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2009

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Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2115. Sundry Warren County, Kentucky court records collected by Warren County Circuit Court judge, Robert Coleman. Includes a will, indenture, manusmission papers, bonds, etc. List of documents is included in the finding aid.


Pioneer Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Pioneer Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2107. Sexton's book for the cemetery, recording interments of both whites and African Americans from 1860-1863. Most entries state name, date of death, sex, age at death, and cause of death. A typescript is included, together with notes on the genealogy of the book owner's family.


Mckee, John, 1829-1882 (Sc 2101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Mckee, John, 1829-1882 (Sc 2101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts of letters (attached as additional files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2101. Two letters from John McKee, serving with the 37th Indiana Infantry, to his wife Sarah McKee in Hamilton, Ohio. He writes of his encampments near Nashville and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, his reading, nearby guerrilla activity involving John Hunt Morgan, difficulties with mail, and the general condition of the countryside.


Spring Valley United Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Spring Valley United Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 288. Minute books of Spring Valley United Baptist Church (formerly Pleasant Grove United Baptist Church), Logan County, Kentucky. Includes membership lists for white and black members. Typescripts, and name indexes for minute books included.


Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 282. Photocopies of the record books of Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Allen County, Kentucky, consisting of business meeting minutes covering primarily 1840 to 1898, and membership lists.


Covington, Dale (Sc 2034), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Covington, Dale (Sc 2034), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2034. Catalog for "Portrait of a Town: Cave City, Kentucky," a 2009 Kentucky Library & Museum exhibition featuring the photographs of William R. Reynolds, Jr. taken approximately 1908-1910. Includes images and descriptions of Cave City citizens (both white and African American), homes, churches, schools and businesses, as well as information about Reynolds, his family and home, early 20th century cameras and Kentucky photographers, and the development of Cave City.


Bristow, Kentucky - Taxes, 1929 (Sc 1963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Bristow, Kentucky - Taxes, 1929 (Sc 1963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1963. Account book listing taxpayer, amount of tax owed, and date paid for the Bristow, Kentucky area; includes a "colored" section.


Bowling Green - City Taxes, 1877-1894 (Sc 1911), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Bowling Green - City Taxes, 1877-1894 (Sc 1911), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1911. Receipts for city taxes collected (1877-1894) by Granville S. Hollingsworth, Bowling Green City Clerk; recapitulation sheet for tax receipts (1894).


Hines, George Lehman, 1851-1943 (Sc 1904), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Hines, George Lehman, 1851-1943 (Sc 1904), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1904. Correspondence, teacher's certificates from the Shelby County, Tennessee public schools, and other materials related to Hines's work and family.


Hayden, James H., 1843-1937 (Sc 1010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Hayden, James H., 1843-1937 (Sc 1010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1010. Letter, 31 August 1926, written by James H. Hayden, Barren County, Kentucky, to Cora G. Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky in which he discusses family matters and relationships between mutual families.


National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People - Bowling Green, Kentucky Branch (Mss 249), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People - Bowling Green, Kentucky Branch (Mss 249), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 249. Minutes of the Bowling Green, Kentucky branch of the NAACP, 1919-1927. Also includes membership lists and financial reports.