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Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, E (Elliott-Ezell) (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, E (Elliott-Ezell) (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Obituaries for surnames starting with E (Elliott-Ezell) from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Rowan Family (Sc 3592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rowan Family (Sc 3592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3592. Recording of a rebroadcast program first made in connection with Black History Month for radio station WOMI, Owensboro, Kentucky. Marilyn (Rowan) McKissic, speaking in character as her ancestor Mary (Munt) Rowan, tells the story of the Rowans of Owensboro, an African-American family whose members have maintained contact over a century of annual reunions.
Mcclure Brothers - Millerstown, Kentucky (Mss 714), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcclure Brothers - Millerstown, Kentucky (Mss 714), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 714. Records of the McClure Brothers general merchandise store in Grayson County, Kentucky. Includes supplier invoices and an account book from the early 20th century, and World War II-era materials from the Office of Price Administration.
Illinois Central Railroad Company (Sc 3591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Illinois Central Railroad Company (Sc 3591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3591. Bill of lading issued by the Illinois Central Railroad Company for goods shipped to the McClure Brothers store in Millerstown, Kentucky. The reverse shows a map of the railroad’s routes through the Midwest and South.
Nicholls Family Papers (Sc 3590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nicholls Family Papers (Sc 3590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3590. Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Nicholls family of Kentucky and related families: receipts to Edward Ballenger for stock in the Barren County Railroad Company; a letter of Emma Gates (later Nicholls) to James M. Nicholls; a note to Margaret Nicholls from Santa Claus; a brief “History of My Life” by young Cora Gossom; a letter to Cora Gossom (Mrs. R. E.) Morningstar regarding her patronage of music clubs at Vanderbilt University; an apparent division of personal property between Margaret Nicholls and her sister Mary; and an invitation to the wedding of …
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 3589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 3589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3589. Miscellaneous correspondence of Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Friends encourage her to write a history of Bowling Green and recount some of their memories; others provide personal news or thanks for favors rendered.
Nicholls And Hines Families (Sc 3586), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nicholls And Hines Families (Sc 3586), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3586. Correspondence relating to the genealogy of the Nicholls and Hines families of Kentucky. Includes membership applications to the Sons of the American Revolution and Daughters of the American Revolution from two descendants of Henry Hines.
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Sc 3585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Sc 3585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3585. Papers relating to Robert E. Morningstar, of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a letter of recommendation, clippings, two income tax returns, and a promotional program for his presentation on his reporting and photography career, including “Celebrities I Have Shot.”
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 3587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 3587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3587. Correspondence and financial data relating to the Bowling Green (Kentucky) Public Library, of which Jane Morningstar was a trustee. Includes the 1950 city ordinance establishing the Library; a list of trustees, 1950-1970; letters of thanks to supporters of the library; and financial and statistical reports, 1970.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 3588), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 3588), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3588. Correspondence and papers of Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, relating to fundraising for the restoration of “Riverview,” the home of Colonel Atwood Gaines Hobson. Includes letters regarding political and federal financial support; correspondence with donors; narratives explaining the historic significance of the house; and a 1969 progress report to the City of Bowling Green from the Hobson House Association.
Courtship - Relating To (Sc 3584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Courtship - Relating To (Sc 3584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3584. Handwritten request, undated, written in humorously elaborate language to a young lady asking to accompany her to church.
Bryan Family Letters (Sc 3583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryan Family Letters (Sc 3583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 3583. Letters of the Bryan and associated families of Montgomery County, Tennessee. Most are written to Tennessee “Tennie” Bryan and come from friends, relatives, and ardent male admirers. Two correspondents write during their Civil War Confederate service (Click on "Additional Files" below for typescripts) and a cousin, Fannie Parkhurst, writes from Vermont. Fannie also writes to her cousin Byron in Illinois about local news and her studies, school teaching, social activities and abhorrence of intemperance; she gossips about local courtships and mentions Byron’s brother Sherman, who she would marry after Byron’s death in Union …
Gentry, Robert Turner, 1865-1950 (Mss 713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gentry, Robert Turner, 1865-1950 (Mss 713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 713. Correspondence of Robert T. Gentry, Sonora (Hardin County), Kentucky, an insurance agent and cashier for the Bank of Sonora. Consists mostly of letters to Gentry from his wife, from Gentry’s friends and siblings in Owen County, Kentucky, and from sellers and dealers of Native American relics. Some correspondence of his wife Martha “Mattie” Gentry is also included.
Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 (Sc 3582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 (Sc 3582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3582. Materials relating to applications for historical highway markers for various sites in Warren County, Kentucky, in the period during which Cora Jane Spiller and her husband Robert E. Spiller of Bowling Green served as county chairmen for the program. Includes correspondence with the Kentucky Historical Society, together with some applications and supporting materials, correspondence with cost underwriters, and dedication programs. Also includes a small amount of correspondence relating to repair of existing markers.
Warren County, Kentucky Tax List (Sc 3581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky Tax List (Sc 3581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3581. Partial list of white taxpayers for Warren County, Kentucky, 1875. Surnames listed begin with A, B, C, H, V, and W. Data on taxpayers varies; in some cases it includes the name of the nearest resident.
Farnsworth, Louise Elizabeth, 1900-2002 (Sc 3579), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Farnsworth, Louise Elizabeth, 1900-2002 (Sc 3579), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3579. Taped interview, 17 January 1996, of Louise Farnsworth. The longtime schoolteacher and Bowling Green, Kentucky native reminisces about her life and about her recent 96th birthday celebration.
Tackett, Kenneth Wayne, 1930-2016 (Sc 3580), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tackett, Kenneth Wayne, 1930-2016 (Sc 3580), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3580. Letter, 2012, of Kenneth Tackett to Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He asks her for help identifying a “beautiful woman with intriguing brown eyes” they used to see at the public library in Bowling Green. He regrets not having asked her for a date, but only wishes to learn her name to satisfy his curiosity.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, U (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, U (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Obituaries for surnames starting with U from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, Y (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, Y (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Obituaries for surnames starting with Y from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, Z (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, Z (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Obituaries for surnames starting with Z from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, G (Gabbard-Goodman) (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, G (Gabbard-Goodman) (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Obituaries for surnames starting with G (Gabbard-Goodman) from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, G (Goodpasture-Gwynn) (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, G (Goodpasture-Gwynn) (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Obituaries for surnames starting with G (Goodpasture-Gwynn) from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
New Union Congregation - Green County, Kentucky (Sc 3577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
New Union Congregation - Green County, Kentucky (Sc 3577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3577. Minute book of the New Union Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Green County, Kentucky (which by 1922 had united with the Greensburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church). Includes a typescript of the minute book in paper and electronic format, with added index; historical notes, 1826-1967; and data concerning the land on which the church was built.
Allen, William Barrett, 1803-1883 (Sc 1384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen, William Barrett, 1803-1883 (Sc 1384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1384. Pages from an account book recording mainly fees for Allen's legal work in Green County, Kentucky.
Foster Family Reunions (Sc 3578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Foster Family Reunions (Sc 3578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3578. Record book of annual reunions of the Foster family, held at various locations in Kentucky. Includes minutes and lists of participants.
Centralizing The Purse: Why A More Centralized National Government Was Crucial For Managing America's Revolutionary War Debt, Ethan Berg
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Research on the American Revolutionary debt has particularly focused on the leadership of American financial figures: most notably Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris and U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. While scholars affirm their indispensable leadership, they also acknowledge institutional and political conditions that distinguish their tenures. This CE/T seeks to further analyze these conditions. It draws upon scholarly works while evaluating different aspects and time frames of Americas’ public debt, including the initial accumulation of debt, the tenure of Robert Morris, the formation of the U.S. Constitution, and the tenure of Alexander Hamilton. The CE/T also analyzes the papers of …
Hodges, Patricia Ann (Morgan), B. 1931 (Sc 3576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hodges, Patricia Ann (Morgan), B. 1931 (Sc 3576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3576. “History of Manuscript Division and Bibliography of Literary Manuscripts” by Patricia M. Hodges, Manuscript Librarian at Western Kentucky University. The paper details the creation of the Manuscript Division (now the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives unit of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections), personnel, and early collecting efforts. Includes a bibliography of the literary manuscript holdings of the Manuscript Division compiled as of the date of the paper.
Waters, Bertie Bliss, 1877-1942 (Sc 3575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Waters, Bertie Bliss, 1877-1942 (Sc 3575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3575. Letter, 26 August 1935, of Bertie B. Waters, Louisville, Kentucky, asking for reinstatement as a clerk in the Railway Mail Service, making reference to his past employment and to the newly available opportunities for eligible workers affected by the Depression. Includes responses from two U. S. Congressman and the Post Office Department regarding the refusal of his request.
Artists - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3574), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Artists - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3574), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3574. Interviews with Margie Helm, Elizabeth Coombs, and Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, on their knowledge of local artists, particularly women.
College Heights Herald - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Relating To (Sc 3573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
College Heights Herald - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Relating To (Sc 3573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3573. Parody issue of WKU’s student newspaper, the College Heights Herald (“The University Herald”), 18 January 1968, with a front page story purporting to report on the arrest of three local physicians at a house of prostitution.