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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Enochs, Charles J., 1881-1945 (Sc 794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Enochs, Charles J., 1881-1945 (Sc 794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 794. Embalmer’s license issued in Missouri, 12 May 1906, and renewable certificate receipts, 1909, 1910 (2); and Kentucky embalmer’s license, 20 October 1908, and renewable certificate receipts, 1910-12 (3), of Charles J. Enochs.
Sloan, Melissa Jean, B. 1965? (Sc 791), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sloan, Melissa Jean, B. 1965? (Sc 791), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 791. Paper entitled “The Amish Way of Life,” written by Melissa Jean Sloan for a Kentucky History class at Western Kentucky University, 31 March 1986.
Turnpikes - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Turnpikes - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 654. Stock certificates of various turnpike companies in Warren County, Kentucky, issued to Warren County.
Includes typescript of 1891 newspaper article describing the state of turnpike construction in the county.
Porter, William Logan, 1842-1937 (Sc 567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, William Logan, 1842-1937 (Sc 567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 567. Letter, 1 March 1935, from William Logan Porter, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, to Cyrus Edwards, Horse Cave, Hart County, Kentucky, concerning historical matters, especially the route of the old Lexington and Nashville Road through Allen and Barren Counties.
Shearer, Guy Cooper, 1909-1982 (Sc 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shearer, Guy Cooper, 1909-1982 (Sc 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 566. Correspondence of Guy Cooper Shearer, lawyer and writer of Louisville, Kentucky, with the librarians of the Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to his publications. Also, handwritten manuscript and typescript of his essay “The Intranational War of the United States of America.”
Bibb, George Motier, 1776-1859 (Sc 789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bibb, George Motier, 1776-1859 (Sc 789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 789. Letter written to a doctor by George Motier Bibb, Logan County, Kentucky, 26 August 1810, describing some Logan County, Kentucky farm land and buildings.
Dean, Sophia Leona, 1855-1948 (Sc 788), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dean, Sophia Leona, 1855-1948 (Sc 788), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 788. Letters, 1934-1941 (7), cards (2), and photos (5), chiefly from Mormon missionaries to Sophia Leona Dean, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Johnston, Josiah Stoddard, 1833-1913 (Sc 565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnston, Josiah Stoddard, 1833-1913 (Sc 565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 565. Letter written 16 June 1902 by Johnston, Louisville, Kentucky, to Mrs. J.H. Mallory, Bowling Green, concerning an article that he wrote about her first husband, Samuel Lawrence, for The Confederate Veteran, May 1902. Also includes biographical information from printed sources about Samuel Lawrence and John Helm Mallory.
Pearce, John Ed., 1917-2006 (Sc 786), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pearce, John Ed., 1917-2006 (Sc 786), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 786. Photocopy of Louisville Courier-Journal columnist John Ed Pearce’s speech given to the Chamber of
Commerce, Bowling Green, Kentucky on 7 January 1986. He discusses chiefly economic development and public education in Kentucky. Also letter of Pearce
concerning the copy of the speech.
Awbrey, Thomas, 1894-1973 (Sc 785), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Awbrey, Thomas, 1894-1973 (Sc 785), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 785. Incoming letters, clippings, etc., 1965(?)-1969(?) (54 items), of Thomas Awbrey, Fordsville, Kentucky, who was learning to read and write at age 71. His story received national press coverage in January 1966, which resulted in him hearing from people from throughout the nation. Also correspondence concerning collection, 1976-1986 (5 items).
Bowling Green Industrial Foundation - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Industrial Foundation - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 787. Promissory note, signed 1 April 1940, by Emmons O. Pearson, Jr., and stock certificate issued by Bowling Green Industrial Foundation, 13 May 1943, to Pearson (1 share). Also included are newspaper clippings about the Bowling Green Industrial Foundation and its plans
concerning building and highway constructions.
Coleman Family Papers (Sc 650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coleman Family Papers (Sc 650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 650. Photocopies of letters with family news and discussing the settlement of an estate, written by members of the Coleman family of Todd County, Kentucky to Collin and Elizabeth McKinney of Arkansas Territory, 1826-1835. Includes a genealogical chart.
Bennett, Edward Andrew, 1806-1867 (Sc 2652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bennett, Edward Andrew, 1806-1867 (Sc 2652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text (click on Additional Files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2652. Letter of Edward A. Bennett, written from Louisville, Kentucky to his wife Judith in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He discusses the shipment of their household belongings to Philadelphia, instructs her on the purchase of carpet, and gives news of mutual friends.
Somerville, Thomas Wilson (Lg 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Somerville, Thomas Wilson (Lg 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 2. Original land grant, 2 August 1838, by which Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America, granted Thomas Wilson Somerville of Ripley County, Indiana, 80 acres.
Swinney, William (Lg 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Swinney, William (Lg 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 6. Original land grant, 6 November 1834, by which Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, granted William Swinney of Decatur County, Indiana, 40 acres.
Lock, Benjamin (Lg 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lock, Benjamin (Lg 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 4. Original land grant, 3 October 1831, by which Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, granted Benjamin Lock of Switzerland County, Indiana, 81.56 acres.
Record, Thomas (Lg 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Record, Thomas (Lg 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 1. Original land grant, 7 November 1837, by which Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America, granted Thomas Record of Dearborn County, Indiana, 40.56 acres.
Hunter, George (Lg 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hunter, George (Lg 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 5. Original land grant, 30 October 1834, by which Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, granted George Hunter of Hamilton County, Indiana, 160 acres.
Thackrey, Joseph (Lg 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thackrey, Joseph (Lg 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 3. Original land grant, 10 August 1837, by which Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America, granted Joseph Thackrey of Union County, Indiana, 320 acres.
Ritter Daybook (Mss 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ritter Daybook (Mss 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 98. A photocopy of an account book (432 pages), detailing the activities of a boarding house/tavern and large stable in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, owned by Burwell Clark Ritter.
Wilkerson Collection (Sc 783), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilkerson Collection (Sc 783), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 783. Recommendation letter written for John N. Holland by officials of the Liberty United Baptist Church of Christ, Macon County, Tennessee, 1881; and photocopy of receipt for 25 cent contribution for the legal defense of protesters who staged a sit-in at Ohio Governor Martin Luther Davey’s office, 1937.
Thomas, Joseph Vineyard, 1837-1924 (Sc 782), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Joseph Vineyard, 1837-1924 (Sc 782), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 782. Civil War discharge certificate, 18 January 1865, and pension papers, 1912-1924 (3), of Joseph Vineyard Thomas and his widow, Malinda, Warren County, Kentucky. Also letter, 10 January 1986, written by Ardell Corbitt, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which contains genealogical information.
Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 2653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 2653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2653. Miscellaneous items relating to the childhood of Sarah Richardson: birth announcement clippings, a congratulatory card to her mother, a church school certificate, high school report card, and a letter from a friend.
Craddock, Robert Edward, 1757-1859 (Sc 781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Craddock, Robert Edward, 1757-1859 (Sc 781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 781. Photocopies of Revolutionary War pension claims, 1828-29 (2), of Robert Edward Craddock, Warren County, Kentucky. Also included are articles about the memorial stone erected for Craddock in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
Murphy, James W. (Sc 779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murphy, James W. (Sc 779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 779. Letter, 26 May 1880, written by James W. Murphy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to C. F. Harrison, New York City, in regard to a shipment of fabric. Murphy was employed by the Bowling Green Manufacturing Company; and in describing his work, he states, “We have no skilled help out here [,] I have to learn them how to do the work.”
Green County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 775. Photocopies of Kentucky state militia captaincy commission of Daniel Williams, which was signed by Governor Christopher Greenup, 1805; and broadside informing slave owners to enroll their slaves in Greensburg, Kentucky, 1863.
Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 773. Copy of an English workbook entitled Forward Steps in Thinking and Writing (ca. 1933), of which Gordon Wilson was a collaborator. Also letter relating data about the book, 1973.
Gerard, Camilla Herdman, 1895-1977 - Letters To (Sc 826), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gerard, Camilla Herdman, 1895-1977 - Letters To (Sc 826), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 826. Original unsigned letter written to Camilla Herdman Gerard, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing the 1937 Louisville, Kentucky flood as the female writer experienced it. She expresses her thanks for Gerard’s hospitality in bringing her to Bowling Green to provide for her. Also included are a typed copy of the letter and a photocopy of two photographs showing the flood’s damage (original photographs are housed in the Gerard Photo Collection).
Taliaferro, Lucy, 1844?-1893? (Sc 828), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taliaferro, Lucy, 1844?-1893? (Sc 828), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 828. Letter, 19 October 1892, from Lucy Taliaferro, Nashville, Tennessee, to Harriet “Hattie” Taliaferro and Nannie regarding her plans for returning to the Shaker community at South Union, Kentucky. Includes biographical data on Harriet Taliaferro compiled by her grandson, Clem L. Pope.
Ragland, Florence, 1861-1949 (Sc 827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ragland, Florence, 1861-1949 (Sc 827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 827. Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky, lot certificate of A. J. Ragland estate, 6 April 1906. Also included is a typescript copy of Florence Ragland’s obituary, 1949.