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Burrus, Swan Brasfield, 1855-1936 (Sc 3304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Burrus, Swan Brasfield, 1855-1936 (Sc 3304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3304. Letter to a Mr. Parker from Swan Burrus, State Line, Kentucky, referring to his children’s interest in an estate. He reminds Parker of his delivery of a bond as guardian for the three youngest children, and asks for further instructions. The letter is written on letterhead from the Office of Burrus Brothers, Drugs and General Merchandise, and bears an illustrated advertisement for Dr. Brown’s Family Remedies promising relief from a variety of complaints.
Gillan, Robert Lee, 1916-2009 (Sc 3183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gillan, Robert Lee, 1916-2009 (Sc 3183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3183. Letter, 7 August 2006, of Robert Lee Gillan, Thorntown, Indiana, to Martha Harrison. He refers to his interest in genealogy and relates anecdotes about “Aunt Nancy,” an African American woman and caregiver to local families in Barren County, Kentucky. He includes particulars of some of her household advice, folk medicinal treatments and beliefs. He notes that she is buried in Lyons (Lyon) Cemetery.
Mcreynolds, Benjamin, 1769-1845 (Mss 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcreynolds, Benjamin, 1769-1845 (Mss 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 603. Manuscript books of sermons, religious, medical and other writings created by Benjamin McReynolds, a Butler County, Kentucky Methodist minister. Includes family history and records of schools operated by McReynolds.
Brown, Michael R. - Collector (Sc 3088), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, Michael R. - Collector (Sc 3088), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3088. Correspondence of Janice Holt Giles related to the “White Caps,” the Brethren in Christ church, and collected by Michael R. Brown for a scholarly article he produced on the topic. Also includes a chronology of Giles’ life compiled by Brown as well as a copy of his completed article. Giles used the information she gleaned about the “White Caps” in one of her books, Tara’s Healing.
Titcomb, John M., B. 1814? (Sc 756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Titcomb, John M., B. 1814? (Sc 756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 756. Medical remedies and recipes collected in a small notebook of John M. Titcomb of Baltimore, Maryland.
Mosley, Della Cassidy, 1883-1968 (Sc 2234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mosley, Della Cassidy, 1883-1968 (Sc 2234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2234. "Physician's Record" forms on which Della Cassidy Mosley, of Alvaton, Kentucky, recorded birth information about infants she delivered as a midwife in Warren County and Allen County, Kentucky. Includes forms as well as a photo of Mosley and her obituary.