivers, Brunswick County, Virginia, describing Revolutionary War events; 1786 letter to now wife Sarah containing family news. Later associated items relate to the weaving interests of Louisa Tate Bousman.
Caswell, Samuel Lee, 1907-1991 (Sc 2503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Caswell, Samuel Lee, 1907-1991 (Sc 2503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2503. V-mail letter from S. Lee Caswell, serving in Italy during World War II, to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jones, Upton, Kentucky, in which he inquires about his family.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Militia Rolls, 1874-1875 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Militia Rolls, 1874-1875 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Militia rolls (two volumes) for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 1874, 1875. Names are listed in alphabetical order; no other information is provided.