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Mckee, John, 1829-1882 (Sc 2101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mckee, John, 1829-1882 (Sc 2101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts of letters (attached as additional files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2101. Two letters from John McKee, serving with the 37th Indiana Infantry, to his wife Sarah McKee in Hamilton, Ohio. He writes of his encampments near Nashville and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, his reading, nearby guerrilla activity involving John Hunt Morgan, difficulties with mail, and the general condition of the countryside.
Redmon, Chester C. (Sc 2070), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Redmon, Chester C. (Sc 2070), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2070. Brief World War II V-mail messges from Redmon, serving in the India-Burma Theater to family in Louisville, Ketnucky. Includes Christmas and Mother's Day greetings as well as two photos.
Taylor Family Papers (Sc 1929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor Family Papers (Sc 1929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1929. Correspondence, poems, song lyrics, recipes, accounts, clippings, and miscellaneous records relating to the Taylor family of Warren County, Kentucky. Includes letters of a Kentucky soldier writing of battle in east Tennessee during the Civil War, 1864 (Click on "Additional Files" for scans).
Moore-Mulligan-Brown Collection (Mss 219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore-Mulligan-Brown Collection (Mss 219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 219. This collection consists chiefly of correspondence of the Moore, Mulligan, Brown and Johns families, who are interrelated. The correspondence deals chiefly with family matters and events occurring in Trigg County, Kentucky and Allen County, Kentucky.
Williams, Freeman (Sc 2053), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Williams, Freeman (Sc 2053), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2053. Letter, 10 January 1862, written from Bowling Green, Kentucky by Freeman Williams, a Confederate soldier, to his brother Thomas in Pontotoc, Mississippi. He briefly sends his regards to family and asks to be sent letters.
Fishburn, Myra Jane, B. 1970 (Mss 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fishburn, Myra Jane, B. 1970 (Mss 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 280. Correspondence of Myra Jane Fishburn during her service in the Iraq War with the 76th U.S. Army Band. Includes photographs, Arabic language instruction materials, Arabic music CDs, and miscellaneous training and informational materials.
Phelps, Frank M. (Sc 2048), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Phelps, Frank M. (Sc 2048), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2048. Letter from Frank M. Phelps, serving in the 10th Wisconsin Infantry, to his uncle in Wisconsin. He describes his company's march to Bowling Green, Kentucky, the sight of dead horses, the shelling of Bowling Green, the destruction he found there, and the supplies the Confederates left behind.
Hanson, Albert C., 1895-1976 (Sc 2038), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hanson, Albert C., 1895-1976 (Sc 2038), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2038. Letter, 20 January 1918, from Albert C. Hanson, serving as a private with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, to Edith Otting, Newport, Kentucky, He relays news of his family and writes of his eagerness to return home. The letterhead displays the logo of the American Y.M.C.A. and the phrase "On Active Service with the American Expeditionary Force.
Carosella, Roland Michael, 1920-2005 (Sc 2015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carosella, Roland Michael, 1920-2005 (Sc 2015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2015. Letter from Roland M. Carosella, a U.S. Army private stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky to his girlfriend, Marie Marzo, Buffalo, New York. He complains about a cancelled furlough and comments on mutual friends and Army life. Letter is on illustrated stationery that depicts scenes at Fort Knox. The envelope features an American flag with troops standing at attention.
Covert, Craig H., B. 1965 (Sc 1990), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Covert, Craig H., B. 1965 (Sc 1990), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1990. Correspondence of Craig H. Covert while serving in Iraq War from January to May 2004. As a member of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Close Protection Team based in Basra, Iraq, Covert provided protective support to CPA South Administrator Patrick M. Nixon.
Polston, James T. (Sc 1952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Polston, James T. (Sc 1952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1952. Letters (5) from James "Todd" Polston to his mother Janet Polston in Jamestown, Kentucky, while serving in the Persian Gulf War. Includes two copies of "Faithful and True Command Letter," the 4th Battalion 5th Field Artillery newsletter sent to military families.
Logan County, Kentucky - Red Cross (Sc 1957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan County, Kentucky - Red Cross (Sc 1957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1957. Chiefly letters from U.S. soldiers stationed in Afghanistan thanking the Logan County, Kentucky Red Cross for the items they provided that were distributed to military personnel stationed there.
Sexton, Alma Lorene (Smith), 1922-2002 (Sc 1947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sexton, Alma Lorene (Smith), 1922-2002 (Sc 1947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1947. Letter, 2 December 1943, written by Alma Lorene Sexton, Siloam, Greenup County, Kentucky to her husband Earl Sexton who is in military service during World War II. She discusses Thanksgiving and expresses her concern for her husband's hygiene.
Sexton, William Earl, 1919-2004 (Sc 1930), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sexton, William Earl, 1919-2004 (Sc 1930), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1930. Letters written by Earl Sexton from various military posts to his wife Alma Sexton and their daughter Shirley in Siloam, Greenup County, Kentucky during World War II.
Smith, Edmond, 1843?-1863 (Sc 1915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Edmond, 1843?-1863 (Sc 1915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1915. Letter from Edmond Smith, serving with the 4th Indiana Artillery, to "Annie" describing his regiment's reception in Louisville, Kentucky and his reaction to negative comments besmirching his character. Written on letterhead with the word "UNION!" printed in red and blue ink along with an eagle holding a shield decorated with stars and stripes.
Breeding, John Will, 1927-2001 - Collector (Sc 1902), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Breeding, John Will, 1927-2001 - Collector (Sc 1902), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1902. Letters sent to John W. Breeding, Rineyville, Kentucky from his brother Verlin Breeding and friend Walter D. Large describing military life in World War II; also letters from Breeding explaining the donation.
Wheeler, Ernest Eugene, 1921-1944 (Mss 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wheeler, Ernest Eugene, 1921-1944 (Mss 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 210. Correspondence between Ernest Eugene "Gene" Wheeler and his fiance and future wife, Alma Blancett of Calhoun, Kentucky. The correspondence begins while Wheeler was a student at Western Kentucky State Teachers College and continues when he enters the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed on D-Day. Also contains Alma's 1945 diary.
Reamer, Ernest D., Jr., 1913-1965 (Sc 1845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reamer, Ernest D., Jr., 1913-1965 (Sc 1845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1845. Correspondence between Ernest D. Reamer, Jr. and his wife, Verna, while he was in the U.S. Army during World War II stationed at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky and Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
Collins, Mary Jane (Simonin), 1842-1903 (Sc 1878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Collins, Mary Jane (Simonin), 1842-1903 (Sc 1878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1878. Letter, 4 April 1864, from Mary Collins, Newport, Kentucky, to her husband John Collins, then serving in the military during the Civil War. She describes the tiresome duties of caring for several ill members of her household.
Valenci, Joseph, 1914-1991 (Sc 1865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Valenci, Joseph, 1914-1991 (Sc 1865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1865. World War II letters, 1943-1945, sent from Joseph Valenci, California and the Pacific, to Virginia Fulcher in Owensboro, Kentucky discussing military life, his love of America, and his thoughts on the war. Includes printed material related to the Battle of Iwo Jima and Fulcher's 1991 letter with biographical data on Valenci.
Buckner, Howard Chandler, 1896-1960 (Sc 1869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buckner, Howard Chandler, 1896-1960 (Sc 1869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1869. Post World War I letter, 5 January 1919, from Buckner, serving in France, to his father and siblings in Mount Olivet, Robertson County, Kentucky, describing his living conditions and the condition of the French community of St. Mihiel after the war.
Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 1835), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 1835), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1835. News clippings, handmade greeting cards for family members, and other ephemera related to Richardson, particularly during her childhood and adolescence in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Explicit Threats And Dangerous Gambits: Twentieth Century Negotiation, Karl T. Muth
Explicit Threats And Dangerous Gambits: Twentieth Century Negotiation, Karl T. Muth
Karl T Muth
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