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Lytle, Priscilla (Sc 539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lytle, Priscilla (Sc 539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 539. Paper written by Priscilla Lytle about the history of Georgetown College entitled “An Old College in a Young Country.” It may have been written for a class at Western Kentucky State Teachers College.
Simmons, Clayton C. (Sc 2639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simmons, Clayton C. (Sc 2639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2639. Bound typescript copy of a book compiled by Clayton C. Simmons, titled “An Historical Journey Through Barren County, Kentucky.” Topics of interest include Barren County and Edmonson County family histories and general history about the counties.
Shreve, Royal Ornan (Sc 2611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shreve, Royal Ornan (Sc 2611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2611. Typescript copy of “Volume II: Their Superfluous Highnesses,” by Royal Ornan Shreve. This document is from Chapter IX, titled “Richard M. Johnson,” Detailing the Life, Political and Military, of a Former United States Vice-President.
Dinning, J. Donald (Sc 2573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dinning, J. Donald (Sc 2573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2573. Paper titled “Brief History of Franklin and Simpson County, Kentucky” written by J. Donald Dinning, Lexington, Kentucky, in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Kentucky. Dinning’s paper discusses the creation of the two counties, early settlement and agriculture.
Smith, Leslie Shively, 1908-1997 (Sc 2568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Leslie Shively, 1908-1997 (Sc 2568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2568. Paper titled “An Abridged History of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky,” written by Leslie Shively Smith on 12 July 1962. This paper was written for a history class at Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Wilson, John B., 1861-1943 (Sc 2571), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, John B., 1861-1943 (Sc 2571), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2571. Letter from John B. Wilson, Hartford, Kentucky to Mary Leiper Moore, Bowling Green, Kentucky, enclosing an article he wrote, titled “Lest We Forget”. This article covers the early settlement of Ohio County, including its early buildings, churches, and roadways. Also included is an article written by Wilson, titled “Fort Hartford”, concerning the settlement of Fort Hartford in Ohio County and complications with land titles.
Mccullock, Sue R. (Sc 2566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccullock, Sue R. (Sc 2566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2566. Bound copy of “History of Owensboro, Kentucky,” compiled by Sue R. McCullock. This history includes the early settlement of Daviess County, important citizens, industry, organizations, and general information about Owensboro in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Miller, Harold Asher, B. 1939 (Sc 2564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, Harold Asher, B. 1939 (Sc 2564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2564. Letter of Harold A. Miller, Mayor of Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Frances Jones Mills, Kentucky Secretary of State, providing statutorily required information about the City of Bowling Green, namely its incorporation date (1812), its present classification as a Second Class city, and its present boundaries (detailed on a map which is not included). The date of incorporation presumably references Laws of Kentucky 1811, ch. 308 (approved 6 January 1812), which directed the town’s free white male inhabitants to assemble on the first Saturday in May 1812 …
County Clerk - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 2563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
County Clerk - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 2563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2563. Typescript copy (2 pages) of selected abstracts from sundry documents found in the Edmonson County Clerk’s office which explains the establishment of county government including those proffering bonds for elected positions such as sheriff, justices of the peace, etc. (1825). Also includes information about early land transactions, building projects, licenses granted, and information about the emancipation of a slave. Collected by John B. Rodes.
Homemakers Club - Metcalfe County, Kentucky (Sc 2562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Homemakers Club - Metcalfe County, Kentucky (Sc 2562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2562. Manuscript paper titled “History of Metcalfe County” compiled by the Homemakers Club and presented by Virginia Depp, Summer Shade, Kentucky, on 6 November 1950. The paper includes historical information about the towns in Metcalfe County, including Center, Sulphur Well, Knob Lick, Wisdom, Edmonton, Curtis, and Summer Shade. Also includes information about Crail Hope, Green County, Kentucky.
Thomas, Frank Morehead, 1868-1921 (Sc 500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Frank Morehead, 1868-1921 (Sc 500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 500. Paper written by Frank Morehead Thomas in 1898 titled "The Early Exploration of Warren County, Kentucky."
Causey, Lewis Kenneth, 1904-1974 (Sc 487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Causey, Lewis Kenneth, 1904-1974 (Sc 487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text scan (click on "Additional Files") of speech for Manuscripts Small Collection 487. Speech given by Lewis Kenneth Causey, Bowling Green, Kentucky, entitled "Historical Review of the Bowling Green-Warren County Airport," covering the years 1932 to 1970. Also copy of original, with notations, done by son Robert Causey in 2001.
Mcdowell, Ephraim, 1771-1830 - Relating To (Sc 2551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdowell, Ephraim, 1771-1830 - Relating To (Sc 2551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2551. First day of issue cover for stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first successful ovariotomy, performed by Ephraim McDowell. Includes a brief printed history of the surgery, as well as a printed letter from the Danville, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce announcing the commemorative stamp.
Carver, Gayle Raymond, 1913-2005 (Sc 634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carver, Gayle Raymond, 1913-2005 (Sc 634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 634. Working copy of outline of “An Illustrated History of Kentucky” by Thomas Dionysius Clark, associate editor. The book was published in 1971 under the title, Kentucky: A Pictorial History. Penciled notes by Gayle Carver, curator of the Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Potter, Clinton C., 1849-1934 (Sc 557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Potter, Clinton C., 1849-1934 (Sc 557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 557. Original and typescript of the diary of Clinton C. Potter, businessman and farmer, of Warren County,Kentucky, chiefly covering the years 1870-1873. He comments on many aspects of everyday life, records local marriages and deaths, and includes information related to his tobacco trade, 1879-1889. The typescript contains a proper name index but excludes various pages of the original. Page numbers indicated in the subject analytics below refer to the original diary.
Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 (Sc 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 (Sc 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 465. Compilation of Hines family genealogical data, 1795-1911; reminiscences of early Kentucky and Warren County history; Civil War participation of Hines family and John Hunt Morgan in the Confederate cause.
Barr, Edward Wallace, 1887-1962 (Sc 469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barr, Edward Wallace, 1887-1962 (Sc 469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 469. “Early History of Bowling Green,” a compilation of information by Edward Wallace Barr of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
St. Joseph Catholic Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
St. Joseph Catholic Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 468. Typescript paper relating the history of the Catholic Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky written in 1951, guest register used for Centennial Reception, and telegram received from the Vatican noting the occasion, 1959.
Strange Collection (Mss 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strange Collection (Mss 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 42. Correspondence, 1864-1878 (8); journal, 1852-1883; scrapbooks (2); Manuscript: “House of Madison and McDowell in Kentucky,” 1888; family genealogical data; slave records; etc., of Agatha (Rochester) Strange, 1832-1896, a lifelong resident of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Mcintire, Tandie Lewis, 1865-1947 (Mss 396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcintire, Tandie Lewis, 1865-1947 (Mss 396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 396. Correspondence to family, friends, and acquaintances of Tandie Lewis McIntire, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Collection contains educational material related to McIntire's career as a teacher in Edmonson County. Also includes tracts and pamphlets related to McIntire's involvement in religious organizations, particularly Baptist entities.
Gadd, Joseph Edwin, 1877-1968 (Sc 380), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gadd, Joseph Edwin, 1877-1968 (Sc 380), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 380. Memories of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1880-1900, as recorded by Gadd in the 1960s. He lists residences, businesses, businessmen, professional people, and other historical data in his notes and accompanying letters. Includes related information, also.
Shakers - South Union, Ky. (Sc 357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Ky. (Sc 357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 357. Holographic letters, 1893-1922 (3); words (2) and words and music to Shaker hymns (3); receipts, n.d. (3); and notes about the Shakers compiled by Pauline Smith for a speech about the Shakers at South Union, Kentucky.
Truman, Lee C., Jr. (Sc 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Truman, Lee C., Jr. (Sc 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 332. Photocopy of a speech titled “Telephone History—Bowling Green, Ky.,” which Lee C. Truman, Jr. delivered on 17 November 1970 at the Warren County Historical Society about telephone service in Bowling Green from 1880 to 1967.