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Green Collection (Mss 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green Collection (Mss 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 49. Correspondence of the Green family, Falls of Rough, Grayson County, Kentucky, including business papers and account books, and correspondence for several generations of the Robert Wilmot Scott family, originally of Frankfort, Kentucky.
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Loney, Lewis B., 1851-1922 (Sc 2384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Loney, Lewis B., 1851-1922 (Sc 2384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2384. Diary of daily events recorded by Lewis B. Loney, who was a young man still working on his father's Ohio County, Kentucky farm. He records farming activities, social occasions, church and school attendance, medical issues, and other happenings that occurred in the area near his home. The manuscript is only partially legible due to oil damage.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Mss 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Mss 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 225. Correspondence, chiefly of the Covington family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, particularly that of Dr. Albert G. and Josephine (Wells) Covington. Also includes reference letters written to Jane (Hines) Morningstar about local history topics, including steamboats and the Hobson House Association.
Peel, Fred Welch, 1892-1979 (Sc 2287), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peel, Fred Welch, 1892-1979 (Sc 2287), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2287. Fred Welch Peel's reminiscences of growing up in rural Boyle County, Kentucky during the early part of the twentieth century. He writes of farm work, one-room schools, and community life. An appendix lists local properties in the county and in Danville.
Underwood, Johanna Louisa, 1840-1923 (Sc 2295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood, Johanna Louisa, 1840-1923 (Sc 2295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2295. Diary of Johanna Louisa "Josie" Underwood, the daughter of a prominent Bowling Green, Kentucky family. She records her experiences while living in Scotland, where her father was serving as consul, from 1862 to 1864. She also describes her travel through several European countries and her return to the United States in 1864, when the family spent a year in San Francisco. She writes observantly about places and people, news of the Civil War, and family events. The diary includes a few early entries by her mother and summaries of family members's whereabouts …
Cain, Bevie Waughn, 1844-1883 (Sc 2251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cain, Bevie Waughn, 1844-1883 (Sc 2251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2251. Letters (31) from Cain to James M. Davis, written mostly during the Civil War from her home and school in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, and from Illinois. A strong Confederate sympathizer, Cain responds to Davis’s support of the Union, criticizes President Abraham Lincoln, and opines freely on love, courtship and marriage. She also writes of mutual friends, family, and social and religious activities. Includes 3 additional letters to Davis from his father, sister, and a friend who writes of an opportunity to manage a store. Also includes …
Van Winkle, Loretta (Sc 2253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Van Winkle, Loretta (Sc 2253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2253. Paper: "Josephine Calvert, 1864-1956, Bowling Green, Kentucky" written by Loretta Van Winkle for a history class at Western Kentucky University. The paper is a biographical look at Calvert, a lifelong resident of Bowling Green, and her family. The paper is based on a collection of family letters in the Kentucky Library & Museum, WKU.
Wheatcroft, Eleanor Mae (Sc 2144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wheatcroft, Eleanor Mae (Sc 2144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2144. Diary kept by Eleanor Mae Wheatcroft, 1948-1952, while a high school student in Dayton, Pennsylvania and a first semester freshman at Western Kentucky State College. She writes of her family and friends, the weather, her schoolwork, and chores. Includes a floral card, photo, and a list of motion pictures seen, 1951-1951.