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Spurlock, John Howard, 1939-2023 (Sc 3680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spurlock, John Howard, 1939-2023 (Sc 3680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3680. Notes of an interview, 6 December 1986, by WKU professor John H. Spurlock with James Stuart, the brother of author Jesse Stuart. They discuss Jesse Stuart’s columns for the Greenup (Ky.) News and his editorship of the Greenup County Citizen; local and school board politics; and a physical attack on Jesse Stuart following his criticism of the local member of Congress.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1906-1984 (Sc 3681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1906-1984 (Sc 3681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 3681. Various items relating to the work of author Jesse Stuart: inscribed poems and articles; a 1975 commencement speech delivered at Ball State University; highlights of the first year of the Jesse Stuart Foundation; and the Jesse Stuart Land Management and Promotion Plan. Also includes (digital format only - click on "Additional Files" below for scans) a card index of magazine and newspaper articles by and concerning Stuart located by scholar John H. Spurlock in repositories at Murray State University, Morehead State University, and Marshall University.
Hines, James Arvin, 1926-2017 (Mss 746), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, James Arvin, 1926-2017 (Mss 746), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 746. Articles, stories, songs, and two unpublished novels by Ohio County, Kentucky native and prolific freelance writer James Hines.
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 3624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 3624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3624. Letters, 12 February 1963 and 15 April 1964, of author Janice Holt Giles to Mrs. William F. Barr, Rochester, Kentucky. The first outlines her research and plans for three “Green River” books (one volume was eventually published as Run Me a River) and refers to Mrs. Barr’s assistance in providing informants for the project. The second letter provides her thoughts about an interview in which her estimation of other authors and her own public image were inaccurately reported.
Clarke, Mary Louise (Washington), 1913-1999 (Mss 634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clarke, Mary Louise (Washington), 1913-1999 (Mss 634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 634. Research, correspondence and photographs relating to the scholarly study of Kentucky author Jesse Stuart by WKU English and folklore professor Mary (Washington) Clarke. Includes correspondence with Stuart, editors and other scholars in connection with her book Jesse Stuart’s Kentucky and other publications. Also includes research and correspondence relating to Clarke’s book Kentucky Quilts and Their Makers.
Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, B. 1917 (Mss 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, B. 1917 (Mss 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 635. Manuscripts, notes, publisher’s correspondence, and photographs relating to the scholarly work of WKU English and folklore professor Kenneth W. Clarke, principally "Bud Long: The Birth of a Kentucky Folk Legend" and "The Harvest and the Reapers."
Hochstrasser, Maud Adelaide, 1900-1994 (Mss 555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hochstrasser, Maud Adelaide, 1900-1994 (Mss 555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 555. Correspondence, clippings, photographs and other papers of WKU English instructor “Addie” Hochstrasser, relating almost exclusively to her friendship with and interest in author Jesse Stuart. Includes letters, cards and a holographic poem by Stuart, as well as photographs of Stuart and his home in Greenup, Kentucky.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 2910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 2910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2910. Correspondence of author Jesse Stuart and Western Kentucky University administrators and librarians, mostly regarding speaking engagements on campus and the acquisition of his books for the University’s collection. Includes some Stuart family Christmas cards, data regarding foreign language reprints of his books, and Stuart’s letter to WKU President Paul Garrett describing his farm work in the wake of the World War II manpower shortage.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 2911), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 2911), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2911. Correspondence of author Jesse Stuart and David Helm, manager of Books & Records, Inc., Bowling Green, Kentucky. They discuss a book signing event and supplies of books for sale at the store.
Kentucky Folklore Record (Mss 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Folklore Record (Mss 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 501. Correspondence, manuscripts, and subscription and financial records relating to the content, editing, publication and management of the Kentucky Folklore Record, a quarterly journal of the Kentucky Folklore Society.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 1221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 1221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1221. Letter, 25 January 1959, from Jesse H. Stuart to Mrs. Higgason explaining that his poem "Kentucky is My Land" is out of print and regretting that he cannot provide a copy.
Graham, Robert Duke, 1900-1984 (Mss 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Graham, Robert Duke, 1900-1984 (Mss 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 473. Correspondence and scrapbooks of Robert D. Graham, Democratic mayor of Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1960-1963 and 1968-1971. The materials mostly document his public career, but some personal papers, including those of his wife Edith, are included.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 1043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 1043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1043. Letter, 30 October 1974, from Jesse Stuart, Greenup, Kentucky, to English professor O.J. Wilson, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding Stuart’s recent talk at WKU; Christmas card, 1975, from Stuart to WKU Library Director, Sara Tyler; and poetry magazine Seven, containing one of Stuart’s poems, 1968. The magazine is autographed by Stuart.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 2686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 2686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2686. Letter of Jesse Stuart, 16 April 1960, to Elizabeth Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University (then Western Kentucky State College). He recalls his first meeting with the college’s late president, Paul L. Garrett, and praises Garrett’s personal qualities and the breadth of his reading.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 902), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 902), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 902. Letter written by Jesse Hilton Stuart, Greenup, Kentucky, to Elizabeth Cossey, Bowling Green, Kentucky, thanking her for her letter and stating that he has no materials to send her for a classroom display. Also envelope.
Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 445. Correspondence, published and unpublished writing, and research of Alexander Gordon Wilson, faculty member in the English department of Western Kentucky University from 1915-1959. Includes genealogical and autobiographical material as well as extensive research data and writing on the ornithology of Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky, on folklore and linguistics, and on the ornithology and folkways of the Mammoth Cave region of Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 - Collector (Sc 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 - Collector (Sc 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 502. Autographs and biographical sketches of the members of the Constitutional Revision Assembly of Kentucky, 1964-1965 solicited by Mary Julia Neal.
Philips, Emanie Louise (Nahm) Sachs Arling, 1893-1981 (Sc 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Philips, Emanie Louise (Nahm) Sachs Arling, 1893-1981 (Sc 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 251. Correspondence of Mrs. Sachs, writer, and native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly with Mary T. Moore, librarian, Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, related to a book on the history of Kentucky that Sachs was researching.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 2486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 2486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2486. Letter from Jesse Stuart to Riley Handy, 8 February 1975, confirming Lee and Joy Pennington as the subjects of a work which he names as "Which Tree Would You Rather Be," and its suitability as a morality tale for children.
Davis, Anne Pence, 1901-1982 (Mss 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Anne Pence, 1901-1982 (Mss 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 373. Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, publications and associated material relating to the literary career of Anne Pence Davis, a poet, reviewer, novelist, and author of juvenile fiction who grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky and lived in Wichita Falls, Texas after her marriage.
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 281. Chiefly personal and professional correspondence, speeches, journal articles, reminiscences, and news clippings of noted educator Chester Coleman Travelstead. Of particular interest are the materials related to his 1955 dismissal from the University of South Carolina owing to his support of racial integration. Also includes correspondence and diaries of his mother Nelle (Gooch) Travelstead, long-time Western Kentucky University faculty member.
Stuart, Jessica Jane, B. 1942 (Sc 1209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jessica Jane, B. 1942 (Sc 1209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1209. Correspondence between Jessica Jane Stuart and Lawrence S. Thompson regarding a reprint of her story "A Man of Her Own Faith" for the Lost Cause Press. Includes a copy of the story, published in "Bluegrass Woman," Spring 1974. Stuart also writes of her doctoral studies and her difficulty finding a teaching position.
Crume, Charles Thomas, Jr., 1933-1996 - Collector (Mss 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crume, Charles Thomas, Jr., 1933-1996 - Collector (Mss 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 181. Research material related to the history of Bullitt County, Kentucky. Also includes notebooks concerning drugs, chemical compounds, and jewelry and watch repairs compiled by David W. Crume of Bardstown. Detailed drawings of a timepiece by D.W. Crume and slides of Jesse Hilton Stuart and the sorghum molasses making process are part of the collection. Also includes personal correspondence and items of Charles Thomas Crume, Sr.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 1341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 1341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1341. Letter, 1 October 1947, by Kentucky author, Jesse Stuart, Riverton, Kentucky, to Ann Cade, Morgantown, Kentucky. He relates that he has written ten books and suggests that she write his publisher about the availability of the books.