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Schiess, Nancy (Sc 2062), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schiess, Nancy (Sc 2062), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2062. Paper: "Influences On and Decision Factors of Women Entering World War II from Western Kentucky State Teachers College" written by Nancy Schiess for a Kentucky history course at Western Kentucky University.
Fishburn, Myra Jane, B. 1970 (Mss 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fishburn, Myra Jane, B. 1970 (Mss 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Covert, Craig H., B. 1965 (Sc 1990), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Covert, Craig H., B. 1965 (Sc 1990), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Hawes Family Papers (Sc 2276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hawes Family Papers (Sc 2276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2276. Materials relating to the Hawes family of Daviess County, Kentucky. Includes wills, Bible and cemetery records, and biographical data. Also includes a speech by Richard Hawes, Confederate Governor of Kentucky, and recollections of Maria (Southgate) Hawes, who followed her husband, James Morrison Hawes, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas during his service in the Confederate Army (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).
Payne, Ella (Sc 1901), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Payne, Ella (Sc 1901), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files below") for Manuscripts Small Collection 1901. Letter, 19 June 1897, from Ella Payne, Tip Top, Meade County, Kentucky, to Blanche Melbourne, Swanwick, Illinois discussing community events, commencement week activities at the local school, bicycles, and strawberries. Includes cut out pictures of ladies' blouses.
Swigert, Anne Howe, 1825-1845 - Letter To (Sc 1892), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Swigert, Anne Howe, 1825-1845 - Letter To (Sc 1892), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1892. Letter, 22 September 1840, from "Nannie," Paris, Kentucky, to her classmate Anne Swigert, telling of her vacation, her reading materials, and general gossip about her classmates.
Hearn, Emily (Sc 1895), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hearn, Emily (Sc 1895), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1895. Chiefly e-mails from Morehead, Kentucky native Emily Hearn to friends and family related to her work with the Peace Corps in Jordan.
Gossadge, William Frederick, 1903-1987 (Sc 1800), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gossadge, William Frederick, 1903-1987 (Sc 1800), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1800. Note from Gossadge, Louisville, Kentucky, to “Professor and Family” reporting on the birth of his daughter Donna Lee Gossadge and his “sad lot” that she was not a boy.
Hobson Family Papers (Mss 121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson Family Papers (Mss 121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 121. Correspondence, legal papers, and news clippings about the Hobsons, a prominent family of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The correspondence and reminiscences of Civil War veteran William E. Hobson; a diary kept by Mary Elizabeth Van Meter during the evacuation of Bowling Green, 1861; and correspondence of George Anna (Hobson) Duncan, an award winning trapshooter, are of particular significance. Also includes genealogical information about the Hobson and related families.
Collins, Mary Jane (Simonin), 1842-1903 (Sc 1878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Collins, Mary Jane (Simonin), 1842-1903 (Sc 1878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Brooks, Deronda (Lindsey) (Sc 1834), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brooks, Deronda (Lindsey) (Sc 1834), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1834. Letter, 15 June 1977, to Tim Lee Carter, U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 5th district, from Deronda (Lindsey) Brooks, one of his constituents. She opposes federal money for programs she believes to be anti-family.