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York, Mack Sherman, 1889-1962 (Sc 3502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3502. Documents relating to tobacco farming and sales by Mack Sherman York, Auburn, Kentucky. Includes warehouse and growers association receipts, notices of acreage allotments and marketing quotas, information about tobacco price supports, and notices of referendums.

Roark, Ethel Elizabeth (Stagner), 1913-1992 (Mss 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 105. Miscellaneous papers collected by Ethel Roark, Franklin, Kentucky. Includes a World War II letter; personal letters (4); Knights of Pythias certificate; general store ledger with a 1929 inventory; 1954 letter promoting legal alcohol sales in Simpson County; and 1965 farm diary.

Bibb, George Motier, 1776-1859 (Sc 789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.

Pillar, Samantha R. (Fa 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 162. This collection contains a paper entitled “Going Hog Wild in Logan County,” about William Warren Morton Sr. and his work in the swine industry. This paper was written by Samantha Pillar as a part of a class at Western Kentucky University in the fall of 1994. Several photocopied images are included in the paper.

Silva, Ann (Fa 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 53. “A History of the Logan County Tobacco Festival” Paper written about an annual festival celebrating tobacco culture held in Russellville, Kentucky. Paper was written for a history class at Western Kentucky University.

Craig, James Harvey, 1842-1929 (Sc 240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 240. Photocopy of autobiography written by James H. Craig, possibly in 1917. He was a native of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, although he was an Arkansas resident for several years. The autobiography contains much Craig family data. In addition, there is a photocopy of Craig's essay denouncing the evils of alcohol, possibly to be delivered as a speech

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Baird, Henry Herring, 1902-1991 - Collector (Mss 279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 279. Account books and other financial records related to Jenkins-Ryan Tobacco Company of Adairville, Kentucky. Also includes financial records associated with the farms and businesses operated by Thomas Henry Baird, Jr., as well as the 1941 monthly financial reports and a label from Scott Tobacco Company of Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Nuttle, Jason And Victoria Conaster (Fa 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 426. Interview with Marlene Harrison conducted by Jason Nuttle and Victoria Conaster for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Elrod, Scott & Kevin Ming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 388. Papers: "Bob Fleming: A Life History" written by Scott Elrod and "An Incomplete Life History of One Kentucky Sharecropper" written by Kevin Ming for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Henning, Jason (Fa 399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 399. Paper: "Mrs. Lucille Whitson" written by Jason Henning for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.