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Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3712), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3712), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3712. Narrative, photographs, and floor plans relating to a proposed restoration of “Potter Castle,” the former home of James Erasmus Potter at 1310 College Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3713. Photographs, floor plans, and specifications relating to a proposed restoration of the Reservoir Hill Pump House, Bowling Green, Kentucky, as an office for the Landmark Association.
U.S. 31-W To Interstate 65 Connector Project (Mss 663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
U.S. 31-W To Interstate 65 Connector Project (Mss 663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 663. Reports, correspondence, and data related chiefly to Section 106 Review of the connector project which covered the project’s potential effects on historic resources within the area affected. This connector was proposed to allow easier access from the Kentucky Transpark in northern Warren County, Kentucky to Interstate 65.
Liberty Hall Association - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Liberty Hall Association - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3335. Letter, 13 November 1936, to Bertha (Mrs. A. Edwin) Rice, Russellville, Kentucky from E. Leland Taylor, president of the Liberty Hall Association. The letter solicits subscriptions to enable the Association to exercise an option to purchase Liberty Hall in Frankfort, Kentucky and open the house to the public. The letter notes the purchase price of $30,000, a figure that includes a Gilbert Stuart portrait, and lists other historical and patriotic organizations cooperating in the effort.
Historic Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Historic Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3253. Historic American Building Survey (HABS) Inventory forms for historic properties in Warren County, Kentucky; survey only, drawings were not executed for these houses. Some forms include photocopies of photographs or additional notes.
Historic Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Historic Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3127. Pencil sketch of the Warren County, Kentucky, home of Nathaniel and Mary Lucas, executed by an English visitor in the winter of 1883.
South Union Shaker Village - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 3059), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
South Union Shaker Village - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 3059), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3059. Letter, 1 September 2016, to friends of the South Union Shaker Village, South Union, Kentucky, soliciting funds for the purchase of two acres of land and a building, known as the 1854 Wash House or Sisters Shop, for preservation and interpretation by the Village. An enclosure provides a history of the Wash House and includes photographs.
Hawkins, Mildred Smith (Curd), 1908-2014 (Sc 3044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hawkins, Mildred Smith (Curd), 1908-2014 (Sc 3044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3045. Written comments by Mildred Hawkins regarding houses found in An Album of Early Warren County Landmarks by Irene Moss Sumpter and published in 1976. She includes the corresponding page number with her comments about properties associated with family and Warren County history.
Felts Log House (Mss 551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Felts Log House (Mss 551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 551. Photos, transcripts, design plans, and education materials about the Felts Log House, a log structure originally built in Logan County, Kentucky, in the early nineteenth century and moved to the campus of Western Kentucky University in 1978. Contains a variety of worksheets for children, furnishing plans by WKU, and news clippings about the house. It also contains transcripts of interviews about the house from Felts descendants and Sam Watkins.
Wiggins, Otis Lee, B. 1905 (Sc 2949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wiggins, Otis Lee, B. 1905 (Sc 2949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2949. Two cassette tapes which include an interview conducted by Robert H. McGaughey with Otis Lee Wiggins about the resettlement program undertaken by the Resettlement Administration Project 14 in Christian County, Kentucky. Wiggins was an administrator for the U.S. Resettlement Administration and discusses the Christian County program in great detail.
Jackson, Nell Cartwright (Mcdaniel), 1888-1974 (Sc 2944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Nell Cartwright (Mcdaniel), 1888-1974 (Sc 2944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2944. Letter, 19 May 1965, of Nell (Mrs. Harry G.) Jackson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Jane Morningstar, thanking her for an article she wrote for the (Bowling Green) Park City Daily News (9 May 1965) about Seeley's Shoals, her family residence on Beech Bend Road. Includes Mrs. Jackson’s notes on the house and its history.
Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985 (Sc 2872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985 (Sc 2872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2872. Two letters of Harry L. Jackson, Bratenahl, Ohio, to Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding selection of an artist to create murals for Bowling Green’s Hobson House. He also discusses his health treatments at Hot Springs, Virginia, and mourns the death of his cousin Mary Neal. Includes a clipping about his retirement.
Owen, Colvin Jacob (Sc 1270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owen, Colvin Jacob (Sc 1270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1270. Research project done by WKU student Colvin Owen, Lexington, Kentucky, relating to the restoration needs of a Bowling Green, Kentucky house at 6487 Louisville Road known as “Rose Villa.”
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.
Johnston, Janet L. (Sc 1045), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnston, Janet L. (Sc 1045), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1045. Paper, “The Adams-Robinson House: A Laboratory of Folk-Victorian Architecture and Interiors,” prepared for a Western Kentucky University Restoration of Historic Interiors Class. Prior to demolition in 1995, the house was located at 1903 Creason Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes blueprint of house.
Hobson House Commission - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson House Commission - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 115. Organizational records including correspondence, minutes, financial reports, annual reports, yearbooks, portions of a policy manual, legal papers, and other miscellaneous papers related to the Hobson House Commission, which oversees the operation and maintenance of Riverview, a historic Bowling Green, Kentucky property.
Ellis, Birdie Read, 1879-1958 (Sc 970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ellis, Birdie Read, 1879-1958 (Sc 970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 970. Original collection of invoices, estimates and contractors’ statements related to the construction of Birdie Read Ellis’ house at 1349 State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Natcher, William Huston, 1909-1994 (Sc 897), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Natcher, William Huston, 1909-1994 (Sc 897), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 897. Letter, 8 September 1993, written by Congressman William H. Natcher in response to a request by the Bowling Green Historical Preservation Board, giving detailed data about historic houses located on East Main Street, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where Natcher maintained his home. Also included is a photocopy of the letter with minor comments added by Irene Sumpter and Cora Jane Spiller.
Meredith, Nette Arterberry, 1900-1985 (Sc 2673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Meredith, Nette Arterberry, 1900-1985 (Sc 2673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2673. Paper titled "An Old Kentucky Home" about the home of E.D. Garrison in Allen County, Kentucky. The paper describes the design and construction of the home and its furnishings, and includes photographs.
Johnston, Janet L. (Sc 2513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnston, Janet L. (Sc 2513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2513. Multiple Property Documentation Form prepared by Janet L. Johnston in support of nomination to the National Register of Historic Places of historic resources along U. S. 31W in Warren County, Kentucky, 1920-1965.
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation (Sc 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation (Sc 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 341. Letter written by Raymond F. McLain, Lexington, Kentucky, to Marvin Moorman, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning the Henry Clay Foundation and its program involving Ashland, Clay’s Lexington home. Foundation members are listed, and there is a related letter of Moorman.
Mckenzie, William - Collector (Sc 2470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mckenzie, William - Collector (Sc 2470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2470. Receipts, survey plats, conservation plan, and architectural drawings for renovations done at Walnut Lawn, a historic Bowling Green, Kentucky home on Highway 231 (Morgantown Road).
Pillar, Samantha R. (Sc 2426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pillar, Samantha R. (Sc 2426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2426. "'It Wasn't Elaborate, But It Was Modern': The Cardinal Motel," paper written by Samantha R. Pillar for a history of architecture class at Western Kentucky University.
Arnold, Grace S., 1893-1983 (Mss 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Arnold, Grace S., 1893-1983 (Mss 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 338. Correspondence, clippings and programs of Grace S. Arnold, curator of Federal Hill in Bardstown, Kentucky. Inlcudes information and correspondence about Stephen Collins Foster and Federal Hill, said to have inspired Foster's song "My Old Kentucky Home." Also includes correspondence and information about the Rowan family, owners of Federal Hill.
Doyon, Anne Marie P. (Mss 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Doyon, Anne Marie P. (Mss 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 300. "Kentucky's Traditional Courthouses: Preservation in the Heart of the Community," a Master's project written by Ann Marie P. Doyon for the Department of Historic Preservation, College of Design, University of Kentucky.
Hunter, Kevin (Sc 2428), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hunter, Kevin (Sc 2428), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2428. Two papers written by Kevin Hunter in the late-1970s related to the Quigley-Younglove Building, 900 State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The papers were written for history classes at Western Kentucky University. Also includes news clippings about the structure.
Pioneer Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pioneer Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1949. Correspondence and a news clipping related to the use of tombstones in a proposed sidewalk at Pioneer Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Umberger, Eugene B., Jr. (Sc 1565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Umberger, Eugene B., Jr. (Sc 1565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1565. Paper titled "The York Farm: A Contribution to Folk Housing Documentation" written by Eugene B. Umberger, Jr. for a geography class at Western Kentucky University. Includes photos and diagrams of various farm structures.
Smith, Edward J. (Sc 1550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Edward J. (Sc 1550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1550. Graduate Western Kentucky University geography paper by Edward J. Smith in which he examines the history of the buildings in the 100 block of Main Street and the 800 block of Adams Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 130. Correspondence, research materials, photos, etc., generated by Irene Moss Sumpter, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly for her books about Bowling Green and Warren County houses and physicians. Also Hobson House Association papers, data about Bowling Green's founder Robert Moore, and extensive genealogical records.