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Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 241. Correspondence; financial and legal papers; genealogy and other material related to the Temple family of Warren County, Kentucky, particularly that of Adalaska L. and Mary Camilla (Miller) Temple and their daughter Ruth Hines Temple. Over 400 pieces of artwork on paper by the latter are found in the collection, including pencil, as well as, pen and ink drawings, watercolors, pastels, and other graphic and creative design work.
Underwood Family Papers, 1878-1980 (Sc 2327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood Family Papers, 1878-1980 (Sc 2327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Fidning aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2327. Certificate for the 1878 marriage of Mary Underwood and Samuel Poyntz; 1880 letter to Mary Underwood Poyntz, Maysville, Kentucky, from her mother Lucy Underwood, Bowling Green, Kentucky; Underwood family history compiled by Frances Underwood Grider (39 pp.); Lee family genealogy (4 pp.); also includes miscellaneous correspondence and genealogical notes.
Through The Eyes Of A Child: The Archaeology Of Wwii Japanese American Internment At Amache, April Kamp-Whittaker
Through The Eyes Of A Child: The Archaeology Of Wwii Japanese American Internment At Amache, April Kamp-Whittaker
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Children’s lives in the World War II Japanese American Internment Camp, Amache are investigated using a combination of archaeology, oral history, and archival research. As part of internees’ efforts to create a more hospitable environment both children and adults extensively modified the physical landscape. The importance of landscape and place in Japanese culture and for the internee community is examined using the development of gardens around the elementary school as a case study. Internees also developed a rich social landscape that allowed for the socialization of children within Amache. The socialization of children at Amache was being influenced by the …
Cain, Bevie Waughn, 1844-1883 (Sc 2251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cain, Bevie Waughn, 1844-1883 (Sc 2251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2251. Letters (31) from Cain to James M. Davis, written mostly during the Civil War from her home and school in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, and from Illinois. A strong Confederate sympathizer, Cain responds to Davis’s support of the Union, criticizes President Abraham Lincoln, and opines freely on love, courtship and marriage. She also writes of mutual friends, family, and social and religious activities. Includes 3 additional letters to Davis from his father, sister, and a friend who writes of an opportunity to manage a store. Also includes …
Holland, James H. - Collector (Sc 2189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holland, James H. - Collector (Sc 2189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2189. Postcards to addressees in Grayson, Lexington, and Louisville, Kentucky, relating primarily to orders for hemp seed, tobacco and whiskey. Includes notice of a teachers institute in Carter County, Kentucky and a card expressing affection for two-year-old Mary Lou Barker.
Avery, James Russell, B. 1921 (Sc 2128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Avery, James Russell, B. 1921 (Sc 2128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2128. "My Story," the autobiography of James Russell Avery, a Hardin County native, prepared as a project of WKU gerontology student Shaylin Gimborys. Includes illustrations and genealogical information on the Avery family.
Moates, Lassie (Taylor), 1892-1981 - Collector (Sc 2138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moates, Lassie (Taylor), 1892-1981 - Collector (Sc 2138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2138. Copies of clippings from a late-nineteenth century Warren County, Kentucky scrapbook, probably kept by a member of Moates's family. Includes obituaries, poems, recipes, and essays.