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Odell, John William, 1875-1965 - Relating To (Sc 1202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Odell, John William, 1875-1965 - Relating To (Sc 1202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1202. Letter, 26 December 1895, written to Odell, Oaks, Ohio County, Kentucky, by A. W. McDonald describing his efforts to secure students for a school in Ohio County. Also includes Odell’s 1896 teaching contract with the trustees of a school in Haynesville, Ohio County, Kentucky.
Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 470. Letters written 1940-1946 to Glee Hume, a teacher at Burkesville High School, Cumberland County, Kentucky, by former students and relatives serving in various military service units around the world.
Geary, Genevieve (Baxter), 1924-2007 (Sc 1125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Geary, Genevieve (Baxter), 1924-2007 (Sc 1125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1125. Nine-page reminiscence written by Genevieve Geary, of Muhlenberg County, titled, “School Teaching in the 1940s in One- and Two-Room Schools with Emergency Certificate”.
Adams, Lura Alice (Hopper), 1903-1996 (Mss 454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Adams, Lura Alice (Hopper), 1903-1996 (Mss 454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 454. Letters to Lura Alice (Hopper) Adams, Franklin and Bowling Green, Kentucky, written by her parents, David Carson Hopper and Victoria Frances (Wade) Hopper from Russell Springs, Kentucky. Includes a typescripted compilation and background information from Lura’s daughter, Marion Lee Adams.
Howard, Chloe (Miller), 1899-1989 (Sc 2758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Howard, Chloe (Miller), 1899-1989 (Sc 2758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2758. Items related to the teaching career, including salary information, of Chole Howard; includes list of retired teachers in Monroe County, Kentucky (dated 1977) and information about the Mothers' Day program at Skaggs Creek Baptist Church in Monroe County.
Wall Family Papers (Sc 1094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wall Family Papers (Sc 1094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1094. Documents mainly of Wall family members of Cynthiana (Harrison County), Kentucky, and Dallas, Texas. The family correspondence includes three Civil War era letters. The financial receipts include one for the cost of an 1841 servant’s coffin.
Briggs, Analee, 1905-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Briggs, Analee, 1905-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1046. Letter, 9 September 1952, to Analee Briggs, a teacher at Rich Pond School, Warren County, Kentucky, from her former student, Wilma Mae Green, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. Green praises Miss Briggs’ positive influence on her and offers to send any needed items to her former school.
Smith, Travis Edwin, B. 1898 (Sc 2734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Travis Edwin, B. 1898 (Sc 2734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2734. Three documents related to the history of education in Kentucky which were prepared by Travis Edwin Smith for his doctoral dissertation. One document concentrates on teacher education, one on education law in Kentucky, and the last document is an overview titled “Education in Kentucky.” The documents concentrate on sources to be used in the dissertation.
Bowles, Orlando Charles, 1839-1896 (Mss 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowles, Orlando Charles, 1839-1896 (Mss 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 455. Correspondence, accounts, land surveys, and miscellaneous business and legal papers of Orlando C. Bowles, a Civil War veteran, lawyer, farmer, and timber trader of Pike County, Kentucky. Includes some material relating to the Cecil family of Floyd and Pike counties.
Quirey, Aaron Winston, 1896-1965 (Sc 1014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Quirey, Aaron Winston, 1896-1965 (Sc 1014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1014. Bureau of Mines’ first aid training certificate; letters concerning World War I pension and disability claim; Mammoth Cave and Fort Knox civil service employment of Aaron Winston Quirey, Sturgis, Kentucky, 1926-1961 (20); teacher’s certificate of William A. Proctor (maternal grandfather), Logan County, 1884; newspaper clippings and associated items.
Penn, Anna Ruth (Sc 1013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Penn, Anna Ruth (Sc 1013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1013. Receipt signed by school teacher (Anna) Ruth Penn, Gracy, Kentucky, and given to M.S. Hopson, a member of the School Board of Trustees, for payment. She requested payment of $4.50 for three months’ tuition. Penn was the mother of noted author, Robert Penn Warren. Also associated data.
Hill, Jesse Murray, 1891-1961 (Sc 954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hill, Jesse Murray, 1891-1961 (Sc 954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 954. Teacher’s certificate issued for the period 1909-1911, to J.M. Hill, Hardin County, Kentucky. Included are grades he earned in various subjects.
Westray, Wilbur Morgan, Sr., 1921-2000 (Sc 965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Westray, Wilbur Morgan, Sr., 1921-2000 (Sc 965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 965. Paper (22 p.) titled “My Early Life [,] 1921-1939” written by Wilbur Morgan Westray, Sr. Westray recounts life as he experienced it growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. Also includes associated genealogical data.
Hubbard, Sam R., 1906-1973 (Sc 683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hubbard, Sam R., 1906-1973 (Sc 683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 683. Papers of Sam R. Hubbard, State Senator from Russell Springs, Kentucky, in which the writers seek his support relating to issues and bills that will come before the state legislature. Includes letters from individuals and organizations, draft legislation, and a brochure with a pictorial roster of the 1960 General Assembly.
Wells, George M., Sr., 1887-1956 (Sc 994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wells, George M., Sr., 1887-1956 (Sc 994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 994. Teacher’s certificates issued to George M. Wells by Metcalfe County, Kentucky, for two years in 1907, and one issued by Monroe County, Kentucky, for four years in 1909; Wells’ grade card from Loyola University Medical School, 1914-1915; and obituaries of Wells (2).
Murrell, Mary, 1891-1921 (Sc 871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murrell, Mary, 1891-1921 (Sc 871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 871. Correspondence (53) and postcards (23), 1915-1916, written chiefly to “Esther,” Woodburn, Kentucky by “Mary,” Bowling Green, Kentucky, about local and family news, and which reflect a lesbian relationship. Includes a letter to Esther and "Lassie" from Mary and some letters written to Esther from Lassie.
Hay Family Letters (Sc 1288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hay Family Letters (Sc 1288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1288. Letters of the Hay and Ferguson families, Butler County, Kentucky. Many are written by Rebecca (Hay) Gray to her Texas relatives concerning family matters. Includes data about the correspondents added by the typescripters, Tim K. Ferguson and Dorothy Olinger Range.
Oral History Project - History Department - Western Kentucky University (Mss 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oral History Project - History Department - Western Kentucky University (Mss 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 411. Interviews with Kentuckians conducted by students in American and Kentucky history classes at Western Kentucky University. Typical subjects discussed include childhood, rural life, the Great Depression, civil rights, military service, education and work. Most interviews include a summary paper, transcript (complete or partial) and audiocassette.
Whitmer, Dudley Robert, 1899-1993 (Sc 916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitmer, Dudley Robert, 1899-1993 (Sc 916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 916. Record book, 1917-1918, of attendance and grades kept by Muhlenberg County elementary school teacher Dudley Whitmer. Includes monthly and term summaries.
Caldwell, R. E. (Sc 807), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Caldwell, R. E. (Sc 807), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 807. Contract, 2 July 1894, between R. E. Caldwell and trustees John A. Caldwell and M. M. Jones to teach school in Graves County, Kentucky.
Cook, Elbert Eugene Iii, B. 1959 & Rebecca J. (Cook) Foust - Collectors (Sc 2654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cook, Elbert Eugene Iii, B. 1959 & Rebecca J. (Cook) Foust - Collectors (Sc 2654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and illustration of stock certificate (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2654. Two Kentucky teaching certificates issued to Elbert Cook [Sr.] in 1914 & 1919; letter appointing Cook a rural mail carrier, 1920; stock certificate indicating that Cook had purchased three shares in the Bowling Green Savings and Building Association, 1932; certificate awarding a Postmastership to Maggie Elizabeth Cook at Trammel, Kentucky, 1946; and several photographs.
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 (Sc 829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 (Sc 829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 829. Correspondence between Belmont Forsythe, University City, Missouri, and Harold Joseph Laski, London, England, July-August 1949, including comments on American entrance into World War II; letter from William Ebenstein, Princeton, New Jersey, to Forsythe, 12 September 1949, discussing Laski’s visit to the United States and relevant biographical entries, 1948.
Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 773. Copy of an English workbook entitled Forward Steps in Thinking and Writing (ca. 1933), of which Gordon Wilson was a collaborator. Also letter relating data about the book, 1973.