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Aspley Family (Sc 1377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Aspley Family (Sc 1377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1377. World War II letters, 1942-1943 (5), written stateside and from Europe by Aspley brothers Robert Charles ("Charlie") and William Neil ("Billy") to parents and friends in Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly discussing everyday camp life. Charlie writes one letter from a German prisoner of war camp. Includes obituaries, newspaper clippings, etc.
Githens, William Harrison, 1826-1904 (Sc 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Githens, William Harrison, 1826-1904 (Sc 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan, and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1364. Letter, 22 February 1862, written by U.S. Army surgeon William H. Githens, Birds Point, Missouri, to his wife describing conditions, especially in Cairo, Illinois, and mentioning the activity at Forts Holt and Payne across the river in Kentucky. He includes a sketch of these fortifications.
Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1373. Letters written by Dero G. Downing as a Western Kentucky University student, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1942, and as a Navy officer, 1944-1945, to his parents, Horse Cave, Kentucky and Dunbar, West Virginia. Discusses events as a member of the WKU basketball team that played in the NCAA tournament. Includes some news of his naval life.
Peloquin, Michael David, B.1967 (Sc 1379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peloquin, Michael David, B.1967 (Sc 1379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1379. Letters, 2003, including a summary of his activities, written to Roland and Mary Frances Willock, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Peloquin is serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and describes military life and conflicts as an army engineer.
Blankenship, Jerry Wayne, B. 1944 (Sc 1400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Blankenship, Jerry Wayne, B. 1944 (Sc 1400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1400. Letters, 1965-1968, written by U.S. Air Force pilot Jerry Wayne Blankenship to his parents Vestal and Verda Blankenship of Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes military life stateside as well as his Vietnamese experiences. Includes photos of Blankenship.
Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1386. World War II diary kept by Odie Floyd Rogers, Jr. (1921-1957) Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, who was a member of a flight crew that evidently was stationed in Sicily. They bombed chiefly Italian targets. Rogers completed 66 missions. Includes a 2001 letter with data on planes flown by Rogers.
Bonjour, Thomas L., 1842-1903 (Sc 1385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bonjour, Thomas L., 1842-1903 (Sc 1385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1385. Letter written from Atlanta, Georgia, by Thomas L. Bonjour, while serving with the 96th Illinois Regiment, to his father Frederick in Galena County, Illinois. He recounts some data about the Battle of Atlanta as well as personal concerns.