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Tichenor Collection (Mss 678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tichenor Collection (Mss 678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 678. Correspondence, papers and photographs of the Tichenor family of McLean County, Kentucky, and related families, especially Cherry, Short, and Hutchison. Much relates to the home front during World War II during the Navy service of high school teacher Thomas Cherry Tichenor.
Weir Family Collection (Mss 651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Weir Family Collection (Mss 651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 651. Letters and papers of the Weir family of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and related members of the Rumsey and Miller families. Well-to-do merchants and farmers, the Weirs were leading supporters of the Union during the Civil War, providing advocacy, financial support, and military service. Includes full-text scans of a letter from the brother of steamboat pioneer James Rumsey defending his legacy as an innovator; James Weir's journal; James Weir's will; the annotated recollections of Edward Weir, Sr.; and two letters from former Weir slaves recolonized in Liberia (Click on "Additional files" below).
Fox, Arthur Smith, 1920-1997 (Mss 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fox, Arthur Smith, 1920-1997 (Mss 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 624. Letters, clippings, photographs, programs and other records relating to the life of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky native and Hopkins County, Kentucky teacher Arthur S. Fox, especially his service in World War II. Includes genealogical data.
Ewing, Todd (Sc 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ewing, Todd (Sc 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1293. Letters written by Todd Ewing to his parents, Bill and Geraldine Ewing, Greenville, Kentucky, describing his daily activities while in military service during the Persian Gulf War.
Bryant, David Lee, 1923-2000 (Sc 2799), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryant, David Lee, 1923-2000 (Sc 2799), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan for Manuscripts Small Collection 2799. Typescripted personal history of David Lee Bryant (1923-2000) describing his upbringing in Todd County, Kentucky, his World War II military service, his capture by the Germans and liberation by the Russian Army, his subsequent work for a wholesale grocery firm, and his wife and three sons. Includes article about Bryant published 5 February 1986 in the (Greenville, Kentucky) Leader-News, and explanatory letter of his son Gary L. Bryant, 21 November 2013.
Allen, John G., 1837?-1863 (Sc 2795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen, John G., 1837?-1863 (Sc 2795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2795. Pocket diary of John G. Allen, containing a few brief notations made while Allen was serving in the Union Army in 1862 and was encamped near Nashville; letter to his sister from camp, 24 November 1862, assuring her that he has had enough to eat; two promissory notes of Allen’s; and a summons to Allen to appear in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Court to answer a claim for debt.
Fox-Walthall Letters (Sc 1007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fox-Walthall Letters (Sc 1007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 1007. Family letters of the Fox and Walthall families, chiefly of Mildred P. (Walthall), Joseph, Rachel M. and William S. Fox of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The collection includes family correspondence, Civil War letters, 1861-1862 (34), and courtship letters.
Morphew, Marvin Ellis, 1924-2000 (Sc 977), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morphew, Marvin Ellis, 1924-2000 (Sc 977), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 977. Telegrams, 1945 (5), discharge papers, 1945-1948 (3), broadside, newspaper clipping. and photographs (2), pertaining to Muhlenberg County native Marvin Ellis Morphew’s World War II service, especially as a German prisoner of war.
Geary, William Estil, 1924-2006 (Sc 875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Geary, William Estil, 1924-2006 (Sc 875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 875. Photocopies of letter, 25 November 25, and telegrams, 8 and 24 December 1945, written by William Estil Geary from Europe to his wife Genevieve in Central City, Kentucky. He relates that he soon will be returning home after being away for almost three years.
Hinton, Merri Lynne (Sc 852), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hinton, Merri Lynne (Sc 852), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 852. Paper titled “A Story about John Hunt: World War II Kentucky Veteran” written by Merri Lynne Hinton for a Western Kentucky University United States history class, November 1990. Based on interviews with Hunt of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Rhoades, Lisa Jo (Sc 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rhoades, Lisa Jo (Sc 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 858. Paper titled “World War II: World Events, The United States…,” written by Lisa Jo Rhoades for a Western Kentucky University U.S. history class in November 1990. Based on Harry Young’s experiences in France and Germany, 1944-1945, the paper includes photocopies of six photographs and two maps.
Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 607. Photocopies of Civil War papers of James Willis Wood of Dunmor, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, which include his enlistment papers, letters, 1864 (9 items), written while in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, and his discharge papers, 1864.
Defense Service Council - Muhlenberg Presbytery Committee (Sc 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Defense Service Council - Muhlenberg Presbytery Committee (Sc 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 283. Correspondence, financial records and reports relating to services provided to personnel of nearby military camps by the Muhlenberg Presbytery Committee of the Defense Service Council.
Davis, William P., B. 1840? (Sc 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, William P., B. 1840? (Sc 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 175. Confederate Civil War diary kept by William P. Davis, of the Enterprise Guards, Company B, 14th Mississippi Infantry, from April-December 1861. The diary covers his company’s tour of duty from Corinth, Mississippi through Tennessee to Kentucky. A major portion concerns Bowling Green, Kentucky and vicinity. Includes a muster roll and guard lists for Company B. Also includes a typescript of the narrative portions of the diary.
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 323. Chiefly letters to Gabrielle Robertson, History Department faculty member, Western Kentucky University, 1916 to 1960. Of particular interest are those letters from former students serving in the military during World War II. Also includes genealogical materials and family photographs.
Cosby Family Papers (Mss 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cosby Family Papers (Mss 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 242. Letters to John Dudley Cosby, Muhlenberg County, and his family, from other family members in Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas and Mississippi. Includes genealogical data, some of Cosby's personal papers, and his estate inventory.
Mccay, Kelly Matthew, B. 1978 (Sc 1844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccay, Kelly Matthew, B. 1978 (Sc 1844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1844. Letters from students at Muhlenberg North High School, Greenville, Kentucky, as well as e-mails, greeting cards, etc. sent to Kelly Matthew McCay while he served with the U.S. Army in Iraq.
Prowse, George Odom, 1840-1884 (Sc 1718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Prowse, George Odom, 1840-1884 (Sc 1718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1718. Pension requests made by George O. Prowse and his widow, Nannie C. Prowse, related to his Civil War service with the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry. Includes his 1864 commission as a captain in the Kentucky militia.
Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Brizendine, Thomas Swearer, 1919-2016 (Sc 1397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brizendine, Thomas Swearer, 1919-2016 (Sc 1397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1397. World War II letters, 1941-1945, of Brizendine to his family in Greenville, Kentucky, concerning his military service with the United States Marine Corps in the South Pacific area. Includes associated items.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Militia Rolls, 1874-1875 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Militia Rolls, 1874-1875 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Militia rolls (two volumes) for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 1874, 1875. Names are listed in alphabetical order; no other information is provided.