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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houchin, W. M. (Lg 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 36. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.F. Curd, and D.B. Curd, assignees of P.T. Hazelip, 200 acres in Edmonson County.
Houchin, W. M. (Lg 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houchin, W. M. (Lg 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 41. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, D.B. Curd, and H.F. Curd, assignees of John Maiden, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Curd, R. D. (Lg 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Curd, R. D. (Lg 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 47. Original land grant, 12 April 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to R.D. Curd, H.D. Curd, Willis C.Houchin, and W.B. Thompson, assignees of W.S. Wilson, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Sowers, Henry (Sc 1227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sowers, Henry (Sc 1227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1227. Letter, 9 November 1862, written by Henry Sowers, encamped at Nicholasville, Kentucky, to his brother John. He gives an insight to the harshness of camp life and asks that certain articles (food and clothing items) be sent to him.
Cobb, Rebecca (Sc 1266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cobb, Rebecca (Sc 1266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1266. Paper, “Thistle Cottage,” written by Rebecca Cobb for a WKU restoration class, documenting the history of this 1912 house built in Greenville, Kentucky for coal magnate William Graham Duncan.
Houchin, W. M. (Lg 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houchin, W. M. (Lg 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 48. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.P. Curd, and D.B. Curd, assignees of William H. Wells, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Religion - Letters Of Recommendation (Sc 1228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Religion - Letters Of Recommendation (Sc 1228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1228. Letters of recommendation of various individuals given by the following Baptist churches in Allen County, Kentucky: Bethel, 1836, 1861; Bethlehem, 1851; Liberty, 1852; and by Rocky Spring in Warren County, Kentucky, 1852.
Thompson, Douglas (Sc 1265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Douglas (Sc 1265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1265. Paper, described as a report from “an average American Joe,” written by Douglas Thompson for a WKU history class. He writes about his interview with Joe Neil Blair, who recounted his experiences in the Vietnam War. Includes Blair’s service record and his Bronze Star citation.
Metcalfe County, Kentucky - Elections And Election Campaigns (Sc 1268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Metcalfe County, Kentucky - Elections And Election Campaigns (Sc 1268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1268. Unsigned letter, 5 November 1909, written to Bruce Taylor, East Fork, Kentucky, asking repayment of money loaned to Taylor for his unsuccessful political campaign.
World War I, 1914-1918 (Sc 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
World War I, 1914-1918 (Sc 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1250. Welcoming message, April 1918, from King George V, sent to Thomas Asbury Napier Scottsville, Kentucky. Napier’s son, Linus Pitts Napier, was among the U.S. soldiers who had arrived in Great Britain to assist the English in the war effort.
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Historic Houses - The Old Brick (Sc 1277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Historic Houses - The Old Brick (Sc 1277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1277. Article, ca. 1961, written by Bob Dickey for a Bowling Green, Kentucky newspaper, about “The Old Brick,” a historic house owned by Mr. and Mrs. Noble A. Burford, Sr. and located at 3150 Smallhouse Road in Warren County, Kentucky.
Briggs, Thompson (Lg 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Briggs, Thompson (Lg 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 22. Original land grant, 8 January 1811, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Thompson Briggs, 200 acres in Warren County.
Hord, Edward (Lg 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hord, Edward (Lg 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 24. Copy of land grant, 1 January 1812, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Edward Hord, assignee of Samuel Coker, assignee of Jesse Hughes, 200 acres in Warren County.
Ransdell, Charles M. (Lg 25), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ransdell, Charles M. (Lg 25), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 25. Original land grant, 18 January 1812, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Charles M. Ransdell, assignee of Vincent Anderson, 200 acres in Warren County.
Houchin, W. M. (Lg 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houchin, W. M. (Lg 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 35. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.F. Curd, and D.B. Curd, assignees of J.T. Dunn, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Houchin, W. M. (Lg 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houchin, W. M. (Lg 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 34. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.F. Curd, and D.B. Curd, assignees of William Austell, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Houchin, W. M. (Lg 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houchin, W. M. (Lg 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 42. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, D.B. Curd, and H.F. Curd assignees of D.W. Hazelip, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Ashland Oil & Refining Company - Ashland, Kentucky (Sc 2791), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ashland Oil & Refining Company - Ashland, Kentucky (Sc 2791), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2791. Orientation and information kit prepared by Ashland Oil & Refining Company, Ashland, Kentucky, for Mrs. James I. Maguire, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and other guests of its 1969 Kentucky Derby Party. Includes informational letters, full guest list, event schedules, taxicab vouchers, the company’s 1968 annual report, and horse racing-related publications.
Bowling Green Music Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Music Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 457. Minutes, governing documents, yearbooks, programs for public concerts, membership information, various reports, and news clippings for the Woman’s Music Club, the Bowling Green Music Club and the Bowling Green Junior Music Club.
Bowling Green, Kentucky Musical Fund Society (Mss 460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky Musical Fund Society (Mss 460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 460. Minutes, financial records, governing documents and miscellaneous items of the Bowling Green Musical Fund Society, which was established in 1872 for “the cultivation of music and the social enjoyment of its members.”
Winfrey, Charlie Ray, 1896-1980 (Sc 2790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Winfrey, Charlie Ray, 1896-1980 (Sc 2790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2790. Materials relating to the World War I service of Charlie R. Winfrey, Esto, Russell County, Kentucky. Includes postcards to his family, service and discharge record, operations history of the 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and newspaper articles and a photo of Russell County veterans of World War I.
Benedict, Harrison, 1813-1900 (Sc 2789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Benedict, Harrison, 1813-1900 (Sc 2789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text of letter (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2789. Letter, 30 March 1862 of Harrison Benedict, Scottsville, Kentucky, to his cousin David Selby in Jamestown, Kentucky. He reports on military activity in the area, including Confederate searches of his and his mother’s homes, the theft of guns, horses and wagons, and the destruction of bridges. He includes his wife Emily T. Benedict as a signatory to the letter.
Odell, John W., B. 1874 - Relating To (Sc 1202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Odell, John W., B. 1874 - Relating To (Sc 1202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1202. Letter, 26 December 1895, written to Odell, Oaks, Ohio County, Kentucky, by A. W. McDonald describing his efforts to secure students for a school in Ohio County. Also includes Odell’s 1896 teaching contract with the trustees of a school in Haynesville, Ohio County, Kentucky.
Cumberland College Association - Princeton, Kentucky (Sc 2787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cumberland College Association - Princeton, Kentucky (Sc 2787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2787. Minutes for the Cumberland College Association, the governing board that operated Cumberland College in Princeton, Kentucky. The school was later moved to Lebanon, Tennessee.
Webster, Pauline (Martin) Tabor, 1905-1992 (Sc 1192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Webster, Pauline (Martin) Tabor, 1905-1992 (Sc 1192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1192. Card from former Bowling Green, Kentucky madam Pauline Tabor Webster to David Helm in Bowling Green, promising to look for a catalog of her 1973 antiques sale and offering to send him an antique item as a gift.
Jriles, Benjamin Edward (Sc 1218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jriles, Benjamin Edward (Sc 1218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1218. "Christmas 1893," a poem written by Benjamin Edward Jriles, of Henderson County, Kentucky, detailing his adventure of driving a buggy from his home in Cairo, Kentucky to Ridgway, Kentucky, to eat Christmas dinner.
Gates, Thomas Minor, 1820-1860 (Sc 1204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gates, Thomas Minor, 1820-1860 (Sc 1204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1204. Letter, 16 November 1853, of Thomas Gates to his brother Oliver from Steamport, Kentucky with business and family news, including the birth of a daughter; and satirical letter, 31 January 1859, written by Thomas and Lloyd W. Gates, Calhoun, Kentucky, to Messrs. Spratt, Bourn & Co., Louisville, Kentucky, discussing the state of the tobacco market.
Mckinney, John, 1760?-1825 (Sc 1225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mckinney, John, 1760?-1825 (Sc 1225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1225. Letter, 20 April 1785, written by John McKinney, Lexington, Kentucky (at that time still a part of Virginia,) to Captain John Brown, Augusta County, Virginia. He relates that he is recovering from a shot in his breastbone inflicted by Indians and discusses his land surveying activities.
Casebier, Gertrude, 1901-1996 (Sc 2785), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Casebier, Gertrude, 1901-1996 (Sc 2785), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2785. Two-page essay written by Gertrude Casebier titled "History of Shakertown in Mercer County, Kentucky." Includes brief bibliography.
Oak Forest Union Church Cemetery - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oak Forest Union Church Cemetery - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1205. Trust agreement between Naomi Davenport Willis, Bowling Green, Kentucky, “others interested in the preservation and upkeep of the Oak Forest Union Church Cemetery,” in Warren County, Kentucky, and the church trustees.