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James, Ora Nadine (Doyle), 1913-1998 - Collector (Sc 1772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
James, Ora Nadine (Doyle), 1913-1998 - Collector (Sc 1772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1772. Warren County deed, 1842; first bill received by George D. James's grocery store, Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, 1913; 1928-1931 autograph album and other items related to Brownsville High School; letter from Methodist minister Hoyt Parsley, Kyrock, Edmonson County, 31 October 1941; other miscellaneous items.
Houston Family Papers, 1821-1883 (Sc 1764), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houston Family Papers, 1821-1883 (Sc 1764), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1764. Chiefly the legal papers of the Houston family of Daviess, later McLean County, Kentucky. Includes deeds in Daviess, McLean, and Muhlenberg Counties and slavery bills of sale.
Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Sc 1792), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Sc 1792), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1792. Correspondence with family members of Flemon D. Sampson, former governor of Kentucky, and a deed for a large tract of land in eastern Kentucky.
Morning Collection (Sc 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morning Collection (Sc 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 36. Deeds conveying land in Anderson County, Kentucky, to Robert Carlton by John and Nancy Morning, 1847, and by Thomas and Mary J. Morning, 1856.
Smith, George W. (Sc 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, George W. (Sc 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 26. Deed for a lot in Louisville, Kentucky, whereby George W. Smith and his wife, Sabina, convey the property to William Sale.
Jackson, Stephen, 1811-1900 (Sc 1769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Stephen, 1811-1900 (Sc 1769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1769. Chiefly legal papers of Stephen Jackson and Oscar B. Jackson of Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes deeds, tax receipts, and a slavery bill of sale.
Newton, James, D. 1867 (Sc 1713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newton, James, D. 1867 (Sc 1713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1713. Letters to James Newton, Ohio County, Kentucky from his brother Jesse Newton in Louisville, Kentucky concerning their milling businesses in Ohio County. Includes legal papers related to the division of Newton's land following his death. Also 1816 will of William Newton, James Newton's father, and undated will of James Newton.
Anderson, William, 1766-1856 (Sc 1685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, William, 1766-1856 (Sc 1685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1685. Deed, 22 March 1850, conveying a tract of land in Grayson County, Kentucky from William and Sarah Anderson to their son Joseph Anderson.
Helm, David Maury, 1927-1994 (Sc 1649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, David Maury, 1927-1994 (Sc 1649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1649. Three deeds of conveyance related to pieces of property in Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky that were owned by the Helm family. Also includes two plat maps.
Poe Family Papers (Sc 1641), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Poe Family Papers (Sc 1641), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1641. Two Warren County, Kentucky deeds, one receipt, and a letter from Alvin Poe, Connersville, Missouri, to his brother Stephen M. Poe, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 25 January 1855 in which he discusses crop and livestock prices and the political situation in Nebraska. A typescript of the letter is attached as an additional file.
Brackin, Green, 1822-1901 (Sc 1608), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brackin, Green, 1822-1901 (Sc 1608), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1608. Deed for sale of Green Brackin's Allen County, Kentucky land to G.B. Woodcock, dated 30 August 1859.
Ewing Family - Logan County, 1813-1888 (Sc 1572), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ewing Family - Logan County, 1813-1888 (Sc 1572), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1572. Deeds, wills, and other business papers of the Ewing family, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes two letters, 1813 & 1814, from Henry S. Pirkey, Rockingham County, Virginia, to Robert Ewing, Logan County, related to land sales. also, information about Ewing family genealogy, and a memorial sermon given for George Washington Ewing by David Morton at Red River Church, 1888.